Bailey Yard

Union Pacific's Bailey Yard is the largest train yard in the world. 10,000 cars per day are handled 24 hour a day 365 days per year with over 2500 workers. It's situated in North Platte, which is in the centre of the US. It's 8 mile long and covers 2,800 acres. Rail transport in the US caries everything from frozen peas to coal. When traveling through Wyoming, where the coal comes from, the railway runs along the the side of the road. The coal trains are 130 cars long and are about 5 minutes apart from each other both full and empty. In other states cars, ethanol, fuel, corn and every thing else is frighted by rail, but even with this efficient system 5,000 trucks pass North Platte on the I80 every day.