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section of a Danube–Vltava railway and, in 1822, made his first trip to
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Bericht an die P.T. Herren Actionärs über den Stand der k. k. privilegierten
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Gamst, Frederick C. "Franz Anton Ritter von Gerstner, Student of America's Pioneering Railroads." Railroad History 163 (1990): 13-27.
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