Nostalgia & History > More on Galesburg, Illinois

The other day I posted a couple of photos taken of trains at the Galesburg, Illinois station. The result was a lot of good discussion. I found four more of Roger Puta's slides taken by the Galesburg Station which I think you will find interesting.

1. Roger's caption, "View of CB&Q Galesburg, ILL. station, freight lead by #366, O1A #4960, and #3006 on display. June 19, 1966."

2. Roger's caption, "CB&Q Divison Offices and Station at Galesburgh, Illinois. June 2, 1962."

3. Roger's caption, "CB&Q S-4 #3006 built in 1930 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works on display east of the station at Galesburg, ILL. June 2, 1962."

4. Roger's caption, "CB&Q Train #36, the Kansas City Zephyr, going through the Seminary Street Interlocking at Galesburg, ILL. June 12, 1966." If you look really hard at Photo 1 you can make out the tower above the dome car behind 4960 and behind the signals.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/17 15:45 by MartyBernard.

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I know we are supposed to get all giddy about the steam train, but I really like the SD and Geep on the freight!

TJY

I think the roundhouse and coal chute were still standing then. Hope he got some shots of them.

#1 - that's an amazing number of trains in the station at once for a town that size!

Frisco1522 Wrote:
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> I think the roundhouse and coal chute were still
> standing then. Hope he got some shots of them.

Not sure when the roundhouse came down but the coal tower lasted until the early 80's. The land is still unused by BNSF because of the massive contamination from all the fuel other other things throughout the years. At least that's what I was told on the rail yard tour at Galesburg RR days this past weekend by our guide who hired out with the CB&Q in '61

Location of the old roundhouse and coal tower
The dropped pin won't cooperate buts its the green space in between the tracks

https://goo.gl/maps/Xq3kMENhZJ12

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/17 18:35 by Spoony81.

The roundhouse was certainly there in the 1960s. I remember 4960 and 5632 turning on the table.

Marty Bernard