Barstow Yard

E85916

freight yard rail transport infrastructure railroad classification yard

Barstow Yard is a major railroad classification and freight yard in Barstow, California, serving as a key hub for train operations in the region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Barstow rail yard	2
BNSF Railway facilities in Barstow	1
Barstow Yard canonical	1
Barstow rail yards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T731672 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Barstow Yard
Context triple: [Barstow, hasRailFacility, Barstow Yard]

A. North Avenue Light Rail Yard
North Avenue Light Rail Yard is a major maintenance, storage, and operations facility serving Baltimore’s Light RailLink system.
B. Redding station
Redding station is a small commuter rail stop in Redding, Connecticut, serving passengers on the Metro-North Railroad’s Danbury Branch.
C. Riverside station
Riverside station is a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station and park-and-ride hub located in Newton, Massachusetts.
D. Corry Station
Corry Station is a U.S. Navy installation in Escambia County, Florida, primarily known as a training center for information warfare, cryptology, and related technical fields.
E. Cecil B. Moore station
Cecil B. Moore station is a subway stop on Philadelphia’s Broad Street Line serving the Temple University area and surrounding North Philadelphia neighborhoods.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Barstow Yard
Target entity description: Barstow Yard is a major railroad classification and freight yard in Barstow, California, serving as a key hub for train operations in the region.

A. North Avenue Light Rail Yard
North Avenue Light Rail Yard is a major maintenance, storage, and operations facility serving Baltimore’s Light RailLink system.
B. Redding station
Redding station is a small commuter rail stop in Redding, Connecticut, serving passengers on the Metro-North Railroad’s Danbury Branch.
C. Riverside station
Riverside station is a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station and park-and-ride hub located in Newton, Massachusetts.
D. Corry Station
Corry Station is a U.S. Navy installation in Escambia County, Florida, primarily known as a training center for information warfare, cryptology, and related technical fields.
E. Cecil B. Moore station
Cecil B. Moore station is a subway stop on Philadelphia’s Broad Street Line serving the Temple University area and surrounding North Philadelphia neighborhoods.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freight yard ⓘ rail transport infrastructure ⓘ railroad classification yard ⓘ
adjacentTo	city of Barstow ⓘ linked to: Barstow
connectsTo	routes toward Los Angeles, California ⓘ routes toward Needles, California ⓘ routes toward the U.S. Midwest ⓘ routes toward the U.S. Southwest ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
function	freight handling ⓘ locomotive servicing ⓘ railcar storage ⓘ railroad classification ⓘ train assembly ⓘ train disassembly ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasFacility	arrival and departure tracks ⓘ car repair facilities ⓘ classification tracks ⓘ fueling facilities ⓘ locomotive maintenance facilities ⓘ yard tower ⓘ
importance	key hub for BNSF operations in Southern California ⓘ major classification point for transcontinental freight traffic ⓘ
locatedIn	Barstow, California ⓘ linked to: Barstow California ⓘ linked to: California, United States San Bernardino County, California ⓘ linked to: San Bernardino County
locatedOn	BNSF transcontinental main line ⓘ linked to: BNSF Southern Transcon Chicago–Los Angeles rail corridor ⓘ linked to: BNSF Southern Transcon
near	Interstate 15 ⓘ Interstate 40 ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ
operatedBy	BNSF Railway ⓘ
ownedBy	BNSF Railway ⓘ
partOf	freight rail system of the western United States ⓘ
railNetwork	BNSF Railway network ⓘ linked to: BNSF Railway
railOperator	Class I railroad ⓘ
railroadType	freight ⓘ
region	Inland Empire–Mojave area ⓘ linked to: San Bernardino Valley Southern California ⓘ
serves	bulk commodity trains ⓘ intermodal freight traffic ⓘ manifest freight trains ⓘ
servesAs	major freight hub in the Mojave Desert region ⓘ regional rail hub ⓘ
usedFor	interchange of freight traffic between western and eastern United States ⓘ staging of long-distance freight trains ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Barstow → hasRailFacility → Barstow Yard ⓘ

Western America Railroad Museum → near → Barstow rail yards ⓘ

linked to: Barstow Yard

Western America Railroad Museum → near → BNSF Railway facilities in Barstow ⓘ

linked to: Barstow Yard

Casa del Desierto → near → Barstow rail yard ⓘ

linked to: Barstow Yard

North First Avenue → associatedWith → Barstow rail yard ⓘ

linked to: Barstow Yard

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Statements (47)

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Referenced by (5)

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