Hi All,
As many of you know, our usual travel plan is to drive 350-400 miles each day for two days then take a rest day. Two days drive from Grand Teton brought us to North Platte, NE.
Researching things to do in town revealed Fort Cody Trading Post, the county Historical Museum and the Lester Larsen Tractor Museum.
In the end we decided to visit the rail yard. Not any rail yard mind you, but the largest in the country-Union Pacific's Bailey Yard.
This aerial photo does not do the place justice. Thousands of rail cars, 150 trains a day. But, without an airplane how can one get a sense of the place?
Build an eight story observation tower-The Golden Spike Tower.
This panorama is about 25% of the yard. There are four trains in motion!
This is the diesel shop with hundreds of locomotives being serviced or repaired.
On the south side of the tower is a more typical Nebraska landscape-corn as far as the eye can see.
After the tower we found a movie playing the Martian. We both enjoyed it and Carl said it was very close to the book.
We continue east tomorrow. Our next rest day is in Elkhart, IN.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
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