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- ↑ Map of Rochester Subway, Rowlands Loop
- 1 2 "Passenger Runs End on Subway After 29 Years". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. July 1, 1956. p. 5. Retrieved August 3, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Rochester Subway". Electric Railroaders Association. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
