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2215:KCM&OTX
2000:CCC&STL
832:August 2008
391:coal hopper
372:Bloomington
364:Springfield
223:Track gauge
2551:Categories
2445:TSTL&W
2410:SLIM&S
2070:CP&STL
1659:NC&STL
1429:CSPM&O
1389:CNO&TP
1354:CAR&NW
923:2024-09-20
844:References
821:incomplete
804:1899–1908.
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706:, and the
684:dining car
682:The first
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510:subsidiary
311:Jacob Bunn
172:A, C&A
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352:Illinois
342:system.
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