Milk cars are a specialized type of railroad car intended to transport raw milk from collection points near dairy farms to a processing creamery. Some milk cars were intended for loading with multiple cans of milk, while others were designed with a single tank for bulk loading.

Dec 27, 2021 · On the major Eastern railroads, milk trains consisted of up to 20 milk cars with an old coach or combine on the end for the train crew. Since the train literally stopped at every gate post and small hamlet, it usually also functioned as a local passenger train.

The Automatic Refrigerated Milk Car No. 3662 was produced from 1955 until 1960, and was also available from 1964 until 1966. This car was one of the very few that were issued during the Post War period that was actually O scale (1/48).

Bordens 520 is arguably the most iconic freight car preserved at the museum. It is a “butter dish” milk car, so called because of its unusual Art Deco-inspired shape. It was designed for hauling fresh milk inside of large glass-lined tanks.

A milk float is a vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk. Today, milk floats are usually battery electric vehicles (BEV), but they were formerly horse-drawn floats. They were once common in many European countries, particularly the …

GPEX 1021 is a milk car, designed for hauling 8,000 gallons of fresh milk inside of large stainless steel tanks. It is fitted with special trucks for express service and is one of the largest bulk milk cars ever built.

3472 Milk Car - The milk car has either a cream or white body with black lettering, metal trucks, operating couplers, single metal brakewheel, metal footsteps at each corner, opening doors on each side plus aluminum milk cans with magnets mounted on the bottom.

Feb 6, 2023 · Milk train cars were owned by railroads and by private processing companies such as Borden and H.P. Hood. The demise of the milk train as a chief transport for milk actually started at the same time the mounted tanks were being developed.

Dec 7, 2023 · Learn about the Lionel No. 3672 automatic refrigerated milk car in this article from Classic Toy Trains magazine. Lionel's automatic refrigerated milk car model No. 3672 is an updated version of the path-breaking car that Lionel enthusiasts of all ages loved when it debuted as the No. 3462 in 1947.

Before bulk milk cars, and afterward, as well, there were can cars. These cars transported milk in those ubiquitous 40 gallon milk cans that were used to move milk all the way from its origin on the farm to its ultimate processing destination.