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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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Which one of the following is still a major railroad carrier in West Virginia?
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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During the Civil War, "Stonewall" Jackson burned down the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops in this city.
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What was the United States' first commercial railroad?
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What industry were Shay locomotives associated with?
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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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