Railfan Diaries 18 - Crawford to North Platte

Through July and August of 2011, Dave Simpson and three friends spent 40 days on the road railfanning the USA and Canada.

The territory they covered in this time was immense: from California to Washington, British Columbia, Alberta to Nebraska, Wyoming, Arizona and back to California.

This series of the Railfan Diaries – the 2011 Adventures – features the video footage shot by Dave on their adventure and is presented in the geographical sequence in which it was shot.

With the aid of a good atlas or on-line mapping tool, you can follow their journey and get a real feel of the adventure they had.

2011 Adventures

Volume 18 sees our travellers spend a good deal of time at Crawford Hill Nebraska, setting up in various locations including Belmont and Sawtooth Log Road.

Once they’ve had their fill of this well known landmark, they head south through Hemingford, Antioch and Lakeside Nebraska, ending up at the worlds largets railway yard – Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte Nebraska.