31. Porter became involved in promoting a transcontinental railroad through Texas and adapting anthracite coal to iron making. 32. The construction of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad through southern Lowndes County signaled the end of Troupville. 33. The railroad through the area was abandoned in 1980, and Vananda is now a ghost town. 34. The railroad through the area was abandoned in 1980, and Sixteen is now a ghost town. 35. The railroad through Maudlow was abandoned in 1980, and Maudlow is now nearly a ghost town. 36. The idea of building a railroad through the Sayan Mountains first came about in the nineteenth century. 37. The creek's valley was once a candidate for the construction of a railroad through it. 38. Its type section is on a cut for the Pennsylvania Railroad through Sharp Mountain south of the city. 39. Within a few years, the railroad through the north end of the valley was abandoned and removed. 40. In the 1920s, about 20, 000 forced laborers died building a railroad through the French territory.