Railroad zip ties
Used to keep the air hoses together during transit, heavy-duty zip ties litter the tracks over the hump where cars are separated while being classified at East Hump, in... (more)

Pin puller
In the old days of hump yard operation, men manually pulled the pin and uncouple cars as they slowly topped the hump. It’s still done that way today, only the pin puller is... (more)

At Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska, a group of UP EMD SD38-2s, along with two SD40-2s, are being used as power at East Hump and jockey for track space west of the hump. On ... (more)

Being centrally located on the Union Pacific system, Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska, is a busy place and processes trains day and night, all week—all year. On the eve of May 4, 2011, boxc... (more)

Storm light over East Hump
A set of hump power crests Union Pacific’s East Hump after finishing the sorting of another train at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011. An early spring... (more)

The sky is brilliant red just after sunset on May 10, 1995, as more trains depart and arrive at Union Pacific’s huge Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska. A westbound is about to take down its ... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger no. 3977 sits on display at Cody Park in North Platte, Nebraksa while showing the red, white, and blue colors for the 4th of July.

UP 6950, 6596 & KCS 4888 westbound with a manifest.

BigBoy 4014 departing North Platte headed for Grand Island.

Covered hopper cars of a potash train are classified down to their respective East Bowl tracks off East Hump at North Platte, Nebraska, on the afternoon of May 3, 2011.

An assortment of Union Pacific locomotives rest between assignments as they are serviced and repaired at the railroad’s extensive locomotive facility at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on... (more)

A string of stored locomotives. Common sight systemwide.

I am in the cab of Union Pacific SD40 3035, looking out at the various power in the diesel service area at the UP North Platte yard. It was quite an experience for my wife and I to get a VIP tour ... (more)

Union Pacific Slug S4 began life as cabless EMD UP GP9B No. 316B that was constructed in September 1957. After the locomotive was retired in August 1975, it was rebuilt into Slug S4 for hump yard ... (more)

UP GE U50 32 waits for its next run at the Roads Huge North Platte Yard on a nice spring day in April 1974