Union Pacific Overland Route

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The Union Pacific Overland Route was a premier transcontinental rail line that served as a primary passenger and freight corridor across the western United States.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway line ⓘ
transcontinental railroad route ⓘ
associatedTrainService Challenger ⓘ
City of San Francisco ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco

Overland Limited ⓘ
competition Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway transcontinental route ⓘ
Southern Pacific Sunset Route ⓘ
connectedAt Promontory Summit, Utah Territory ⓘ
connects Chicago ⓘ
Council Bluffs ⓘ
Omaha ⓘ
linked to: Omaha, Nebraska

San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
constructionPartner Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicImpact accelerated transcontinental commerce ⓘ
facilitated settlement of the American West ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century American railroad expansion ⓘ
historicalRole major freight corridor ⓘ
premier passenger route ⓘ
primary transcontinental corridor ⓘ
infrastructureType double-track main line (on many segments) ⓘ
locatedIn Western United States ⓘ
marketingName Overland Route ⓘ
notableFeature first continuous rail link between the U.S. Midwest and Pacific Coast ⓘ
openingYear 1869 ⓘ
operator Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
partOf First transcontinental railroad ⓘ
partOfNetwork Union Pacific transcontinental system ⓘ
passesThrough California ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
railwayClass main line ⓘ
servedRegion Great Basin ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Pacific Coast ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
significance one of the most important rail corridors in U.S. history ⓘ
successorLine Union Pacific main line between Omaha and the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
terminus Council Bluffs, Iowa ⓘ
linked to: Council Bluffs

Oakland, California ⓘ
linked to: Oakland

Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
San Francisco, California ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco
trackOwner Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Union Pacific lounge cars → associatedWith → Union Pacific Overland Route ⓘ
Union Pacific sleeper cars → operatedOn → Overland Route trains ⓘ
linked to: Union Pacific Overland Route
Southern Pacific Railroad → operated → Overland Route (in conjunction with Union Pacific Railroad) ⓘ
subject linked to: SP
linked to: Union Pacific Overland Route
Union Pacific Overland Route → partOfNetwork → Union Pacific transcontinental system ⓘ
linked to: Union Pacific Overland Route