Authorities in Nebraska said attentive drivers averted disaster when an 88-year-old man drove the wrong way for 40 miles on Interstate 80. Jim Parish, commander of State Patrol Troop D out of North Platte, Neb., said the man had been sent by his wife to pick up dinner and became lost.

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By Michael Avok, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Jun. 22--NORTH PLATTE -- An important piece of railroad history will be chugging across the Midlands starting today. Union Pacific Railroad's historic steam locomotive No. 844 begins a 3,000-mile tour this morning from its base in Cheyenne, Wyo.

By Stacie Hamel, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Nov. 14--Union Pacific marked the opening of a locomotive maintenance and repair facility Monday at its Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - The rail yard and the 2,600 Union Pacific employees who live in the area play a crucial role in North Platte's prosperity. About 1,500 railroad retirees also live there.