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1472:"Surface Transportation Board Decision Document"
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1765:Kirby Family Farm Train
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1795:Wildlife Express Train
1450:. Arcadia Publishing.
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196:3i RR Holdings GP, LLC
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1572:First Coast Railroad
1536:Railroads of Florida
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1719:The Mosaic Company
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