Union Pacific's Overland Route: the North Platte and Sidney Subdivisions
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- Welcome to the third segment in Union Pacific's Overland Route: America's Original Superhighway, by the Thornapple River Rail Series.
In this miniseries, part of our Superhighway specials, we're touring the entire Union Pacific portion of the first Transcontinental Railroad, long known as the Overland Route, nearly a thousand miles of railroad spanning from the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska to the Great Salt Lake at Ogden, Utah.
An incredible railroad, the original Transcontinental Railroad is today a superhighway of commerce, featuring dozens of freight trains of all types through the American heartland. From the lush framlands of the Midwest to the deserts of Wyoming and Utah, the railroad is as incredible and unique as any other.
In this third segment, covering the North Platte and Sidney Subdivisons, we'll begin just east of North Platte at UP's new Machine Vision Defect Detector. Then we'll progress through the Bailey Yard Terminal, before covering the Sidney Sub, taking us all the way to Cheyenne.
If you missed the first two parts, be sure to check it out, plus continue onto the following segments, which cover the remainder of the line in a similar fashion.
Locations featured in this video:
Beck
North Platte
Hershey
O'Fallons
Sutherland
Ogallala
Brule
Julesburg
Sidney
Potter
Dix
Kimball
Pine Bluffs
Egbert
Archer
LINKS:
Part 1: the Omaha & Columbus Subs: • Union Pacific's Overla...
Part 2: the Kearney Sub: • Union Pacific's Overla...
Part 3: the North Platte and Sidney Subs: • Union Pacific's Overla...
Part 4: the Laramie Sub: • Union Pacific's Overla...
Part 5: the Rawlins and Evanston Subs: • Union Pacific's Overla...
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Videography Equipment:
-Primary: Sony HDR-PJ790V HD Camcorder
-Edited with: Cyberlink PowerDirector 13
Maps created using Google Maps base imagery, with additional annotations.
Track diagrams based on ATCS territory files.
Elevations based on a Union Pacific Passenger Timetable from 1969.
Copyright 2017 Thornapple River Rail Series by Alex Christmas, All Rights Reserved
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I like the narration instead of the subtitles, and no music, just the sounds of the environment, thank you
Nothing more relaxing, then to watch trains on the move,,it brings me joy
Awesome dude!!
Great job.
Thank you for your time, the effort, the expense, your expertise and commitment.
Me too. Totally agree.
This is by far one of the finest narrated rail videos I've ever seen. Extremely well done!! I feel like I'm back at Bailey Yard-got to visit there a few years ago!💖🚂❗
Thanks for the GREAT Footage 😎👍
Your videos are exceptional, both visually and educationally. Thank you for your hard work in bringing these to us.
Great explanation of each area and love the narration to
I appreciate the narration and the maps, keep up the good work.
I agree
I agree
Great work on all of the Union Pacific different subdivisions
You have the best looking rail fan videos on the Tube. I love U P trains even though my Uncle Raymond and Grand Dad worked for predecessors to BNSF Burlington Route and Santa Fe. My uncle was a fireman on the B.R. And Grandfather was a conductor on Santa Fe passenger trains back in the days of steam. Thanks!
Excellent and informative.
I LOVE RAIL ROAD VIDEOS
I love this video.
One of the best videos out there . Very well composed , narrated , and presented . I could watch this superior video making all day long .😁😁👍
Great viewing , I'll watch U Ps Overland Route tomorrow Sunday 9th February !
I'm enjoying this series of videos you did and would like to own a copy to watch again. keep up the good work.
Awesome video!
Very Nicely Done I Really Enjoyed It 😂
Great video and narration I particularly like the way you describe Bailey yard
This is awesome to see, here in the UK you just don't see locomotives like this. You definitely got my subscription dude. Keep up the good work👍
garry todd , you don't get to see many freight trains anymore, we like clogging up ours roads with lorries.
I'm just lovin' it. Keep up all the great work. Excellent video.
