Chicago Great Western Railway

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The Chicago Great Western Railway was a regional American railroad that operated in the Midwest, known for its efficient freight service and eventual absorption into larger rail systems.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chicago Great Western Railway canonical 4
Chicago Great Western 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad
railway company
abbreviation CGW
absorbedBy larger rail systems
alsoKnownAs Great Western
country United States
dateOfMerger 1968
endPointOfNetwork Kansas City, Missouri
Minneapolis, Minnesota
linked to: Minneapolis

Omaha, Nebraska
St. Paul, Minnesota
linked to: Saint Paul
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois
historicalSignificance regional Midwestern carrier
industry rail transport
knownFor efficient freight service
mergedInto Chicago and North Western Railway
networkType trunk line railroad
operatedAs regional railroad
operatedInRegion Midwestern United States
operatedInState Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Wisconsin
operationalFocus through freight service
partOf American railroad network
primaryServiceType freight transportation
railGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in
secondaryServiceType passenger transportation
servedCity Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago

Kansas City, Missouri
Minneapolis, Minnesota
linked to: Minneapolis

Omaha, Nebraska
St. Paul, Minnesota
linked to: Saint Paul
servedEconomicSector Midwestern agriculture
Midwestern industry
startPointOfNetwork Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago
status defunct
successor Chicago and North Western Railway
trackGauge standard gauge
transported agricultural products
bulk commodities
manufactured goods

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Referenced by (5)

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

Chicago and North Western Railway Company ownedSubsidiary Chicago Great Western Railway
Norman B. Ream boardMemberOf Chicago Great Western Railway
Heritage Trail (Dubuque County, Iowa) railroadPredecessor Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago–Twin Cities route historicallyServedBy Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago–Twin Cities route historicallyServedBy Chicago Great Western
linked to: Chicago Great Western Railway