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1300:'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1963, Norfolk & Western section
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1064:Shenandoah Valley Railroad chartered 2/23/1867
476:1882 Station map. Source: Library of Congress
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1259:List of defunct Virginia railroads
1254:List of defunct Maryland railroads
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