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General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment

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 #334677  by bimmer5427
 
I read that there used to be billboard type advertisements on the side of boxcars (something still done in Europe), but that the practice was outlawed in the US by some law passed way back in the 1930's.

Does anyone know what this specific law was, and the reason that it was enacted?

Thanks.