CHALLENGE Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) helps link production and consumption points in the U.S., and across the world, with a network to deliver the energy, food, raw materials, durable and consumer goods to support the nation’s growth. The North Platte shop inspects, repairs and/or provides maintenance to UPRR locomotives 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Services include: change outs of power assemblies, traction motors, alternators, turbos, engine blowers and electrical equipment. They can perform these services on 12 locomotives at one time. North Platte averages six complete extensive locomotive inspections per week. Their eight critical cranes, a variety of underhung and top running cranes ranging from 5-20 ton capacities, provide lifting assistance for major locomoti

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