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- ↑ "Employer Status Determination: Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railway" (PDF). Railroad Retirement Board . Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Gulf, Colorado & San Saba Railway Corporation," business-bankruptcies.com
- ↑ "Employer Status Determination: Heart of Texas Railroad" (PDF). Railroad Retirement Board . 19 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.