This year's Rail Days is Aug. 1-3, Friday through Sunday. The festival celebrates North Platte's connection to Bailey Yard, Union Pacific and the railroad. To kick the weekend off from 4-7 p.m. Friday ...
Mike Gage, a Wauneta native and 20-year Bailey Yard diesel shop veteran, was elected for a four-year term as Nebraska State AFL-CIO president at the group's Kearney convention last weekend.