Union Pacific Bailey Yard
*Bailey Yard*
"Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., is the largest
railroad classification yard in the world. Named in honor of
former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey, the massive yard
covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of eight miles. The
yard is located in the midst of key east-west and north-south
corridors, making it a critical component of Union Pacific’s rail
network.
Bailey Yard has 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks handling
14,000 rail cars every 24 hours. Of those, about 3,000 cars are
sorted daily in the yard’s eastward and westward yards,
nicknamed "hump" yards. Using a mound cresting 34 feet for
eastbound trains and 20 feet for those heading west, the hump
yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114
"bowl" tracks. Here they become part of trains headed for
destinations in the East, West and Gulf Coasts of America, as
well as the Canadian and Mexican borders. An average of 139
trains per day, comprised of raw and finished goods, such as
automobiles, coal, grain, corn, sugar, chemicals, steel and
consumer goods, including electronics, apparel and other retail
products, are handled at Bailey Yard.
To keep America moving, train operations and repair shops at
Bailey Yard are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The
fueling and service center processes more than 9,000
locomotives each month, using technology like overhead cranes
and elevated work bays to maintain fluid operations.
On-site Car Repair
The on-site car repair facility annually replaces 10,000 pairs of
wheels, many identified through an in-motion defect detector
using ultrasound technology to inspect the wheel. This detector
was developed by Union Pacific and is the only one in the world.
Some wheel repairs even take place without the rail car ever
leaving the track, minimizing down time.
Union Pacific’s annual capital investments continue to enhance
operational capabilities at Bailey Yard, ensuring safe, reliable
and environmentally friendly transportation."
* Introduction per Union Pacific Railroad website*
This video was filmed from the "Golden Spike Visitors Center"
North Platte, Nebraska.
A PDF map of Bailey Yard can be found at : trn.trains.com/
~/media/import/files/pdf/5/1/7/bailey_yard_map.pdf
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As a train lover...this is MESMERIZING. I could work here shoveling dirt and just be happy to be around the trains. Have loved trains all my life.
@Fatal_Inertia
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to union pacific you start tomorrow! 😆
@darrenhaverlock7025
Жыл бұрын
Same here
Thanks to your video I'm gong to have to go there just for kicks!
@GreatNorthernTech
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you do. We had fun there! Thanks for watching! 😊
Love watching big switching yards. Great video
@GreatNorthernTech
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
Can you imagine the chaos if all these different railroads decided at the same time to gather all their respective equipment?
Wow. Your visual point with camera gives us a really appreciable overview. The comments of the video are also significant, I find it interesting, my little children really appreciate it despite tons of questions. Thank you so much. (Google traduction)
@GreatNorthernTech
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much as well. 😊
Hello I really enjoyed 😉 watching your new video. Subscribed to your channel
@GreatNorthernTech
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
Don't stop now you're on a roll haha
I'm a freight train junkie my self..huge fan of intermodal containers and gondolas!!
@GreatNorthernTech
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching James. 😊
This helps me see what it's like to see the yard from a nice view 😁. Also I work thete
Kudos on an excellent job! Keep up the great work my friend!
@GreatNorthernTech
2 жыл бұрын
Thank You Steve. 😊
A very interesting movie 👍
Beautiful
right up and close,excellent
Interesting action and neat vantage point.
@GreatNorthernTech
5 жыл бұрын
The Golden Spike Tower is a must visit if you are ever in that area.
This video was awesome!! I love videos from inside yards and this one was perfect!! Btw nice camera too I love the zoom and quality of it.
Hello from Ogden, Utah... outstanding video.
@GreatNorthernTech
2 жыл бұрын
Thank You Calvin. Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Amazing
IT'S REFRESHING TO SHOW ALL THE OPERATIONS THAT GO ON EVERYDAY.
very good and interesting
a unique operation
it takes a lot more things to happen then people realize
this operation is going to go higher tech
crazy thing is most of the locomotives in the yard are scrapped besides newer ones
very nice. Wish you would have identified some of the older GP's in the consists too.
a major hub many repair shops a big operation
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@GreatNorthernTech
3 жыл бұрын
감사합니다. 😊
You definitely could use a drone to keep track of the action in Bailey yard... Maybe two of them Lol
Very nice! I take it that you shot from Golden Spike Tower?
