Uploads from ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠, tagged choteaumontanausa

Uploads from ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠, tagged choteaumontanausa http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/tags/choteaumontanausa/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:03:00 -0700 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:03:00 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/buddyicons/29675024@N05.jpg?1360552827#29675024@N05 Uploads from ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠, tagged choteaumontanausa http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/tags/choteaumontanausa/ Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754123400/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754123400/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2567/3754123400_54484cbd4f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Some mesas and buttes and other cool stuff.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:03:00 -0700 2009-07-10T15:58:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754123400 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska <p>Some mesas and buttes and other cool stuff.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754127876/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754127876/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2455/3754127876_90e65b0d2a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Trains viewed from the Golden Spike Tower at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:05:09 -0700 2009-07-11T10:05:39-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754127876 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>Trains viewed from the Golden Spike Tower at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754127250/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754127250/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3441/3754127250_e6b2393427_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>View looking west on Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:04:51 -0700 2009-07-11T10:03:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754127250 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>View looking west on Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753319757/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753319757/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2531/3753319757_025cc45055_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota" /></a></p> <p>Mount Rushmore viewed from a cave/crevice formed by two boulders which fell together. A path leads into here.<br /> This was taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are located. This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:00:25 -0700 2009-07-10T10:08:57-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753319757 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota <p>Mount Rushmore viewed from a cave/crevice formed by two boulders which fell together. A path leads into here.<br /> This was taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are located. This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754122504/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754122504/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2647/3754122504_4c2dbaa464_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Chimney Rock, viewed from South Bayard, Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:02:35 -0700 2009-07-10T15:18:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754122504 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska <p>Chimney Rock, viewed from South Bayard, Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754124806/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754124806/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2445/3754124806_b592f6b2e5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Golden Spike Tower at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!!!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. This was taken July 10, 2009, a day before going up into the Golden Spike Tower.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:03:39 -0700 2009-07-10T21:05:40-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754124806 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>Golden Spike Tower at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!!!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. This was taken July 10, 2009, a day before going up into the Golden Spike Tower.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754119934/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754119934/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3459/3754119934_cb51d46aaa_m.jpg" width="240" height="168" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota" /></a></p> <p>This Montana Rail Link(MRL) locomotive was in a BNSF yard at Alliance, Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.<br /> This is on BNSF's extremely heavily used Powder River Basin mainline. The Powder River Basin is a region in central-eastern to northeastern portions of Wyoming that contain the world's largest deposits ever found of low sulfur coal, and because of that, the line has an average of approximately 60-80 trains per day (every single one of them that I saw were carrying coal, very few other commodities besides grain are hauled here), and is one of the most heavily used mainlines in the world. In Wyoming, the main Powder River Basin mainline running between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gillette,+Wyoming&sll=43.068888,-106.743164&sspn=3.683556,7.064209&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gillette,+Campbell,+Wyoming&ll=43.468868,-106.325684&spn=3.659444,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Gillette, Wyoming</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Shawnee,+Wyoming&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Shawnee,+Converse,+Wyoming&ll=43.068888,-106.743164&spn=3.683556,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Shawnee, Wyoming</a>, owned jointly by Union Pacific and BNSF, is a 115-120 mile triple track mainline with as many as 100 trains in a day, again the vast majority being coal. The Powder River Basin coal mining region spreads between the areas south of I-90, east/north of I-25, and west of the Wyoming border. In fact, the railroad lines there are so heavily used that a third railroad, the Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern(DME), is now planning on building a brand new line to the PRB, and the Federal Railroad Administration has already approved of it in 2006, but in 2007 Canadian Pacific(CP) gained full control over the DME and is now deciding whether or not to build it (though their plans currently state that it WILL most likely happen within the next 25 years. Here is a <a href="http://www.icerail.com/images/Cedar_small.jpg" rel="nofollow">map</a> of the DME after CP acquired it (the Illinois, Chicago & Eastern, or ICE, merged with the DME in 2005-06). The blue lines are DME, yellow lines are ICE, and red line is the planned new PRB line.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:01:25 -0700 2009-07-10T14:17:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754119934 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota <p>This Montana Rail Link(MRL) locomotive was in a BNSF yard at Alliance, Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.