Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line
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The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line is a major transcontinental freight rail corridor in the United States that carries heavy rail traffic across key western routes, including the desert region near Needles, California.
All labels observed (11)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freight rail corridor
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| connects |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Southern California ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| connectsTo |
Chicago rail hub
ⓘ
ports in Southern California ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses |
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Colorado River near Needles
|
| electrification | not electrified ⓘ |
| formerlyUsedBy |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ⓘ
BNSF Railway ⓘ
surface form:
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
| freightPriority |
high-priority intermodal
ⓘ
time-sensitive merchandise ⓘ |
| hasSection | Transcon segment through Needles, California ⓘ |
| hasTrafficLevel | heavy rail traffic ⓘ |
| historicallyComposedOf |
former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway routes
ⓘ
former Burlington Northern Railroad routes ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | double-track main line ⓘ |
| isPartOf | transcontinental rail route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
western United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
|
| operator | BNSF Railway ⓘ |
| ownedBy | BNSF Railway ⓘ |
| partOf |
BNSF Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
BNSF Railway network
BNSF Southern Transcon ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Arizona
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Colorado ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ Needles, California ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Midwest ⓘ western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Southwest
|
| signallingSystem | Centralized Traffic Control ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | major west–east freight artery ⓘ |
| use | freight transport ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automotive freight
ⓘ
intermodal freight ⓘ manifest freight ⓘ unit coal trains ⓘ unit grain trains ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California
→
nearbyInfrastructure
→
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Burlington Northern line
this entity surface form:
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway lines
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway line
Victorville, California
→
transportInfrastructure
→
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway lines
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway mainline
this entity surface form:
Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway mainline
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
→
operatedRoute
→
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Chicago–Denver main line
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway main line
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway mainline (nearby through Victor Valley)
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway main line
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway Pacific Northwest main line
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway main line
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway main line
this entity surface form:
BNSF Railway main line