Railfanning Across Nebraska May 2026

This is footage I shot as I travelled across Nebraska on the way to and from Chicagoland. As I entered Nebraska, I came across a CN-led grain/manifest train and chased it to Ogallala. Later we find ourselves on the triple-track Kearney Sub one of UP's busiest corridors ending the first day at Gibbon Junction where we catch a bunch more trains. Coming back, we returned to Gibbon Junction and continued west toward North Platte. After we visited the Golden Spike Tower (I don't have footage of that) we continued west and caught a couple more trains. Train List 1. CN-Led Grainifest at Bushnell, Kimball, West Sidney and Ogallala 2. IG4SE near Kimball as the grainifest shows up 3. ZG2BR west of Sidney meeting the grainifest 4. Local heading west as the grainifest starts moving again 5. ZG2SC going into North Platte 6. WB double coal train near Darr, NE 7. ZMNNP near Josselyn, NE 8. MASNP exiting the Marysville Sub at Gibbon Jct 9. MNPVP continuing on the Kearney Sub 10. MPRNP on the Kearney Sub at Gibbon Jct 11. WB coal train exiting the Marysville Sub 12. MNPPR continuing on the Kearney Sub 13. IG4SE on the Kearney Sub 14. ZG2LT at Blair 15. COKNA9 at Gibbon Junction 16. CSACD9 exiting the Marysville Sub 17. CNASH9 at Gibbon Junction 18. MNPIN passing Gibbon 19. MNLNP passing Gibbon 20 and 21 More coal empties heading west meeting a local 22. More coal empties close behind 23. Coal loads heading east 24. CNASH9 at Maxwell meeting the MNLNP from earlier 25. MNPSS at Maxwell 26. ZG2SC at Maxwell 27. ZBRG2B at Maxwell 28 and 29. MCHNP and a local racing past Maxwell 30. MNPPD west of Sutherland, NE 31. IG4SE near Lodgepole, NE