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959:Echoes Of The Great Central
733:. England. 13 February 1948
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811:. Rugby Borough Council
761:. England. 3 April 1963
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906:RAIL Issue 838 p.37
882:. 25 February 2013.
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72:Coordinates
1833:Categories
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1345:Great Alne
1294:Atherstone
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913:References
656:Healy 1987
547:West Coast
522:goods yard
453:March 2020
442:incomplete
194:5 May 1969
81:52°22′02″N
1810:Kingsbury
1728:North End
1713:Ettington
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1236:The Lakes
1198:Claverdon
626:Butt 1995
406:Mr. Deane
335:Aylesbury
329:in 1948.
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181:Key dates
123:Platforms
84:1°14′50″W
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1594:Flecknoe
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1373:Shustoke
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1160:Nuneaton
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219:Location
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