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Railway construction began in the 1870s. The Arima line was completed in 1876, followed by the San
Fernando line in 1882. The railway to Princes Town was completed in 1884. These were followed by railway lines to Sangre Grande in 1897 and Cunupia-Tabaquite in 1898.
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By the end of 1921 the company owned 37 steam locomotives, 105 coaches and 738 goods wagons. In 1931, a
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279:passenger lines. This plan was cancelled in 2010.
373:. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., and London.
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451:"Locomotives of the Trinidad Government Rlys"
349:Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad 1870–1900
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371:Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago
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234:– terminus
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111:Statistics
72:Background
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