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Railway Milk Cars. Vol. 4. (D.L.& W. Milk Cars Part 2.)
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Railway Milk Cars. Volume 4. (DL&W Milk Cars Part 2.) By Robert R. Bahrs. [Ansonia, CT]: [Bob's Photos], no date (2005.) First edition. 4to softcover. pp. 48, black-and-white photographs.
This second part on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad milk cars and service in the Bob's Photographs series on Railway Milk Cars. Cars included freight and tank cars. A five-page section on Hoboken and Montclair has eight photos of Hoboken including several Borden's cars, one in the passenger shed at Lackawanna Terminal. There are also Hoboken photos on pages 41 (a long milk train departing Hoboken) and 44 (a former milk freight car converted to a Maintenance of Way or M of W car.)
Contents:
Introduction, pp. 3-4;
New Jersey Creameries that disappeared early, pp. 5-9;
Branchville, Straders, Orange and Newark, pp. 10-14;
Timetable and Operations, pp. 15-17;
Map, pg. 18;
Hoboken and Montclair, pg. 19-24;
The Paper Train, pp. 25-31 [for delivery of morning newspapers];
Photo Gallery, pp. 32-41;
Milk cars converted to Maintenance of Way service, pp. 42-46;
DL&W Operating revenues from Milk 1899-1959, pg. 47;
Index, pg. 48 [cities]
Photographs are credited and come from many different collectors and collections.
4to softcover
2010.007.0077
2010.007
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Bahrs, Robert R.
First edition
Bob's Photos
Ansonia, CT
2005
Copy No.: 1
Good
Notes: Author lives in Morris Plains, N.J. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-07-20