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40' Drop Bottom Gondola, Side Extensions With Wood Chip Load.

This 40' Drop Bottom Gondola with Extension and Wood Chip Load is painted maroon with a white logo and lettering. Serviced in April 1958. Milwaukee Road's Class GS Gondolas were all fitted with different height extensions to provide a low cost chip car. This program was developed to address the rapid development of the paper industry in the Pacific Northwest for such uses as Kraft paper and particleboard.

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Uploaded on August 6, 2018
Taken on July 24, 2011