told how she had joined 4-H youths statewide in raising funds to build the 4-H Camp and he had helped haul lumber from the forest’s Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad stop to the camp site.

Donated by: BNSF Railway (formerly on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) Original Location: Burlington, Iowa and Gulf Port, Illinois over the Mississippi River Year Built: 1893 (Opened to ...

Eisenhower was president of the United States, the U.S. had yet to recognize Hawaii as the 50th state, and 19-year-old K.C. Hill began working for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad.

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad built the depot in 1854 and Batavians used it on the east side of town (behind Berkley’s grocery store) until the mid 1960s. For the longest time ...

In the lower level of the Batavia Depot Museum, you’ll find a living room. It’s not anyone’s in particular, but it will feel familiar — like the one where you watched cartoons as a kid ...

She used her wealth strategically to expand opportunities for women, underwriting the development of the pill and supporting the suffrage movement. By Katharine Q. Seelye This article is part of ...

has been railroading since 1957. That’s 67 years of service … and counting. When Hill hired on to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), a BNSF predecessor, President Eisenhower was living ...

The structure long ago replaced another bridge on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's line to the mining town of Cambria. The original bridge was the site of a lynching more than a ...

The group’s model layout located in the old CB&Q (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy) baggage/express building ... “The purpose of the Tri-City Model Railroad Association includes, but is not ...

Though he was hired after the Army to work as a detective for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Hill soon applied for an opening at Denver’s Secret Service field office. He joined the Secret ...

“Cash was hard to come by,” he said. “Folks lucky enough to work on the railroad brought home money, and the grocery store appreciated that.” It was the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad that ...