Fire and Steam (57 page)

Bristol & Exeter Railway,
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British Electric Traction,
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British Expeditionary Force,
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,
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British Rail,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and Settle & Carlisle line,
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,
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; marketing,
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,
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; finances,
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,
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,
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; workforce,
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,
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; industrial relations,
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; reorganization,
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; safety record,
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; and privatization,
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British Railways (BR),
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,
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,
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;
and horses,
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,
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; interest payments,
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; regions,
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,
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; staff numbers,
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,
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; and safety,
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; switch from steam,
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,
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; freight wagons,
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,
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; livery and insignia,
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; modernization programme,
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,
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; finances,
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,
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; route miles,
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;
see also
British Rail

British Railways Board,
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,
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,
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British Transport Commission,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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British Transport Hotels,
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Brixton,
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broad gauge,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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;
see also
standard gauge

Broad Street station,
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,
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broccoli trains,
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Bromley,
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Brontë sisters,
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Brookwood,
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Broun, Sir Richard,
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Brown, Ernest,
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Brown, Patrick,
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Broxbourne & Hertford Railway,
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Brunel, Isambard Kingdom,
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,
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Brunel, Marc,
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Brussels,
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,
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,
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Buchan, John,
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Buckinghamshire,
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,
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buffet cars,
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,
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;
see also
dining (restaurant) cars

Buntingford,
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Burkhardt, Ed,
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Burstall, Timothy,
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buses,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; alternative to branch lines,
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,
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,
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; competition with railways,
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,
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; coordination with railways,
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Bushey,
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butter,
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,
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Buxton, Sidney,
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Byers, Stephen,
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by-laws, railway,
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C2C,
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cable operation,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Caledonian Railway,
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,
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; and railway races,
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; industrial relations,
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; and Quintinshill accident,
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; and amalgamation,
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Cambrian Railway,
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Cambridge,
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,
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,
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;
see also
Oxford–Cambridge line

Cambridgeshire,
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Camden Town,
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,
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Camel, river,
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Cameron Highlanders,
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Cameroon,
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Canada,
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canals,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and opposition to railways,
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,
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; decline of,
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Cannon Street station,
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,
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Canterbury,
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,
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Canterbury & Whitstable Railway,
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Capitals Limited
,
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Cardiff,
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,
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,
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Cardwell, Edward,
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Carlisle,
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,
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,
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;
see also
Settle & Carlisle line

Carmarthenshire,
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carriages,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; first-class,
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,
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,
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; lighting,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; second-class,
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,
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,
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; smoking,
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,
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,
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; slam-door,
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; fourth-class,
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; royal,
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; building,
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,
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; branch line,
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; third-class,
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,
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; deluxe,
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; heating,
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,
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,
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,
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; sprung-wheel,
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; corridors,
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,
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,
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,
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; toilets,
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,
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; clerestory roofs,
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,
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; express,
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; and wartime,
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; LMS,
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; Southern,
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,
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; women's,
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; open-plan,
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; postwar,
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; scrapped,
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; air-conditioning,
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,
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,
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,
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; Marks 1 and 2,
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cars,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; competition with rail,
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,
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; age of,
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,
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Carstairs,
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Carter Paterson,
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Castle, Barbara,
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Castle Cary,
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Catch Me Who Can
,
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Catesby tunnel,
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cattle,
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,
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,
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cemeteries,
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Central Electricity Board,
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Chambers, Doctor,
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Channel Islands,
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Channel Tunnel,
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,
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,
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Channel Tunnel Rail Link,
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,
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,
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Charing Cross station,
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chariots,
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Charles II, King,
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Charlotte Dundas
(steam-powered boat),
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Chartist disturbances,
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Chat Moss,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Chatham,
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,
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,
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cheese,
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,
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,
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Cheltenham,
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Cheltenham Flyer
,
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Chepstow,
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Cheshire,
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,
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,
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Cheshunt,
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Chester,
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,
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,
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Chester & Crewe Railway,
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Chester & Holyhead Railway,
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Chichester,
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,
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Chigwell,
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Chiltern,
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Chippenham,
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Chislehurst,
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,
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cholera,
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Christie, Agatha,
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Church Fenton,
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Churchill, Winston,
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,
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,
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,
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Churchward, George,
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,
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City & South London Railway,
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,
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City of Truro
,
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,
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,
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Clapham,
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Clapham Junction accident,
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Clayton tunnel accident,
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clergy,
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,
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Clifton Suspension Bridge,
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closures,
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,
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,
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;
see also
Beeching cuts

Clyde, river,
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coaches, gas-powered,
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coal,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; prices,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; versus coke,
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; industry,
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,
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,
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; cheap or free,
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; and wartime,
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,
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; and strikes,
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,
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; and BR losses,
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coal trains,
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,
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,
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,
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coal wagons,
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,
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Coalbrookdale,
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Coalville,
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Coghlan, Francis,
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Colchester,
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Coleman, Terry,
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Comet
,
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commuter services,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and electrification,
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,
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,
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; and Southern Railway,
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; and strikes,
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Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Nord,
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,
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Connex,
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Conservative Party,
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,
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,
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,
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; and privatization,
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,
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,
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Conway,
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Cook, Thomas,
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Cooper, Sir Astley,
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Co-operative Wholesale Society,
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Corinth, Isthmus of,
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Corn Laws,
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,
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Cornish Riviera
,
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Cornwall,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Coronation
,
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Coronation Scot
,
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cottages, railway,
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,
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cotton,
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,
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,
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Coulsdon,
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County Donegal Railways,
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County Durham,
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,
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courts of inquiry,
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Covent Garden,
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Coventry,
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Craven Arms,
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Creevey, Thomas,
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,
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,
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Crewe,
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,
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,
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,
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cricket,
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Crimean War,
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,
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Crippen, Dr,
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Cromarty Firth,
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Cromford & High Peak Railway,
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cross-Channel steamers,
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,
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,
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CrossCountry,
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Crossrail,
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Croydon,
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,
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; airport,
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Croydon Tramlink,
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Crystal Palace,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Cubitt, Lewis,
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Cugnot, Nicolas,
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Cumbria,
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cut-offs,
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Cycloped
,
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Daily Telegraph
,
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Dalhousie, Lord,
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Dalton, Hugh,
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Dandridge, Cecil,
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dandy cars,
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Darling, Alistair,
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Darlington, Earl of,
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Darlington,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Dartford,
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,
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Dartmoor,
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Dawlish,
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Day Scotch Express,
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Dee, river,
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Deeside,
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demolitions,
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,
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,
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,
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Denison, Edmund,
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,
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Denmark,
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department stores,
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Derby, Lord,
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,
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Derby,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; railway hotel,
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; workshops,
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,
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