Rail activity at Gates Rubber in Galesburg
Today lucked out on my way home from getting my husband milk I crossed the Peoria sub and seen lights down the tracks. I go investigate and get onto Highway ten and see from the distance activity at Gates Rubber. I've lived in Galesburg like four months now and this is the first rail activity I have seen. There has been cars there on their spur but never seen any locomotives. I am guessing they dropped off some cars as when they pulled out onto the Peoria sub main there were no cars that are typically sitting at Gates. I filmed and also took some photographs while there. They left down the tracks and i catch all of this. I zip on home right next door literally and give my husband his milk and zip on out the door to go beat the train to the Wye. I was surprised when it came to the Wye it was only the locomotive. I guess the cars got dropped off at a spur track to this junk yard or scrap yard. I'm not familiar with the place but i do know there is a