In defense of the BN, I visit Galesburg a couple of times a year and have
done so since the late 60's, and never heard any of this negative feedback
until the Frisco merger in 1980. Until that time the numbers of railroad
jobs in the city had increased and operations continued to be similar to
what the Q ran before that. When the Frisco came along that's when you
started to hear some grumbling. I think it's the 1980 merger that probably
caused the feedback you're talking about.
Ken Thompson
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From: <wadegriffi@aol.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Good job on the Train Show - Galesburg RR days
is dying ...
> The people of Galesburg have not gotten over the merger of
> 1970 .
> I used to own a hobby shop with a couple of other guys ,
> and we went to railroad days back in 1983 with BN
tee-shirts
> and all kind of BN model equipment . Thinking was big
BN
> town - might have big community following . Result --
what a
> disaster . All comments were negative . The people hated
the
> BN - they ruined our town . " The BN treats people like
dirt "
> ect. , ect ,
>
> I suspect a lot anti - BNSF comments are being made
> now . The railroad doesn't provide a lot of employment for
the
> town folks now either . There are still probably many
townfolks
> employed there , but nowhere near the level as when Railroad
> days started .
>
> These are just my observations after going to
Railroad
> days 6 -7 times over last 20 plus years .
>
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