UP and Conrail SD40-2's take intermodal west out of Bailey Yard's vastness. If you are bored by today's diesels, you probably weren't around during the reign of the SD40-2.
Two employees confer while working on GE C44-9W No. 9632 in Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop work on May 4, 2011. UP Dash 9 No. 9632 is former Southern Pacific No. 8168.
Rear DPUs on an eastbound coal train.
A group of Union Pacific locomotives are spotted for work and servicing inside the main locomotive shop building at the railroad’s massive Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 5, 2011.
In a haze of blue exhaust, an eastbound Union Pacific freight departs North Platte and begins to accelerate as it clears the big yard’s Yard Limit. UP U30C 2923 is teamed with a GP30, and the t... (more)
UP 4403 leads a westbound manifest into North Platte.
UP 4104 leads a westbound manifest into North Platte.
Union Pacific EMD SD24 No. 446 sits next to the sprawling locomotive shop at North Platte, Nebraska, in July 1984.
UP 6903 rolls west with an empty coal train a few miles east of North Platte, NE along Hwy 30. It is a different experience traveling US30 alongside the real Union Pacific...
On May 4, 2011, electricians inside Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop in Nebraska, work on wire harnesses used in PTC installation for GE locomotives spotted on Track 1.
A view UP North Platte shops as a severe warned thunderstorm forms in the background
The St. Louis-San Francisco railroad was the first to purchase a new caboose design offered by International Car Company, featuring a wider-than-normal cupola, providing the best of both cupola ca... (more)
UP 4014 leads PGINP-05 or “The Great Race Across the Midwest” train across the Platte River just outside of North Platte.
C&NW GP50 5089 and two SD40-2's 6886, 6880 E/B at North Platte, Nebraska.
UP 7778 and 4 more units roll into North Plate with a westbound stack and intermodal train.