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 storm moves east of the city and brings out a last few rays of bright sunshine late in the afternoon. It won’t be long and the three-unit set of EMD six-motors (two SD40-2s and a SD38-2) will drop west and retrieve another train that needs classifying.