Hedley Junction

[doctorwayne]

.....QUESTION: I read a lot this morning about milk train and mixed train but most articles don't talked about returning empty milk cans. I mean, if you stop your mixed freight with the passenger coach in front of the station, it doesn't align with the milk platform on the returning trip. Did they just tossed empty cans at slow speed? I'm really curious about that.....

I'd guess that the empty cans from a previous day would be dropped-off when the current-day milk was picked-up. The farmers would need enough cans in-service to account for whatever the turnaround time was between the pick-up and return of one set.

Wayne