Brookside Signs

Documented Brookside Signs Applied to
Boston & Maine Railroad 1700-series Milk Cars

THERMO-KING EQUIPPED
Car No.	Type of Sign	Date of Photo	Reference
1700	Bellows Falls Co-op Creamery	24 May 1957	Northern N. E. Color Guide (p. 62)
1701	First National Stores	June 1954	Railway Milk Cars Volume 2 (p. 15)
1708	First National Stores	March 1953	Nimke's Vol. 3, p.194; sign on T-K side of car (see other 1708 below!)
1708	Bellows Falls Co-op Creamery	July 1957	Photo in private collection; sign on T-K side of car (see other 1708 above!)
1714	First National Stores	August 1957	Railway Milk Cars Volume 2 (cover)
1718	First National Stores	April 1951	Railway Milk Cars Volume 2 (p. 17)
1722	First National Stores	late 1950's	Railway Milk Cars Volume 2 (p. 15)
unknown	First National Stores	5 May 1952	B&M Bulletin Winter 1977-78 (p. 20)

Documented Brookside Signs Applied to
Boston & Maine Railroad 1700-series Milk Cars

MANUALLY-ICED CARS
Car No.	Type of Signs	Date of Photo	Reference
1718	BF Co-op on the left; First National on the right.	c. 1938	Private collection. This car was later converted to Thermo-King.
?	BF Co-op on one side; First National on the other.	c. 1944	Nimke's Conn. River Vol. 2, p.125; at Keene, NH.