While driving from Denver to Holdrege today, we made a pit-stop in North Platte, Nebraska. Why? That's where the biggest train yard in the WORLD is located. Union Pacific's Bailey Yard has over 10,000 rail cars roll through each day. It is also the spot where their locomotives are maintained and repaired. Were the girls excited to visit this train yard?
Absolutely! We spent almost an hour on the 7th-floor outdoor observation deck.
We watched all sorts of freight trains roll by . . .
. . . and we saw several locomotives being shunted around the yard. We also went up to the enclosed 8th floor, where Evelyn learned more about the history of Union Pacific trains in North Platte. I'm sure the girls will request a repeat visit to this train yard - it was that exciting!
1 comments:
observation deck? okay, that's cool.
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