<br /> This is on BNSF's extremely heavily used Powder River Basin mainline. The Powder River Basin is a region in central-eastern to northeastern portions of Wyoming that contain the world's largest deposits ever found of low sulfur coal, and because of that, the line has an average of approximately 60-80 trains per day (every single one of them that I saw were carrying coal, very few other commodities besides grain are hauled here), and is one of the most heavily used mainlines in the world. In Wyoming, the main Powder River Basin mainline running between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gillette,+Wyoming&sll=43.068888,-106.743164&sspn=3.683556,7.064209&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gillette,+Campbell,+Wyoming&ll=43.468868,-106.325684&spn=3.659444,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Gillette, Wyoming</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Shawnee,+Wyoming&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Shawnee,+Converse,+Wyoming&ll=43.068888,-106.743164&spn=3.683556,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Shawnee, Wyoming</a>, owned jointly by Union Pacific and BNSF, is a 115-120 mile triple track mainline with as many as 100 trains in a day, again the vast majority being coal. The Powder River Basin coal mining region spreads between the areas south of I-90, east/north of I-25, and west of the Wyoming border. In fact, the railroad lines there are so heavily used that a third railroad, the Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern(DME), is now planning on building a brand new line to the PRB, and the Federal Railroad Administration has already approved of it in 2006, but in 2007 Canadian Pacific(CP) gained full control over the DME and is now deciding whether or not to build it (though their plans currently state that it WILL most likely happen within the next 25 years. Here is a <a href="http://www.icerail.com/images/Cedar_small.jpg" rel="nofollow">map</a> of the DME after CP acquired it (the Illinois, Chicago & Eastern, or ICE, merged with the DME in 2005-06). The blue lines are DME, yellow lines are ICE, and red line is the planned new PRB line.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754122766/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754122766/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2541/3754122766_6dedba103c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>A Southern Pacific AC44CW locomotive along the main Union Pacific mainline in South Bayard, Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.<br /> This is on Union Pacific(UP)'s extremely heavily used Powder River Basin mainline. The Powder River Basin is a region in central-eastern to northeastern portions of Wyoming that contain the world's largest deposits ever found of low sulfur coal, and because of that, the line has an average of approximately 60-80 trains per day (every single one of them that I saw were carrying coal, very few other commodities besides grain are hauled here), and is one of the most heavily used mainlines in the world. In Wyoming, the main Powder River Basin mainline running between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gillette,+Wyoming&sll=43.068888,-106.743164&sspn=3.683556,7.064209&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gillette,+Campbell,+Wyoming&ll=43.468868,-106.325684&spn=3.659444,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Gillette, Wyoming</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Shawnee,+Wyoming&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Shawnee,+Converse,+Wyoming&ll=43.068888,-106.743164&spn=3.683556,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Shawnee, Wyoming</a>, owned jointly by Union Pacific and BNSF, is a 115-120 mile triple track mainline with as many as 100 trains in a day, again the vast majority being coal. The Powder River Basin coal mining region spreads between the areas south of I-90, east/north of I-25, and west of the Wyoming border. In fact, the railroad lines there are so heavily used that a third railroad, the Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern(DME), is now planning on building a brand new line to the PRB, and the Federal Railroad Administration has already approved of it in 2006, but in 2007 Canadian Pacific(CP) gained full control over the DME and is now deciding whether or not to build it (though their plans currently state that it WILL most likely happen within the next 25 years. Here is a <a href="http://www.icerail.com/images/Cedar_small.jpg" rel="nofollow">map</a> of the DME after CP acquired it (the Illinois, Chicago & Eastern, or ICE, merged with the DME in 2005-06). The blue lines are DME, yellow lines are ICE, and red line is the planned new PRB line.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:02:43 -0700 2009-07-10T15:23:31-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754122766 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska <p>A Southern Pacific AC44CW locomotive along the main Union Pacific mainline in South Bayard, Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.<br /> This is on Union Pacific(UP)'s extremely heavily used Powder River Basin mainline. The Powder River Basin is a region in central-eastern to northeastern portions of Wyoming that contain the world's largest deposits ever found of low sulfur coal, and because of that, the line has an average of approximately 60-80 trains per day (every single one of them that I saw were carrying coal, very few other commodities besides grain are hauled here), and is one of the most heavily used mainlines in the world. In Wyoming, the main Powder River Basin mainline running between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gillette,+Wyoming&sll=43.068888,-106.743164&sspn=3.683556,7.064209&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gillette,+Campbell,+Wyoming&ll=43.468868,-106.325684&spn=3.659444,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Gillette, Wyoming</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Shawnee,+Wyoming&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Shawnee,+Converse,+Wyoming&ll=43.068888,-106.743164&spn=3.683556,7.064209&z=7" rel="nofollow">Shawnee, Wyoming</a>, owned jointly by Union Pacific and BNSF, is a 115-120 mile triple track mainline with as many as 100 trains in a day, again the vast majority being coal. The Powder River Basin coal mining region spreads between the areas south of I-90, east/north of I-25, and west of the Wyoming border. In fact, the railroad lines there are so heavily used that a third railroad, the Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern(DME), is now planning on building a brand new line to the PRB, and the Federal Railroad Administration has already approved of it in 2006, but in 2007 Canadian Pacific(CP) gained full control over the DME and is now deciding whether or not to build it (though their plans currently state that it WILL most likely happen within the next 25 years. Here is a <a href="http://www.icerail.com/images/Cedar_small.jpg" rel="nofollow">map</a> of the DME after CP acquired it (the Illinois, Chicago & Eastern, or ICE, merged with the DME in 2005-06). The blue lines are DME, yellow lines are ICE, and red line is the planned new PRB line.