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<p>In 1851, the Logansport, Peoria & Burlington Railroad (LP&B) began construction on a new railroad line, extending 96 miles from Peoria, Illinois to the Mississippi River at East Burlington, Illinois. The line would be completed in 1857, and the railroad reorganized into the Peoria & Burlington Railroad in 1862. By 1864, the railroad would be acquired by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). A bridge across the Mississippi River at Burlington would be completed in 1868, and the railroad line would connect to other CB&Q lines throughout southern Iowa. The railroad also connected to Galesburg, which was quickly becoming a major terminal for the CB&Q. The CB&Q was beginning to construct an extensive network of railroad lines, extending westwards from Chicago. The eastern portion of this line provided a connection to the city of Peoria, while the western portion of the line became part of the mainline to Iowa. In 1970, the CB&Q was merged with the Northern Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway to form Burlington Northern Railroad (BN). In 1996, BN merged with Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to form BNSF Railway. BNSF currently operates the Galesburg to Peoria section of the line as the Peoria Subdivision.<br></p>
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