Excellent narration and videography. Charles Smiley finally has some competition.
Hello! I’ve seen your videos before but just Subscribed today and for the same reason as many of your Comments. Your Narrative is a Off the Charts, Great. Can you please explain sometime the Agreement between Railroads to Move Other Railroads Units from Point A to Point B ? Keep up the Strong 💪 Effort. Thanks!
very well done video, thank you
This is amazing work Alex, I hope UP appreciates it.
Thanks! I do hope UP people like it. They're a unique company with its rich history and devotion to it. They really showed their class with the steam program and allowing Maury Klein full access to the company records to write a full history of the railroad - I recommend all three volumes!
This is one of my "bucket list" destinations that I will someday visit and spend a couple of days exploring. It's a long haul from Florida to Nebraska, but I also have a sister and brother-in-law who live in Mitchell SD that I will visit on the same trip. I'll probably devote a minimum 2 weeks to the trip. As usual an amazing video, thanks for the effort.
Very Interesting
Thank you, now i have Golden Spike Tower added to my bucket list.
It's a great time. Small donation to keep the place operating, and then both an indoor and outdoor viewing area.
@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries Like they need your money lol.
They _do_ need your money! Tower was surely not cheap to design and build, and it's truly a fantastic monument to railfanning at one of the most fascinating railfan spots on Earth.
This was really good. The shot along Lincoln Highway was great.
Be sure to watch the other parts if you enjoyed this one. Glad you enjoyed.
Amazing horn in your intro with the Genesee and Wyoming diesel! I've narrowed down the type of horn to two kinds: Nathan K3LA or Leslie S3L.
It is gratifying to see that the North Platte yard has humping capabilities, as the whole purpose of a train is to consolidate traffic from disparate origins/destinations along common route segments. I hope that these humps are still in service at the time of this writing (2022).
Unfortunately, I have seen far too many hump yards being converted to flat yards by short-sighted decision makers concerned with avoiding the high cost of such yards, while loosing track of the long-term effects on the railway industry, particularly on its classification capacity.
This leads to a gradual erosion of rail traffic, something that is particularly questionable in an era when there should be more environmental awareness about the importance of reducing highway traffic.
Before closing, I would like to use this opportunity to thank the producer of the TRRS for the excellence of the videos, as well as for the substantive and well-researched aspects of the narration. This makes the viewing of TRRS material particularly informative and intellectually rewarding. Thank you Alex Christmas.
2022/02/08. Ontario, Canada.
Fantastic.
Excellent video and history!!!! Long live the CN&W!!!!!
I Just ❤ Trains, Always Have.
Thanks for the yard diagrams and Google images.
This was an awesome video. I live near Roseville,Ca and see the trains leave for North Platte. I appreciate you showing us the scenery along that route. Also loved your info on the PRB.
My dad was a footplate man on the steam trains in the UK until they changed over to diesels, he then trained as a diesel shunter driver as he was to old to drive passenger trains
incredible place
Really great shots of the trains & scenery, it really captures the atmosphere in some rural areas. Thanks for this wonderful video!
double DPU on the back, slammin !!!! :)
The best train videos on TH-cam...by far!
Well done! Thank you
Thanks for shooting such spectacular scenery. Very educational to boot! Now I understand how the yard works with the bidirectional rails, hump yards and various other segments. I always had questions on how these trains with 150+ cars organized and got commerce thru on a timely schedule!
You're welcome, Michael! Thanks for watching
Outstanding Video! informative as well, thanks
Great video
Thanks
Great video... keep them coming, very informative.
It's so cool to see UP geeps on the mainline. You never get to see that down here in Kansas.
At time 18:59 the year 1894 was mentioned. I believe correct date was 1984. Western Railroad Properties Inc (WRPI), formed in 1978 as a UP CNW joint venture, was the entity that built part of the joint line in the Basin, rebuilt part of the CNW Cowboy Line to about Lusk WY, then a new line to connect Lusk with UP in S Morrill, NE. UP bought out CNW's interest in WRPI in the 80's and of course later acquired CNW out right. Nice video. Keep them coming.
