Harvest time arrives in Nebraska farming country, where long grain trains haul the year's crop. This simulation route centers on North Platte, featuring the massive Bailey Yard, the world's largest railroad classification yard. Owned by Union Pacific, it spans 2,850 acres with 315 miles of track, including 18 receiving tracks, 16 departure tracks, and two humps that sort around 3,000 cars daily.
Run operations at this key hub, complete with a locomotive fueling center handling over 8,500 units monthly, repair shops for engines and cars, and facilities supporting 10,000 cars each day. Three sessions let you manage the yard's bustle. Train simulation fans who enjoy detailed rail operations will find it engaging.
It is harvest time again, long grain trains moving through typical Nebraska farming country to bring in this year's harvest. The Route centres on North Platte Nebraska, including the Bailey Yard.
Bailey Yard is the world’s largest railroad classification yard. Owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Bailey Yard is located in North Platte, Nebraska. The yard is named after former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey.
The gigantic Bailey Yard covers a total expanse of 2,850 acres (11.5 km2) and is over 8 miles (13 km) in length and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide. The yard is made up of some 315 miles (507 km) of track, including 18 receiving and 16 departure tracks.
Bailey Yard handles over 10,000 railroad cars every day. Approximately 3,000 cars are sorted daily in the yard’s two humps and 114 bowl tracks. Because of the enormous amount of products that pass through Bailey Yard, Union Pacific describes the yard as an “economic barometer of America.”
Besides being home to two humps, the yard also includes a locomotive fueling and servicing center that handles more than 8,500 locomotives per month, a locomotive repair shop that can repair 750 locomotives monthly, and a car repair facility that handles nearly 50 cars daily.
Union Pacific employs more than 2,600 people in North Platte, most of whom are responsible for the day-to-day operations of Bailey Yard.
3 x sessions included.
