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 #1561423  by Benjamin Maggi
 
I am interested in scratchbuilding a small DL&W milk station based on the plans in the December 1981 Model Railroader magazine. They were small there-sided buildings with the fourth side facing the tracks open. There was a door on the wall opposite the tracks that farmers used to drop off milk cans. However, aside from the drawings there were no pictures and no suggestions for how to paint them. The article indicates that none survived.

Can anyone point out any references or online pictures of them? Specifically, I am most interested in the paint scheme that the DL&W would have used on the milk station itself as well as the loading platform/dock that the station rested on.

Thank you.