My great uncle had a dairy farm in North Central Nebraska a mile or two south of the C&NW Railroad at Emmett. Other Midwestern carriers, like the U.P. and CB&Q handled milk on local passenger trains. A video I recently purchased showed a Union Pacific passenger train with several refrigerated express cars on the head end, possibly hauling milk.
This book is a concise text about the hauling of milk by rail, its processing, and its distribution. Dedicated milk trains were more common in the Northeast and Northern Midwest than on the Plains. Regardless, it was interesting to learn how milk was handled and processed in the days before improved highways. I remember seeing a small collection creamery, once belonging to Meadow Gold Milk, in the town of Douglas, Nebraska along the Crete Branch of the Missouri Pacific. I wonder if products were then forwarded to Lincoln, Nebraska, where the big dairy plant was?
This is a good book for anybody with an interest in the history of agriculture and railroading.
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