Just south the Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg diverge via the Quincy main line which bypasses the yard on the east side.

[9][10] In the early 2010s, the island platform received a yellow tactile warning strip that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

It is the main area for Galesburg Railroad Days when it runs during the last weekend of June as bus tours of the rail yards originate from here.

Five years later, in 1854, the CB&Q reached Galesburg and a depot was constructed in the "Five Points" area, near Knox College.

Ironically, despite being built of brick, unlike its predecessor, it wound up falling victim to a similar fate almost exactly 30 years later.

By the early 1980s, however, Burlington Northern officials began to question the necessity and practicality of having such a large depot in the face of declining passenger service.

[13] In 1984, a one-story Amtrak station was built with funding split by the passenger railroad and the Illinois Department of Transportation.