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570:"[STB Finance Docket No. 36273] Filing 247230: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LLC – Change of Operators Exemption – Rail Line of Coahoma County"
535:"[STB Finance Docket No. 36273] Filing 247215: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LLC – Change of Operators Exemption – Rail Line of Coahoma County"
500:"[STB Finance Docket No. 36273] Filing 247207: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LLC – Change of Operators Exemption – Rail Line of Coahoma County"
466:"[STB Finance Docket No. 36273] Filing 247103: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LLC – Change of Operators Exemption – Rail Line of Coahoma County"
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