Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Chicago_Subdivision> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 70 of
70
with 100 items per page.
- Chicago_Subdivision abstract "The Chicago Subdivision or Chicago Sub is a railroad line in Illinois that runs about 38 miles (61 km) from Chicago to Aurora and hosts Metra's BNSF Railway Line commuter service. It is operated by BNSF Railway as the easternmost part of the railroad's Northern Transcon to Seattle, Washington. This line is known as the Racetrack because it is mostly triple-tracked and supports fairly fast trains. It had been operated by a BNSF ancestor, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which introduced high-speed Zephyr passenger trains in 1934 and ran many of them along this subdivision from Chicago to points west.The Chicago Subdivision meets the Aurora Subdivision and Mendota Subdivision in Aurora. Commuter service ends at the Aurora Transportation Center, though Amtrak trains continue southwest on the Mendota Subdivision. Triple-tracking runs from where track leading to the Aurora station and Metra Yard joins the subdivision eastward to Cicero, where multiple tracks from a yard join. It is then quadruple-tracked for the rest of the way until the turn to Union Station.After the introduction of the CB&Q Zephyrs, train speeds increased significantly around the country for the next decade or so, but the Naperville train disaster along these tracks in 1946 was one event that contributed to the federal government restricting speeds in later years. Trains that had once traveled at or above 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) were soon restricted to a maximum of 79 miles per hour (127 km/h). Much of this line has a speed limit of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) for passenger trains, while freight trains run slower.".
- Chicago_Subdivision isPartOf Northern_Transcon.
- Chicago_Subdivision lineLength "61155.072".
- Chicago_Subdivision location Chicago_metropolitan_area.
- Chicago_Subdivision numberOfTracks "3".
- Chicago_Subdivision operatedBy Amtrak.
- Chicago_Subdivision operatedBy BNSF_Railway.
- Chicago_Subdivision operatedBy Metra.
- Chicago_Subdivision owner BNSF_Railway.
- Chicago_Subdivision routeEnd Aurora,_Illinois.
- Chicago_Subdivision routeStart Chicago_Union_Station.
- Chicago_Subdivision speedLimit "112.6538".
- Chicago_Subdivision thumbnail Carl_Sandburg_train.jpg?width=300.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Commuter_rail.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Inter-city_rail.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Rail_freight_transport.
- Chicago_Subdivision wikiPageID "27605906".
- Chicago_Subdivision wikiPageRevisionID "596141142".
- Chicago_Subdivision caption "Amtrak's Carl Sandburg on the Chicago Subdivision in Berwyn, Illinois.".
- Chicago_Subdivision end Aurora,_Illinois.
- Chicago_Subdivision hasPhotoCollection Chicago_Subdivision.
- Chicago_Subdivision imageWidth "300".
- Chicago_Subdivision linelengthMi "38".
- Chicago_Subdivision locale Chicago_metropolitan_area.
- Chicago_Subdivision mapState "collapsed".
- Chicago_Subdivision name "Chicago Subdivision".
- Chicago_Subdivision notrack "3".
- Chicago_Subdivision operator Amtrak.
- Chicago_Subdivision operator BNSF_Railway.
- Chicago_Subdivision operator Metra.
- Chicago_Subdivision owner BNSF_Railway.
- Chicago_Subdivision speedMph "70".
- Chicago_Subdivision start Chicago_Union_Station.
- Chicago_Subdivision system Northern_Transcon.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Commuter_rail.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Inter-city_rail.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Rail_freight_transport.
- Chicago_Subdivision subject Category:BNSF_Railway_lines.
- Chicago_Subdivision subject Category:Rail_infrastructure_in_Illinois.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Abstraction100002137.
- Chicago_Subdivision type BNSFRailwayLines.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Business108061042.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Carrier108057633.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Enterprise108056231.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Group100031264.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Line103671473.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Organization108008335.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Railway104048568.
- Chicago_Subdivision type SocialGroup107950920.
- Chicago_Subdivision type YagoLegalActor.
- Chicago_Subdivision type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Chicago_Subdivision type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Chicago_Subdivision type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Infrastructure.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Place.
- Chicago_Subdivision type RailwayLine.
- Chicago_Subdivision type RouteOfTransportation.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Wikidata:Q532.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Place.
- Chicago_Subdivision type Location.
- Chicago_Subdivision comment "The Chicago Subdivision or Chicago Sub is a railroad line in Illinois that runs about 38 miles (61 km) from Chicago to Aurora and hosts Metra's BNSF Railway Line commuter service. It is operated by BNSF Railway as the easternmost part of the railroad's Northern Transcon to Seattle, Washington. This line is known as the Racetrack because it is mostly triple-tracked and supports fairly fast trains.".
- Chicago_Subdivision label "Chicago Subdivision".
- Chicago_Subdivision sameAs m.0c3_kym.
- Chicago_Subdivision sameAs Q5095793.
- Chicago_Subdivision sameAs Q5095793.
- Chicago_Subdivision sameAs Chicago_Subdivision.
- Chicago_Subdivision wasDerivedFrom Chicago_Subdivision?oldid=596141142.
- Chicago_Subdivision depiction Carl_Sandburg_train.jpg.
- Chicago_Subdivision isPrimaryTopicOf Chicago_Subdivision.
- Chicago_Subdivision name "Chicago Subdivision".