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Notes
- ↑ Conolly 2004, p. 43, section B3.
- 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 11.
- 1 2 3 Quick 2009, p. 52.
- ↑ Awdry 1990, p. 36.
- ↑ Clinker 1988, p. 1.
- ↑ "The line's Website". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
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