NEB&W Guide to Details - Milk CansThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2008-05-22
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Milk cans are found around farms, but they are found in greater numbers around depots, freight depots, and creameries.
We have been searching for good-looking HO scale milk cans. Most have them too tall, so they look like LP tanks. Selley cans (no. 000154) are 27 inches tall, and about 15 inches in diameter, while an actual can was 24 inches high and 12 inches in diameter. (I measured.) Another manufacturer had the right diameter, but almost three