automated-railwayhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/automated-railway/Automated Railway | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20191028.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2024-09-302024-10-0146045
In a view taken halfway up a light tower we see Union Pacific’s modern hump yard at North Platte, Neb., around 1950. At the bottom left is the hump tower, and the two cars just above it are rolling free toward the master retarder.
Union Pacific photo