Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway

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The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was a regional railroad in the Midwestern United States that primarily served agricultural areas by connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation M&StL ⓘ
acquiredBy Chicago and North Western Railway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs M and St. L Railroad ⓘ
connectedTo Chicago and North Western Railway ⓘ
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ⓘ
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Great Northern Railway ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1960 ⓘ
endPoint St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
headquartersLocation Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis
inception 1870 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
majorHub Des Moines ⓘ
linked to: Des Moines, Iowa

Mason City ⓘ
Minneapolis ⓘ
Peoria ⓘ
St. Louis ⓘ
linked to: Saint Louis City
notableFor connecting smaller communities to major rail hubs ⓘ
serving agricultural regions of the Midwest ⓘ
operated freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
primaryTraffic agricultural products ⓘ
grain ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
routeType regional railroad ⓘ
served agricultural areas ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
servedCity Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ
Mason City, Iowa ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis

Peoria, Illinois ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul
servedRegion Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
startPoint Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis
status defunct ⓘ
successor Chicago and North Western Railway ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
usedRollingStock diesel locomotives ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Chicago and North Western Railway Company → ownedSubsidiary → Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway ⓘ
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway → alsoKnownAs → M and St. L Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Perry, Iowa → servedByRailwayHistorically → Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: Perry