Railways in the United States

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:train
gptkbp:beganIn	1820s
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:gauge	standard gauge (1,435 mm)
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Staggers_Rail_Act_(1980) railroad land grants completion of First Transcontinental Railroad (1869) creation of Amtrak (1971) railroad consolidation era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Railways in the United States
gptkbp:length	over 250,000 km
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Cascade_Tunnel gptkb:Hoosac_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Huey_P._Long_Bridge gptkb:Hell_Gate_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Pullman_Strike_(1894) gptkb:Railroad_Retirement_Act gptkb:Golden_Spike_ceremony gptkb:Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877 Rail Safety Improvement Act (2008) Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act (1976)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Casey_Jones gptkb:Leland_Stanford gptkb:James_J._Hill gptkb:E._H._Harriman gptkb:Jay_Gould gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt gptkb:George_Pullman gptkb:Thomas_Durant
gptkbp:notableRoute	gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad gptkb:California_Zephyr gptkb:Empire_Builder gptkb:Northeast_Corridor
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:Grand_Central_Terminal gptkb:Los_Angeles_Union_Station gptkb:Western_Pacific_2001 gptkb:Western_Pacific_501 gptkb:Western_Pacific_512 gptkb:Western_Pacific_707 gptkb:Western_Pacific_805-A gptkb:Western_Pacific_917-D gptkb:Western_Pacific_921-D gptkb:Union_Pacific_3985 gptkb:Union_Pacific_4014 gptkb:Union_Pacific_844 gptkb:Union_Pacific_Big_Boy gptkb:Chicago_Union_Station gptkb:Union_Station_(Washington,_D.C.) gptkb:Western_Pacific_713 gptkb:Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City) gptkb:Nickel_Plate_Road_765 gptkb:Southern_Pacific_4449 gptkb:Santa_Fe_3751 gptkb:Jupiter_(locomotive) gptkb:Chesapeake_&_Ohio_614 Milwaukee Road 261 Great Northern 2584 Illinois Central 2613 Norfolk & Western 611 Reading 2101 Texas & Pacific 610 Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 227 General (locomotive) Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 Western Maryland 734 Western Pacific 165 Western Pacific 2002 Western Pacific 334 Western Pacific 563 Western Pacific 725 Western Pacific 731 Western Pacific 925-C Western Pacific 94 Wheeling & Lake Erie 611
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Amtrak gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:CSX_Transportation gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway gptkb:BNSF_Railway gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City
gptkbp:primaryMission	passenger transport
gptkbp:primaryUse	freight transport
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Boston_MBTA gptkb:Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit gptkb:Washington_Metro gptkb:Philadelphia_SEPTA gptkb:New_York_City_Subway gptkb:Chicago_'L' gptkb:Los_Angeles_Metro_Rail
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Surface_Transportation_Board gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Administration
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Simon_Sterne
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8