North Platte, NE: Key City for America's Freight Needs

North Platte, Nebraska is a key location on the Union Pacific railroad.  I have had the pleasure of visiting it several times while driving across America.
Trains are always rolling in North Platte.  Always heading east and west.  Towards Cheyenne and Denver to the west and Omaha to the east they roll.  All kinds of cargo, all kinds of trains.
Much of the coal rolling from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming heads east, onwards to points across America.  Freight of manufactured goods and commodities such as grain from the great plains roll west. Crews come and go from the yard office as the trains are dispatched.
Locomotives are repaired and overhauled in the massive shops at North Platte.  Engines need to be inspected and returned to service, but safety is key to this task.
North Platte, Nebraska is a key railroad town.  Key to America's freight needs.