Don't forget that the annual Galesburg RR Days is fast approaching. The dates are Saturday June 25th through Sunday June 26th. There will be some displays at the depot downtown which are always worth a look. I recommend the food for sale at the depot's "patio" from the Knox County Pork Producers. Great BBQ sandwiches and bacon sold by the slice! The special event is the excursion each day of steamer 765 from Chicago & return - following the former C,B,&Q mainline. (Beware the foamers!) Of course, the famous "altar", otherwise known as Thirwell or Route 10 bridge will be "open" for your viewing pleasure of BNSF's massive yard. An important reminder is that the train show has moved to a new location at the High School Fieldhouse - not the college. There are free shuttle busses running from the depot downtown out to the train show & back both days. I heartily recommend you stop by the show and purchase a railroad days poster or two from artist/railfan Ron Hatch. He is a great guy and very knowledgeable of all things train. See you there with my (our) switching layout based on an industrial district in "the 'burg". (Not to worry, its still a great show with many fantastic items to buy of all scales etc. Bring your $.) Also consider land west of town for great places to watch passing trains. I recommend the environs of the "Cameron Connection" and the Cameron overpass itself. Peck Park in Galesburg proper is also a good place to watch trains - but again, beware the foamers. It takes all kinds, ALL kinds of kinds. I recommend taking the time for one of the yard tours. I especially recommend the "V.I.P. yard tour" for those that arrive early Friday and Saturday and can get some of the very limited tickets. There is a whole list of non train events as well - but we're foamers, we don't have time for that stuff. Visit http://www.galesburgrailroaddays.org for more info. Also visit http://fortwaynerailroad.org/2016/05/76 ... -festival/ for info on the excursion. See you there!
Here is a rehash of things posted elsewhere on the web. More pics from our homecoming at The Galesburg RR Days show. Just a couple sights along the way... It was fun to see this insignia on the (former) Pensy's mainline. I tried to imagine to Broadway Limited crossing here. Part of the fun of taking "the back roads" is being able to take a minute to capture scenes like this. We were crossing (the former) C&EI main here. The outdoor displays at the depot were not expansive this year, but we'll take it. I am grateful to some good folks at GE and BNSF for there participation. We had a look at some of the remains along the "City Job" line after the show Saturday evening. We "found" another flange oiler along the R.O.W. No, this one will not fall on my modules. Hey Jim... Remember your Robert Palmer? - "I'm looking' for clues"... And of course the bridge was fabulous. Less and less predecessor roads every year - as to be expected. I had to get a picture of this former trolley barn along main street. It will soon be torn down to make room for the road to tunnel under the Q mainline. Seeing this former ALCO product was fun for us. My son liked seeing it after switching on the layout using one of Atlas' S-2s. Following the TP&W home was great fun as well. We "had" to make stops in Gilman, Forrest, Cresent City (BOOM!), Wasted and other important locations. Seeing a working semaphore signal was quite a treat. Here is the crossing with the IC. I just can't bring myself to call it CN.
Darn spell check. We were in Watseka, Ill (not Wasted - as listed). I couldn't anyways , I was driving.
