New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
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The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nickel Plate Road | 2 |
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5130912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Context triple: [Lima Locomotive Works, majorCustomer, New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad]
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Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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B.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a major Midwestern U.S. railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services, notably connecting Chicago with cities across the Great Plains and Southwest, until its final liquidation in the 1980s.
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C.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was a major Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic rail system that formed a key part of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s network, linking important industrial cities across the region.
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D.
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, commonly known as the Monon Railroad, was a regional railroad that connected key Midwestern cities and played a significant role in the transportation network of Indiana and surrounding states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Target entity description: The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
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A.
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad was a major American rail carrier that played a pivotal role in connecting the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico and fostering economic development along its north–south route.
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B.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a major Midwestern U.S. railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services, notably connecting Chicago with cities across the Great Plains and Southwest, until its final liquidation in the 1980s.
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C.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was a major Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic rail system that formed a key part of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s network, linking important industrial cities across the region.
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D.
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, commonly known as the Monon Railroad, was a regional railroad that connected key Midwestern cities and played a significant role in the transportation network of Indiana and surrounding states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a major American railroad company in the Midwestern and Western United States, known for its extensive passenger and freight services and its role in developing routes between Chicago, Denver, and the Pacific Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Class I railroad
ⓘ
defunct railroad ⓘ railroad company ⓘ |
| beganOperations | 1881 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endedOperations | 1964 ⓘ |
| famousForLocomotiveClass | Berkshire 2-8-4 steam locomotives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | Nickel Plate Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritagePreservedBy | Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporated | 1881 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fast freight service
ⓘ
high-speed mainline track ⓘ serving key industrial cities in the Midwest and Great Lakes ⓘ |
| laterOwnedBy | Norfolk and Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterPartOf | Norfolk Southern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLineRoute |
Buffalo–Cleveland–Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cleveland–St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Norfolk and Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknameExplanation | nickname reportedly referred to the high quality of construction and perceived value of the line ⓘ |
| nicknameOrigin | Nickel Plate Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1881 ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
Great Lakes region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedNotableTrain |
Blue Dart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
City of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Nickel Plate Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryServiceType |
freight rail service
ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ |
| servedCity |
Buffalo, New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Erie, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Toledo, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedState |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
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Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Norfolk and Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ |
| usedLocomotiveType |
diesel locomotives
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steam locomotives ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Description of subject: The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nickel Plate Road
this entity surface form:
Nickel Plate Road