Omaha and Galesburg Railroads in the Early 70s 

I remember working City engines in Galesburg, back then. The depot and much of the scenery in the video is gone, now. I was young, cocky, fit, and eager to switch those yards. Pulled one of the last load of bricks from the East Galesburg Purington brick yard. Got black as hell setting a car of carbon black at the Gates Rubber hose factory. Yard D, Innisville, both Hump yards & bowls, the Ice yard and Prospect. And several years out on the road, too. I miss those days and that work.

Man, what a great capsule of 70's railroading! Something for everybody here.

Memories of a bygone Era. Thanks for this. Stellar archival footage. 🚆🇺🇲

My dad worked for the cnw back in the 70's out of Omaha, very cool to think he may have been on the train in the opening sequence

That U-50 #5000. What a thing to see, never seen video of one before.

Quite the mix-and-match of passenger equipment, marked for Amtrak as well as the private railroads!

Awesome catch of all the power in this video

Amazing footage of the Zephyr, Looks to be the spring of 73 or 74.

Impressive to see those Santa Fe war bonnets racing along.

4:29 That was cool seeing them thread through all those switches.

Awesome stuff, especially the 5000!

6:00 To think, that guy was immortalized on film. Wonder where he is now.

The CB&Q junction is Pacific Junction, Iowa, located south of Council Bluffs.

How cool is this? Thanks for the video!

Thanks, what a treat!

Thank you! Totally forgot there was a water tower at the BN station Galesburg. Great seeing the Santa Fe. Good chance i was riding the ATSF train to Galesburg or Fort Madison.

Very nice, like .

Great stuff. The Omaha film brought back a lot of memories.

Great video! More please!!!!😅

No graffiti on the trains,that was before the google demo(rap culture !

The dome car at 13:34 is being produced in HO scale by Rapido Trains.

U50C, I mean.

When making a railroad video, include the train sounds and not dramatic music. I came for the trains and left because of the overwhelming music. Personal opinion.