105,000 people have watched this video, and you're the first one to catch this new-to-me error. It is most certainly supposed to be 1984, and my script says that. I just misspoke when I recorded the narration. Whelp.
Or merely the first one to report it ;^)
Edit: *allgr8* reported it over two years ago.
REALLY GOOD ..very informative, great shots!
Great video: nice camerawork, informative dialogue, good graphics. Well done, dude.
Very interesting, this series awesome keep up the good work!
I love the video i'd LOVE to see you do a video about the 4 First Original Largest Rail Yards in the United States being Harrisburg Yard, Enola Yard, Altoona Yard & Conway yard which was the LARGEST RAIL YARD in the WORLD in 1956 to 1964. I worked as a Brakeman & Hump master in Pennsylvania Harrisburg Enola yard for Conrail in the Early 90's best times of my life.
I grew up along the Sidney subdivision. Thanks for the contemporary update. BTW, Kearney is pronounced Car'-nee in Nebraska!
Awesome video, thanks for sharing!
great video thank you. I loved watching this loved your chase scene. thanks for all the information very interesting. I appreciate your work
Fantastic movie. Well explained and top footage. Well done. 10 out of 10 on that one.
The first train is a mix of the two types of cars I see passing thru my hometown
Absolutely love this video and your content! Big time railfan and spotter on CN Watrous Sub. At 13:20 minute mark, how many trains will that crossing see in a day??? Thanks for sharing!!
gosh these are professional videos!!! Who pays $20+ for train videos these days with all the free ones on TH-cam?
I subscribed, because you have some assume video. Thanks for letting me experience your type of work, and I will keep watching your new ones in the future. Tom
I have a Pentex movie of gibbon junction back from 1994. The junction isn’t too far from baily yard. The video shows around the time CNW was bought by UP
One of the best video's I've ever seen. Very well done. 👍👍👍👍
Excellent overview. Tks.
Graffiti out of control on some of these cars. Hell of a lot of paint. . Rustoleum...? Never knew this about the size in North Platte 🤨
Are you gonna film the Union Pacific trains on Powder River Basin
Great video, especially the North Platte portion!
A great video, enjoyed getting my learn on.
Nice video
I like train videos on TH-cam 👍
Thanks for another great video!
This was awesome dude!!
16:35 here comes my favorite train the Union Pacific Fruit Express on its way to New York It will just stop at the fuel rack to top off with gas before it heads to Chicago where most of the cars will be dropped off at potato yard everything else will head to New York where we dropped off at the Railex plant in Selkirk.
Great video and perfect narration!...Good work!
great video and great series! very well-done with the maps and graphics! keep up the excellent videos!
Great Video! I want to go to North Platte!
IMHO North Platte is worth a couple hours in the tower, then strike out east along the mainline to watch all that action there
North Platte is a great place to visit to see trains!
Great film techniques.
Any videos of the Southern Pacific routes? And , how about the Baltimore and Ohio (B & O)?
Not to this point
One of these on the Roseville yard would be cool.
'Tis a pity we can't seem to get passenger rail operating as efficiently.
I greatly appreciate mapping the layout and purpose of different parts of the yard.
awesome video & catches.
Funny thing, my sister in law is married to a retired railroad worker from the BNSF in Alliance, Ne and has never seen the Bailey yard in North Platte
Good video. Enjoyed it.
Great content, very professional.
Go UP!!!!
Nice,
Good job
As always, great job,awesome video and narration...your giving George Lucas a run for his money in cinema.
Keep it up.Dave T
Are you gonna be filming this route again
Where is the Union Pacific Chicago to Savanna Illinois route?
Great presentation! As good as NatGeo!
I love the maps and narration!!! Btw what kind of ATCS screen did you use? Have you thought about showing a working ATCS screen in the video?
Showing ATCS Montior on video might violate its license terms.
