{"id":41543,"date":"2025-04-13T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=41543"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T01:05:12","slug":"galesburg-ghost-spooks-silver-splendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/galesburg-ghost-spooks-silver-splendor\/","title":{"rendered":"Galesburg Ghost Spooks Silver Splendor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is there a ghost haunting Tracking the Light?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, reader Wayne Duffett asked about the ghost in my photograph of Budd Vista dome Silver Splendor<\/em> that had appeared in my post titled Spring Classic Trains Silver Issue<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, a spectral face appeared in one of the windows of the car as it paused at Galesburg, Illinois at the headend of Amtrak No. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon closer inspection, I recognized the ghost as poet and author Carl Sandburg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ghost of Carl Sandburg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not really, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recalled that when Amtrak No. 4 paused for its extended station stop at Galesburg in November 2018, I briefly disembarked to make photos of Silver Splendor<\/em> on which I was traveling. Across the tracks from the train was a huge mural that featured icons of Galesburg, including an image of Burlington’s Budd-built Zephyr<\/em>, and a portrait of the famous writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the ghost of the Zephyr<\/em> reflected in the Silver <\/em>Splendo<\/i>r would have been more appropriate? Boo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the photo where Wayne noticed a ghostly visage in the window of Silver Splendor. (Look beneath the letter ‘N’ in Burlington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A much enlarged version of the photo in question.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is another image that I made in Galesburg during the No. 4’s station stop in November 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here is an enlarged version of the mural. Notice the portrait of Carl Sandburg at center left. This was the source of the visage reflected in the window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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