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Determination: West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc.; Plainview Terminal Company
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718:Fort Worth and Dallas Belt Railroad
252:in Lubbock, since that operated by
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788:Port Terminal Railroad Association
773:Point Comfort and Northern Railway
663:Angelina and Neches River Railroad
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221:took over operations through the
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898:West Texas & Lubbock Railway
823:Temple and Central Texas Railway
698:Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
606:West Texas & Lubbock Railway
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133:West Texas & Lubbock Railway
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17:West Texas & Lubbock Railway
1139:Palouse River & Coulee City
728:Fort Worth and Western Railroad
446:. Retrieved February 2009.
223:West Texas and Lubbock Railroad
1074:Decatur & Eastern Illinois
858:Texas & New Mexico Railway
723:Fort Worth and Dallas Railroad
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883:Texas Pacifico Transportation
793:Pecos Valley Southern Railway
1251:2002 establishments in Texas
863:Texas South-Eastern Railroad
808:South Plains Lamesa Railroad
803:Rio Valley Switching Company
768:Orange Port Terminal Railway
554:. Retrieved March 2009.
532:STB Finance Docket No. 35079
520:STB Finance Docket No. 35111
501:STB Finance Docket No. 34613
37:WT&L freight train near
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878:Texas and Oklahoma Railroad
873:Texas North Western Railway
853:Texas Northeastern Railroad
833:Texas City Terminal Railway
778:Panhandle Northern Railroad
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848:Texas and Northern Railway
818:Southern Switching Company
783:Plainview Terminal Company
668:Alliance Terminal Railroad
1144:Pennsylvania Southwestern
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418:Animal/Poultry feedstock
246:non-operating subsidiary
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673:Austin Western Railroad
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254:South Plains Switching
1149:Pecos Valley Southern
1104:Kansas & Oklahoma
843:Texas Mexican Railway
733:Grainbelt Corporation
1129:Mississippi Southern
1109:Kansas City Terminal
1049:Baton Rouge Southern
838:Timber Rock Railroad
354:Locomotives Operated
166:lines, extending to
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1064:Blue Ridge Southern
1059:Birmingham Terminal
738:Georgetown Railroad
678:Blacklands Railroad
522:, December 15, 2008
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1119:Louisiana Southern
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272:subsidiary
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219:RailAmerica
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84:2002–
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423:References
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75:West Texas
39:Ropesville
1208:Australia
1114:Kaw River
1084:Grand Elk
1029:Ann Arbor
571:15 August
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388:Chemicals
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262:Plainview
196:Crosbyton
172:Seagraves
168:Whiteface
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