Rail transportation in the United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (100)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:transportation
gptkbp:beganIn	1820s
gptkbp:commuter_rail	gptkb:Long_Island_Rail_Road gptkb:Metra gptkb:NJ_Transit_Rail_Operations
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historical_event_date	May 10, 1869
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Golden_Spike
gptkbp:historicalOperator	gptkb:Soo_Line_Railroad gptkb:Wisconsin_Central_Railway gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad gptkb:Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey gptkb:Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad gptkb:Erie_Lackawanna_Railway gptkb:Kansas_City_Southern_Railway gptkb:New_Haven_Railroad gptkb:New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad gptkb:Pere_Marquette_Railway gptkb:Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad gptkb:Nickel_Plate_Road gptkb:Virginian_Railway gptkb:Western_Maryland_Railway gptkb:Great_Northern_Railway gptkb:Southern_Railway gptkb:Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad gptkb:Missouri-Kansas-Texas_Railroad gptkb:Missouri_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company gptkb:St._Louis–San_Francisco_Railway gptkb:Western_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Wabash_Railroad gptkb:Monon_Railroad gptkb:Boston_and_Maine_Railroad gptkb:New_York_Central_Railroad gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad gptkb:Reading_Company gptkb:Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_Railway gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Burlington_Northern_Railroad gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway gptkb:Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad gptkb:Norfolk_and_Western_Railway gptkb:Northern_Pacific_Railway gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company gptkb:Rock_Island_Railroad gptkb:Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad gptkb:Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway gptkb:Wheeling_and_Lake_Erie_Railway gptkb:Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad gptkb:Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad gptkb:Maine_Central_Railroad gptkb:Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad gptkb:Texas_and_Pacific_Railway gptkb:Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad gptkb:Milwaukee_Road gptkb:Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway gptkb:Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad gptkb:Toledo,_Peoria_and_Western_Railway gptkb:Central_of_Georgia_Railway gptkb:Erie_Railroad gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Rail transportation in the United States
gptkbp:includes	passenger rail freight rail
gptkbp:length	over 140,000 miles
gptkbp:notable_high-speed_service	gptkb:Acela_Express
gptkbp:notable_passenger_service	gptkb:California_Zephyr gptkb:Coast_Starlight gptkb:Empire_Builder gptkb:Northeast_Corridor gptkb:Silver_Service
gptkbp:notableCargo	gptkb:coal gptkb:wheat automobiles chemicals intermodal containers
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Amtrak gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:CSX_Transportation gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway gptkb:BNSF_Railway
gptkbp:passenger_decline	mid-20th century
gptkbp:peak_mileage	1916
gptkbp:peak_mileage_amount	254,000 miles
gptkbp:primaryUse	freight transport
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit gptkb:Washington_Metro gptkb:New_York_City_Subway gptkb:Chicago_'L'
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Surface_Transportation_Board gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Administration
gptkbp:trackGauge	standard gauge
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6