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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?
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Where does the song say that John Henry, West Virginia's famous steel driver, defeated the steam drill?
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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The Northwestern Railroad was opened to this Ohio River city in 1857.
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The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) commuter system is located on which campus?
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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This turnpike ran from Weston to the Kanawha River.
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