On Monday, April 13, 2015 at 6:54:32 PM UTC-4, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
      
   > Worst case, you could make the steps retractable; that'd drive up the   
   > maintenance cost a bit, but it'd still be cheaper than paying   
   > round-the-clock wages for step box operators on every car.   
      
   You do realize that your so-called "step box operators" have many other   
   duties; indeed, placing a step-box is probably the least of them.   
      
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