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1034:. Its construction was considered to be one of the greatest American technological feats of the 19th century. Known as the "Pacific Railroad" when it opened, it served as a vital link for trade, commerce, and travel and opened up vast regions of the North American heartland for settlement. Much of the original route, especially on the Sierra grade west of Reno, Nevada, is currently used by Amtrak's
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January 22, 1870. The formal consolidation of the Central Pacific Railroad of California with the Western Pacific Railroad Co., San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., and San Francisco, Oakland & Alameda Railroad Co.
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Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad. Although through train service between Omaha and Sacramento was in operation as of that date, the road was not completed to the Pacific Ocean until September 6, 1869, when the first through train reached San Francisco Bay at
1965:, its completion was a considerable engineering challenge. The construction took five years after ground was first broken for the line in May, 1850, cost eight million dollars, and required more than seven thousand workers drawn from "every quarter of the globe."
1047:. It brought the western states and territories into alignment with the northern Union states and made transporting passengers and goods coast-to-coast considerably quicker, safer and less expensive. It replaced most of the far slower and more hazardous
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as transcribed from "ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS, AND DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO THE UNION PACIFIC, CENTRAL PACIFIC, AND WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROADS." WASHINGTON: Government
Printing Office.
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Official "Date of Completion" of the Transcontinental Railroad under the Provisions of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, et seq., as Established by the Supreme Court of the United States to be November 6, 1869. (99 U.S. 402)
2912:"Eleventh Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of California for the year ending December 31, 1890" Sacramento: California State Office, J.D. Young, Superintendent of State Printing, 1890. p. 21
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Central Pacific Railroad Company became effective on June 22, 1870, with the filing of Articles of Consolidation drawn under the laws of California with the California Secretary of State.
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in the United States is any continuous rail line connecting a location on the U.S. Pacific coast with one or more of the railroads of the nation's eastern trunk line rail systems operating between the
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was leased by the A&P in 1884 (and purchased in 1911); this gave the AT&SF (the A&P's parent company) a direct route into
Southern California. This route now forms the western portion of
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arrived from the southwest. The two were connected on
February 1, 1902, thus forming an additional link between the Midwest and southern California. Through passenger service was provided by the
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so soon as the overland connection is completed. In the meantime the travel is abundantly accommodated by first-class steamers." – Central
Pacific Railroad Company of California
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was peaceful, with no violence, organized across the entire Sierra Nevada route, and was carried out according to a peaceful Confucian model of protest. The strike began with the
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connects Istanbul with Baghdad and finally Basra, a sea port at the Persian Gulf. When its construction started in the 1880s it was in those times a Transcontinental Railroad.
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declined dramatically. The sale of the railroad land grant lands and the transport provided for timber and crops led to the rapid settling of the "Great American Desert".
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to Darwin, is 2975 kilometres (1849 miles). Completion of the corridor ended 126 years of freight and passengers alike having to be transferred between trains on
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Trans-Siberian Handbook: The Guide to the World's Longest Railway Journey with 90 Maps and Guides to the Route, Cities and Towns in Russia, Mongolia and China
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The Transcontinental Railroad required land and a complex federal policy for purchasing, granting, conveying land. Some of these land-related acts included:
1854:. The old Transandino began in 1910 and ceased passenger service in 1978 and freight 4 years later. Technically a complete transcontinental link exists from
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1945:). By spanning the isthmus, the line thus became the first railroad to completely cross any part of the Americas and physically connect ports on the
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impossible for several years. The D&RG in 1887 began rebuilding its mainline in standard gauge, including a new route and tunnel at
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was built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at
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2638:"Saving Face Without Words: A Confucian Perspective on The Strike of 1867"
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in Guatemala, but ceased passenger service to Puerto San José in 1989.
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2123:, pp. 9-10, New York: Brown & Hewitt, Printers. September 1868.
1143:" were joined on May 10, 1869, with the ceremonial driving of the "
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
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Empire Express; Building the first Transcontinental Railroad
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in 2005. The train now runs from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
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2412:"New 8,400 mile train journey will connect London to Tokyo"
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laborers in China, who built the line over and through the
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strangled the plans before the Little Kanawha section in
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filled by riverboats could be plugged with a new railway.
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Iron Muse: Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Iron Horses: America's Race to Bring the Railroads West
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2013.
2350:"Lonely Planet Guide to the Trans-Siberian Railway"
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1830:There is activity to revive the connection between
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line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean".
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2608:Chang, Gordon H; Fishkin, Shelley Fisher (2019).
