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Was it the 50 ft. box car? Was it deregulation of the industry in the 1980s that permitted the expansion of intermodal services, particularly COFC? Was it the disappearance of the less-than-carload shipments, i.e. the switch of those shipments to trucks? All of the above?  Some more than others? I'm just curious to know what brought-about the disappearance of such a common piece of rolling stock.  I've seen a few that have been converted to storage buildings.  The Minnesota Prairie Line has an ex-Katy 40' box near their engine shed, and I saw a NYC 40' box in a scrap yard in Cedar Rapids where the old ROCK roundhouse used to be (the box car and the scrap yard are long gone and dang it I never snapped a picture). Inquiring minds must know.  [?]
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