In October 2007, the Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington, Iowa, notified its staff that the casino was closing and they were going to be laid off.

The band's identity with its " hometown " of Burlington, Vermont is evident in their actions.

GMTA and its sister bus company in Burlington, the Chittenden Country Transit Authority, operate a series of LINK commuter buses with stops in Montpelier, Burlington and Waterbury.

In May 1934, the Union Pacific Railroad exhibited its first streamlined train, the M-10000, and the Burlington Route its famous Zephyr which, on May 26, made a record-breaking dawn-to-dusk run from Denver, Colorado, to Chicago in 13 hours and 5 minutes.

The D & RGW's sense of its unique geographical challenge found expression in what is arguably the world's most famous passenger train, the California Zephyr, which was jointly operated with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ( CB & Q ) from Chicago to Denver and the Western Pacific Railroad from Salt Lake City to Oakland, California ( with ferry and bus connections to San Francisco ).

Hill also wanted control of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad because of its Midwestern lines and access to Chicago.

In New Jersey, the Burlington County Historical Society claims an 1867 invention by carriage maker James Birch, and exhibits a Birch rickshaw in its museum.

This planned interchange has indirectly prompted the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to extend the ' dual-dual ' configuration ( Inner Car Lanes & Outer Truck Lanes ) to Exit 6 ( the Pennsylvania Extension ) in Mansfield Township, Burlington County from its current end at Exit 8A ( Route 32 & CR 612 ) in Monroe Township, Middlesex County.

Anglo-European records of Burlington County date to 1681, when its court was established in the Province of New Jersey.

Just alongside Burlington House is one of London's most luxurious shopping areas, the Burlington Arcade, which has housed shops under its glass-roofed promenade since 1819.

In 1980, the much larger Burlington Northern acquired the Frisco and integrated it into its own system.

In 1866, when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad extended its line from Aurora to Savanna no provision was made for town sites, so the St. Paul Land Company was organized to acquire land along the right-of-way.

: Shawsheen Tech serves Billerica and four of its neighboring towns: Bedford, Burlington, Tewksbury, and Wilmington.

Lismore owes its existence to the building of the Burlington Railroad through northeast Nobles County.

The Burlington Northern Railroad, however, chose to build its railroad track on the north side of the creek.

In 1873 the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad named its new train station there " Friend.

Burlington takes its name ( including the county name ) from the English east-coast town of Bridlington, of which Burlington was a district.

Endeavor was the first permanent fire fighting organization in Burlington and remains one of the oldest fire companies under its original name in the state.

During the 19th century, Burlington City was known for the quality and quantity of its manufacturing.

Palmyra, along with Bordentown, Burlington, Moorestown Township, and Mount Holly Township, established its high school in the late 1890s, making it one of the oldest high schools in Burlington County and in New Jersey.

His brother, Kenneth Anthony Angell, is the former Roman Catholic bishop of Burlington, Vermont.

* ( Burlington House, Piccadilly, London ): Burlington's own contribution is likely to have been restricted to the former colonnade ( demolished 1868 ) In London, Burlington offered designs for features at several aristocratic free-standing dwellings, none of which have survived: Queensbury House in Burlington Gardens ( a gateway ); Warwick House, Warwick Street ( interiors ); Richmond House, Whitehall ( the main building );

In 1881, the county seat was moved from Cimarron to Springer, located on the former Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, since 1996 part of the Burlington Northern Railroad.

( Indeed, it was not until 1996 that Amtrak finally closed the old Santa Fe depot and consolidated all passenger operations at the site of the former Burlington Northern depot.

O ' Neill is also served by a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch line from the Sioux City, Iowa vicinity.

Notable current and former residents of Burlington include:

The former Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ( ATSF ), now the Burlington Northern Santa Fe ( BNSF ), passes through Lamy.

* Benjmain Franklin Angel, ( 1815 – 1894 ), born in Burlington, former ambassador of the United States

Burlington Industries, which had operated the former Cramerton Mills, went bankrupt in 2001.

Notable current and former residents of Burlington Township include:

* Burlington Northern Adventures: Railroading in the Days of the Caboose, written by former brakeman, conductor and trainmaster William J. Brotherton

The Fairchild AT-21 Gunner, a twin-engine trainer, was manufactured at a former rayon mill in Burlington, North Carolina.

* The AMC Proving Grounds – The former AMC Proving Grounds in Burlington, Wisconsin had initially been Nash's test track and subsequently became Jeep's test facilities ( after AMC's acquisition of Willys in the 1970s ).

The company was located in the former Otis-Fenson military weapons factory off Burlington Street on Victoria Avenue North, which was built in 1941.

The new town of Milton added parts of the former township of Esquesing ( most of this township comprises Halton Hills ), all of Nassagaweya Township including the village of Campbellville, and the northern sections of Trafalgar and Nelson from ( a 1962 annexation of the former townships ) Oakville and Burlington respectively.

* In August 1996, the rock band Phish, which was based across Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, held the first of its nine weekend-long festivals at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base.

The Malt House Theater, the former building being the home of the Finke-Uhen Brewery, is located along the Fox River within the city of Burlington, and the theater is home to the community theater company Haylofters, Inc. Haylofters has been in continuous operation since 1932.

After descending into Burlington, the QEW crosses former Highway 2 then encounters the Freeman Interchange, opened in 1958 to allow construction of Highway 403 and expanded in 1999 to accommodate Highway 407.

This railroad was a part of the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy ( CB & Q, or " Burlington ") railroad system, which has now been merged in the present Burlington, Northern, Sante Fe ( BNSF ) railroad system.

Early purchases of the company included about of land from Edward Burling and his partners ; land was sold at a profit to Thomas Chittenden among others, and the settlements on the company's land have grown to become the city of Burlington.

Burlington was founded in 1883, having been third in a series that included two earlier settlements.

When Yardley was founded there were already small settlements at nearby Burlington, Bristol, and Falls Ferry.