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North Platte - but not for chasers
Author: Dick Seelye
Date: 08-21-2007 - 23:29

Downtown: Pay homage to the depot and the North Platte Canteen: a brass plaque.

Then visit the Canteen museum at the county fairgrounds several miles to the Northwest.
Troop trains were coming thru on frequencies approximating today's coal trains.

A few miles to the East, US 30 has a diagonal overcrossing with sidewalk, over the 3MT-CTC.
Very little highway traffic. Chair such as a "director's", to get your head above the concrete railing. And bring binoculars. The signals and trains are quite a show. Note that when a train approaches a signal, all three light up, so that the crew can tell which is "theirs".

Is UP's view tower open for visitors? Again, bring binoculars.

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  UP frequency Cheyenne-North Platte? Mike Stimpson 08-21-2007 - 09:45
  North Platte - but not for chasers Dick Seelye 08-21-2007 - 23:29
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