Re: (erielack) Empty milk car question

["Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>]

Punning aside, I didn't think milk traffic lasted into the EL years. I 've 
never seen a photo of milk containers behind EL power; can anybody post one? 
I presume the Steamburg containers were trucked to Salamanca. Around 1966, a 
convenience store chain opened in S Ontario; it was called "Beckers", but 
IIRC the formal name was "The Becker Milk Co.", and I think they still 
exist. Same company, I gather?

Paul B

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From: "Montgomery, Edward T" <Edward.Montgomery_@_fcps.edu>
To: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie_@_pipeline.com>; <Smtimko@aol.com>; 
<doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>; <erielack@lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Empty milk car question


I believe the Becker milk service ended in 1964.  It was always interesting 
to see the first commuter train come into Mountain View in those final 
years.  It ran to Netcong and then waited for the arrival of "The Lakeland" 
before running up the Sussex Branch carrying passengers to Newton.  This 
train usually had two milk cars usually tagged on the rear of three Boonton 
coaches.

Ed Montgomery

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From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org on behalf of Jim Guthrie
Sent: Mon 10/9/2006 10:24 AM
To: Smtimko_@_aol.com; doctorpb@bellsouth.net; erielack@lists.elhts.org
Subject: Re: (erielack) Empty milk car question



>
> I think  it's a moo t point Gerry, as I believe the milk traffic was
> udderly
> defunct by  1960, having been skimmed off by the truckers. (Sorry, guys, I
> couldn't help  myself.)
>
> Except for the fact that the milk from the Queensboro Dairy in Steamburg,
> NY
> continued to move on the EL well into the late 1960's.

And did not Beckers use the E-L until just about the end of the Branchville
train?

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie


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