@@jovetj no it wouldn't. It wouldn't be a live feed. You just can post screenshots or a public feed in real time. Not sure about screenshots every few minutes but I know if it's a live feed in real time it's not allowed.
@@jovetj what dispatcher screen did you use? It looks different then the ATCS Monitor layouts.
You might be right, if it isn't a live display. I know they're sorta picky about that stuff (for good reason) but it has been a while since I've read the license information.
You're asking the wrong person about the dispatch screen. I assume you're referring to the graphics in this video, which I did not contribute to.
@@jovetj Yes I"m asking about the ones in your video. where did you get those? what software?
Could you visit MN someday? The Pigs Eye Yard in St. Paul is a hotspot for train traffic
Looking at hitting Duluth/Superior at some point...
Yes Pigs Eye is definitely one of our busiest spots, University Junction comes a close 2nd
Thanks
Gread video.
Overland Route......Long Live the Union Pacific :)
Indeed! Magnificent railroad.
Nice job, as usual. One correction, or you might have misspoken: Coal came onto the UP from the Powder River Basin starting in 1984, not 1894. The Burlington Northern invested in their new line from Gillette to Orin in the 1970's to tap that resource. Once it proved successful, other railroads lobbied to be allowed in. C&NW had a line to Orin but had let its tracks go to pot. UP upgraded the last few miles of the Cowboy Line to Orin and then built a new cut-off down to their main line. Eventually, of course, the UP bought the whole C&NW.
Oh, did I misspeak that line? Surprised nobody else caught that yet, if you indeed caught such an error. I'm well aware of that history - in fact I believe it's a story too few today know much about! It's the missing story underneath all of the mergers back in the 1970s-1990s, yet perhaps just as consequential to them and the rest of the UP and BNSF systems - in addition to the weakening of the CSX/NS coal franchises.
no kidding about the C&NW line. In 70s and 80s had many vacations to eastern South Dakota for family visits. C&NW (to Orin) tracks went right through town. I was used to ATSF mainline in southern calif (now transcon) back then. Imagine the contrast at that time to C&NW!
I saw some pretty mangy looking locomotives.
00:34 the legendary Bailey Yard the Largest Yard in the World itself every train that goes to every corner of North America goes through here.
Aaron Peavler/Geomodelrailroader Railroad Photography it's also where my Brother in Law William " Bill " Riley Sr ,operated his Locomotives from... Bailey Yard is incredible and the " humps"...
You can see more about the Golden Spike Museum in person and it's truly incredible... and well worth it for any rail fan's...
Bill sadly passed away prior his Award for the Golden Spike, we miss him very much..R. I. P Bill...his awards are in the museum next to Jack Bailey's in the museum..
Just curious, are these locomotives ever cleaned or at least power washed?
Not usually
@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries That explains those coal field trains... Thank you for your reply.
Lovely trains and lots of information. I just wonder how come that not a single metre of these railways is electrified.
The US freight railroads never electrified. Costs never made sense, and so we're still running diesels everywhere on the network except some stuff on the East Coast.
@@ThornappleRiverRailSeries Electrificaion is economical in 96% of the world. Why is it not in the US? Not to mention that it is so much more environmentally friendly. If it is not economical indeed for some weird reason, it should be made so in order to make railway companies change their mind. Profit is not everything.
Well outside North America you're mostly moving people through much more densely populated areas. It's 2500 miles across the US and the vast majority of the mileage is much less busy than this route - this route is one of only two which are double track all the way across the continent. Most railroads don't want to deal with dual-power and so we stick to Diesel.
The environmental aspect depends on where you get your power from. Both types of propulsion require the same amount of power. Diesel-electric is more efficient than coal-fired electricity.
Sounds like you're into bending companies to your will. There's a reason the US is a world economic leader: free markets and lack of government regulation. You should try it sometime.
Gabor Szabados Please share your emissions data and electrical losses on power plants to trains here in the US. Then get back to us on how emissions are lower in you electrification of trains plan.