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on 1 April 1909. With the participation of all the German state railways, it created a common pool of goods wagons, which by the end of 1911 had no less than 560,000 wagons. In addition, they all had standardised inscriptions and red-brown livery. In order to standardise future procurements, a total
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Express Passenger trains), they may only run at high speeds of 150 mph
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862:"What Are All of the Different Rail Car Types?"
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336:Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices
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983:Comprehensive goods wagon photo archive
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925:. Association of American Railroads.
34:Hbillns wagon with sliding sides in
797:List of rolling stock manufacturers
787:Goods wagons of welded construction
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909:"The Days They Changed the Gauge"
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633:Range of goods wagons at
792:List of railway vehicles
513:Wagons with sliding roof
49:goods wagon in Australia
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350:classification system:
1309:Revenue collection car
302:North American history
282:European wagon history
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812:Types of freight cars
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876:"Jahresbericht 2007"
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342:Types of goods wagon
312:Safety Appliance Act
224:Sheet nos. A1 to A11
192:German wagon history
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911:. Southern Railfan.
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622:Goods wagon gallery
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