Survival of a railroad town: Galesburg, IL

[CHamilton]

The Last Refrigerator

Ten years ago today, the Maytag plant in Galesburg, Illinois, closed its doors. What's become of the town in the years since?...
Defying the catastrophic forecasts, fewer than one thousand people trickled out of Galesburg in the decade since the shuttering. The railroad, buoyed by its key logistical role in international trade, which includes shipping manufactured products from China to American consumers, has helped, some, to fill the enormous void Maytag left. Though payday loan shops, fast-food joints, and a new Walmart Supercenter line its main commercial strips, there is a hint of gentrification downtown near Knox College, where a new craft brewpub and upscale coffee shop thrive.

 

[the_traveler]

But it did "downsize" from 2 Amtrak stations to only 1 Amtrak station in town! So that's a 50% drop!

 

[amtkstn]

It has six Amtrak trains a day.

 

[railiner]

It has six Amtrak trains a day.

Six? I count Eight.....3&4, 5&6, 381&382, and 383&380........

 

[Green Maned Lion]

I don't care how upscale the coffee shop is. How good is the coffee?