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170:Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin
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986:Tourist & heritage railways
1016:Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway
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1056:Railway lines opened in 1932
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167:"The Boggabilla Branch"
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317:South Coast (Illawarra)
241:7 February 2015 at the
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173:February 1993 pp. 27–47
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1006:Lachlan Valley Railway
946:Western Sydney Airport
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658:Richmond Vale Railway
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355:Country branch lines
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850:Epping to Chatswood
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185:NSWrail.net
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884:Holsworthy
782:South West
757:East Hills
678:Tumbarumba
628:Mount Hope
553:Brewarrina
387:Boggabilla
322:Main North
302:Main lines
150:References
146:corridor.
124:North Star
69:Queensland
54:crosses a
37:Boggabilla
889:Kurrajong
737:Bankstown
578:Crookwell
492:Tottenham
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104:48 class
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79:Opening
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867:Closed
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608:Kywong
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