Bruce Ernatt likes mainline railroading and yellow diesels. Come to think of it, he likes maroon diesels too! His Union Pacific is a Dynatrol controlled big time modern railroad set in 1999. Bruce operates with wheel reports, and the focus in on main line movements between big terminals.

The Union Pacific Mainline between Kansas City and Cheyenne supplies the action of thru drags, unit trains, locals, and extras in HO scale.

The dispatcher in Omaha controls the assigned trains in and out of Neff Yard in K.C.  The trains pass the towns of Kearney, Ogallala, Valley, and Big Springs. Hotspots can be found at Gibbon, O'Fallons, & Julesburg where the trains may take the cut-offs to Omaha, Powder River, and Denver.

It takes 12 operators to move the cars to and from the major cities along the way. Headsets are used for communication with the dispatcher, who is watching over the train movements.  Trains are broken down by car number and reassembled and delivered by car type for the various industries. Unit coal trains are handled in a loads=empty fashion from the mines to the power plants.

Here's the over-view of how this railroad is laid out:

            Area Served            Layout Drawing

Here's some pic's of the Union Pacific:

Flour Mill at Valley, Nebraska	Len DePauw operates the Omaha Yard	Loading coal on the BME	Bruce (forground) and Helmut Warmbold at Kansas City / Neff yards	A close-up of one of those nice maroon, grey, and yellow BME locomotives
Coming back down the Power River WY trestle on the way to Omaha	Kansas City Engine Terminal & Outbound tracks	Another shot of the KC engine house & yard entrance	Another shot of a BME mining operation	Pickin' & droppin' in Power River
Another shot as the frieght comes into Powder River	Overview of Valley, Nebraska