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North Platte is a city in and also the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is situated in the southwestern section of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers creating the Platte River. The population ended up being 24,733 at the 2010 census.

North Platte is a railroad community; Union Pacific Railroad’s big Bailey Yard is found inside the town. Nowadays, North Platte is served only by freight trains, but throughout World War II the city was well-known for the North Platte Canteen. Thousands of volunteers from North Platte and surrounding cities met the troop trains passing through North Platte, providing coffee, sandwiches and hospitality.

North Platte is the main city of the North Platte Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Lincoln, Logan, and McPherson counties.

North Platte is home to the world’s biggest rail yard, Bailey Yard. The Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center is an 8 story building which looks over the large railroad staging area. The tower and visitor center are accessible to the public year-round.

North Platte was the western terminus of the Union Pacific Railway from the summer of 1867 until the next segment to Laramie, Wyoming was opened up the next summer. Even though congress had approved the building of the transcontinental railroad in 1862, it was only expanded as far as Nebraska City by the beginning of the summer of 1867. The 275 mile segment from Nebraska City to North Platte was finished in under 6 weeks.

Lincoln County Historical Museum features a display detailing the history of the North Platte Canteen, which welcomed 6.5 million service personnel from Christmas Day 1941 through April 1, 1946. It also contains a Prairie Village along with local landmark houses and other structures, including a Pony Express station and pioneer church among numerous others.