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Automated Railway

By Angela Cotey | October 1, 2024

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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

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