As the summer slowly fades into fall, the stream of vacationers flowing down interstate 80 has slowed. For most Nebraska is an in between place, a state to journey through so you can arrive at Denver, Chicago, or Yellowstone National Park. Before the time of interstates or even trains and covered wagons, the some of the earliest travelers through Nebraska would travel in flat bottom boats down the Platte River. The Platte River begins high in the mountains. The North Platte begins in the Wyoming, while the South Platte begins in Colorado. Their separate long journeys down from the clouds combine in the wonderful town of North Platte.
North Platte is a place for train buffs. Home of our nation's largest train yard which has been featured in Guinness Book of World Records and the television show Modern Marvels. Not only the home of our present railway infrastructure, North Platte honors the past by preserving and displaying Union Pacific engine 3977.
