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Marquette's primary route and the mainline between Michigan's two largest cities, the Plymouth Subdivision's rails were bustling with traffic. Even as late as the mid-1980s, in the first years under CSX, the line saw a dozen CSX and four
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1071:"C&O's Pere Marquette's (Streamlined Trains): Timetable, Consist"
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674:CSX L302 - Rougemere (Detroit Sub)
1136:Van Winkle, Louis (October 1998).
1011:"Thornapple River Railroad Bridge"
961:"Chicago Division Timetable No. 1"
59:Knowledge (XXG)'s inclusion policy
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1029:"Grand Ledge Railroad Bridge"
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1193:Railway lines opened in 1871
1115:"The History of Williamston"
1048:Classic America Streamliners
876:streamlined passenger trains
843:The Plymouth Subdivision is
381:Great Lakes Central Railroad
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688:CSX L305 - Lansing Ensel
557:42.7227021°N 84.5158731°W
175:124 mi (200 km)
155:August 31, 1871
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681:CSX L303 - Grand Rapids
27:Railway line in Michigan
18:CSX Plymouth Subdivision
1089:Clara's Lansing Station
562:42.7227021; -84.5158731
518:42.758195°N 84.755470°W
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312:Pere Marquette Railroad
1113:Lutzke, Mitch (2013).
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