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2505:Illinois Railway Museum
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993:service to
651:fundraising
606:Rock Island
501:Quad Cities
377:connecting
375:branch line
313:real estate
167:Track gauge
151:Predecessor
51:introducing
2896:Categories
2874:See also:
2726:See also:
2527:See also:
1537:About IAIS
1365:rail.guide
1263:2016-03-20
1194:2019-12-13
1148:References
1137:Jon R. Roy
620:EMD GP38-2
595:EMD SD38-2
486:high speed
460:intermodal
359:EMD GP38-2
345:Operations
34:references
2393:MetroLink
1790:QNS&L
1392:USA Today
683:Class 230
602:GE ES44AC
581:shops in
505:Iowa City
373:, with a
161:Technical
59:June 2021
1569:Archived
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1189:WQAD.com
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626:in 2017.
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585:, Iowa.
449:Class II
309:Nebraska
301:Illinois
295:between
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186: in
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129:Illinois
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1168:6 March
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988:freight
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269:History
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480:Amtrak
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220:iaisrr
202:Length
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315:firm
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210:Other
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1991:WRPI
1986:WICT
1981:WCRC
1971:TSBY
1961:SSWN
1931:MSRC
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1846:CORP
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1826:BCOL
1800:WSOR
1785:RRVW
1780:RCPE
1770:PNWR
1755:NYSW
1750:NECR
1745:NKCR
1735:KYLE
1725:INRD
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