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=== Passenger use === In the [[Philippines]], Boxcars were used as additional third-class accommodations by the [[Manila Railroad Company|Manila Railway Company]] during the early 1900s as there was a shortage of true [[passenger railroad car]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Rolling stock of the Manila Railroad Co. 1904 |journal=Railroad Gazette |volume=35 |issue=48 |date=1903 }}</ref> These problems were considered solved by the 1910s as British manufacturer [[Metro-Cammell|Metropolitan]] and American builders such as [[Harlan and Hollingsworth]] constructed more passenger cars for the railroad.<ref>{{Cite report |title=Report of the General Manager for the Year Ended December 31, 1938 |work=Reports of the General Manager |publisher=Manila Railroad Company |date=March 17, 1939 }}</ref> In the present day, [[hobo]]s and [[migrant worker]]s have often used boxcars in their journeys (see [[freighthopping]]), since they are enclosed and cannot be seen by [[railroad police]], as well as being to some degree insulated from cold weather.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2012 |title=Train Hopping: Why Do Hobos Risk Their Lives to Ride the Rails? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20756990 |access-date=June 25, 2022 }}</ref> [[Hobo code|Hobo Code]], a form of hieroglyphs used by hobos, developed as a code to give information to Hobos freighthopping.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berendsohn |first=Roy |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Those Hobo Hieroglyphs That Appeared on Posts and Bridge Abutments Relayed Important Messages |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a25174860/hobo-code/ |access-date=June 25, 2022 |website=Popular Mechanics }}</ref>
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