The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad was the first railroad constructed out of Chicago, intended to provide a shipping route between Chicago and the lead mines near Galena, Illinois. The railroad com
Original plan from Chicago to Galena
Portrait of William B. Ogden by G.P.A. Healy, 1855
The Pioneer ca. 1898
The Illinois Central train station in Galena, Illinois; originally built in 1857, it is now used as the Galena Country Visitors Center.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, it operated e
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
…its name to the Chicago and Aurora Railroad; their extension to Mendota was completed in 1853. The company’s name changed again in 1855, to become the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad which, as the “Burlington Route,” would expand and thrive for over a hundred years. Already in 1847, when out selling G&CU stock, William Butler Ogden…
Texas Zephyr postcard
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4-6-0 locomotive No. 710 on static display at Iron Horse Park.
A Zephyr arriving at East Dubuque, Illinois
Burlington locomotive hauling an express freight c. 1967. These locomotives were also used for the Zephyr passenger trains.