During my recent cross-country trip to Washington state, I stopped off at the Golden Spike Tower, in North Platte, Nebraska on Jun 17th, 2023, and caught this Union Pacific freight heading through the yard as it passed a minor derailment in the Bailey yard there from the top of the tower. The tower makes for a great shooting platform with the right lenses.

According to Wikipedia: Bailey Yard is the world’s largest railroad classification yard. Employees sort, service and repair locomotives and cars headed across North America. Owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Bailey Yard is in North Platte, Nebraska. The yard is named after former Union Pacific president Edd H. Bailey.

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Nikon 70-300mm @135mm, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 900.