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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Railroad
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gptkbp:acquisition
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gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
2001
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gptkbp:firstClaim
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gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Railway
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gptkbp:founded
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1901
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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gptkb:Acquisition_by_Canadian_National_Railway
Privatization in the 1990s
Decline in passenger service in the 1960s
Expansion in the 1920s
Formation in 1901
Reorganization in the 1980s
Integration into CN system
Merger_with_Grand_Trunk_Railway
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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Important freight corridor
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Grand Trunk Western Railroad
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gptkbp:keyPeople
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gptkb:Luc_Jobin
gptkb:Charles_Melville_Hays
gptkb:Claude_Mongeau
gptkb:William_H._Vanderbilt
gptkb:Paul_Tellier
gptkb:Robert_R._Young
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Ruest
gptkb:Mark_Wallace
gptkb:Jim_Vena
Michael McGowan
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gptkbp:majorCities
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gptkb:Sarnia
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Indianapolis
gptkb:Toronto
gptkb:Detroit
gptkb:Kalamazoo
gptkb:Battle_Creek
gptkb:Cincinnati
Windsor
Flint
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gptkbp:notableTracks
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Chicago_to_Detroit
Chicago_to_Toronto
Detroit_to_Port_Huron
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gptkbp:operatesIn
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:operationalStatus
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gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
Active
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway
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gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs
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GTW
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gptkbp:route
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approximately 1,200 miles
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gptkbp:services
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Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Corporation
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gptkbp:track
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Standard gauge
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gptkbp:trainTypes
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Class I railroad
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gptkbp:website
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www.gtwrr.com
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