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Locomotive Repair Facility, Bailey Yard, North Platte

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:21:20 +0000

Taken at the Bailey Yard, the largest railway freight-handling yard in the world. Located in North Platte, Nebraska.

Taken from their viewing tower ($$), in hopes that you can try to get a feel for the huge place.

According to their visitor information:

"The fueling and service center processes more than 9,000 locomotives each month"

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Many Tracks, Bailey Yard, North Platte

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:50:13 +0000

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Taken at the Bailey Yard, the largest railway freight-handling yard in the world. Located in North Platte, Nebraska.

Taken from their viewing tower ($$), in hopes that you can try to get a feel for the huge place.

Many tracks in the foreground, but there are many more beyond them in the distance.

PiP includes a link to a map of the yards. (Photo taken from tower located bottom center of the map)

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Maintenance Equipment, Bailey Yard, North Platte

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:50:10 +0000

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Taken at the Bailey Yard, the largest railway freight-handling yard in the world. Located in North Platte, Nebraska.

Taken from the viewing tower ($$). You need to be high up, so you can get a feel for the huge place. Amazing views.

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Locomotive Fuel Area

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:50:06 +0000

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Taken at the Bailey Yard, the largest railway freight-handling yard in the world. Located in North Platte, Nebraska.

They have an optional viewing tower ($$) so you can try to get a feel for the huge place. Amazing views.

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Visitor Center, Bailey Yard, North Platte

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:49:56 +0000

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Taken at the Bailey Yard, the largest railway freight-handling yard in the world. Located in North Platte, Nebraska.

The visitors center is built to look like a railway station. It is the access to the optional viewing tower ($$) so you can try to get a feel for the huge place. Amazing views.

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Locomotive Fuel Area and Maintenance Building (far left)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:50:04 +0000

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Maintenance Equipment, Bailey Yard, North Platte

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:50:01 +0000

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Map of Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:35:13 +0000

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This is an attempt to show the vast size of the Bailey Yards in North Platte, Nebraska, the largest railway yards in the world. I took a number of photos from the viewing tower that is located at the center bottom of this map. The PiP point to some of the views taken.

The statistics are awesome:

covers 2,850 acres

reaching a total length of eight miles

Put end-to-end, Bailey Yard’s trackage totals 315 miles

Every 24 hours, Bailey Yard handles 10,000 railroad cars.

Of those, 3,000 are sorted daily in the yard

Two hump yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114 “bowl” tracks where they become part of trains headed for dozens of destinations.

Together, these two yards have 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks.

The fueling and service center processes more than 9,000 locomotives each month

On-site Car Repair This facility annually replaces 10,000 pairs of wheels

Image courtesy of MapCarta

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