@GreatNorthernTech
5 жыл бұрын
Yes I did. Thanks for watching. 😊
Servando orosa
Ive got a relative cousin workn there👍
@663rainmaker
4 жыл бұрын
SD 90Mac I am truly blessed indeed and thankful for our USA 🇺🇸 and UPRR! William “ Bill” Riley Sr! Gold Spike Award 🥇 and a place next to Jack Bailey in our Gold Spike Museum In Bailey Yard North Platte Nebraska USA 🇺🇸 WhoootWhooooot!! Please do come see the Spike Museum!! And 8444 is awesome and 4014 “Hello 👋 on Wheels” Big BoyZ WhooooooWhoooooooooT as a kid Growing up in Cheyenne Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 4004 was our Play Ground set WhoootWhooooot!!!!! 4005?? Wamsutter Wyoming USA 🇺🇸????????? WhooooooooOOooWhooooooo
How large would be an HO lay-out of Bailey Yard be to scale?
Pretty disgusting to see those UP units filthy with paint and Scotchlite striping and lettering fading and peeling off leading to rusted carbodies. The UP probably no longer uses Dupont Imron paint as it once did for decades. More and more the UP units are looking like the CNW units used to look like just before we bought them out. There used to be a two bay wash rack enclosure at the west end of the service track, just west of the diesel tower now gone. We would bring our power in from our trains off the Y or Balloon track and run the power through a very high pressure "car wash" type system. Low pressure pre-wash, de-greaser, then high pressure detergent wash and rinse. This system kept the radiators, traction motors and dynamic brake grids clean and dirt free to minimize overheating. It was seldom to see UP units in such awful cosmetic/protective condition as they are most often seen now. And speaking of things "now gone", belt packs eliminated over 30 yard engineer jobs at Bailey yard too, and the parking lots at the hump and trim towers had more cars in them belonging to switch crews each trick.
hi tech yard and there are so many people involved in this yard
I notice that there is an MP15AC in this video. I thought all the MP15AC's were off the roster, but clearly they aren't, so is this the only one or are there a few still active?
@GreatNorthernTech
6 жыл бұрын
Ogeles Latest roster numbers I can locate for the EMD MP15ac's is numbers UPY # 1401-1487 as of 2017. As for how many out of those numbers are still operating in not certain. Good Question. Thanks for watching. 😊
@ogeles8901
6 жыл бұрын
Okay thank you. You've earned yourself a Sub.
@jamesroberts1810
4 жыл бұрын
Sd 4500's
Killdeer calling 4:30
and how many lost cars does the UP have?? Just trying to remember. It's a big number last I heard.
Pardon me I parked my train somewhere but I can't seem to find it It was yellow
What is the short pole at 24:06? There are 2 of these on this section of tracks, the other is behind the trees to the left.
What’s the second biggest Union Pacific rail yard.
@carlvanlugpin9984
4 жыл бұрын
Proviso,IL which is just west of downtown Chicago.
Hi please can I have free access to that PDF map of Bailey yard or do I need to pay? I just began driving fuel truck out there and think it would really help.
@GreatNorthernTech
6 жыл бұрын
1000 Angels Feeding Zoe :Try Google search "Bailey Yard map". Google maps has one you can zoom and pan and also print. If that doesn't work email me. kjdell@charter.net
@bfurailroad1104
6 жыл бұрын
Can you get me a picture of the north side of the East Trim tower?
@bfurailroad1104
6 жыл бұрын
You drive a fuel truck at the Bailey yard, can you get me a picture of the north side of the East Trim tower.
What is the short pole at 24:06? There are 2 of these on this section of tracks, the other is behind the trees to the left.
@blake_edwards
3 жыл бұрын
I believe what you are referring to are the horn test microphone stands. At one point in time there were so many complaints saying that train's horns were too loud. So Union Pacific at least decided to test all of the air horns on their locomotives. What was found was that most of the horns were actually not loud enough.