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City in Illinois, United States
Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The city is 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Peoria. At the 2020 census, its population was 30,052. Galesburg is the home of Knox College, a private four-year liberal arts college, and Carl Sandburg College, a community college named for native-born poet Carl Sandburg.
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American intercity passenger rail operator
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in every contiguous U.S. state except for Wyoming and South Dakota as well as in three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track.
More on Wikipedia ↗The man killed by an Amtrak train Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Galesburg depot was John M. Glasgow, 31, of Little York, the Knox County coroner said.
31-year-old John Glasgow of Little York was an advocate for rural education through his work with the Illinois Association of Rural and Small Schools.
John Glasgow, the program director at the Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools, died following a train-pedestrian collision at the Galesburg Amtrak Depot.