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Union Pacific employs more than 2,600 people in North Platte, [1] most of whom are responsible for the day-to-day operations of Bailey Yard. An average of 139 trains and over 14,000 railroad cars pass through Bailey Yard every day. The yard sorts approximately 3,000 cars daily using the yard's two humps. The eastbound hump is a 34 foot (10 m ...
Alliance is located at the western edge of Nebraska's Sand Hills. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.73 square miles (12.25 km 2 ), of which 4.72 square miles (12.22 km 2 ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) is water.
That same year it began advertising "millions of acres of cheap land" as an incentive to prospective settlers to Iowa and Nebraska. [4] Burlington and Missouri River Railroad roundhouse and shop in 1903 map in Alliance, Nebraska. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1872.
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The BNSF mechanical division operates 13 locomotive maintenance facilities that perform preventive maintenance, repairs and servicing of equipment. The largest of these facilities are located in Alliance, Nebraska and Argentine Yard in Kansas City, Kansas. The mechanical division also controls 46 additional facilities responsible for car ...
The Alliance Commercial Historic District, located roughly along Box Butte Ave. in Alliance, Nebraska is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It includes Romanesque and Mission/Spanish Revival architecture amidst its 44 contributing buildings over 17.4 acres (7.0 ha).
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, [2] [3] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern ...
Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad: CB&Q: 1899 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: North-Eastern Nebraska Railroad: CNW: 1888 1888 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway: Northern Nebraska Air Line Railroad: CNW: 1867 1868 Sioux City and Pacific Railroad: Omaha Belt Railway: MP: 1883 1910 Missouri Pacific Railway