Largest rail freight yard
- Who
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Where
- United States (North Platte,)
- When
- 30 January 2014
The largest rail freight yard is Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, USA. Operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, it has a total length of 12.8 km (8 miles) and covers an area of 11.5 km² (2,850 acres).
Named after E.H. Bailey, the Union Pacific President, the yard has 17 receiving and 16 departure tracks that can handle 14,000 freight cars in 139 trains per day. The associated maintenance facility fuels and services 8,500 locomotives each month and changes 10,000 pairs of freight car wheels each year.