BNSF Northern Transcon

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BNSF Northern Transcon is a major transcontinental freight rail corridor of BNSF Railway that links the U.S. Pacific Northwest with the Midwest and Chicago.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail corridor ⓘ
transcontinental rail line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Northern Transcontinental route ⓘ
approximateOpeningDate late 19th century (via predecessor railroads) ⓘ
connectsTo Chicago ⓘ
Midwest ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
formsPartOf Chicago–Pacific Northwest rail corridor ⓘ
hasFunction link Pacific ports with Midwestern markets ⓘ
hasMajorHub Fargo, North Dakota ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ
Spokane, Washington ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Great Northern Railway main line ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway main line ⓘ
Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway ⓘ
isKeyRouteFor BNSF trans-Pacific container traffic ⓘ
grain exports from Northern Plains to Pacific Northwest ports ⓘ
operator BNSF Railway ⓘ
ownedBySince BNSF Railway (1996) ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
owner BNSF Railway ⓘ
partOf BNSF Railway network ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
partOfCorridor BNSF transcontinental routes ⓘ
passesThrough Idaho ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
primaryUse freight transportation ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
signalingSystem Centralized Traffic Control ⓘ
strategicImportance primary BNSF route between Pacific Northwest and Chicago ⓘ
supports international intermodal traffic from Asia ⓘ
terminus Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago

Portland, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Portland

Seattle, Washington ⓘ
trackConfiguration mostly double track ⓘ
trafficType intermodal freight ⓘ
manifest freight ⓘ
unit coal trains ⓘ
unit grain trains ⓘ
usedBy BNSF freight trains ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

BNSF Seattle Subdivision (segments) → partOfNetwork → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ
BNSF Seattle Subdivision → partOf → BNSF Northern Transcon corridor ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
Havre, Montana → transportationCorridor → U.S. northern transcontinental route ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Scenic Subdivision → partOf → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ
U.S. Route 10 (historic) → followsCorridorOf → Northern Transcontinental Route ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Northern Transcon → partOfCorridor → BNSF transcontinental routes ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Northern Transcon → alsoKnownAs → Northern Transcontinental route ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
Hi-Line Subdivision → partOf → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ
BNSF San Bernardino Yard → partOfCorridor → Transcon route ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Hi Line Subdivision → partOf → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