Western Pacific Railroad

defunct American railroad (1903–1983) known for its Feather River route.
Organization transport_company Q1239275
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Western Pacific Railroad

Summary

Western Pacific Railroad is a transport company[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western Pacific Railroad is in the country of United States[3].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's image is recorded as WP 805A with the California Zephyr on Altamont Pass, March 1970.jpg[4].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's instance of is recorded as transport company[5].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's logo image is recorded as Western Pacific Logo (1979-83).svg[7].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[8].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153619043[9].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's GND ID is recorded as 1054660204[10].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81119199[11].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's Commons category is recorded as Western Pacific Railroad[12].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • +1916-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Western Pacific Railroad[14].
  • Western Pacific Railroad was dissolved in +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f67_[16].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western Pacific Railroad[17].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's replaces is recorded as Sacramento Northern Railway[18].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's replaces is recorded as Boca and Loyalton Railroad[19].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's replaced by is recorded as Union Pacific Railroad[20].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Western-Pacific-Railroad[21].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's reporting mark is recorded as WP[22].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's date of official opening is recorded as +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's different from is recorded as Western Pacific Railroad[24].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's board member is recorded as T.S. Montgomery[25].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's PM20 film section ID is recorded as h1/co/A0394H/0784/L[26].
  • Western Pacific Railroad's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/cadb935b-ca07-4ee0-84ab-07e5c1aaeb21[27].

Body

Founding

+1916-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Western Pacific Railroad[14].

Leadership

Western Pacific Railroad's board member is recorded as T.S. Montgomery[25].

Operations

Western Pacific Railroad's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[8].

Dissolution

Western Pacific Railroad was dissolved in +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Western Pacific Railroad ranks in the top 8% of transport_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . sanjose.com. sanjose.com. Provenance: 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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