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847:, 1984, p. 96: "1969-70 Corporate Simplification: In 1969, Company continued its program of simplifying the corporate structure of the Southern Railway System. First, in January, Company acquired the minority interest in Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. (AGS) Concurrently, the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Co. was merged into the AGS."
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871:, Yearbook of Railroad Facts, 1971, p. 5: "Three railroad unifications were consummated in 1969. the New Orleans and Northeastern became part of the Alabama Great Southern on January 31."
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AN ACT to authorize the extension of the North
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934:(12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
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AN ACT To charter the Wills Valley Railroad Company
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