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ˈcat·tle car N Am (cattle truck)

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The weather was intensely cold, and cattle cars were the only quarters to be had for the command. en.wikipedia.org

The trains often used cattle cars with no amenities. en.wikipedia.org

They were then loaded onto cattle cars and transported 200 mi for 16 hours through the desert without food or water. en.wikipedia.org

There they were shoved, once again, into cattle cars. en.wikipedia.org

They were transported in trucks from their homes to the local railway stations where they were loaded in unheated cattle cars. en.wikipedia.org

The railroad companies were slow to adopt this new invention because of their heavy investments in cattle cars, stockyards, and feedlots. en.wikipedia.org

Within 24 hours the population transfer occurred at night during winter without notice in unheated cattle cars. en.wikipedia.org

Conditions on the early trains were poor, little better than cattle cars. en.wikipedia.org

The workers and any suspected supporters were loaded onto cattle cars and transported 200 mi for 16 hours without food or water. en.wikipedia.org

Food was not provided, and water fell through the holes and cracks in the cattle car in the form of snow. en.wikipedia.org

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