Northern Pacific Railway

defunct transcontinental railroad company in the northwest United States (1864-1970)
Organization transport_company Q1135434
Northern Pacific Railway
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Northern Pacific Railway

Summary

Northern Pacific Railway is a transport company[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,436 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northern Pacific Railway held citizenship in United States[3].
  • Northern Pacific Railway is located in Ashland[4].
  • Northern Pacific Railway is in the country of United States[5].
  • Northern Pacific Railway is on the continent of North America[6].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's instance of is recorded as transport company[7].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's instance of is recorded as transcontinental railroad[8].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's instance of is recorded as business[9].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[10].
  • Northern Pacific Railway was followed by Burlington Northern Railroad[11].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Saint Paul[12].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's Commons category is recorded as Northern Pacific Railway[13].
  • July 2, 1864 marks the founding of Northern Pacific Railway[14].
  • Northern Pacific Railway was dissolved in 1970[15].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Northern Pacific Railway[16].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's replaces is recorded as Minnesota and International Railway[17].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's replaces is recorded as Midland Continental Railroad[18].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's replaces is recorded as Everett and Monte Cristo Railway[19].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's replaced by is recorded as Burlington Northern Railroad[20].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's reporting mark is recorded as NP[21].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's date of official opening is recorded as 1864[22].
  • Northern Pacific Railway's date of official closure is recorded as 1970[23].

Body

Founding

July 2, 1864 marks the founding of Northern Pacific Railway[14].

Identity

Northern Pacific Railway was followed by Burlington Northern Railroad[11].

Operations

Northern Pacific Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Saint Paul[12].

Dissolution

Northern Pacific Railway was dissolved in 1970[15].

Why It Matters

Northern Pacific Railway ranks in the top 2% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,436 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Continent North America
    State of use Q11639308
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35394|batch #35394]]"
  2. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1864-07-02T00:00:00Z
    Replaced by
    Topic's main category Category:Northern Pacific Railway
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Ashland
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P27]]: [[Q30]]"
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