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The University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Nebraska, UNL, or NU) is a public research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is the state's oldest university and the largest in the University of Nebraska system. The state legislature chartered the university in 1869 as a land-grant university under the 1862 Morrill Act, two years after Nebraska's statehood into the United States. Around the turn of the 20th century, the university began to expand significantly, hiring professors from eastern schools to teach its new professional programs and conducting groundbreaking research in agricultural sciences. The "Nebraska method" of ecological study developed during this time pioneered grassland ecology and laid the foundation for research in theoretical ecology for the rest of the century. The university is organized into eight colleges on two campuses in Lincoln with over 100 classroom buildings and research facilities.

The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.

Jeff Vawter's love of trains began at age two when he received his first model train set with a figure eight track. From there his interests (and layout) grew to include steam engines, steampowered excursions, railway history and rail photography. Retired from a career in education, he enjoys pursuing his hobbies that include train watching and photographing, He has written a novel, "The Deltic Disaster and Other Tales" about a steam locomotive preservation effort in Great Britain. He majored in History at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio and later studied at the University of Florida.

Elmer Vetter was a Northern Pacific Railroad engineer who was killed when his train came around a curve and on to a bridge that was on fire.