Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line

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freight rail corridor railway line

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.

Aliases (5)

BNSF Railway line ×1
BNSF Railway lines ×1
BNSF Railway mainline ×1
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway lines ×1
Burlington Northern line ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freight rail corridor → railway line →
connects	Chicago metropolitan area → Midwestern United States NERFINISHED → Southern California → Southwestern United States →
connectsTo	Chicago rail hub → ports in Southern California →
country	United States →
crosses	Colorado River near Needles →
electrification	not electrified →
formerlyUsedBy	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway → 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 →
operator	BNSF Railway →
ownedBy	BNSF Railway →
partOf	BNSF Railway network → BNSF Southern Transcon →
passesThrough	Arizona → California → Colorado → Illinois → Kansas → Mojave Desert → Needles, California → New Mexico → Oklahoma → Texas →
railGauge	standard gauge →
servesRegion	Great Plains → Midwest → 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 (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clovis ("Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway lines") → Victorville, California ("BNSF Railway lines") →	transportInfrastructure
Metra BNSF Railway Line ("Burlington Northern line") →	formerName
Harvey House Railroad Depot ("BNSF Railway mainline") →	locatedOn
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California →	nearbyInfrastructure
Carquinez Pass ("BNSF Railway line") →	traversedBy