Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

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Great Northern Railway (U.S.) was a major transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and playing a key role in the region’s economic development.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company ⓘ
transcontinental railroad ⓘ
builtInfrastructure railroad hotels near Glacier National Park ⓘ
completedMainLineToPacific 1893 ⓘ
connectedRegion Great Lakes ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedMountainRange Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
formedPartOf Burlington Northern Inc. ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
foundedBy James J. Hill ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul
keyPerson James J. Hill ⓘ
knownFor efficient freight operations ⓘ
low land-grant subsidies compared to other transcontinentals ⓘ
laterPartOf BNSF Railway ⓘ
mergedInto Burlington Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: BNSF Railway
mergerDate 1970 ⓘ
openedTranscontinentalRoute 1893 ⓘ
operatedIn northern United States ⓘ
playedRoleIn economic development of the northern United States ⓘ
primaryRouteTerminus Seattle, Washington ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul
primaryTrafficType grain ⓘ
intermodal freight ⓘ
ore ⓘ
timber ⓘ
promoted agricultural settlement in the northern Great Plains ⓘ
immigration to the northern Great Plains ⓘ
servedCity Duluth, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Duluth

Fargo, North Dakota ⓘ
Grand Forks, North Dakota ⓘ
Great Falls, Montana ⓘ
Havre, Montana ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Minneapolis

Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
Portland, Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Portland

Seattle, Washington ⓘ
Spokane, Washington ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul
servedNationalPark Glacier National Park ⓘ
servedState Idaho ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
successor 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.

Oriental Limited → operatingCompany → Great Northern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Western Star → operatedBy → Great Northern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
EMD GP9 → usedBy → Great Northern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
subject linked to: EMD GP9 locomotive
Hill family → associatedWith → St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (reorganized into Great Northern) ⓘ
linked to: Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway → notableTrainService → The Empire Builder connection (via Great Northern) ⓘ
subject linked to: SP&S
linked to: Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
Havre–Great Falls line of the Great Northern Railway → connectsWith → Great Northern Railway transcontinental main line at Havre ⓘ
linked to: Great Northern Railway (U.S.)