These 40’ drop bottom gondolas with woodchip extension and loads are painted maroon with white logo and lettering. They were built in May 1948, serviced in April 1958 and run on Bettendorf trucks. In April of 1958, Milwaukee Road’s Class GS gondolas were 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.