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Fort Cody, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753326375/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753326375/" title="Fort Cody, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3490/3753326375_c30d630a63_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Fort Cody, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Fort Cody, a historic fort named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody (William Fredrick Cody), who originally got his nickname for supplying the Kansas Pacific Railroad (which merged with Union Pacific in 1880) with buffalo meat to haul.<br /> This is by our hotel.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:03:33 -0700 2009-07-10T19:32:05-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753326375 Fort Cody, North Platte, Nebraska <p>Fort Cody, a historic fort named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody (William Fredrick Cody), who originally got his nickname for supplying the Kansas Pacific Railroad (which merged with Union Pacific in 1880) with buffalo meat to haul.<br /> This is by our hotel.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754120828/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754120828/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2460/3754120828_be3ce38229_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Bayard Railroad Depot Museum, and old passenger train station.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:01:49 -0700 2009-07-10T14:55:43-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754120828 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska <p>Bayard Railroad Depot Museum, and old passenger train station.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Switching Locomotive In Kansas City http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754131544/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754131544/" title="Switching Locomotive In Kansas City"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2628/3754131544_b16e8cd5d0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Switching Locomotive In Kansas City" /></a></p> <p>A private switching locomotive (company unknown) in Kansas City, in a Kansas City Transportation(KCT) yard.<br /> This was taken on the car ride from North Platte, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri on July 11, 2009.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:06:51 -0700 2009-07-11T18:45:41-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754131544 Switching Locomotive In Kansas City <p>A private switching locomotive (company unknown) in Kansas City, in a Kansas City Transportation(KCT) yard.<br /> This was taken on the car ride from North Platte, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri on July 11, 2009.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753329325/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753329325/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2546/3753329325_c13666b186_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>View looking east on the UP Bailey Yard. As You can tell, it is a HUGE rail yard and seems endless on this image. This is at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:04:59 -0700 2009-07-11T10:03:49-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753329325 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>View looking east on the UP Bailey Yard. As You can tell, it is a HUGE rail yard and seems endless on this image. This is at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753319595/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753319595/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3095/3753319595_3e2f083179_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota" /></a></p> <p>A cave/crevice formed by two boulders which fell together. A path leads into here.<br /> This was taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are located. This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:00:20 -0700 2009-07-10T10:06:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753319595 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota <p>A cave/crevice formed by two boulders which fell together. A path leads into here.<br /> This was taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are located. This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753320405/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753320405/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3449/3753320405_5e84b91bc2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota" /></a></p> <p>Mount Rushmore.<br /> This was taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are located. This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:00:43 -0700 2009-07-10T10:13:16-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753320405 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, South Dakota <p>Mount Rushmore.<br /> This was taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore and Crazyhorse are located. This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial day airplanes watertower trains windmills line clear unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753327441/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753327441/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2508/3753327441_e9873be456_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Sunset at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!!!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. This was taken July 10, 2009, a day before going up into the Golden Spike Tower.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:04:02 -0700 2009-07-10T21:10:08-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753327441 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>Sunset at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!!!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. This was taken July 10, 2009, a day before going up into the Golden Spike Tower.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753326877/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753326877/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3531/3753326877_b41531dac5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Historic passenger car by the Golden Spike Tower at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!!!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. This was taken July 10, 2009, a day before going up into the Golden Spike Tower.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:03:46 -0700 2009-07-10T21:06:23-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753326877 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>Historic passenger car by the Golden Spike Tower at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!!!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. This was taken July 10, 2009, a day before going up into the Golden Spike Tower.