Northwestern Pacific Railroad

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The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was a historic rail line in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area to communities throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.

All labels observed (11)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
beganConstruction late 19th century ⓘ
completedThroughRoute 1914 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito ⓘ
endPoint Eureka, California ⓘ
Trinidad, California ⓘ
follows Eel River ⓘ
linked to: Eel River Basin

Russian River ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Arcata and Mad River Railroad ⓘ
California Northwestern Railway ⓘ
North Shore Railroad ⓘ
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad ⓘ
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad ⓘ
freightServiceSuspended 1998 ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasBridge Haystack Landing Bridge ⓘ
hasTunnel Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) ⓘ
Tunnel No. 27 (Eel River Canyon) ⓘ
headquartersLocation San Rafael, California ⓘ
linked to: San Rafael
heritageOperations Redwood Empire route excursions ⓘ
historicRegion Redwood Empire ⓘ
lineLength approximately 316 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Northern California ⓘ
opened 1914 ⓘ
ownedBy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
Southern Pacific Transportation Company ⓘ
passengerServiceEnded 1958 ⓘ
primaryCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
forest products ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
railwaySignalling automatic block signaling ⓘ
track warrant control ⓘ
reasonForSuspension Eel River Canyon instability ⓘ
storm damage ⓘ
serves Humboldt County ⓘ
Marin County ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Sonoma County ⓘ
startPoint San Rafael, California ⓘ
linked to: San Rafael

Sausalito, California ⓘ
linked to: Sausalito
status partly abandoned ⓘ
partly in use as commuter rail corridor ⓘ
successor Northwestern Pacific Railroad (short line, 2006) ⓘ
Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit ⓘ
transportType freight rail ⓘ
passenger rail ⓘ
usedBy Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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

Tiburon → historicallyAssociatedWith → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Northwestern Pacific Railroad → formedByMergerOf → California Northwestern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad → successor → Northwestern Pacific Railroad (short line, 2006) ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad → owned → Northwestern Pacific Railroad (jointly at times) ⓘ
subject linked to: SP
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ukiah, California → hasRailHistoryWith → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Marinship shipyards → transportAccess → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Tiburon as a railroad terminus → servedBy → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Tiburon as a railroad terminus → railroadPredecessor → North Pacific Coast Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tiburon as a railroad terminus → operatedBy → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
North Shore Railroad → partOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
North Shore Railroad → successor → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
North Shore Railroad → becamePartOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad system ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad → predecessorOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad → successor → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito → servedBy → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito → railOperator → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito → connects → Northwestern Pacific Railroad trains ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito → partOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad network ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) → partOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) → railwayLine → Northwestern Pacific Railroad main line ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) → operator → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Tunnel No. 27 (Eel River Canyon) → partOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad main line ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 27 (Eel River Canyon) → locatedOn → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Redwood Empire route excursions → operatesOn → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Redwood Empire route excursions → basedOn → historic Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Haystack Landing Bridge → carries → Northwestern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Haystack Landing Bridge → partOf → Northwestern Pacific Railroad line ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad