Several Union Pacific locomotives due for work and servicing are spotted inside the main building at the North Platte Diesel Shop on May 5, 2011. UP No. 9632 is former Southern Pacific GE C44-9W N... (more)

Four flag-barring units bring an empty corn train into North Platte for a recrew on a cool Midwest evening.

While the actual time zone 'line' between mountain and central is west of North Platte (near Paxton, NE) Union Pacific's time change is at the west end of their Bailey yard in North Platte. Having... (more)

Three EMD veterans bring the westbound local back into Bailey Yard on a cool fall evening.

Electricians work on adding PTC equipment to GE locomotives inside Union Pacific’s sprawling shop at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

Union Pacific EMD SD38-2 No. Y808 sits in railroad’s huge diesel shop at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011. The locomotive is former Chicago & North Western No. 6652, and at the time, assigne... (more)

Electricians inside Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop in Nebraska, work on wire harnesses used in PTC installation for GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5992 on Track 1 on May 4, 2011. Amazing how much w... (more)

UP caboose's 25461 and 25815 trail a westbound freight along Hwy 30 near North Platte, NE in May of 1989.

Union Pacific GE U30C No. 2851 leads an eastbound freight east of North Platte, Nebraska, in July 1983.

The sun finally pops out from behind the clouds as two brand new Tier 4 EMD's sandwich a UP C44ACCTE departing westbound out Bailey Yard.

UP 3057 sits at North Platte waiting to set out a bad ordered car at the end of the train before continuing its journey west.

Just minutes before sunset, the high priority produce train from Cheyenne, WY to Global 3, IL arrives at the west end of North Platte Terminal with the UP 2523 leading the way.

Union Pacific GE U30C rests on the east side of the diesel shop at North Platte, Nebraska, in June 1981.

A car rolls through the computer-controlled retarders at East Hump while being sorted for eastern destinations at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 3, 2011. Retarders s... (more)

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 6030 sits on Track 5 ready for some routine maintenance in UP’s North Platte Diesel Shop on May 5, 2011.