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My best guess was they knew this had been done during WWII for aircraft loads or similar. What I’m wondering is which mill(s) these cars served. But the cube of these cars wasn’t matched by a hopper for a number of years. I don’t immediately see the wood chip open hoppers (three-bay open hopper with height extension) before about 1968, and they’re still not quite the same nominal cube capacity as these cars.
My guess is that the mill(s) already had the unloader that could pick up these cars and get the chips out, and they were in no hurry to adapt to a different type of car.
What I would like to know is where exactly the loading facilities were, and where the mill(s) were that received these chips.
RG7
