Southern Railway

railway company in the United States, active 1894–1990
Organization railway_company Q663120
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Southern Railway

Summary

Southern Railway is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Railway held citizenship in United States[3].
  • Southern Railway is located in Washington, D.C.[4].
  • Southern Railway is in the country of United States[5].
  • Southern Railway's instance of is recorded as railway company[6].
  • Southern Railway's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Southern Railway's logo image is recorded as Southern Railway Logo.jpg[8].
  • Southern Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[9].
  • Southern Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145101027[10].
  • Southern Railway's GND ID is recorded as 4325353-2[11].
  • Southern Railway's GND ID is recorded as 10040726-2[12].
  • Southern Railway's Commons category is recorded as Southern Railway (US)[13].
  • Southern Railway's industry is recorded as rail transport[14].
  • +1894-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Southern Railway[15].
  • Southern Railway was dissolved in +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Southern Railway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045l8l[17].
  • Southern Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern Railway (U.S.)[18].
  • Southern Railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[19].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Memphis and Charleston Railroad[20].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Alabama Great Southern Railroad[21].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Atlantic, Valdosta and Western Railway[22].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railway[23].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway[24].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Norfolk Southern Railway[25].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway[26].
  • Southern Railway's replaces is recorded as Richmond and Danville Railroad[27].

Body

Founding

+1894-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Southern Railway[15].

Operations

Southern Railway's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[9].

Industry

Southern Railway's industry is recorded as rail transport[14].

Dissolution

Southern Railway was dissolved in +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].

Why It Matters

Southern Railway ranks in the top 4% of railway_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . 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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