BNSF Northern Transcon

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freight rail corridor transcontinental rail line

BNSF Northern Transcon is a major transcontinental freight rail corridor of BNSF Railway that links the U.S. Pacific Northwest with the Midwest and Chicago.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
BNSF Northern Transcon corridor 1
U.S. northern transcontinental route 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail corridor ⓘ
transcontinental rail line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Northern Transcontinental route NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateOpeningDate late 19th century (via predecessor railroads) ⓘ
connectsTo Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Cascade Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
formsPartOf Chicago–Pacific Northwest rail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction link Pacific ports with Midwestern markets ⓘ
hasMajorHub Fargo, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spokane, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Great Northern Railway main line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway main line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
isKeyRouteFor BNSF trans-Pacific container traffic ⓘ
grain exports from Northern Plains to Pacific Northwest ports ⓘ
operator BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBySince BNSF Railway (1996) NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf BNSF Railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfCorridor BNSF transcontinental routes NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse freight transportation ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
signalingSystem Centralized Traffic Control ⓘ
strategicImportance primary BNSF route between Pacific Northwest and Chicago ⓘ
supports international intermodal traffic from Asia ⓘ
terminus Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackConfiguration mostly double track ⓘ
trafficType intermodal freight ⓘ
manifest freight ⓘ
unit coal trains ⓘ
unit grain trains ⓘ
usedBy BNSF freight trains ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

BNSF Seattle Subdivision (segments) → partOfNetwork → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ
BNSF Seattle Subdivision → partOf → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ
this entity surface form: BNSF Northern Transcon corridor
Havre, Montana → transportationCorridor → BNSF Northern Transcon ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. northern transcontinental route