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curprev 20:3920:39, 28 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 26,333 bytes −11‎ Moved the paragraph about the actual construction to be the first under the "Construction" header undo
curprev 20:3520:35, 28 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ m 26,344 bytes +139‎ tighted up and clarified wording of recently added paragraphs undo
curprev 17:1117:11, 28 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 26,205 bytes +2,619‎ added further new paragraphs on William Ogden and efforts to reorganize the railroad undo
curprev 16:1316:13, 28 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 23,586 bytes +6,223‎ added several paragraphs on the history of financial issues before the railroad was reorganized -- will need to proofread them thoroughly later undo

curprev 23:5323:53, 27 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 17,363 bytes +2,034‎ added first of 4 or so paragraphs on initial financial problems undo
curprev 23:2223:22, 27 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 15,329 bytes +571‎ revised paragraph on railroad's initial charter, to set up next two sections undo

curprev 17:5217:52, 24 June 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 14,758 bytes +540‎ Further tightening up and addition of more details in a couple references; also mentioned William Butler Ogden in 4th paragraph of "Contexts" section undo

curprev 16:5816:58, 24 May 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ m 14,218 bytes +1‎ tightened up the wording in a couple places and corrected a mistake I had made on the name of a river undo
curprev 01:0001:00, 24 May 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 14,217 bytes +3,284‎ Added 4 paragraphs about the historical context for construction of the railroad undo

curprev 22:2422:24, 22 May 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ m 10,933 bytes −15‎ Oops -- realized I had added the wrong citation for the legal incorporation of the G&CU, in the "Sources" list, but it is now correct undo
curprev 22:0622:06, 22 May 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 10,948 bytes +640‎ Added full citations in the "Sources" section for references made in the intro paragraph undo
curprev 21:5121:51, 22 May 2024‎ James Postema talk contribs‎ 10,308 bytes +414‎ Refocused the opening paragraph slightly, and added references. Also deleted the first sentence under the "History" heading, to avoid repetition and help clarity. (See talk for comment on that.) undo

curprev 19:2419:24, 16 May 2024‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 9,894 bytes +491‎ Alter: url, template type. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: publisher, date, title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Лисан аль-Гаиб | Category:Defunct Illinois railroads | #UCB_Category 47/268 undo

curprev 16:0716:07, 10 May 2024‎ MarkWHowe talk contribs‎ 9,403 bytes +738‎ Edit second paragraph of 'History' for clarity, significance of the transcontinental railroad in Galena history. Added refs regarding the Iowa leaseholds. Mention of construction to Fulton Illinois is missing. undo

curprev 15:1515:15, 24 April 2024‎ David notMD talk contribs‎ 8,665 bytes −1,783‎ Restored revision 1162049683 by Kalmbach (talk): Content addedd without references, so reverted undo Tags: Twinkle Undo

curprev 20:1220:12, 18 April 2024‎ MarkWHowe talk contribs‎ 10,448 bytes +1,250‎ Added 4 paragraphs worth of early history of the Galena and CNW in connecting Chicago with Omaha across Iowa. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
curprev 04:4904:49, 18 April 2024‎ MarkWHowe talk contribs‎ m 9,198 bytes 0‎ Edward H Williams undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit
curprev 04:1804:18, 18 April 2024‎ MarkWHowe talk contribs‎ 9,198 bytes +533‎ Added significant content, more to come. undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 18:1018:10, 26 June 2023‎ Kalmbach talk contribs‎ 8,665 bytes +372‎ Adding current conditions undo

curprev 04:0504:05, 18 September 2022‎ Liz talk contribs‎ 8,293 bytes −4‎ Removing link(s) to "Agnew, Illinois": Removing links to deleted page Agnew, Illinois. undo Tag: Twinkle