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railway. In 1874 the
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The Innerste Valley Railway at www.voll-dampf.de with many photographs
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Die deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835-1935
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The deutschen Eisenbahnen in ihrer Entwicklung 1835-1935
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Footpath on the line of the old Innerste Valley Railway
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Viaduct over a country road shortly before the terminus
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Southeast Lower Saxony Railway History Working Group
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654:Innerste Dam
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66:Route number
54:Lower Saxony
1715:Nachdruck:
1651:, then via
1649:Rhumequelle
1553:valley via
1524:Langelsheim
1407:(Oberharz)
308:Langelsheim
209:from Goslar
88:Track gauge
79:Line length
42:Line number
32:Native name
1813:Categories
1663:References
1625:B 242
1528:Lautenthal
1520:Vienenburg
1461:Upper Harz
1380:3. viaduct
1355:2. viaduct
1333:1. viaduct
787:Lautenthal
1668:Footnotes
1653:Göttingen
1555:Wildemann
918:Wildemann
621:Lindthal
128:Route map
74:Technical
56:, Germany
1627:between
1551:Innerste
1116:Zellbach
1070:Innerste
998:Innerste
973:Innerste
948:Innerste
893:Innerste
842:Innerste
817:Innerste
762:Innerste
737:Innerste
686:Innerste
471:Innerste
111: in
27:Overview
1703:Sources
1563:Altenau
1405:Altenau
868:(278 m)
106:⁄
61:Service
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1629:Seesen
1536:Goslar
143:Legend
135:
50:Locale
1411:478 m
1311:564 m
1233:536 m
1145:483 m
923:408 m
792:305 m
625:265 m
313:208 m
1759:ISBN
1741:ISBN
1723:ISBN
1686:ISBN
1451:The
1400:33,7
1375:32,4
1303:26.5
1223:25.0
1137:22.1
1065:20.5
1042:20.0
993:18.9
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732:10.2
69:204b
45:1931
1655:to
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1518:at
1473:MHE
1471:or
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617:5.4
383:0.9
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