CNW 7005 leads a coal train west out of North Platte Yard and will cut off west of town and head up the UP line to Scotts Bluff, cutting off west of Scotts Bluff at South Morrill to go northwest t... (more)

An assortment of SD40N's and SD38-2's sit near the "East Hump" as UPY SD38-2 No. 840 takes two SD40N's over the hump after working a cut into the bowl at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in N... (more)

UPs trio of E-9s - the 951, 963B and 949, along with CNW SD40-2 6815, glide down the homestretch into North Platte with and extra section of the Council Bluffs to North Platte Z train on a March a... (more)

A coal drag enters the busy Baily Yard as the sun sets.

Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 heads home for UP's steam shops in Cheyenne, Wyo., as it leads UP's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., on the morning of Oct. 31.

A westbound Z train and the DPU of an eastbound coal train pass each other in North Platte, Nebraska.

UP 844 races an eastbound coal train out of North Platte, starting the second day of its "Trek to Tennessee" journey.

UP 844 chugs out of North Platte, Nebraska racing an eastbound loaded coal train.

UP 8367 brings up the rear of a westbound empty coal train.

UP 6663 & 4997 are coupled to there train and are waiting in the east departure tracks at Bailey Yard.

Driving U.S. Route 30 across Nebraska in the 1960s is a continuous variety show. Here come GE U50 33 and EMD DD35B 72B, a 10,000-hp combination, booming along eastbound, east of North Platte on Oc... (more)

As if it was 1997, 3 UP SD40-2s lead a CNW on a westbound freight. Unfortunately, 2012 called, as it was the local from Grand Island with 3 SD40N's and a patched CNW, and the train had picked up t... (more)

Big Blow 23 leads an extra east from North Platte, Nebraska, on October 22, 1966. The 8,500-hp turbine is typical of UP railroading in the mid-sixties, but for a moment take a closer look at the s... (more)

One third of the Union Pacific’s roster of Alco Century 855’s, number 61, is on the move westbound, having topped off its 4,000-gallon fuel tank at North Platte. On October 2, 1966, the 5,500-... (more)