UP's Baily Yard is the larget railroad classification yard in the world. Looks like if you happen to be in the Northe Platte area it might be worth a visit.
Richard
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That would be a cool place to watch trains. Specially for me, seeing my area only has 6 trains a day
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Agree with Atrak92. But the photo galleries would not load properly, kept getting an "Oh No! We couldn't find anything" message on the flikr screen.
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One of those 'Oh No' shots seemed to be a Union Pacific Big Boy on the Tunkhannock Viaduct near Scranton, PA. I'm guessing that it dated from Steamtown's move to Scranton from Vermont.
The Golden Spike tower looks like a bunch of fun. What a pity that you can't get to North Platte on an Amtrak train.
-------------------- David Pressley
Advocating for passenger trains since 1973!
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It appears that the only airline serving KLBF (Lee Bird Field) is a puddle jumper (whoops "regional'), Great Lakes Airlines, that offers flights to Denver. That's one thing if you are traveling Westward, a whole different ball game if East.
Someone else can check Greyhound's frequency.
Obviously the Union Pacific has their own Air Force to handle their people about the System. Of course, next time you fly, don't go looking for Armour Yellow and Grey trimmed aircraft with the shield on the tail. One place that most Fortune 500's are NOT looking for free advertising is on their corporate aircraft.
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My wife and I spent a night in North Platte a couple summers ago. She was happy at a quilt shop while I tried to see Bailey but not much luck. Lots of trains, though. I saw the site for the tower but no acitivity then. One night there was certainly enough, although on another trip last summer we did see UP 3985 at a small town in western Nebraska on its way to North Platte for Rail Fest days.
A visit timed to see that would be fun. If traveling through Nebraska, get off I-80 and use US 30 aka Lincoln Higway / Iron Road. Lots of interesting things in the small towns and follows the main line.
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