Galesburg Rail Hub - Illinois, USA

In Galesburg, Illinois, this camera looks over the Amtrak station and the Galesburg Railroad Museum on one of BNSF's busiest main lines, with a large classification yard just to the south.

Long BNSF freights rumble past all day, and four Amtrak routes stop here, the California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg. The railroad reached town in 1854, when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy opened its first depot, and Galesburg has been a railroad town ever since.

The town was founded by a Presbyterian minister, George Washington Gale, as a college community, and in 1858 its Knox College hosted the fifth of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Did You Know? The Carl Sandburg train is named after the poet, who was born in Galesburg, and his birthplace lies just a few hundred feet from the train's route.

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