Hill Lines

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Hill Lines is a nickname for the Great Northern Railway, a major historic American railroad that operated routes across the northern United States.

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Label Occurrences
Hill Lines canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
freight railroad ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
passenger train ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
appliesTo Great Northern Railway ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enteredGlacierNationalPark east side ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ⓘ
Great Northern Railway ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway ⓘ
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway ⓘ
founder James J. Hill ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
incorporatesFormerLinesOf Great Northern Railway ⓘ
marketedTrain Empire Builder ⓘ
mergedInto Burlington Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
mergerEffectiveDate 1970-03-02 ⓘ
namedAfter James J. Hill ⓘ
nickname Empire Builder ⓘ
notablePass Marias Pass ⓘ
Stevens Pass ⓘ
operatedAs transcontinental railroad ⓘ
operatedBy Great Northern Railway ⓘ
operatedInRegion northern United States ⓘ
predecessorOf Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
primaryFreight grain ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
ore ⓘ
timber ⓘ
primaryRoute Saint Paul, Minnesota – Portland, Oregon ⓘ
Saint Paul, Minnesota – Seattle, Washington ⓘ
promotedTourismAt Glacier National Park ⓘ
refersTo Great Northern Railway ⓘ
servedProvince British Columbia ⓘ
servedState Idaho ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
successorCompany Burlington Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Northern Railway → nickname → Hill Lines ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway → partOf → Hill Lines ⓘ
Great Northern Railway → partOf → Hill Lines ⓘ