Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway

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Class I railroad railway company

The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway was an early 20th-century Pacific Northwest railroad line, backed by railroad magnate James J. Hill, that connected key cities along the Columbia River and facilitated regional trade and transportation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway canonical 3
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (jointly) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SP&S ⓘ
SP&S Railway ⓘ
backedBy James J. Hill ⓘ
builtAlong north bank of the Columbia River ⓘ
chartered 1905 ⓘ
competedWith Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
connects Pasco, Washington ⓘ
Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ
surface form: Portland, Oregon

Seattle ⓘ
Spokane, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Spokane

Vancouver, Washington ⓘ
constructionBegan 1906 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1970 ⓘ
facilitated mineral transport ⓘ
movement of agricultural products ⓘ
regional trade in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
timber transport ⓘ
follows Columbia River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
foundedBy James J. Hill ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Portland ⓘ
surface form: Portland, Oregon
inception 1905 ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
mainLineCompleted 1908 ⓘ
mergedInto BNSF Railway ⓘ
surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad
nickname North Bank Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened 1908 ⓘ
operated Astoria Line ⓘ
North Bank Line ⓘ
Oregon Trunk Railway ⓘ
operatedPassengerTrain Amtrak Cascades ⓘ
surface form: The Columbia River Express

Amtrak Empire Builder ⓘ
surface form: The Empire Builder (via connections)

The North Bank Limited ⓘ
owned Oregon Trunk Railway ⓘ
parentCompany Great Northern Railway ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway ⓘ
partOf Hill Lines ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transportation ⓘ
secondaryFunction passenger transportation ⓘ
servedCity Astoria, Oregon ⓘ
Bend, Oregon ⓘ
Pasco, Washington ⓘ
Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ
surface form: Portland, Oregon

Seattle ⓘ
Spokane, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Spokane

Vancouver, Washington ⓘ
servedRegion Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area ⓘ
surface form: Columbia River Gorge

Inland Northwest ⓘ
successor BNSF Railway ⓘ
surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad
trackGauge 1,435 mm ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

James J. Hill → knownFor → Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway ⓘ
Hill Lines → formedByMergerOf → Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway → mergedWith → Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway → ownedSubsidiary → Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (jointly)