BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard

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The BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard is a major intermodal rail facility in Seattle used for handling and transferring international and domestic container traffic for BNSF Railway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail facility
intermodal rail yard
category BNSF Railway facilities NERFINISHED
Intermodal freight transport facilities in the United States
Rail yards in Washington (state)
city Seattle NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
handlesTrafficType domestic container traffic
intermodal container traffic
international container traffic
hasOwner BNSF Railway NERFINISHED
locatedIn Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED
locatedInMetropolitanArea Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED
nearbyFeature Puget Sound region NERFINISHED
operator BNSF Railway NERFINISHED
partOfNetwork BNSF Railway intermodal network NERFINISHED
primaryFunction handling and transferring containerized freight
intermodal transfer between rail and truck
railGauge standard gauge
railroad BNSF Railway NERFINISHED
railroadType Class I railroad facility
serves Port of Seattle area NERFINISHED
servesAs major intermodal hub for BNSF Railway in Seattle region
servesCommodity containerized freight
servesMarket domestic intermodal freight market
international trade flows
state Washington
transportMode rail
truck
usedFor loading containers onto intermodal trains
staging and storage of intermodal containers
truck-rail transfer operations
unloading containers from intermodal trains

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BNSF Seattle Subdivision (segments) connectsTo BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard
Edgerton, Kansas nearbyFacility BNSF Seattle International Gateway (SIG) yard
this entity surface form: BNSF intermodal facility