Motive power on mainline milk trains

I think this line from the website is instructive:

"--Railroads expected to transport it within a single day, and milk trains had high priority over all other trains, often being cut into passenger schedules, both because of the nature of the commodity and because tariffs for it were high (presumably a connection there)."

You want a locomotive that can maintain a passenger train schedule, which the Mohawks could certainly do.

I suspect there may have been diesel hauled milk trains, but by the time diesels became commonplace, the shipment of milk was probably being handled by trucks

Rusty

Mario.........I'll have to consult my Harlem Division book to be sure.......but the was a nightly milk train down the Harlem Division into NYC, originating in southern VT, called the Rutland Milk. In the steam era I believe it was pulled by Pacific's.

Peter

thanks guys!  Good to know!  Look forward to more info...