Photo ID: 110973 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Airport Road Hall, NE 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Two units lead an eastbound manifest out of North Platte toward the triple track on the Kearney Sub on Main 3. This is a massive manifest that has both a mid-train DPU and a tail end DPU. This is the final picture I took on this little jaunt to Nebraska for the Big Boy. From here, I flew back to Colorado for some continued action on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110972 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Keith (CP B276) Hall, NE 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), Union Pacific While in Nebraska to catch the Big Boy, I happened upon a nice surprise when I found this KCS Retro Belle ES44AC. With the CP/KCS merger complete, creating CPKC, the Retro Belle scheme will soon be yet another in the history books. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110971 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West Keith (CP B276) Hall, NE 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Approaching the last crossover before entering the east end of Bailey Yard, a westbound manifest on Main 1 is slowing at an Approach (yellow) signal at West Keith. It looks like the train is all covered hoppers, but that is actually just the first half (or so) of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110970 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific For better or for worse, UP 4014 was headed east on Main 3 here at Buttermilk Curve. I saw that because the lighting certain favored Main 1 if you wanted to capture the entire curve. Still, with the green trees in the area, this shot on Main 3 is not terrible. UP has actually gotten rid of a lot of passenger equipment recently, which is why the train is hauling a lot of UP freight rolling stock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110969 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Brady Brady, NE 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Just east of Brady, NE, along US-30, UP's Heartland of America Tour, featuring UP 4014, is eastbound on Main 3 as a westbound manifest heads west toward Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110968 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound manifest makes its way through the start of Buttermilk Curve east of North Platte. The train is on Main 1 and will actually be meeting UP's Big Boy (UP 4014) just a few miles ahead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110967 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Many people think of Nebraska as flat and not particularly scenic. While that is no doubt true in parts of the state, you can find some pretty scenic areas and nice curves. One curve in particular that is always worth a visit is Buttermilk Curve, just east of Brady, NE. This is 25 miles (give or take) east of North Platte along the triple track main. Here, a single DPU brings up the end of a westbound coal empty headed for the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110966 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East North Platte North Platte, NE 76 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014, UP 4015, and a handful of passenger cars are headed east on Main 3 at the east end of the largest yard in North American, Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE. The Big Boy is continuing its Heartland of American Tour for 2024. Ahead at CP B283, the train will pick up a string of UP freight cars for the continued trip east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100113 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Maxwell Maxwell, NE 1765 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Not too far east of North Platte, US 30 crosses over from the north side of the triple track mainline to the south side. This presents an excellent vantage point for rail traffic. In this shot, a westbound unit auto train is approaching on main one, led by two SD9043MACs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100112 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Brady, NE 1721 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound intermodal (COFC) led by a Union Pacific C40-8 is rounding the first (long) curve that makes up the tail (depending on your point of view) of the "S" in the S-curve. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100111 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Buttermilk Curve Buttermilk Curve, NE 1794 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific, Chicago North Western One of the more popular spots along the triple track main is "Buttermilk Curve". This is one of the few spots in Nebraska with a readily available S-curve! Note the second unit (UP 9082) is a patched Chicago North Western C40-8. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100110 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lexington Lexington, NE 1676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound manifest led by two SD60s (the lead unit obviously being an SD60M) running in elephant style are moving along at track speed on main three. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100109 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lexington Lexington, NE 1796 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific A westbound manifest, led by UP 2021, is having engine troubles on main one and is thus running well under the maximum speed limit. In order to get faster intermodal traffic around the manifest, Dispatch is using main two. An intermodal (TOFC) led by UP SD70M 5116 is about to overtake the manifest. Note the headlight of yet another westbound on the horizon! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100108 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lexington Lexington, NE 1743 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the crossovers at Lexington, a westbound coal empty is working its way toward the Powder River Basin, running on main one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100107 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Odessa Odessa, NE 2134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Kearney (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP manifest is on the move just east of the crossovers at Odessa. The eastbound is running on main three. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.