North Platte

noun

1. a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
2. a city in central Nebraska.

Example Sentences

Investigators haven’t confirmed the cause of the Sept. 14 blast in a remote corner of the railroad’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, about 250 miles west of Omaha.

From Seattle Times

Two of them are in Chicago; one is in Lewiston, New York; one in North Platte, Nebraska; one in Ogden, Utah and one in Detroit, Michigan.

From Washington Times

No one was injured in the blast at Union Pacific’s massive railyard in North Platte, and no structures were damaged.

From Seattle Times

Around noon, an explosion occurred inside an intermodal container on a railcar at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, though it wasn’t clear what caused the explosion, railroad spokeswoman Robynn Tysver said.

From Seattle Times

But the letter didn’t detail what kind of defects inspectors found in the Bailey Yard in North Platte, and there are a myriad of federal rules.

From Seattle Times