| Posted by Dan I. on May 24, 2020 | |
Located northeast of Grand Island, Chapman is a small town off U.S. Highway 30 with the Union Pacific having parallel tracks in town. The Union Pacific trains fly through Chapman most of the time. Union Pacific generally follows U.S. 30 for several hundreds of miles in Nebraska. I would drive U.S. 30 rather than Interstate 80 just so that I could watch the trains including the Nebraska Central. At times, I would pace a locomotive and we would have a horn blowing contest every now and again. My old 1977 Mack truck air horns versus Union Pacific locomotive air horns. It was fun but they won every time but I didn't care. I believe the engineer or conductor had fun as well as he always waved afterwards. On the other end of the State, one place that I really enjoyed watching the Union Pacific trains go through town at a much slower pace was Ogallala, Nebraska especially on the west end of town where I would park my rig overnight. If one were to follow the tracks in the picture, they would go through Ogallala eventually. I miss seeing the western part of the country along with the large and small railroads there such as the Nebraska Central. Since I just retired some months back, I doubt that I will ever see a lot of Western railroads again since I reside in upper East Tennessee. At least, I got the CSX KD Subdivision tracks directly behind my house.
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