BNSF Northern Transcon

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BNSF Northern Transcon is a major transcontinental freight rail corridor of BNSF Railway that links the U.S. Pacific Northwest with the Midwest and Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail corridor
transcontinental rail line
alsoKnownAs Northern Transcontinental route
approximateOpeningDate late 19th century (via predecessor railroads)
connectsTo Chicago
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
country United States
crosses Cascade Range
Rocky Mountains
electrification not electrified
formsPartOf Chicago–Pacific Northwest rail corridor
hasFunction link Pacific ports with Midwestern markets
hasMajorHub Fargo, North Dakota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Spokane, Washington
historicalPredecessor Great Northern Railway main line
Northern Pacific Railway main line
Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway
isKeyRouteFor BNSF trans-Pacific container traffic
grain exports from Northern Plains to Pacific Northwest ports
operator BNSF Railway
ownedBySince BNSF Railway (1996)
linked to: BNSF Railway
owner BNSF Railway
partOf BNSF Railway network
linked to: BNSF Railway
partOfCorridor BNSF transcontinental routes
passesThrough Idaho
Illinois
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
primaryUse freight transportation
railGauge standard gauge
signalingSystem Centralized Traffic Control
strategicImportance primary BNSF route between Pacific Northwest and Chicago
supports international intermodal traffic from Asia
terminus Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago

Portland, Oregon
linked to: Portland

Seattle, Washington
trackConfiguration mostly double track
trafficType intermodal freight
manifest freight
unit coal trains
unit grain trains
usedBy BNSF freight trains

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BNSF Seattle Subdivision (segments) partOfNetwork BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Seattle Subdivision partOf BNSF Northern Transcon corridor
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
Havre, Montana transportationCorridor U.S. northern transcontinental route
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Scenic Subdivision partOf BNSF Northern Transcon
U.S. Route 10 (historic) followsCorridorOf Northern Transcontinental Route
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Northern Transcon partOfCorridor BNSF transcontinental routes
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Northern Transcon alsoKnownAs Northern Transcontinental route
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
Hi-Line Subdivision partOf BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF San Bernardino Yard partOfCorridor Transcon route
linked to: BNSF Northern Transcon
BNSF Hi Line Subdivision partOf BNSF Northern Transcon