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86:Track gauge
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1800:SLIM&S
1460:CP&STL
1049:NC&STL
819:CSPM&O
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744:CAR&NW
427:References
182:net profit
140:Fort Worth
1910:1930–1976
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1790:SJ&GI
1780:SFP&P
1770:SB&NY
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1069:NO&NE
1064:NYS&W
1044:M&STL
869:D&TSL
859:DSS&A
854:D&RGW
849:DM&IR
707:AT&SF
262:Footnotes
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80:Technical
70:Successor
1898:Timeline
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1860:WJ&S
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1570:G&SI
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231:See also
159:Comanche
155:Granbury
136:New York
105: in
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