UP 9245, mated with a Conrail Dash8-40CW and another UP Dash 8, leads a westbound train of empty hoppers into North Platte, NE on a late winter afternoon. Fuji Sensia.

A cobbled together set of power leads a westbound Shelton, NE to Tacoma, WA grain train approaching North Platte, NE. Behind the local power of two GP-38-2s come a Dash8-40CW, CNW SD50, MP SD-40-2... (more)

Sitting in the diesel service area of Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard is UP U30C 2848. This diesel was built by General Electric in April 1973, and twelve years later was retired by the UP, on Octo... (more)

A GP9 built for the PRR in 1957 then rebuilt in 1978 to a GP10 rests away at the Ag Valley Co-op elevator in downtown North Platte, Nebraska. This unit has resided here in this paint since at leas... (more)

UP had only ordered twenty two GP35's plus they bought two demos from EMD as second hand units. Here a GP35 is coupled to a DDA40X showing the huge size difference. The seventies had a large varie... (more)

A birds eye view of the largest yard in the world - UP Baily Yard.

All six of Union Pacific's Heritage units were on display at the railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on September 16th, 2012. It was quite a gathering, as besides the six Heritage u... (more)

A Union Pacific eastbound departs North Platte's Bailey Yard on a summer's morning. This is a scene repeated several times per hour all day long on the UP's incredibly busy Kearny Sub across the ... (more)

Union Pacific purchased eight EMD SD40X demonstrators. Six had flared radiators while two had flush to the body style radiators. They were built on SD35 frames. They look like SD45s but much short... (more)

There was a lot to look at this evening in the engine servicing area at UPs Bailey Yard, including 3 unique locomotives. The D&RGW and MKT heritage units were lined up with whit I understand to be... (more)

The annual North Platte Rail Days event in 2012 was particularly good, as it included all six of the Union Pacific’s Heritage diesels, along with other special locomotives (UP 7964, the 5000th G... (more)

The Heartland Tour Begins | After spending a couple of days at Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE, Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 has officially begun its "Heartland Of America To... (more)

Vibrant Nebraska Morning | Crossing a field just east of North Platte, NE, an eastbound intermodal train begins its journey down the Kearney Subdivision on the sunny morning of Sunday, Sept... (more)

Heading east out of North Platte, NE, a double-length loaded coal train is beginning its journey down the Kearney Subdivision on a sunny August 31, 2024 afternoon. A single GE motor serves as the ... (more)

North Platte Elevator | Dwarfed by the grain elevators in the center of North Platte, NE, an EMD GP9 owned by the Maywood Co-op Association rests on a side track on a sunny Saturday, August... (more)