Thank you for this great documentary on the C.B.&Q and Galesburg! I still remember the old station I thought it was crazy to tear it down when I was young it was full of great craftsmanship with the marble and wood work but in a way it shows us at one time Galesburg was a booming town to now a former shadow of itself to a ticket booth. Just looking back that old station would be the perfect building to house the RR museum. I still have the original pamphlet for when my mother took us on the last run of the old steam engine that sets outside of the old depot, when I was a kid we use sneak under the fence to play on it acting like we was the engineer till they run us off 😊
@chrisloomis1489 Жыл бұрын
Very good , the Soul of America , as we grew .... I pray we never forget , or have not forgotten , the men women and children that are and were : AMERICA ..
@jacktaggart2489 Жыл бұрын
Great retrospective on the C,B&Q. Of course, the Burlington is the lead entity in the current BurlingtonNorthern SantaFe Railroad, so the Burlington lives on in an amalgamation of the Burlington Route, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Santa Fe, Spokane, Portland and Seattle, Frisco, Colorado and Southern and a few other smaller roads. I remember the "Q" for being innovative. Thank you.
@robertweldon7909 Жыл бұрын
3/11/2023 Stories like this are vastly important. The history of the USA is not wrapped up in wars and politics, but in the stories of its people, towns, and businesses. As I remember, the CB&Q became the Burlington Northern and finally6 the BNSF, "B" standing for Burlington. Therefore, The CB&Q is the central railroad, I would guess. Great video history. ;-)
@bearowen5480 Жыл бұрын
Great piece of historical work on one of the West's great trunklines, told very poignantly from a nostalgic point of view. Congratulations on an excellent piece of documentary journalism!
@gunny8978 Жыл бұрын
My compliments sir on the work you put into this video, the history is awesome and one of the best that ive ever watched thank for sharing
@CameraNut1000 Жыл бұрын
What a great look at Galesburg and the CB&Q! I come from a long line of CB&Q employees although only one worked in Galesburg. Back in the early 70s, he gave me an unofficial tour of the massive hump yard.
@mikeilkenhons8896 Жыл бұрын
I was born in Burlington. Also from a long line of Q employees. My dad was the roundhouse foreman at Galesburg in the late 1950’s. Riding the Zephyrs from Aurora back to Burlington took right through Galesburg. Great memories.
@CameraNut1000 Жыл бұрын
If memory serves, various family members worked in Aurora IL, Burlington IA, Hannibal MO, Lincoln NB, Bozeman MT, and Galesburg.
@nerdamongus9629 Жыл бұрын
What a great listen! Thank you for posting this gem.
@forgottenstompingrounds32308 ай бұрын
awesome video ive lived in galesburg my whole life now east galesburg
@rtrobinson88321 Жыл бұрын
Very cool history of the railroad. Thanks for the video
@LearnwithJanice Жыл бұрын
Hello from Kansas🇺🇸
@thomaspscheidt38767 ай бұрын
thank you!!!!!
@marvwatkins7029 Жыл бұрын
Thought I saw Carl Sandburg on that bike earlier.
@60sgalesburgerrfan5 ай бұрын
I was a railfan in Galesburg in the 60s and 70s. Hardy recognize the place! The building should have been saved was the ancient stone back shop! Anyone have pix of Davis st roundhouse?
@psycotria Жыл бұрын
Very good railroad history. I remember my childhood HO circle track set had a Burlington boxcar. The nation's RR workforce went from over 3 million in 1950 to about 120,000 today. It is probable that the corporations plan to phase out almost all of them in a future of unmanned trains, if they can get away with it.
@marvwatkins7029 Жыл бұрын
Is that early Edwardian footage really Galesburg? It's CBD looks too big for it then and now. And in any case, now versus then it certainly has gone downhill and continues to do so. So sad and tragic.