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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Where is the last operating river ferry in West Virginia?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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The second major railroad in southern West Virginia, this line carried its first load of coal from Mercer County in 1883.
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The Northwestern Virginia Turnpike later became part of this road.
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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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