Burlington Route

E492678

Class I railroad defunct railroad railroad company

Burlington Route was the popular name for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, a major Midwestern U.S. railroad known for its extensive passenger and freight services.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Burlington Route passenger trains	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Class I railroad ⓘ defunct railroad ⓘ railroad company ⓘ
allianceWith	Great Northern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedPartOf	Burlington Northern, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	CBQ NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotto	Everywhere West NERFINISHED ⓘ Way of the Zephyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReportingMark	CB&Q NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShortName	CB&Q NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
introducedTrain	California Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Denver Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Pioneer Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Twin Cities Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Zephyr passenger trains NERFINISHED ⓘ streamlined passenger trains ⓘ
mergedInto	Burlington Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableInnovation	early adoption of diesel power ⓘ pioneering streamlined trainsets ⓘ use of stainless steel construction in passenger cars ⓘ
operatedCommuterServiceIn	Chicago metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedCommuterServiceOn	Chicago–Aurora line NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago–Downers Grove line NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago–La Grange line NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInCountry	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInRegion	Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountain region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedRailServiceType	freight rail service ⓘ passenger rail service ⓘ
primaryCargo	coal ⓘ grain ⓘ livestock ⓘ lumber ⓘ manufactured goods ⓘ ore ⓘ
servedCity	Alliance, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Aurora, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Billings, Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ Burlington, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Galesburg, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Omaha, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Quincy, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheridan, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Burlington Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBranding	Burlington Route herald NERFINISHED ⓘ red and black logo ⓘ
usedLocomotiveType	diesel locomotive ⓘ electric locomotive ⓘ steam locomotive ⓘ
usedRollingStockType	freight cars ⓘ stainless steel passenger cars ⓘ streamlined passenger cars ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad → alsoKnownAs → Burlington Route ⓘ

Burlington Route commuter service → railroadBrand → Burlington Route ⓘ

Burlington station (Amtrak) → formerRailwayLineServed → Burlington Route ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burlington Route passenger trains