SP 4267
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SP 4267 is a preserved Southern Pacific AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, notable as one of the railroad’s powerful cab-forward engines used in heavy freight service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SP 4267 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7429201 — 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: SP 4267 Context triple: [AC-11, fleetNumbers, SP 4267]
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A.
SP 4263
SP 4263 is a Southern Pacific Railroad AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of the railroad’s famous cab-forward fleet used primarily in heavy freight service.
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B.
SP 4260
SP 4260 is a preserved Southern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive, notable as one of the surviving examples of the railroad’s AC-11 class articulated cab-forward engines.
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C.
SP 4247
SP 4247 is a Southern Pacific Railroad AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of the railroad’s well-known cab-forward fleet used primarily in heavy freight service.
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D.
SP 4245
SP 4245 is a Southern Pacific Railroad EMD AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of a series of powerful cab-forward engines used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
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E.
SP 4250
SP 4250 is a Southern Pacific Railroad AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of the railroad’s famous cab-forward fleet used primarily for heavy freight service.
- 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: SP 4267 Target entity description: SP 4267 is a preserved Southern Pacific AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, notable as one of the railroad’s powerful cab-forward engines used in heavy freight service.
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A.
SP 4263
SP 4263 is a Southern Pacific Railroad AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of the railroad’s famous cab-forward fleet used primarily in heavy freight service.
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B.
SP 4260
SP 4260 is a preserved Southern Pacific Railroad steam locomotive, notable as one of the surviving examples of the railroad’s AC-11 class articulated cab-forward engines.
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C.
SP 4247
SP 4247 is a Southern Pacific Railroad AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of the railroad’s well-known cab-forward fleet used primarily in heavy freight service.
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D.
SP 4245
SP 4245 is a Southern Pacific Railroad EMD AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of a series of powerful cab-forward engines used primarily for heavy freight service over mountainous routes.
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E.
SP 4250
SP 4250 is a Southern Pacific Railroad AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, part of the railroad’s famous cab-forward fleet used primarily for heavy freight service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | steam locomotive ⓘ |
| articulation | articulated locomotive ⓘ |
| belongsToClass | AC-11 ⓘ |
| builder | Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ |
| category |
Southern Pacific AC-11 class locomotive
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
Southern Pacific cab-forward locomotive ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive
articulated steam locomotive ⓘ preserved steam locomotive ⓘ |
| class | Southern Pacific AC-11 ⓘ |
| configuration | cab-forward ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor |
long tunnels and snow sheds
ⓘ
mountain grades ⓘ |
| fuelType | bunker oil ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cab-forward design
ⓘ
use in heavy freight service ⓘ |
| operator | Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| powerType | steam ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
freight service
ⓘ
heavy freight service ⓘ |
| railwayCompany |
Southern Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Pacific Railroad
|
| railwayLine | Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| railwayRegion |
Western United States
ⓘ
linked to:
western United States
|
| status | preserved ⓘ |
| traction | steam ⓘ |
| whyCabForward | to reduce crew exposure to smoke in tunnels and snow sheds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SP 4267 Description of subject: SP 4267 is a preserved Southern Pacific AC-11 class articulated steam locomotive, notable as one of the railroad’s powerful cab-forward engines used in heavy freight service.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.