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16:Railway line in North Carolina and South Carolina
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854:"North Carolina Railroads - Fayetteville Cutoff"
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243:Historic marker for the Florence Railroad at
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202:Florence, South Carolina
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318:Connections and notes
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955:Categories
835:References
608:Hope Mills
472:Four Oaks
440:Smithfield
410:Carolinian
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121:Signalling
687:Pembroke
468:Four Oaks
309:Milepost
137:Route map
61:Technical
810:A 280.1
803:Sellers
795:A 273.4
780:A 269.1
756:A 262.2
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730:Rowland
722:A 252.8
699:A 246.3
683:Pembroke
679:A 241.3
667:A 236.5
660:Rennert
652:A 230.2
638:A 227.7
631:Parkton
623:A 222.9
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572:Palmetto
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524:A 198.5
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414:Palmetto
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315:Station
282:and the
227:Florence
192:and the
178:Florence
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27:Overview
816:Pee Dee
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726:Rowland
656:Rennert
627:Parkton
517:Godwin
487:Benson
453:W&W
421:in 1924
357:Lucama
261:Pee Dee
255:by the
217:to the
184:History
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788:Latta
760:Dillon
565:Amtrak
544:Beard
513:Godwin
483:Benson
407:Amtrak
403:Selma
388:Micro
372:Kenly
353:Lucama
306:State
269:Dillon
198:Weldon
32:Status
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748:Hamer
705:Elrod
672:Buie
532:Wade
502:Dunn
399:Selma
384:Micro
368:Kenly
172:with
40:Owner
941:2020
913:2020
865:2020
528:Wade
498:Dunn
160:and
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