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753329939/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753329939/" title="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2664/3753329939_c9c683235f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>Viewed from the Golden Spike Tower, <b>this is my favorite Southern Pacific locomotive (AC44CW) picture because it's the only pic of one that I got without "UP" painted anywhere on the side in small print. See <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754123942/">this photo</a> to see what I am talking about when I say UP is painted on the side. Although there are plenty of patched SP units left (maybe a few hundred out of UP's over 8000 locomotives, IDK), there are only a few unpatched SP units left (maybe a dozen or two), so I'm SUPER LUCKY :D Those white cars in back may be UP refrigerated produce cars</b> All of the other SP pics I have from this trip have "UP" painted in small print on the side. This was taken at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:05:19 -0700 2009-07-11T10:07:45-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753329939 Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska <p>Viewed from the Golden Spike Tower, <b>this is my favorite Southern Pacific locomotive (AC44CW) picture because it's the only pic of one that I got without "UP" painted anywhere on the side in small print. See <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754123942/">this photo</a> to see what I am talking about when I say UP is painted on the side. Although there are plenty of patched SP units left (maybe a few hundred out of UP's over 8000 locomotives, IDK), there are only a few unpatched SP units left (maybe a dozen or two), so I'm SUPER LUCKY :D Those white cars in back may be UP refrigerated produce cars</b> All of the other SP pics I have from this trip have "UP" painted in small print on the side. This was taken at Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753324991/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753324991/" title="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2551/3753324991_c156fc2e46_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska" /></a></p> <p>A BNSF freight station.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:02:54 -0700 2009-07-10T15:36:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753324991 Newcastle, Wyoming To North Platte, Nebraska <p>A BNSF freight station.<br /> This was taken on the car ride between Newcastle, Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska on July 9, 2009. We stopped at Mount Rushmore during this trip, and also at the new Crazyhorse monument that they are still working on; it is also being built into a mountain.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753330735/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3753330735/" title="North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3482/3753330735_4c082fd8a6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri" /></a></p> <p>A Maywood Co-op Association(MCA) locomotive at the east end of the UP Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. You can easily read the side of the locomotive viewing the <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3482/3753330735_f9bc376d91_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> (once you click on this link, click on the photo itself to zoom in and see it better :). It's a farmer owned company.<br /> A private railroad locomotive, obviously some farmers' grain hauling company or something, at the eastern edge of Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:05:40 -0700 2009-07-11T10:58:19-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3753330735 North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri <p>A Maywood Co-op Association(MCA) locomotive at the east end of the UP Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. You can easily read the side of the locomotive viewing the <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3482/3753330735_f9bc376d91_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> (once you click on this link, click on the photo itself to zoom in and see it better :). It's a farmer owned company.<br /> A private railroad locomotive, obviously some farmers' grain hauling company or something, at the eastern edge of Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Bailey Yard is the world's largest railroad yard, and it's around 8 miles long and 1-2 miles wide (12.8km long and 1.6-3.2km wide)!!! There is a viewing tower by the yard so you can watch trains without trespassing (illegally) on railroad property, and it's called the Golden Spike Tower. It has a gift shop, some railroad items in the entrance area, then an outdoor viewing area below and indoor viewing area. The indoor viewing area (on top) has more of a panoramic view then the outdoor area. Check out this photo's <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3754127250_0600ae44ff_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">large size</a> to get a true scope on the immense size of the yard.<br /> <br /> This yard is part of the original American transcontinental mainline which was completed in 1869 at Promomtory Summit, Utah, where the Union Pacific (building east to west) and Western Pacific (building from west to east) met. UP now owns the entire transcontinental line, and the entire transcontinental line is still being very heavily used (except for a 40 mile section in Utah including Promontory, which is now abandoned, because a bypass was made). The majority of the line is double track, and a portion of it in Nebraska between <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=O'Fallons,+NE&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.977057,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=O'Fallons,+Lincoln,+Nebraska&ll=41.853196,-100.964355&spn=7.510184,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">O'Fallons, Nebraska</a> and <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gibbon,+NE&sll=40.806014,-98.728638&sspn=0.23856,0.441513&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibbon,+Buffalo,+Nebraska&ll=42.016652,-100.480957&spn=7.491013,14.128418&z=6" rel="nofollow">Gibbon, NE</a> (approximately 130 miles long, or 208 kilometers long), it is a triple track mainline and the most used railroad mainline in the world, with an average of 120-150 trains per day.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754129948/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/greatestpictures/">♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpictures/3754129948/" title="North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3516/3754129948_1c1b17ba4d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri" /></a></p> <p>Missouri River in Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride from North Platte, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri on July 11, 2009.</p> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:06:08 -0700 2009-07-11T16:28:27-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3754129948 North Platte, Nebraska To Kansas City, Missouri <p>Missouri River in Nebraska.<br /> This was taken on the car ride from North Platte, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri on July 11, 2009.</p> ♥♦♣♠Jìmßõ1♥♦♣♠ road old railroad usa canada mountains cars abandoned up memorial airplanes watertower trains windmills line unionpacific thunderstorm blade coal bnsf mesas windfarm customs southernpacific worldsoffun buttes frequent kansascitymissouri ac44cw northplattenebraska littlebighornnationalbattlefield gacuster highriveralbertacanada choteaumontanausa fortmcleodalbertacanada meangrandpa