John wrote<<I don't have a specific answer to your question as to whether cans
were
handled from West Burke to Barnet for processing and if so how. But
there is ample photographic evidence showing a can car on the headend
of the southbound "Alouette" in that era so there was certainly a way
to do it. Also, after the CP 'milk' came off in the early '50s much of
the milk, both loads and empties, was handled on the CP freights you
mentioned.
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John--Thanks for your reply.
Here's a new idea: since the farmers brought the cans to the station early of a
morning, it has been suggested that maybe the cans were picked up by the
northbound #901 "Interstate Freight" at 9:06 am, rather than the southbound 902
at the same time (for a TT meet).
#901 arrived in Newport at 10:15, so cans could have been transferred to Hood's
plant for the southbound "milk" #770 at 2 pm. Or, if unprocessed, could have
made the #212 Alouette at 12:35 pm for a direct trip to Boston. Since West
Burke was a flag stop for #212, it could make sense to send the milk to Newport
to catch the Alouette.
Dan
