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1051:Other areas
1011:Puerto Rico
845:Mississippi
760:Connecticut
529:January 18,
364:. Amtrak's
80:2 lanes of
64: /
39:Coordinates
1539:Categories
1501:West Point
1390:Hotel Iowa
1230:Farmington
1214:Donnellson
960:Washington
880:New Mexico
875:New Jersey
750:California
615:Downstream
481:2018-11-27
412:References
317:magazine.
168:Statistics
52:91°17′45″W
49:40°37′37″N
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970:Wisconsin
935:Tennessee
840:Minnesota
815:Louisiana
285:over the
87:IL 9
1485:Primrose
1469:Montrose
1347:Franklin
1126:Category
955:Virginia
905:Oklahoma
885:New York
860:Nebraska
850:Missouri
835:Michigan
825:Maryland
810:Kentucky
790:Illinois
765:Delaware
755:Colorado
745:Arkansas
588:Upstream
428:(2017).
385:See also
280:swinging
256:Location
238:99001035
1179:Denmark
1072:Related
975:Wyoming
950:Vermont
855:Montana
795:Indiana
775:Georgia
770:Florida
740:Arizona
730:Alabama
155:History
94:Crosses
77:Carries
1363:Keokuk
910:Oregon
865:Nevada
805:Kansas
780:Hawaii
735:Alaska
671:Topics
356:Amtrak
330:Peoria
160:Opened
146:tracks
110:, and
104:Locale
1042:Palau
940:Texas
820:Maine
785:Idaho
488:photo
486:with
433:(PDF)
1524:and
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900:Ohio
800:Iowa
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