Learn about BNSF Railway’s amazing main lines between Chicago and Galesburg, Ill., with our three-page foldout map! See today’s track arrangement, find what abandoned lines one ran in the area, and understand the rich history of railroading in Northern Illinois.
I remember the grade of the old Rock Island Southern, a onetime interurban, along the north side of the CB&Q from Galesburg to Monmouth, well visible from the observation car of the Nebraska Zephyr.