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A little levity from Lionel
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Not sure if they're on the way out - I recall seeing a set of four N scale tobacco boxcars made by Model Power fairly recently. These were definitely in production in the late 1990s/early 2000s. <br /> <br />Regarding the advertising, I think companies are now leasing their rail cars rather than owning their own - this way, if there's a breakdown or accident they are not responsible for finding new cars, repairing the old ones, etc. Also, in the event of a downturn in sales they no longer have to find space for and spend money maintaining cars that are not being used. Certainly in other areas we see this - the shipping industry for example, where a common arrangement when building a new ferry is to arrange for ownership to remain with the bank that funded it, with a limited-time lease agreement (usually around 20 years) for the company placing the order. When the lease is up, they either extend it or start the whole process again with a new ship, while the old one is leased to another user.
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