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National Park Attractions In Fairbury

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Fairbury City Park

Crystal Springs Park

Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari

Eugene T. Mahoney State Park

Arbor Day Farm

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum

Pioneer Village

Homestead National Monument of America

Fairbury is a city and county seat of Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,942 at the 2010 census. Fairbury has been closely connected with railroading for much of its history. It was founded on the projected route of a railway, and grew as a shipping center. For nearly 80 years, it was the location of the Western Division headquarters of the Rock Island Railroad. Fairbury prospered with the Rock Island, and lost business and residents as the railroad declined.
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National Park Attractions In Fairbury

1. Rock Creek Station State Historical Park Fairbury
The 1894 Rock Island railroad wreck occurred when a locomotive carrying two passenger cars was sabotaged on August 9, 1894, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The train was purposely derailed from a 40-foot trestle which today passes above the Jamaica North Trail at Wilderness Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, killing eleven. To date, the sabotage is one of the largest instances of mass murder in the state of Nebraska, along with the 1958 killing spree of Charles Starkweather, and the Westroads Mall shooting of 2007. It is also the largest officially unsolved crime in Lincoln history.
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Fairbury Videos

Big Blue River

Video of the Big Blue River in Blue Springs, Nebraska. The bridge is located in Gage County. Drone footage by Laugh-Smore Productions.

Amtrak's Next-Generation of High-Speed Rail

At Amtrak we know the future of the Northeast Corridor depends on the investments we make today, which is why we are excited to announce the upcoming arrival of the next-generation of high-speed rail. The new trainsets will replace the current Acela Express equipment and begin service in 2021.

For this project, we are pleased to be partnering with Alstom, a leading global provider of innovative systems and equipment in the railway sector. Alstom will be building these new trainsets in New York State, with 95% of the trainset’s components being made in America, and parts coming from 350 suppliers in 30 U.S. states.

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Video courtesy © Alstom SA, 2016 © Meconopsis by Trimaran. All rights reserved. Avelia Liberty high-speed train.

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Rocks of Nebraska's History

These are pictures of rocks that were found in the state of Nebraska, USA. Based on the configuration of some of the objects, they are fossilized vegetation, most likely from period that much of the earth was covered by the seas. Nebraska was covered with a shallow portion of the water. That period? Somewhere between 2 million and 99 million years ago. Think about it the next time you pick up a rock and toss it into a creek. It is part of your history.

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