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5 on 5

            With a friendly wave Amtrak 5 West departs Burlington, IA 1'56" late with Train 5 on June 29, 2014.  Was down in Burlington last month to visit grandma.  Behind the buildings on the right is the now BNSF yard where my grandfather hired out with the CB&Q back in 1949 as a switchtender.  He would work most of his years as a switchman, many times switching the overnight mail/passenger trains before retiring in the 80s as a yardmaster in Burlington.  The yard office closed here and he could have moved to Galesburg  and bumped somebody there, but chose to retire.   

Burlington Yard used to be a happening place with many industries and locals to be worked along with the mail on the passengers on third trick.  The buildings on the right were part of the Chittenden & Eastman mattress factory that moved out of downtown Burlington in the 1970s.  They weren't the first business or the last to leave Burlington and if anyone wants a cheap old industrial building, there are many choices of vacant ones to be had in Burlington.

Taken in: United States / Iowa / Burlington (show map)

Taken on: June 29, 2014

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Groups appears in: • Railroad guesses and memories North America • California Zephyr more » • Burlington Iowa Amtrak. • Railfan Atlas « less

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