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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On page 150 of August Thieme’s book, <u>The Norfolk and Western … As I Knew It</u>, there is a nice photo of an empty N&W stock car train taking on water at Richlands, VA on its way to Blackford on the Honaker Branch of the Clinch Valley Line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul Mandelkern<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Winter Park, FL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>NW Mailing List<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2024 12:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: When were milk and cream shipments discontinued?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Did the N&W have reefers and cattle cars?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Carl Barna<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Emmaus, PA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> NW-Mailing-List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a>> on behalf of NW Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2024 11:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NW Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: When were milk and cream shipments discontinued?</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I believe most milk cans were transported in baggage and express cars. From what I've read about the dairy industry, I don't think it was so much that the railroads stopped accepting them but the dairy traffic simply moved to trucks for cost and effeciancy reasons. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marty Flick<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>-----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: "NW Mailing List" <br>To: "NW Mailing List"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Friday September 27 2024 7:29:42AM<br>Subject: Re: When were milk and cream shipments discontinued?<br><br>I have a follow up question, how did the N&W ship those?<br>Thanks,<br>David Baker<br><br>> On Sep 26, 2024, at 1:37 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <<a href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Good morning!<br>><br>> Is there a date that milk and cream shipments were no longer accepted on the N&W, or did that traffic wither away on its own?<br>><br>> Best Autumn wishes,<br>><br>> Frank Scheer<br>> <a href="mailto:f_scheer@yahoo.com%3cN&W_FIVE-GALLON-MILK-CAN_PEARISBURG_VA_1.jpg%3e%3cN&W_FIVE-GALLON-MILK-CAN_PEARISBURG_VA_C.jpg%3e%3cN&W_ONE-GALLON-CREAM-CAN_BERRYVILLE_VA_1.jpg%3e%3cN&W_ONE-GALLON-CREAM-CAN_BERRYVILLE_VA_3.jpg%3e________________________________________">f_scheer@yahoo.com<N&W_FIVE-GALLON-MILK-CAN_PEARISBURG_VA_1.jpg><N&W_FIVE-GALLON-MILK-CAN_PEARISBURG_VA_C.jpg><N&W_ONE-GALLON-CREAM-CAN_BERRYVILLE_VA_1.jpg><N&W_ONE-GALLON-CREAM-CAN_BERRYVILLE_VA_3.jpg>________________________________________</a><br>> <a href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org">NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</a><br>> To change your subscription go to<br>> <a href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list%3Cbr">http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>/> > Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>></a> <a href="http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/%3Cbr">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br>/><br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br></a><a href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list%3Cbr">http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>/> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br></a><a href="http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/%3Cbr">http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br>/></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>