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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

former Class 1, American railroad, operating primarily west of the Mississippi
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Summary

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad held citizenship in United States[3].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad is located in Colorado[4].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad is in the country of United States[5].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's image is recorded as Burlington Route System Map.png[6].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's instance of is recorded as railway company[7].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's logo image is recorded as Burlingtonroute.png[8].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's followed by is recorded as Burlington Northern Railroad[9].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[10].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236364225[11].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Commons category is recorded as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[12].
  • +1856-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[13].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was dissolved in +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hnt_[15].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[16].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[17].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's replaces is recorded as Atchison and Nebraska Railroad[18].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's replaces is recorded as Burlington and Northwestern Railway[19].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's replaced by is recorded as Burlington Northern Railroad[20].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Chicago-Burlington-and-Quincy-Railroad-Company[21].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's reporting mark is recorded as CBQ[22].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's date of official opening is recorded as +1849-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's detail map is recorded as Burlington Route System Map.png[24].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's significant person is recorded as Edward Gillette[25].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's archINFORM person/group ID is recorded as 88212[26].
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's PM20 film section ID is recorded as h1/co/A0353H/0378/L[27].

Body

Founding

+1856-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[13].

Identity

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's followed by is recorded as Burlington Northern Railroad[9].

Operations

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[10].

Dissolution

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was dissolved in +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].

Why It Matters

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ranks in the top 5% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Colorado United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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