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155:A 1015 km gap in the east–west line between
140:rail system that, in turn, links to ports on the
1426:(chartered January 10, 1882) was completed from
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1330:(D&RGW). Tracks were extended north through
1322:, the D&RG acquired a number of independent
1957:environment, the terrain, and diseases such as
1941:in 1903 and became the independent Republic of
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2290:"The Indian Pacific 2022 fares and timetables"
1976:Coasts. This need was mainly triggered by the
1778:opened, connecting CPR to the Atlantic coast.
1594:daily railroad train was extended eastward to
807:The TransKazakhstan Trunk Railways project by
544:. There were before that railroad connections
2212:Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
2092:Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
1850:project. Mendoza has an active connection to
1280:Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway
982:Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862, 1864, and 1867
8:
2952:"Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad"
2355:. Lonely Planet Publications. Archived from
1685:West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway
714:. The project has also linking corridors to
2954:(Harper & Bros., New York, 1861), p. 12
2612:. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
2521:. Philadelphia: Polyglot Press, 445 pages.
2326:. Australian Rail Track Corporation. 2022.
1655:, was completed in 1909, consisting of the
1412:was held on September 8, 1883, with former
1182:Council Bluffs & Nebraska Ferry Company
2772:Installment V. — The Proud Era: 1870–1885"
1040:, although many parts have been rerouted.
517:, was a series of lines that included the
410:north–south transcontinental rail corridor
362:An east–west transcontinental line across
2878:New Mexico's Railroads, A Historic Survey
2383:(10 ed.). Trailblazer Publications.
2117:"best, most direct and practicable route"
1282:at the Pecos River in Texas, and linking
1101:in June, 1867 and lasted for eight days.
1549:Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
1419:contributing to driving the Final Spike.
1207:completed June 30, 1869, passed through
853:and Europe. A shorter to-be-constructed
394:
3042:Western (genre) staples and terminology
2880:, University of New Mexico Press 1990.
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2146:
2108:
1738:'s first transcontinental railway, the
460:to Darwin, and the company's east–west
2636:Ryan, Patrick Spaulding (2022-05-11).
2587:. Seattle: Create Space. p. 198.
2221:from the original on 18 September 2020
1673:Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (1900)
1381:, on August 9, 1883. The SP line into
240:which would connect with the proposed
2477:, October 2010, p. 63 (with map)
1328:Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
1250:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
1055:. The number of emigrants taking the
908:The ceremony for the driving of the "
7:
1526:1939 to 1949 and its successor, the
1252:) with a "silver spike" ceremony at
962:Western Pacific Railroad (1862-1870)
912:," the joining of the tracks of the
1933:, when that area was still part of
1449:was built, without federal aid, by
1302:(D&RG) extended its route from
964:, to link the San Francisco Bay at
2845:Borneman, Walter R. (2014-11-18).
2826:from the original on April 8, 2016
1715:remain to carry the entire route.
1677:Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
1466:Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
1263:December 15, 1881: the SP met the
1228:Subsequent transcontinental routes
619:. There are also plans to connect
574:Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway
284:, was completed in 1917, when the
92:, completed in 1929. It starts in
25:
2330:from the original on 31 July 2022
1920:Current Panama Canal Railway line
1798:National Transcontinental Railway
1434:via Temecula Cañon to Colton and
475:Australian Rail Track Corporation
2270:from the original on 3 July 2022
2066:
1693:Philadelphia and Western Railway
1538:Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
1026:, with the Pacific coast at the
718:, the central Asian states, and
84:There are several ways to cross
2933:from the original on 2020-08-20
2796:UPRR Museum, Council Bluffs, IA
2778:from the original on 2017-07-02
2728:from the original on 2013-10-18
2454:from the original on 2020-11-11
2422:from the original on 2020-11-12
2249:AustralAsia Railway Corporation
2161:from the original on 2014-09-24
1752:Craigellachie, British Columbia
1561:completed his privately funded
1350:railroads at both ends of this
1141:first transcontinental railroad
1020:first transcontinental railroad
998:First transcontinental railroad
815:and Europe with standard gauge
207:, to the southernmost one, the
2814:Fink, Robert (July 27, 1970).
2517:Cooper, Bruce Clement (2005).
2214:. AusIMM Cairns. August 2019.
1776:International Railway of Maine
1661:Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
1516:, completed its new line (the
1271:, connecting eastern Texas to
1:
3017:Uniting the States of America
2474:Railway Gazette International
1758:. Between 1881 and 1885, the
1640:Gould transcontinental system
1563:San Diego and Arizona Railway
1440:Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
1377:, to the Southern Pacific at
1367:Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
1203:across the Missouri River at
2036:Rail transport in Costa Rica
1874:but the Pacific ends are in
1424:California Southern Railroad
1130:Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
1095:Chinese Labor Strike of 1867
3012:Trans-Asian Railway Project
2488:Bain, David Haward (1999).
