Galesburg Railroad Days 2015
Author: Matthew Schimmel
This album will cover my trip to Galesburg, Illinois for their Railroad Days Festival. Day 1 - Started out with heavy rain and a strong breeze. Not a lot of traffic running due to many of the flooded rail lines / wash outs that head into Galesburg. There were some neat catches and a lot of BNSF orange. Day 2 - Very sunny and warm, the best line around for action was the Chillicothe Sub., so I stuck around there and watched the stacks roll through town. Day 3 - The day was partly cloudy and at times had some sunny moments. Many of the lines were still slow due to flooding and wash out troubles so we stuck to the BNSF Chillicothe Sub., which did not disappoint. Managed a bunch of cool catches including some of the stored SD70Mac's & SD75's, a Tier 4 demonstrator, CEFX leaser, CSX power....a lot of CSX power and the usual BNSF high priority stacks. Day 4 - I didn't stick around much on Monday morning but did manage to catch few neat items. Also stopped by Cameron, Illinois and caught a coal load on the Ottumwa Sub. and a tied down grain on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub. More pictures to come through out the weekend. Enjoy and thanks for taking a look!
Photo Gallery
Top: BNSF 2753, CEFX 6007, BNSF 5120, BNSF 5446 Middle: BNSF 7671, BNSF 732, BNSF 6895 Bottom: BNSF 1825 & BNSF 1848
BNSF 1825, BNSF 1848, & BNSF 1882 are the trimmers for the Galesburg Terminal.
SHQX 9666
BNSF 1708, BNSF 1902, & BNSF 1621
CBQ 160646 - First photo of this old CBQ car on rrpicturearchives.net.
AOK 040024
BNSF 1817 shoves a string of cars loaded with untreated ties back towards the tie plant in Galesburg.
BNSF 424666
BNSF 6299 heads through the Galesburg Yard on its way to an outbound string of cars.
Roster shot.
Roster shot.
BNSF 1428, BNSF 334, & BNSF 538
BNSF 2377 & BNSF 1895
BNSF 8391 leads this bare table (B-LACLPC5 23)east bound on the BNSF Chili Sub. as it heads through Galesburg, Illinois. First photo of this C4 on rrpicturearchives.net.
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BNSF 8391 - First photo of this C4 on rrpicturearchives.net.
Roster shot.
BNSF 8203 leads a pair of AC4400's west with a long stacker and it rolls through the quiet zone in Galesburg, Illinois on the BNSF Chili Sub.
Roster shot.
Roster shot.
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NS 7668 heads west through Galesburg, Illinois with the NYC-LAC stacker. Currently on the BNSF Chili Sub. and passing through the quiet zone in town.
Roster shot.
BNSF 7233 leads this stacker east on the BNSF Chilli Sub. as it rolls under the Don Moffitt overpass in Galesburg, Illinois.
Roster shot.
Roster shot.
RTTX 151567
BNSF 8358 is on display this weekend at the Galesburg Railroad Days Festival. Parked on the spur by the Amtrak Station and Galesburg Railroad Museum.
ATSF 85900 - Once a coal hopper now most likely used as a tie service car. - First photo of this ATSF car on rrpicturearchives.net.
BNSF 2911 - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
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Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Roster shot - Sitting outside the Galesburg Engine Pit.
Sitting outside of the engine facility in Galesburg.
Sitting outside of the engine facility in Galesburg.
Sitting outside of the engine facility in Galesburg.
Sitting outside of the engine facility in Galesburg.
Sitting outside of the engine facility in Galesburg.
In the shop for repairs in Galesburg.
In the shop for repairs in Galesburg.
Sitting outside of the engine facility in Galesburg.
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CN 5602 sits outside the BNSF Galesburg Engine Facility.