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Watco undertook a $ 2.39 million refurbishment of the railway after beginning operations to upgrade track to handle 25 mile-per-hour speeds. The railroad operates six days a week under Watco control, moving about 9,000 carloads per year.
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246:"Watco announces Alabama short line debut"
834:Spin-offs of the Norfolk Southern Railway
224:. Progressive Railroading. April 12, 2011
222:"Watco inaugurates short line in Alabama"
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601:Alabama & Tennessee River Railway
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586:Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway
591:Alabama Great Southern Railroad
437:Palouse River & Coulee City
839:2011 establishments in Alabama
774:Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
681:Meridian & Bigbee Railroad
372:Decatur & Eastern Illinois
196:"STB Finance Docket No. 35465"
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666:Georgia Southwestern Railroad
711:Tennessee Southern Railroad
616:Birmingham Terminal Railway
457:South Kansas & Oklahoma
109:43.62 miles (70.20 km)
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758:Southern Electric Railroad
748:Fairfield Southern Company
716:Wiregrass Central Railroad
696:Sequatchie Valley Railroad
676:Luxapalila Valley Railroad
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606:Autauga Northern Railroad
576:Alabama Southern Railroad
442:Pennsylvania Southwestern
117:Autauga Northern Railroad
17:Autauga Northern Railroad
753:Rapid Switching Services
492:Wisconsin & Southern
487:West Texas & Lubbock
661:Eastern Alabama Railway
646:Conecuh Valley Railroad
581:Alabama Warrior Railway
152:Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
472:Texas & New Mexico
447:Pecos Valley Southern
402:Kansas & Oklahoma
156:Illinois Central Gulf
706:Three Notch Railroad
560:Railroads of Alabama
427:Mississippi Southern
407:Kansas City Terminal
347:Baton Rouge Southern
132:Maplesville, Alabama
452:San Antonio Central
362:Blue Ridge Southern
357:Birmingham Terminal
164:Tuscaloosa, Alabama
160:Montgomery, Alabama
140:Prattville, Alabama
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725:Passenger carriers
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482:Vicksburg Southern
462:Stillwater Central
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250:Railway Age
206:20 February
71:Track gauge
55:Predecessor
50:2011–
813:Categories
791:See also:
631:CG Railway
467:Swan Ranch
260:6 December
228:2011-04-12
182:References
506:Australia
412:Kaw River
382:Grand Elk
327:Ann Arbor
128:shortline
65:Technical
513:Track IQ
254:Archived
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22:Overview
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106:Length
37:Locale
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303:Watco
172:Watco
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262:2011
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