Howdy from Havana ,Illinois.

Galesburg is a pretty well known Railroad hub for the BNSF but at one time it was a happening town for both Burlington Northern and ATSF prior to the merger around 1995. Even back in the 1990's I knew how active train wise this town was.  I had had encounters with Galesburg way before picking up the  hobby railfanning full time. I have always had an interest in trains ever since I was a kid.  Don't ask how it started I have no memory of when it started but Dad said it was around two. We moved down by the TP&W tracks in Canton  about 1988 which increased interest. My mom used to take me on rides as a kid and when I seen a train I'd have her wait on it and Galesburg is no exception. Mom used to take me to Galesburg quite a bit in the 1990's when I was a kid and teenager and we'd wait on trains on purpose so i could watch trains. I never thought of filming or photographing at the time. My first railroad picture I didn't take until 2002 then started

I decided to go to Burlington, Iowa on August 6, 2018 in hopes of some action on the Burlington Junction Railway line.  I had also considered the Quad cities but was talking in construction into consideration, weather and  what I wanted to deal with so went with Burlington. I did film a barge on the Mississippi, BNSF in the yard switching and a BNSF train in downtown Burlington in a neat little area I like.  After that it was dead and there was no activity on the BJRY. Alco #701 was tied down with no life what so ever around. I noticed up a ways off the riverfront  there was construction at a crossing on their line so that may have been why. It was no big deal. I remembered people saying Keokuk Junction Railway may head west that day and figured I'd go catch them at La Harpe as I don't go to La Harpe  to fan often enough. I take pictures of what's there by the shop but they were no where in sight so head east figuring I'd run into them somewhere along the li