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| Pealkiri | Light Railways at Home and Abroad |
| Autor | William Henry Cole |
| Publisher | C. Griffin, limited, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 juuli 2005 |
| ISBN | 9130009294, 9789130009299 |
| Length | 339 pages |
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