2004:Rail transport in Guatemala
1997:Guatemala railway (defunct)
1794:Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
1499:from 1905 to 1954, and the
1453:in 1893; it stretched from
1342:made direct interchange of
3058:
2686:12 Stat. 489, July 1, 1862
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2029:Costa Rica railway network
2001:
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1474:El Paso & Northeastern
1193:crossing of Comanche Creek
1085:mountains and then across
995:
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430:tracks of different gauges
403:39 years before that.
374:– was proposed in 2006 by
372:Sydney-Perth rail corridor
304:. This line, built by the
2822:. National Park Service.
2752:February 5, 2007, at the
1816:South and Central America
1810:Canadian National Railway
1790:Canadian Northern Railway
1689:Western Maryland Railroad
1665:Missouri Pacific Railroad
1649:San Francisco, California
1265:Texas and Pacific Railway
1239:Southern Pacific Railroad
1123:Southern Pacific Railroad
1121:was too mountainous. The
992:Transcontinental railroad
930:transcontinental railroad
658:in eastern Turkey across
534:Austrian Southern Railway
256:African Union of Railways
249:African Union of Railways
116:, and, through Zimbabwe,
50:trackage, that crosses a
40:transcontinental railroad
2054:3 ft 6 in
1760:Canadian Pacific Railway
1740:Canadian Pacific Railway
1623:and Chicago-Los Angeles
1398:Northern Pacific Railway
954:Central Pacific Railroad
750:5 ft 6 in
286:Trans-Australian Railway
260:Dakar-Port Sudan Railway
223:was abandoned after the
112:in Tanzania through the
44:transcontinental railway
18:Transcontinental railway
1939:split off from Colombia
1826:Trans-Amazonian Railway
1766:'s 1871 entry into the
1703:could be finished. The
1681:Little Kanawha Railroad
1657:Western Pacific Railway
1610:cut this rail route in
1510:Western Pacific Railway
1371:Albuquerque, New Mexico
1300:Denver & Rio Grande
1217:Jersey City, New Jersey
1189:Kansas Pacific Railroad
1149:Promontory Summit, Utah
922:Promontory Summit, Utah
650:. This route imposes a
578:Lübeck–Lüneburg railway
519:Paris–Marseille railway
100:, and connects through
2701:June 29, 2011, at the
2583:Collins, R.M. (2010).
2260:"Fares and timetables"
2240:History of the railway
2087:Transmountain railroad
2031:
1999:
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1901:is under development.
1783:North-West Territories
1768:Canadian Confederation
1743:
1470:Santa Rosa, New Mexico
1447:Great Northern Railway
1233:Almost 12 years after
1125:was completed in 1881.
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958:Union Pacific Railroad
925:
809:Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
603:, on the coast of the
585:Trans-Siberian Railway
570:Upper Silesian Railway
566:Berlin–Wrocław railway
562:Berlin–Hamburg Railway
527:Paris–Le Havre railway
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376:Project Iron Boomerang
68:Trans-Siberian Railway
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2966:The Portland (Maine)
2770:Omaha's First Century
2721:World Digital Library
2320:"What is Inland Rail"
2155:"Trackage OnLine Def"
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1953:. Given the tropical
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1567:San Diego, California
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401:ill-fated predecessor
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310:federation commitment
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2964:"A Great Enterprise"
2650:10.2139/ssrn.4067005
2362:on 5 September 2012.
2205:"PIB Project Update"
2082:Cosmopolitan Railway
1978:California Gold Rush
1911:Panama Canal Railway
1598:, later rerouted to
1575:Calexico, California
1479:Golden State Limited
1318:in 1882. In central
1269:Sierra Blanca, Texas
1161:Council Bluffs, Iowa
1089:to their meeting in
1024:Council Bluffs, Iowa
974:Council Bluffs, Iowa
800:systems such as the
500:Eurasian Land Bridge
444:experiential tourism
199:, who termed it the
3007:The Old Transandino
2294:Journey Beyond Rail
2264:Journey Beyond Rail
1518:Feather River Route
1502:City of Los Angeles
1496:Los Angeles Limited
1410:Completion Ceremony
1379:Needles, California
1197:Strasburg, Colorado
1113:One motive for the
1018:The United States'
966:Alameda, California
952:, was built by the
798:variable gauge axle
700:Trans-Asian Railway
523:Paris–Lille railway
288:was opened between
2992:Glenn Williamson,
2801:2009-09-17 at the
2682:2016-05-27 at the
2496:. Viking Penguin.
