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DMUs able to run at 120 km/h. The route east of
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diesel single-units. Most services continued over the
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1665:Categories
1607:31 January
1533:References
1446:Operations
1413:Nordhausen
1287:Egge ridge
1271:Holzminden
1263:Altenbeken
860:Holzminden
334:Langeland
310:(junction)
262:(junction)
215:Altenbeken
1654:Line 2974
1649:Line 1940
1644:Line 1760
1476:Bielefeld
1472:Egge-Bahn
1440:Göttingen
1421:Paderborn
1417:Thuringia
1382:Göttingen
1354:Brunswick
1275:Kreiensen
1261:area via
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957:Vorwohle
582:Amelunxen
146:Route map
107:Technical
76:, Germany
1302:Eggebahn
1281:towards
455:(Awanst)
287:(1632 m)
38:Overview
18:Eggebahn
1581:25 July
1478:on the
1390:Leipzig
1358:Prussia
1308:History
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980:Wenzen
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1279:Seesen
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682:Höxter
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