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Railroad Southern Division Timetable (1949)
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1032:"Florida Railroad: Passenger Stations & Stops"
523:junction with Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad
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919:"Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad"
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866:A Short History of Florida Railroads
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1020:CSX Jacksonville Division Timetable
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945:Official Guide of the Railways
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237:Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company
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818:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
679:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
347:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
172:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
124:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
74:Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
27:Historic railroad in Florida
265:Florida West Coast Railroad
55:Thomasville—Dunnellon Line,
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984:"Nature Coast State Trail"
947:. December 1954. Table 30.
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821:High Springs—Lakeland Line
745:Seaboard Air Line Railroad
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247:was discontinued in 1957.
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215:Louisville & Nashville
132:Thomasville—Dunnellon Line
18:Thomasville—Dunnellon Line
1082:Defunct Florida railroads
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299:Thomasville to Dunnellon
273:Nature Coast State Trail
158:, of Florida during the
943:"Atlantic Coast Line".
447:Tallahassee Subdivision
868:. Arcadia Publishing.
864:Turner, Gregg (2003).
321:Connections and notes
210:Thomasville, Georgia
176:Thomasville, Georgia
415:Monticello Branch (
227:'s Jacksonville to
144:Big Bend of Florida
923:The Loping Gopher
875:978-0-7385-2421-4
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1071:Categories
846:References
813:Dunnellon
805:AND 857.4
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786:Tidewater
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309:Milepost
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65:Abandoned
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585:Benotis
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502:Secotan
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417:FC&P
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315:Station
258:Remnants
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457:Lamont
306:State
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