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Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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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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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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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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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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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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