Beginning in the late 50s, wood chips went from something to be disposed of to a valuable commodity. Since wood chips are less dense than coal, gravel and other hopper loads, many railroads added high extensions to standard hoppers for this service. The extentions were simple affairs, either rib sided or flat sided that were welded to the top chords of standard hoppers. Like our coal hoppers, these N scale models will come ready-to-run with knuckle couplers, and loads.. First draft artwork is show here and is subject to improvement by our crack research staff!

Chattahoochee Industrial Offset Side Wood Chip Hopper with Flat Side Extensions. The CIRR was built in the early 60s to serve a new Georgia Pacific paper mill is southern Georgia. Traffic was so heavy that it took 10 diesels to serve this 15 mile shortline! Today, CIRR is one of the G&W family of shortlines. This road name will be available in 3 road numbers: