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RCW

July 11, 2015 02:53PM

Registered: 11 years ago
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Cream (not milk) was collected daily all over the South Plains of the Texas Panhandle and shipped to Colorado (Trinidad?) for processing. One would assume that the influx came in from all directions, not just from the south.

Was this the origin of the term "milk run?"

P.S. The cream was separated from the "blue john" on the farm by one of these:Cream Separator

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Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	DonB	July 10, 2015 02:49PM
Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	Bill M.	July 10, 2015 03:16PM
Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	RCW	July 11, 2015 02:53PM
Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	Brian Norden	July 11, 2015 10:45PM
Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	dougvv	July 12, 2015 06:54AM
Wikipedia - milk run not RR related? Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	dougvv	July 12, 2015 08:13AM
Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	Greg Scholl	July 12, 2015 07:35AM
Re: Moving milk on the D&RGW/RGS?	Bill M.	July 12, 2015 11:45AM
An actual milk run.....in 1966	John West	July 12, 2015 12:51PM
Re: An actual milk run.....in 1966	dougvv	July 12, 2015 01:37PM
Re: An actual milk run.....in 1966	Greg Scholl	July 12, 2015 03:48PM
Re: An actual milk run.....in 1966	Brian Norden	July 12, 2015 06:04PM
Re: Narrow gauge dairy cars -	Stewart Rhine	July 12, 2015 06:50PM
Re: Narrow Gauge Milk Cars on the D&RGW	Johnson Barr	July 12, 2015 10:00PM
Re: An actual milk run.....in 1966	John K	July 12, 2015 07:29PM
Re: An actual milk run.....in 1966	Dick Bell	July 12, 2015 08:14PM

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