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…provided, however, were often little more than converted boxcars or shacks constructed out of leftover materials trackside. A typical boxcar "home" had only two rooms, a kitchen and bedroom. It was not uncommon for multiple families to share water and toilet facilities. These "colonies" of workers dotted the railways across in the middle part of…
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