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Rapido Trains 130119A HO Scale 40' DS Boxcar DL&W #s Vary (Phoebe Snow) Big Rock Double-door boxcars were amongst theRapido Trains 130119A HO Scale 40' DS Boxcar DL&W (Phoebe Snow) #s Vary During World War I the US railroads were struggling to keep up with wartime traffic, in part because of a shortage of serviceable freight cars. In an attempt to solve this problem, President Wilson nationalized the railroads under the United States Railway Administration, or USRA. One of the first tasks assigned to the USRA was to develop common designs for new freight cars. Among