The Route 30 overpass west of Maxwell, NE provides a viewing point for the passage of symbol MFWNP-19 on the home stretch into North Platte.

Ten miles out of North Platte, a solid set of Chicago & North Western power – C&NW GP50 5091 and SD40-2s 6915 and 6932 – hustle a Union Pacific freight eastbound through the crossovers at Keit... (more)

With only a minute or 2 left daylight, an eastbound autorack train waits for a clear signal to continue east on the Overland Route, while a tractor trailer heads in the same direction on US Route ... (more)

UP 4014 east headed for Fairbury NE where it will overnight.

UP 4014 eastbound at Maxwell Nebraska.

On August 19, 2017, loaded Union Pacific coal train CWTCL9-18 hustles its way east as passes through Maxwell, Nebraska, on its way from West Thunder Mine in Wyoming to Coleto Creek, Texas. UP AC4... (more)

Occasionally, track laying still requires a human touch, such as these Union Pacific men adjusting Pandrol clips while putting down the third main line through between North Platte and Gibbon, Neb... (more)

Two Chicago & North Western GE C40-8s power a westbound train of empty coal gons (with two tank cars up front) through Maxwell, Nebraska, on the way to North Platte on May 10, 1995.

Westbound coal empty Maxwell

UP 1982 pushes on the rear of the Global 3 to Oakland stack train. West of Maxwell, Highway 30 goes over the tracks from the north side to the south side, making chasing a little easier, and on th... (more)

A late running LFG58 (Grand Island - North Platte local) rolls its final miles across the Overland Route triple track. Over the next 24 hours, there were 93 trains on the lineup for North Platte w... (more)

Two Union Pacific trains, an Eastbound loaded coal train and a Westbound passenger train meet at high speed on a sweltering hot day along the Triple Track Mainline just outside Maxwell, Nebraska n... (more)

One Year to Retirement. A westbound Union Pacific freight passes through Maxwell, Nebraska, on August 20, 1987. Power for this train is UP SD40 3068, MP GP50 3524, UP SD40-2 3564 and UP S... (more)

I was feeling more than just a little nostalgia as we paced this trio of SD40-2s along Highway 30 between Maxwell and North Platte, NE.

As a westbound stack train heads out, an eastbound local heads in. The trains just kept on coming.