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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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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 one of the following towns did the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike NOT directly pass through?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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What industry were Shay locomotives associated with?
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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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