Pacific Great Eastern Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pacific_Great_Eastern_Railway
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:PGE
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Government_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1972 (as PGE)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:founded 1912
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Vancouver,_British_Columbia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pacific Great Eastern Railway
gptkbp:length over 1,400 km
gptkbp:logo PGE logo
gptkbp:notable_rolling_stock gptkb:ALCO_diesel_locomotives
gptkb:Budd_RDC
gptkb:GE_locomotives
EMD locomotives
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Anderson_Lake_Tunnel
gptkb:Seton_Lake_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Cottonwood_River_Bridge
gptkb:Pemberton_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent 1950 Cheakamus River bridge collapse
1956 Quesnel derailment
1970 Lillooet derailment
completion of line to Fort Nelson in 1971
provincialization in 1918
rebranding to BC Rail in 1984
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Cariboo_Prospector
gptkb:Royal_Hudson_steam_train
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Prince_George
gptkb:Squamish
gptkb:Dawson_Creek
gptkb:Fort_Nelson
gptkb:Fort_St._John
gptkb:Quesnel
gptkb:Williams_Lake
gptkbp:operated_in_province gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Government_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:purpose passenger service
resource transportation
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:British_Columbia_Railway
gptkb:BC_Rail
gptkbp:routeEnd gptkb:Fort_Nelson
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:North_Vancouver
gptkbp:status defunct
gptkbp:successor gptkb:British_Columbia_Railway
gptkb:BC_Rail
gptkbp:website https://www.bcr.ca/ (as BC Rail)
gptkbp:year_rebranded 1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Garibaldi,_British_Columbia
gptkb:BC_Rail
gptkb:EMD_SW1200
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6