Remembering the Rutland - Remembering the Milk Trains
MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS
BIBLIOGRAPHY Prepared by:
Dwight A. Smith*
P.O. Box 218
Kearsarge, NH 03847
*Email Dwight directly with updates and corrections.
Bibliography Sections:
Dwight Smith, who prepared this bibliography, has been a fan of the milk trains for quite a while. We offer this photograph, taken by Dwight, as proof.
"I took the photo from the cab of [Barre & Chelsea] 70 tonner #14 while Sunday-only train #90 picks up a carload of milk from the H.P. Hood plant in Plainfield, VT. B&C combine #14 waits on the mainline. I was a "passenger" riding the fireman's seat from Montpelier to Woodsville. I believe the car was a 50' wooden GPEX tank car. The date was Sunday, October 11, 1953. I don't recall if we picked up a White Brothers car at South Ryegate, too. We left Montpelier with only the 14 and the 14. The B&C wasn't very imaginative in choosing numbers for their power and cars."
Where to find them? If you need a source for out-of-print publications such as those in Dwight's Bibliography may I suggest that you begin your search at Railpub.com. -Jim Dufour
MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILK TRAIN AND MILK CAR ARTICLES
| Rutland Newsliner Vol 2, No.2 June 1988 Vol 2, No.4, Dec 1988 Vol 8, No. 1, Spring 1996 Vol 8, No. 3, Fall, 1996 |
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Model Railroading
May/June 1986
Modeling the Milk Trains, Part 1
Jul/Aug 1986
Modeling the Milk Trains, Part 2
Sept/Oct 1986
Modeling the Milk Trains, Part 3
Jan 1987
More on Milk & Wine Cars
March 1987
Modeling the Milk Trains, Part 4
March, 1987
Modelers History of Railway Express Part 1 (Express Reefers)
Railmodel Journal
Nov. 1991
Milk Operations for Modelers, Part 1
April 1992
Milk Operations for Modelers, Part 2
Jan 1993
Milk Operations for Modelers, Part 3
| B&M Bulletin Vol VII, No. 2, Winter 1977-78 Vol VII, No. 3, Spring, 1978 (shown right) |
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Mainline Modeler
April, 1986
50 Ft. Express Reefers & Plans
| The New England States Limited Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer, 1977. Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall, 1977 (shown right) |
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Railroad Model Craftsman
June, 1974.
Milk Trains, Milk Cars and Creameries
February, 1986
To Market by Rail: Milk Cars
March, 1986
To Market by Rail: Privately Owned Milk Cars
March, 1986
Bottling Milk
May, 1988
To Market by Rail: Milk Containers on Flat Cars
The Ambassador
publication of the Central Vermont Railway Historical Society.
Vol 2, No 2, Summer 1991
Milk Train Operations, Part I
Vol 3, No 2, Summer 1992
CV Ry Milk Cars 530-583 series
| Milk
Train Data Pack by John Nehrich. 7/15/93 (on the web at: Milk Train Data Pack)
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Railway Milk Cars - Volume 1
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 2
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 3
by Robert R. Bahrs
These three books include photos, rosters and much of the information previously available in the now-out-of-print Milk Train Data Pack listed above.
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILK CAR PLANS
Borden's
40' butter dish
RMC, Mar. 1986.
Boston & Maine
50' wood sheathed 4-door No. 1636
B&M Bulletin, Spring 1978.
Boston & Maine (ex Erie)
40' steel Nos. 1875-1880
B&M Bulletin, Spring 1978
Boston & Maine
50' steel single-door Nos. 1915-1934
RMC, Feb. 1986
Boston & Maine
50' steel two-doors Nos. 1900-1914
RMC, Feb. 1986
Delaware & Hudson
50' wood sheathed
RMC, Feb. 1986.
GPEX
40' wood sheathed. Lift-off roof
RMC, Mar. 1986
GPEX
50' steel, round bottom
RMC, Mar. 1986.
Maine Central
"Dairy Products" 40' SS wood
New England States Ltd, Summer 1977
Missouri Pacific
50' Express Reefer
Mainline Modeler, April 1986
National Car
NX 1472, 2 removable tanks
Rutland Newsliner, Summer, 1992
New York Central/Rutland
50' wood sheathed
Model Railroader July, 1953.
Rutland
50' wood sheathed No. 320
Rutland Newsliner, Sept., 1988.
Rutland (ex-DL&W)
350 series
Rutland Newsliner, Spring, 1996.
Rutland
milk train combines Nos. 253 & 256
Rutland Newsliner, Sept., 1988.
Soo Line
40' wood sheathed
RMC, Feb. 1986
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILK CAR CONSTRUCTION ARTICLES
Brookside Milk Car
RR Model Craftsman, September, 1979.
Building Three Milk Cars
RR Model Craftsman, May, 1986
NEB&W Wood Reefer
"Modeling the 50's Era"
Mainline Modeler, September, 1984
GPEX Express Reefer
"Modeling a GPEX Express Reefer"
Mainline Modeler, April 1986
40-foot Wood Milk Tank Car
"Modeling the Milk Trains Part II"
Model Railroading, July/Aug '86
Central Vermont
"Building a Central Vermont Milk Car"
CVRHS "Ambassador" Vol. 8, No. 1 (1998)
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILK CAR PHOTOS
Central Vermont Milk Cars
Central Vermont, Volume VI. Pages 152-153
R.C. Jones
Connecticut River Railroads, Vol IX. P. 117
R. W. Nimke
Trains of Northern New England
Krause & Bailey. P. 76.
