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- ↑ "History: Delray Connecting Railroad". Archived from the original on 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ↑ "Detroit-based Delray Connecting Railroad Co. celebrated its 100th anniversary last month". Railway Age . June 2004.