Empire Builder

Amtrak service between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest
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Empire Builder

Summary

Empire Builder is a named passenger train service[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of named_passenger_train_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Empire Builder is located in Washington[3].
  • Empire Builder is located in Oregon[4].
  • Empire Builder is located in Idaho[5].
  • Empire Builder is located in Montana[6].
  • Empire Builder is located in North Dakota[7].
  • Empire Builder is located in Minnesota[8].
  • Empire Builder is in the country of United States[9].
  • Empire Builder's transport network is recorded as Amtrak[10].
  • Empire Builder's image is recorded as Amtrak Empire Builder 2007.jpg[11].
  • Empire Builder's instance of is recorded as named passenger train service[12].
  • Empire Builder's operator is recorded as Amtrak[13].
  • James J. Hill is named after Empire Builder[14].
  • Empire Builder's Commons category is recorded as Empire Builder[15].
  • Empire Builder's terminus is recorded as Union Station[16].
  • Empire Builder's terminus is recorded as King Street Station[17].
  • Empire Builder's terminus is recorded as Chicago Union Station[18].
  • +1929-06-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Empire Builder[19].
  • Empire Builder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029tjt[20].
  • Empire Builder's significant event is recorded as 2021 Montana train derailment[21].
  • Empire Builder's official website is recorded as https://www.amtrak.com/empire-builder-train[22].
  • Empire Builder's type of electrification is recorded as non‐electrified railway system[23].
  • Empire Builder's page banner is recorded as Lumpytrout page banner wikivoyage clouds.jpg[24].
  • Empire Builder's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[25].
  • Empire Builder's date of official opening is recorded as +1929-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Empire Builder's detail map is recorded as Amtrak Empire Builder.jpg[27].

Why It Matters

Empire Builder ranks in the top 3% of named_passenger_train_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . 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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Empire Builder. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/empire-builder
MLA “Empire Builder.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/empire-builder.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_empire-builder_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Empire Builder}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/empire-builder}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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