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Utah History Encyclopedia |
 | | However, by 1983 trains to Marysvale were infrequent and the Thistle landslide provided the coup de grace for the DandRGW to obtain permission to close the unprofitable line. |
 | | The Marysvale branch line of the railroad was never reopened, leaving a large area of central Utah without rail service. |
 | | To the south, the blockage of route 89 and the Marysvale line hurt coal companies, turkey and feed operations, and gypsum, cement, and clay shipments. |
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