2245:2013-10-29 at the
2097:B & O Railroad
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2000:
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1844:Mendoza, Argentina
1744:
1629:as a single train.
1553:federal land grant
1505:from 1936 to 1971.
1375:Flagstaff, Arizona
1360:Rio Grande Western
1254:Deming, New Mexico
1170:Oakland Long Wharf
1139:The rails of the "
1072:American Civil War
1028:Oakland Long Wharf
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950:"Pacific Railroad"
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364:northern Australia
306:federal government
201:Cape-Cairo railway
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2851:. Little, Brown.
2594:978-1-4528-2631-8
2448:siberiantimes.com
2300:on 11 August 2022
1931:Isthmus of Panama
1709:Mississippi River
1608:Hurricane Katrina
1559:John D. Spreckels
1529:California Zephyr
1391:Southern Transcon
1260:, to Los Angeles.
1235:Promontory Summit
1221:San Francisco Bay
1213:Cheyenne, Wyoming
1061:California Trails
1037:California Zephyr
1032:San Francisco Bay
960:, as well as the
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515:Mediterranean Sea
446:passenger train,
302:Western Australia
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2324:Inland Rail
1955:rain forest
1848:Transandino
1352:bridge line
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1284:New Orleans
1273:Los Angeles
1205:Kansas City
1105:Land Grants
942:Asa Whitney
656:train ferry
617:North Korea
601:Vladivostok
560:(including
391:North–south
380:Bowen Basin
209:Cape Colony
190:North-south
3037:Continents
3026:Categories
2968:Transcript
2937:2020-06-03
2820:NP Gallery
2782:2008-08-18
2732:2013-07-21
2663:2022-05-12
2528:1411599934
2458:2020-11-11
2426:2020-11-11
2396:15 October
2190:2009-02-18
2180:"Afdb.org"
2165:2014-09-26
2141:References
2042:Puntarenas
2020:Costa Rica
1937:. (Panama
1832:ValparaĂso
1748:Last Spike
1732:Last Spike
1695:, but the
1153:Sacramento
1145:Last Spike
1051:lines and
1049:stagecoach
920:grades at
910:Last Spike
849:, then to
839:Kazakhstan
671:Kazakhstan
648:Kazakhstan
644:Uzbekistan
384:Queensland
298:Kalgoorlie
242:AfricaRail
183:Port Sudan
173:In 2010 a
130:Walvis Bay
2658:248036295
2225:30 August
1988:Guatemala
1876:Ilo, Peru
1772:Vancouver
1742:, in 1885
1612:Louisiana
1584:In 1993,
1534:D&RGW
1491:Las Vegas
1191:near its
1174:statutory
1134:telegraph
1079:Cantonese
944:in 1845.
704:Singapore
513:with the
507:North Sea
479:Melbourne
366:from the
322:Melbourne
272:East-west
267:Australia
128:, either
79:East-west
2931:Archived
2824:Archived
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2304:18 April
2268:Archived
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2159:Archived
2060:See also
1947:Atlantic
1935:Colombia
1836:Santiago
1569:and the
1536:and the
1468:reached
1455:St. Paul
1293:Colorado
1014:in 1869.
934:Missouri
873: in
835: in
802:SUW 2000
794: in
772: in
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708:Istanbul
693: in
664:Marmaray
660:Lake Van
609:Mongolia
483:Brisbane
458:Adelaide
449:The Ghan
426:Adelaide
414:Tarcoola
326:Adelaide
314:Brisbane
244:network.
175:proposal
157:Kinshasa
134:Luderitz
48:railroad
2927:Faz.net
2533:p. 1-15
2334:28 June
2274:28 June
1963:cholera
1959:malaria
1864:Bolivia
1796:(GTPR)/
1600:Orlando
1459:Seattle
1406:Seattle
1402:Chicago
1383:Barstow
881:Ukraine
877:Belarus
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688:⁄
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542:Trieste
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1579:Mexico
1408:. The
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1304:Denver
1295:, the
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851:Turkey
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720:Russia
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558:Vienna
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350:gauge.
318:Sydney
150:Maputo
146:Durban
122:Maputo
114:TAZARA
98:Angola
94:Lobito
86:Africa
74:Africa
56:tracks
2654:S2CID
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2103:Notes
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632:China
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613:China
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308:as a
234:Libya
217:Dakar
205:Egypt
179:Dakar
161:Ilebo
118:Beira
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2882:ISBN
2853:ISBN
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2757:1897
2747:1879
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2523:ISBN
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1972:and
1970:East
1961:and
1949:and
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1887:Lima
1878:and
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847:Iran
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