Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Southern Railway (U.S.) (Southern Railway (U.S.) was a major American Class I railroad that operated primarily in the southeastern United States before becoming a key predecessor of Norfolk Southern Railway.)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American railroad ⓘ
Class I railroad ⓘ
defunct railroad company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
formedBy consolidation of multiple southern railroads ⓘ
foundedBy Samuel Spencer ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
keyPerson D. W. Brosnan ⓘ
Samuel Spencer ⓘ
W. Graham Claytor Jr. ⓘ
knownFor early dieselization of its locomotive fleet ⓘ
profitable operations without federal subsidies in the mid-20th century ⓘ
mergedWith Norfolk and Western Railway ⓘ
mergerDate 1982 ⓘ
mergerFormed Norfolk Southern Corporation ⓘ
notableTrain Crescent ⓘ
Piedmont Limited ⓘ
Royal Palm ⓘ
Southern Crescent ⓘ
Southerner ⓘ
Tennessean ⓘ
operatedInRegion Southeastern United States ⓘ
operatedInState Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
operatedMainRoute Birmingham to Savannah main line ⓘ
Cincinnati to New Orleans main line ⓘ
Washington, D.C. to Atlanta main line ⓘ
operatedService freight rail transport ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ
parentOrganization Norfolk Southern Corporation ⓘ
predecessor Alabama Great Southern Railroad ⓘ
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway ⓘ
Georgia Pacific Railway ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Richmond and Danville Railroad ⓘ
status defunct as independent railroad ⓘ
successor Norfolk Southern Corporation ⓘ
Norfolk Southern 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.

Norfolk Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Front Royal → hasRailServiceHistoryWith → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Jasper, Indiana → hasRailServiceHistory → Southern Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: Jasper, Indiana, United States
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Norfolk Southern Corporation → hasPredecessor → Southern Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: NSC
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Norfolk Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
subject linked to: NS
USRA standard steam locomotive designs → usedBy → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design → usedBy → Southern Railway (US) ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
USRA standard gondola car design → usedBy → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Statesville Depot → railwayLineServed → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Salisbury Amtrak station → formerOperator → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Norman Wilkinson → employer → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Gibsonville, North Carolina → hasRailHistory → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway Terminal (New Orleans) → served → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway Terminal (New Orleans) → railwayCompanyServed → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Railway Terminal (New Orleans) → partOf → Southern Railway passenger network ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Amtrak Crescent → formerOperator → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Spartanburg Amtrak station → formerRailway → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad → connectedTo → Southern Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: ACL
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Altavista, Virginia → railroadServedBy → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Charlottesville station → formerService → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → connectedWith → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Richmond and Danville Railroad → mergedInto → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Richmond and Danville Railroad → successor → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Richmond and Danville Railroad → predecessor → Southern Railway (system) in Virginia and the Southeast ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway → predecessorOf → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway → becamePartOf → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway → successor → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Alabama Great Southern Railroad → partOf → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Alabama Great Southern Railroad → successor → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Alabama Great Southern Railroad → partOfRailNetwork → Southern Railway system ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Georgia Pacific Railway → becamePartOf → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Georgia Pacific Railway → successor → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Georgia Pacific Railway → partOfHistoryOf → Southern Railway system ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Georgia Pacific Railway → hasSuccessorOrganization → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Samuel Spencer → employer → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
W. Graham Claytor Jr. → employer → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
D. W. Brosnan → employer → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
D. W. Brosnan → hasEmployer → Southern Railway System ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southerner → operator → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Tennessean → operator → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Tennessean → railwayCompany → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Tennessean → railNetwork → Southern Railway system ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Piedmont Limited → operator → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Piedmont Limited → railwayCompany → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
Royal Palm → operator → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Royal Palm → railwayCompany → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Royal Palm → introducedBy → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Crescent → operator → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
Southern Crescent → railwayCompany → Southern Railway ⓘ
linked to: Southern Railway (U.S.)
USRA Light Mikado → operatedBy → Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