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- ↑ Railway Equipment and Publication Company, The Official Railway Equipment Register, June 1917, p. 422
- ↑ Vaill, John S.; Ewing, Thomas Jr., eds. (July 15, 1903). Pittsburgh Legal Journal. New Series. XXXIII. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: John S. Murray. p. 12.
- ↑ "Pittsburg Road Fails" (PDF). New York Times . June 23, 1908.
- ↑ "P&W. Va. Buys a New Spur" (PDF). New York Times (November 16). 1920.
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