Missouri Pacific 2020 sits inside the North Platte diesel shops. My wife and I were given a special one on one tour of the diesel shops. Almost 30 years later, I ask myself, how were we so fortuna... (more)

UP 729 sits next to CNW 6901, and UP 3515 as well as a number of other CNW and UP SD40-2s at the North Platte Diesel Service facility. In the distance is a BN U33C locomotive. Photograph taken wit... (more)

The view of the southwestern portion of the largest rail yard in the world.

Six pairs of SD40-2/SD38-2 of remotely-controlled yard masters are working or idling at the east end of the west hump yard in North Platte.

Even though this engine facility looks huge, it is only a small corner of this massive train yard.

The Grand Island Turn with a trio of rebuilt SD40-2's head West towards Bailey Yard.

East bound from Bailey yard, this double stack reflects the rising sun.

A UP SD40-2 and U30C bracket two former Mopac units on a grain train headed west out of Bailey Yard.

Union Pacific Challenger #3977 is on display at Cody Park in North Platte, NE. It was donated to the City of North Platte by the Union Pacific and installed at the park in October 1968. It is disp... (more)

On a July 1984 morning, locomotives are lined up at the east end of the North Platte, Nebraska, diesel shop, including a Western Pacific GP40. Up front is GE U30C No. 2922.

Switching out the cement facility.

The number plate underneath the Golden Glow headlight on Union Pacific 4-8-4 844, as with the number plates on most UP steam locomotives, was cast in the shape of the railroad's shield. This Nort... (more)