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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

American Class I railroad company
Organization transport_company Q1190006
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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

Summary

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad is a transport company[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad is located in Colorado[3].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad is in the country of United States[4].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's image is recorded as 1930 D&RGW WP.jpg[5].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's instance of is recorded as transport company[6].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Denver[7].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132080484[8].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's GND ID is recorded as 7517961-1[9].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50002549[10].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Commons category is recorded as Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad[11].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's chairperson is recorded as William Jackson Palmer[12].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • +1870-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad[14].
  • +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad[15].
  • +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad[16].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was dissolved in +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c_4q[18].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad[19].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's replaced by is recorded as Southern Pacific Transportation Company[20].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Denver-and-Rio-Grande-Western-Railroad-Company[21].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Through the Rockies, not around them'}[22].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Main line through the Rockies'}[23].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's reporting mark is recorded as DRGW[24].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's date of official opening is recorded as +1870-00-00T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's detail map is recorded as 1930 D&RGW WP.jpg[26].
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's archINFORM person/group ID is recorded as 88261[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1870-00-00T00:00:00Z[14], +1901-00-00T00:00:00Z[15], and +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].

Leadership

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's chairperson is recorded as William Jackson Palmer[12].

Operations

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as Denver[7].

Dissolution

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was dissolved in +1996-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].

Why It Matters

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ranks in the top 4% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (362 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Colorado United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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