Chicago and North Western Railway Company

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defunct railroad railroad company

The Chicago and North Western Railway Company was a major Midwestern American railroad that operated an extensive network of lines connecting Chicago with the upper Midwest and Great Plains from the 19th through the 20th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Chicago and North Western Railway 23
Chicago & North Western Railway 2
C&NW 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation Chicago and North Western Railway Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C&NW
acquiredBy Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
acquisitionYear 1995 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: Chicago & North Western Railway

Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1995 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
inception 1859 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
mainHub Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
majorTerminal Chicago and North Western Terminal (Ogilvie Transportation Center) ⓘ
notableRoute Chicago–Omaha main line ⓘ
Chicago–Twin Cities route ⓘ
Chicago–Wyoming coal routes ⓘ
operatedCommuterServiceIn Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
operatedFreightService true ⓘ
operatedInRegion Great Plains ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
operatedPassengerService true ⓘ
ownedSubsidiary Chicago Great Western Railway ⓘ
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ⓘ
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway ⓘ
precededBy Galena and Chicago Union Railroad ⓘ
primaryCommodity coal ⓘ
grain ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
servedAgriculturalRegion Corn Belt ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Great Plains wheat belt
servedCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
servedPort Duluth ⓘ
surface form: Duluth, Minnesota

Milwaukee ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
servedState Colorado ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
successorInCommuterOperations Metra ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clarence Darrow → employer → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
Frederick William Vanderbilt → boardMemberOf → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Allan Pinkerton → employedBy → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
USRA Light Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive design → usedBy → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Rogers Locomotive Works → majorClient → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago and North Western Railway Company → abbreviation → Chicago and North Western Railway Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C&NW
Chicago and North Western Railway Company → alsoKnownAs → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago and North Western Railway Company → alsoKnownAs → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago & North Western Railway
Boone, Iowa, United States → hasRailHistory → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line → formerOwner → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge → usedBy → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Jarvis Hunt → notableWork → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Railroad stations for the Chicago and North Western Railway
Jarvis Hunt → employer → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago & North Western West Line → operator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago & North Western West Line → ownerDuringOperation → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
UP-W → formerOperator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific North Line → formerOwner → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
San Francisco Overland Limited → operator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
San Francisco Overland Limited → railwayCompanyOnRoute → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific Northwest Line → historicalOperator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific West Line → historicalOperator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Melrose Park station → formerOperator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Omaha Union Station → railwayCompanyServed → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Ardmore Avenue station → formerOperator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago & North Western Railway
Union Stock Yards → transportConnections → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Geneva station → formerRailroad → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Menominee Iron Range → transportRoute → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway
Union Pacific City of San Francisco → railwayOperator → Chicago and North Western Railway Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago and North Western Railway