Northern New England Color Guide
by D. Sweetland. P. 76. Cars 536, 547.
| Boston & Maine Wood Milk Cars Four door 50' wood sheathed #1701 B&M No. 1700 Connecticut River Railroads Vol II. , p. 125 B&M Employees Magazine, June 1951, page 11 Railway Milk Cars - Volume 2 |
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Boston & Maine Steel Milk Cars
ex-Erie car
Northern New England Color Guide by D. Sweetland. p. 62
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 2
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Rutland RR (and NYC) Milk Cars
300-series bottom view
The Rutland Road by J. Shaughnessy p. 139
Car #344
The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol V, Part 1, p. 110
R. W. Nimke
Car #342
The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol VII. P. 11
R. W. Nimke
The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol I. Pages 168-172
R. W. Nimke
Northern New England Color Guide p. 86
by D. Sweetland.
New York Central Color Guide p. 9
by D. Sweetland
Railroads of Vermont, Vol. I, p. 80. End view
R.C. Jones
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 2
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Pfaudler Milk Cars (GPEX)
50-foot car
Northern New England Color Guide, p. 79
by D. Sweetland.
Connecticut River Railroads Vol. VIII, pp 7,
17 & 41
by R.W. Nimke
Connecticut River Railroads Vol IX, p.
47
by R.W. Nimke
Railroads of Vermont, Vol. II, p. 102
by R.C. Jones
Vermont's Covered Bridge Road (St.J&LC)
p. 38
by Edward A. Lewis
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 1
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 2
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Other Milk Cars
Maine Central "Dairy Products" car
Sweetland's Northern New England Color Guide, p. 78
Whitings WMKX 11
R.C. Jones' Central Vermont Volume VI p.154
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 1
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 2
by Robert A. Liljestrand and John Nehrich
DL&W
Railway Milk Cars - Volume 3
by Robert R. Bahrs
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREAMERY ARTICLES
Bennington County Creamery, Manchester, VT
Rutland Newsliner, Vol 6, No 2, Summer 1992
Creamery at Richmond, VT
CVRRHS Ambassador, Vol 2, No 2 Summer, 1991
"Build the Green Meadow Creamery"
Railmodel Journal, Aug. 1993
"Modeling the Grand Isle Creamery"
Railmodel Journal, June, 1993
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREAMERY PHOTOS
(See also Milk Train Articles)
Rutland RR
Grand Isle creamery
Rutland Newsliner, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1988
Vergennes, Shelburne & Florence creameries
Rutland Newsliner Vol 2, No.4, Dec. 1988
| Other Rutland on-line
creameries in Nimke's books: The Rutland 60 Years of
Trying, Vol. V, Part 1: The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol V, Part 2: The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol VI, Part 1: The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol VII: |
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OTHER RAILROADS:
R.C. Jones' Central Vermont Books:
Brattleboro, VT Vol. IV, p. 16
Jericho, VT Vol. IV, p. 110
Enosburg Falls, VT Vol. IV, p. 139
Waterbury, VT Vol. V, p. 88
Vermont's Granite Railroads:
Plainfield, VT. p. 169
Nimke's Connecticut River Railroads, Vol VI:
Barnet, VT, p. 7.
Barton, VT, p.36
Creameries of Upstate New York
by John W. Hudson, II
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREAMERY & MILK PLATFORM PLANS
Creamery Plans
Grand Isle Creamery & Ice House
Railmodel Journal, March, 1991
Milk Platform Plans
NYO&W milk platforms
Model Railroader, Dec. 1981, p. 106
Rutland milk platform at Orwell, VT
Valuation Plan sketch
Nimke's The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol V, Part 1, pp.52-53
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILK PLATFORM PHOTOS
South Wallingford, VT
Nimke's The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol IV, p. 10.
East Wallingford, VT
Nimke's The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol. III, p. 21.
Norwood, NY
Nimke's The Rutland 60 Years of Trying, Vol. VI, Part
2, pp. 80-81.
B&M, Peterboro branch
Nimke's Connecticut River Railroads, Vol II, p. 140
MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
ICE HOUSES
Plans: CPR Standard No. 2 Icehouse
Model Railroader, March, 1978
Plans: DL&W small icehouse at Northumberland, PA
Model Railroader, April 1965
Plans: Rutland RR ice house
R. W. Nimke's Rutland Betterments, p. 172
Photo: Ice house at Rutland, VT
R.C. Jones' Railroads of Vermont pictorial, p. 249
Plans: CNR 250 ton ice house
Juneco Kit #K-26
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MILK TRAINS & MILK CARS BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES ON NEW YORK STATE
Photos, plans, etc. of milk trains, milk cars, ice houses and creameries located in New York State can be found in the following books:
Delaware & Hudson
Jim Shaughnessy
Delaware & Hudson in Color
D. Sweetland
O&W
William F. Helmer
Final Years of the NYO&W
Krause & Crist
Middletown, Home of the O&W
O&WRRHS
Creameries of Upstate New York
by John W. Hudson, II
| NYO&W - Milk Cans, Mixed Trains & Motor Cars (shown
at right) Robert Mohowski Delaware & Northern & the
Towns Ulster & Delaware |
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