Union Pacific Bailey Yard, North Platte, NE 7-10-19

On a recent road trip I made a stop by North Platte, Nebraska to visit the Golden Spike Tower and UP's Massive Bailey Yard on the West edge of town.
These videos were all taken from the Observation deck of the Golden Spike Observation tower that overlooks the yard.

Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte is the largest
railroad classification yard in the world. Named in honor of
former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey, the massive yard
covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of 8 miles. The
yard is located in the midst of key east-west and north-south
corridors, making it a major component of Union Pacific’s rail
network.
Bailey Yard has 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks handling
14,000 freight cars every 24 hours. Of those, about 3,000 cars are
sorted daily in the yard’s eastward and westward yards,
nicknamed "hump" yards. Using a mound cresting 34 feet for
eastbound trains and 20 feet for those heading west, the hump
yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114
"bowl" tracks. Here they become part of trains headed for
destinations in the East, West and Gulf Coasts of America, as
well as the Canadian and Mexican borders. An average of 130
trains per day, carrying loads such as vehicles, coal, grain, corn, sugar, chemicals, steel and
many consumer goods, including electronics, apparel and other retail products are handled at Bailey Yard.
To keep UP's system moving, train operations and repair shops at
Bailey Yard are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The fueling and service center processes more than 9,000
locomotives each month, using technology like overhead cranes
and elevated work bays to maintain fluid operations.

On-site Car Repair
The on-site car repair facility annually replaces 10,000 pairs of
wheels, many identified through an in-motion defect detector
using ultrasound technology to inspect the wheel. This detector
was developed by Union Pacific and is the only one in the world.
Some wheel repairs even take place without the rail car ever
leaving the track, minimizing down time.

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