Chicago Great Western Railway

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defunct railroad railway company

The Chicago Great Western Railway was a regional American railroad that operated in the Midwest, known for its efficient freight service and eventual absorption into larger rail systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railway company ⓘ
abbreviation CGW NERFINISHED ⓘ
absorbedBy larger rail systems ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Western NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfMerger 1968 ⓘ
endPointOfNetwork Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Omaha, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
historicalSignificance regional Midwestern carrier ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
knownFor efficient freight service ⓘ
mergedInto Chicago and North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
networkType trunk line railroad ⓘ
operatedAs regional railroad ⓘ
operatedInRegion Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInState Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalFocus through freight service ⓘ
partOf American railroad network ⓘ
primaryServiceType freight transportation ⓘ
railGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
secondaryServiceType passenger transportation ⓘ
servedCity Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minneapolis, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Omaha, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedEconomicSector Midwestern agriculture ⓘ
Midwestern industry ⓘ
startPointOfNetwork Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Chicago and North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
transported agricultural products ⓘ
bulk commodities ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ

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Chicago and North Western Railway Company → ownedSubsidiary → Chicago Great Western Railway ⓘ
Norman B. Ream → boardMemberOf → Chicago Great Western Railway ⓘ
Heritage Trail (Dubuque County, Iowa) → railroadPredecessor → Chicago Great Western Railway ⓘ