United States railroads

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:transportation
gptkbp:beganOperation	1820s
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentTrackMileage	~140,000 miles
gptkbp:gauge	standard gauge 4 ft 8.5 in (1,435 mm)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	economic development westward expansion transcontinental railroad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States railroads
gptkbp:majorFreightRailroads	gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:CSX_Transportation gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway gptkb:BNSF_Railway gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway_(US_operations) Canadian Pacific Kansas City (US operations)
gptkbp:majorPassengerRailroad	gptkb:Amtrak
gptkbp:notableHistoricRailroads	gptkb:Soo_Line_Railroad gptkb:Wisconsin_Central_Railway gptkb:Chicago,_Indianapolis_and_Louisville_Railway gptkb:Chicago_and_Eastern_Illinois_Railroad gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad gptkb:Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad gptkb:Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Erie_Lackawanna_Railway gptkb:Kansas_City_Southern_Railway gptkb:New_Haven_Railroad gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad gptkb:Pere_Marquette_Railway gptkb:Lehigh_and_Hudson_River_Railway gptkb:Elgin,_Joliet_and_Eastern_Railway 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: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:Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_Railway gptkb:Yazoo_and_Mississippi_Valley_Railroad gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway gptkb:Reading_Railroad gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway gptkb:Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad 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:Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway gptkb:Florida_East_Coast_Railway gptkb:Wheeling_and_Lake_Erie_Railway gptkb:Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad gptkb:Chicago_Great_Western_Railway 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:Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad gptkb:Toledo,_Peoria_and_Western_Railway gptkb:Central_of_Georgia_Railway gptkb:Erie_Railroad gptkb:Lehigh_Valley_Railroad gptkb:New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad
gptkbp:peakTrackMileage	1916
gptkbp:peakTrackMileageValue	254,000 miles
gptkbp:primaryMission	passenger transport
gptkbp:primaryUse	freight transport
gptkbp:publicTransit	rail
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Surface_Transportation_Board gptkb:Federal_Railroad_Administration
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North_American_railroads
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6