History of rail transportation in the United States (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "History of rail transportation in the United States" in English language version.

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Grant, H. Roger (2010). Twilight Rails: The Final Era of Railroad Building in the Midwest. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 1–20. ISBN 0-8166-7366-7. OCLC 676696378.
Cleveland, Frederick A.; Powell, Fred Wilbur (1909). Railroad Promotion and Capitalization in the United States. Longmans, Green, and Co. OCLC 497309.