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Before modern retention tanks, how did passenger trains shockingly dispose of human waste from the onboard bathrooms?

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Before modern retention tanks, how did passenger trains shockingly dispose of human waste from the onboard bathrooms?

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Before modern retention tanks, how did passenger trains shockingly dispose of human waste from the onboard bathrooms?
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