hii rail fans. i had another good day on april3,2004 at the lincoln street overpass in galesburg, illinois. i saw 14 trains in 2 hrs and 9 min. 1 train had 164 cars. i saw over 11 hundred cars from those 14 tranes, as well as seeing over 800 cars with 11 trains 1 week earlier. i live 55 miles north of there so i have a easy time getting there, thanks, unionpacific856@hotmail.com april 4,2004
Thank you for sharing your adventures with us
DOGGY
I love G-burg…I watched at the thriwell bridge back in the Railroad Days '03.
So apparently the local police are again letting railrans park on the overpass and watch trains? Last I heard, several months ago, they were shooing people away. Anyone know what happened?
I hope not…I don’t report railfans…just foamers who steal stuff. [:D] Happy Railfaning!!!
I grew up in nearby Alpha, IL (on the BN mainline to Savana) and I’ve spent several trip back to the area on the bridge that crosses the yard. I’ve never encountered any problems with the police.
Erik
Allow me to recommend a website for all of my fellow Galesburg fans
www.billselleck.net. It is a very complete site with lots of photos maps and info about Galesburg and the surrounding area. Very useful for railfanning or just casual browsing. It takes a while to go through the entire site and all the links.
Bill Selleck is a superb model railroader also who usually has a layout display at the Carl Sandburg College train show during RR Days.
Dave Nelson