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If the passengers were glued down, they probably starved to death!You probably wouldn't have to put cattle in the pens. Most railroad stock pens weren't used for holding cattle, but for transferring or feeding them. If they were being shipped out they'd be brought in by truck, or on foot, put in the pen, then moved to the stock cars as soon as possible. If the run was long enough they needed to be fed and rested, they would be in the pen longer, but the railroads avoided that as much as possible, especially by the late 50s.