Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill., to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union (forerunner of the ...

EMD photo Two Burlington Route E units are ready at the Omaha, Neb., station platform to depart at 5:20 p.m. on mail train 14. Lead unit is an E7 while the trailing unit is an E8; note the ...