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568:"Gettysburg cited; NTSB urges steam standards"
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640:Gostomski, Christina (1995-06-25).
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211:. The line was later leased to the
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984:Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
965:Steelton and Highspire Railroad
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195:under a subsidiary, Gettysburg
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380:Western Maryland Railway
351:Baldwin Locomotive Works
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55:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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1184:Tioga Central Railroad
1103:Colebrookdale Railroad
1189:West Chester Railroad
887:Mittal Steel Railways
430:Long Island Rail Road
330:Mississippian Railway
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917:North Shore Railroad
863:Landisville Railroad
1179:Strasburg Rail Road
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