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    The Southern Transcon is a main line of the BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois. Completed in its...
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    S. Route 281. Alva is located on the Panhandle Subdivision of the Southern Transcon route of the BNSF Railway. This is the main transcontinental route...
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    Railway's main contribution to BNSF was the Southern Transcon, a fast intermodal corridor connecting Southern California and Chicago. Most traffic is either...
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    via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka...
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    Holbrook along Interstate 40 (I-40), which parallels the BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon, the Puerco River, and historic U.S. Route 66, all crossing the park...
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    The Northern Transcon, a route operated by the BNSF Railway, traverses the most northerly route of any railroad in the western United States. This route...
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    Buena Park stations. Operating since May 2002, the route runs on the Southern Transcon line owned by BNSF Railway, as well as the Riverside County Transportation...
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    where an average of 110 trains travel through Belén per day on the Southern Transcon. Belén was incorporated as a municipality in 1918. It was originally...
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    twice-daily service by the Southwest Chief. The city is on BNSF's Southern Transcon route that runs between Los Angeles and Chicago. Hopi Senom Transit...
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  • railroads History of rail transportation in California Cajon Pass Southern Transcon Union Station (Los Angeles) Pacific Electric's Red Cars that connected...
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    a weekly newspaper, The Kiowa News. K-2 and K-8 highways, and the Southern Transcon main line of BNSF Railway pass through Kiowa. Marcellus Boss, the...
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    Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) via the more southerly Southern Transcon. It operated between Chicago and Richmond via Kansas City, Amarillo...
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    Route 491 Railroad: Rail freight service passes through Gallup on the Southern Transcon of the BNSF Railroad. Amtrak's Southwest Chief provides passenger...
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    company) a direct route into Southern California. This route now forms the western portion of BNSF's Southern Transcon. The Northern Pacific Railway...
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    owned by BNSF Railway and is the river crossing for the Southern Transcon, BNSF's Chicago–Southern California main line. In 2022, between 40 and 100 trains...
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    portion of US 66 Phillips 66, a petroleum company named for the route Southern Transcon railroad equivalent, runs parallel to US 66 for significant portions...
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    following highways: I-35, I-335, Kansas Turnpike, US-50, K-99. The former Southern Transcon main line of BNSF Railway (ex-Santa Fe) passes east-west through Emporia...
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    published in Victorville. Victorville is located along BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon. Intercity rail service is provided at the Victor Valley Transportation...
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  • the United States. It is operated by BNSF Railway as part of their Southern Transcon route from Chicago to Los Angeles. The Chillicothe Subdivision is...
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    prompted a frog war at the Colton Crossing, where it intersects the Southern Transcon, then owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and now...
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    "Crookton Cutoff": a re-routing of a 44-mile (71 km) stretch of the Southern Transcon to avoid the sharp curves and steep gradients of the line between...
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  • connection under the name Southern Transcon and, in 2019, employed around 1000 people at Barstow Yard. By 1867, the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) had...
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    offers connecting service to Las Vegas. Kingman is located on the Southern Transcon route of the BNSF Railway which is the main transcontinental route...
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    Dorado Times, regional newspaper from El Dorado. K-177 Highway and Southern Transcon main line of BNSF Railway both go through Matfield Green, while the...
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    High School mascot was Matfield Green Panthers. K-177 highway and Southern Transcon main line of BNSF Railway both pass through Matfield Green. The Kansas...
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    Central Illinois. Chillicothe today still remains a key point on the Southern Transcon route between Chicago and Los Angeles with high frequency intermodal...
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    parallels the Southern Transcon of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It turns back eastward, rising through Abo Pass at the southern end of the...
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    the community. This line is now owned by the BNSF Railway as the Southern Transcon. The Amtrak Southwest Chief passes through without stopping. According...
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    Orange County Line (category Public transportation in Southern California)
    to Oceanside). The Orange County Line runs on the BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon track between Los Angeles and Fullerton, under a shared-right-of-way...
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  • Illinois. More than half of the line is now part of the BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon. The Illinois General Assembly chartered the Chicago and Plainfield...
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