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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:transportation
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gptkbp:beganIn
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1820s
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gptkbp:currentTrackMileage
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about 140,000 miles
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gptkbp:declineOfPassengerService
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mid-20th century
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gptkbp:deliveredBy
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majority of rail traffic
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gptkbp:features
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gptkb:Positive_Train_Control
gptkb:Automatic_Train_Control_(limited)
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gptkbp:gauge
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standard gauge (4 ft 8.5 in)
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gptkbp:heritageRailroads
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gptkb:Strasburg_Rail_Road
gptkb:Durango_and_Silverton_Narrow_Gauge_Railroad
gptkb:Grand_Canyon_Railway
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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American railroads
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gptkbp:industry
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gptkb:rail_transport
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gptkbp:laborUnion
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gptkb:United_Transportation_Union
gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Locomotive_Engineers_and_Trainmen
gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Maintenance_of_Way_Employes
gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Railroad_Signalmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (historical)
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:majorExpansion
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19th century
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gptkbp:museum
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gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad_Museum
gptkb:Steamtown_National_Historic_Site
gptkb:Illinois_Railway_Museum
California State Railroad Museum
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Cascade_Tunnel
gptkb:Hoosac_Tunnel
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Huey_P._Long_Bridge
gptkb:Hell_Gate_Bridge
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gptkbp:notableCompany
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gptkb:Amtrak
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:CSX_Transportation
gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad_(historical)
gptkb:BNSF_Railway
gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City
gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad_(historical)
gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway_(US_operations)
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (historical)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Pullman_Strike_(1894)
gptkb:Railroad_Strike_of_1877
gptkb:Staggers_Rail_Act_(1980)
completion of First Transcontinental Railroad (1869)
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gptkbp:notableRoute
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gptkb:Carolinian
gptkb:Cascades
gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:Wolverine
gptkb:Acela_Express
gptkb:Adirondack
gptkb:Auto_Train
gptkb:Blue_Water
gptkb:California_Zephyr
gptkb:Capitol_Limited
gptkb:City_of_New_Orleans
gptkb:Coast_Starlight
gptkb:Crescent
gptkb:Downeaster
gptkb:Empire_Builder
gptkb:Ethan_Allen_Express
gptkb:Heartland_Flyer
gptkb:Hiawatha_Service
gptkb:Illini_and_Saluki
gptkb:Lake_Shore_Limited
gptkb:Lincoln_Service
gptkb:Maple_Leaf
gptkb:Missouri_River_Runner
gptkb:Pacific_Surfliner
gptkb:Palmetto
gptkb:Pennsylvanian
gptkb:Pere_Marquette
gptkb:Piedmont
gptkb:San_Joaquins
gptkb:Southwest_Chief
gptkb:Sunset_Limited
gptkb:Texas_Eagle
gptkb:Vermonter
gptkb:Silver_Meteor
gptkb:Broadway_Limited_(discontinued)
gptkb:Chief_(discontinued)
gptkb:City_of_Denver_(discontinued)
gptkb:City_of_Los_Angeles_(discontinued)
gptkb:City_of_New_Orleans_(discontinued)
gptkb:City_of_Portland_(discontinued)
gptkb:City_of_San_Francisco_(discontinued)
gptkb:City_of_St._Louis_(discontinued)
gptkb:Desert_Wind_(discontinued)
gptkb:Floridian_(discontinued)
gptkb:Golden_State_(discontinued)
gptkb:Hoosier_State_(discontinued)
gptkb:National_Limited_(discontinued)
gptkb:Panama_Limited_(discontinued)
gptkb:Pioneer_(discontinued)
gptkb:Super_Chief_(discontinued)
gptkb:Texas_Special_(discontinued)
gptkb:Three_Rivers_(discontinued)
gptkb:Twilight_Limited_(discontinued)
cathedral
20th Century Limited (discontinued)
North Coast Hiawatha (discontinued)
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gptkbp:notableStation
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gptkb:Grand_Central_Terminal
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Union_Station
gptkb:Chicago_Union_Station
gptkb:Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.)
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gptkbp:peakTrackMileage
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1916
over 250,000 miles
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gptkbp:publicTransit
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gptkb:Amtrak
gptkb:coal
gptkb:wheat
manufactured goods
petroleum
automobiles
chemicals
lumber
intermodal containers
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gptkbp:regulates
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gptkb:Surface_Transportation_Board
gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Administration
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gptkbp:riseOfFreightService
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late 20th century
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gptkbp:role
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economic development
industrialization
westward expansion
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gptkbp:technology
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diesel locomotives
electrification (limited)
steam locomotives (historical)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mallet_locomotive
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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