CALIFORNIA, Mo. -- As a child, Dianne Baum's life revolved around the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Her father, Eugene Kilgore, worked for the railroad between 1949 and 1983. She remembers watching him ...
North Platte’s 157-year-long association with the Union Pacific Railroad is covered in the latest book by local historian Ruby Coleman. “North Platte: Wheels and Rails” begins with the 1862 passage of ...