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Becker & Son Dairy: Centerville & Southwestern Railroad Tickets, 1950s-early 1960s.

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Pair of round trip tickets on the Centerville & Southwestern Railroad, "The Milk Line" from Centerville to Peachtree Unction servicing Henry Becker & Son's Dairy Farms at Roseland, N.J. According to Wikipedia:The Becker Farm Railroad (also known as the Centerville and Southwestern Railroad) was located on the Becker dairy farm in Roseland, New Jersey, US. This 2-inch scale, 9+7⁄16 in (240 mm) gauge miniature railway, the brainchild of Eugene Becker, dates to 1938. The first revenue trips were in the late 1940s. At full operation, the railroad ran on Saturdays until 5 pm between the beginning of May and the end of October and on Wednesdays during July and August. The farm closed and the railroad was dismantled in 1972. These tickets date to the 1950s-early 1960s, before the price increase at the end of the 1960s.

2023.243.003

2023.243

3 in

5-1/4 in

         Becker & Son Dairy: Centerville & Southwestern Railroad Tickets, 1950s-early 1960s. picture number 1
         Becker & Son Dairy: Centerville & Southwestern Railroad Tickets, 1950s-early 1960s. picture number 1
            Becker & Son Dairy: Centerville & Southwestern Railroad Tickets, 1950s-early 1960s. picture number 2
            Becker & Son Dairy: Centerville & Southwestern Railroad Tickets, 1950s-early 1960s. picture number 3

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