BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard

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freight rail facility intermodal rail yard

The BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard is a major intermodal rail facility in Seattle used for handling and transferring international and domestic container traffic for BNSF Railway.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
BNSF Railway facilities	1
BNSF Railway intermodal facility	1
BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard canonical	1
BNSF intermodal facility	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5219782 — 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: BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard
Context triple: [BNSF Seattle Subdivision (segments), connectsTo, BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard]

A. Union Pacific Yard
Union Pacific Yard is a rail yard facility operated by the Union Pacific Railroad for organizing, storing, and dispatching freight trains and rolling stock.
B. Union Pacific Depot
Union Pacific Depot, also known as the Great Overland Station, is a historic former railroad passenger station in Topeka, Kansas, noted for its grand architecture and role in American rail history.
C. Barstow 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.
D. Riverside Yard
Riverside Yard is a rail yard facility in Newton, Massachusetts, serving as a storage and maintenance area for trains on the MBTA Green Line’s D branch.
E. BNSF Seattle Subdivision
The BNSF Seattle Subdivision is a major freight and passenger rail corridor in the Seattle area, forming part of BNSF Railway’s main line through the Pacific Northwest.
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: BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard
Target entity description: The BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard is a major intermodal rail facility in Seattle used for handling and transferring international and domestic container traffic for BNSF Railway.

A. Union Pacific Yard
Union Pacific Yard is a rail yard facility operated by the Union Pacific Railroad for organizing, storing, and dispatching freight trains and rolling stock.
B. Union Pacific Depot
Union Pacific Depot, also known as the Great Overland Station, is a historic former railroad passenger station in Topeka, Kansas, noted for its grand architecture and role in American rail history.
C. Barstow 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.
D. Riverside Yard
Riverside Yard is a rail yard facility in Newton, Massachusetts, serving as a storage and maintenance area for trains on the MBTA Green Line’s D branch.
E. BNSF Seattle Subdivision
The BNSF Seattle Subdivision is a major freight and passenger rail corridor in the Seattle area, forming part of BNSF Railway’s main line through the Pacific Northwest.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freight rail facility ⓘ intermodal rail yard ⓘ
category	BNSF Railway facilities ⓘ linked to: BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard Intermodal freight transport facilities in the United States ⓘ Rail yards in Washington (state) ⓘ
city	Seattle ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
handlesTrafficType	domestic container traffic ⓘ intermodal container traffic ⓘ international container traffic ⓘ
hasOwner	BNSF Railway ⓘ
locatedIn	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Puget Sound region ⓘ
operator	BNSF Railway ⓘ
partOfNetwork	BNSF Railway intermodal network ⓘ linked to: BNSF Railway
primaryFunction	handling and transferring containerized freight ⓘ intermodal transfer between rail and truck ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
railroad	BNSF Railway ⓘ
railroadType	Class I railroad facility ⓘ
serves	Port of Seattle area ⓘ linked to: Port of Seattle
servesAs	major intermodal hub for BNSF Railway in Seattle region ⓘ
servesCommodity	containerized freight ⓘ
servesMarket	domestic intermodal freight market ⓘ international trade flows ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
transportMode	rail ⓘ truck ⓘ
usedFor	loading containers onto intermodal trains ⓘ staging and storage of intermodal containers ⓘ truck-rail transfer operations ⓘ unloading containers from intermodal trains ⓘ