Photo ID: 106570 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1264 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A (rebuilt) GP39-3, still in "Yellowbonnet" paint, sits on track Rip 4 at the BNSF engine house. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106569 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1465 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Just one single SD40-2 was in the engine house on this particular June morning. BNSF 1812 is here for its standard 92-day inspection. Once the inspection has been completed, it will be released from the shop and available for use. The unit is sitting on Line 1, close to the west end of the house. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106568 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A look down Line 3 from the east end of the engine house entrance. As you can see, this track only goes about 3/4 of the way through the house and then comes to a dead end. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106567 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1346 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A GP39-3 sits sits with its from truck missing from underneath it. The truck is also missing an axle. The axle is being replaced (with a new traction motor). Once the axle is secured back on the truck, the front of the GP39-3 will be lifted off the ground and the truck will be rolled in place underneath it. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106566 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1239 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Two cranes work together to lift up the front of the truck for this GP39-3. In a few minutes, the new axle and traction motor will be rolled underneath the truck and the truck will be lowered on to the axle. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106565 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF With a new axle and traction motor now lowered down on to the rail head, a work crew detaches the axle from the crane that lowered it in place. Next, the axle will be rolled underneath the truck, visible behind the crew. Then, the truck will be rolled underneath the GP39-3, further in the background. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106564 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Changing out a traction motor is a fairly common type of maintenance that you are likely to see around busy rail yards. The traction motor is well-bolted to the axle, so it is far easier to simply change out the entire axle rather than just the traction motor alone. Here, a crew aligns this new axle and traction motor combination with the rail. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106563 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Don't forget your hard hat! Safety is taken very seriously by the railroads and hard hats, steel toed boots, and safety vests are required around the yard shop. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106562 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An SD40-2 sits on Line 1 inside the BNSF engine house. The unit is here for its 92-day inspection. Between roughly 1995 and 2015, 92-day inspections were no conducted in Denver. They had been moved to places like Alliance, NE. However, they were recently returned to Denver. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106561 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1145 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Need a brake shoe or two? A box of them sits ready for maintenance guys to grab and utilize. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106560 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1164 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's engine fueling and sanding facilities at "the house" in Denver. The closed track is the Running track, the track to the right is the Pit track, and the track to the right of that is Rip 1. Not too many engines getting serviced on this particular Friday. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106559 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The doors for tracks Line 1 and Line 2 are open on the west side of BNSF's engine house in Denver. There are three tracks within the building, although Line 3 is only accessible on the east end as it dead-ends within the building. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105858 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1748 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Electro-Motive Division For decades, EMD has used either SD## or GP## as the prefix for its models. It seems that EMD is reluctant to go to a three-digit number (e.g. SD100), so all their new units in the last 15 years (basically since the SD90) have been "SD70ACe" followed by a suffix. That continues with the latest unit, designated an SD70ACe-T4. As you probably guess, the "T4" stands for "Tier 4", and indicates the unit is EPA Tier-4 compliant. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105857 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 2000 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Electro-Motive Division Introducting the SD70ACe-T4. This is one of four prototypes for the first EPA Tier-4 compliant engine produced by EMD. While it looks essentially like an SD70ACe externally, internally it is an entirely different animal. A few things to note externally. First, EMD is bringing back the teardrop windshield. A welcome change for both crews and railfans alike. Next, note the new fabricated trucks. Last, the long hood is higher and "boxier" ahead of the radiator housing. Internally, the prime mover is brand new. Traditionally, EMD prime movers have been two-stroke and 16 cylinders. This new prime mover is four-stroke and 12 cylinders. It still generates the 4400 HP the SD70ACe generated. On top of it all, the demonstrator paint scheme looks darn nice, too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105856 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1892 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Electro-Motive Division EMDX 1502 and 1503 sit near BNSF's Engine House along with EMD's test car. These units carry the designation "SD70ACe-T4" and they are the first Tier-4 compliant units produced by EMD. These are prototypes that are undergoing extensive testing by EMD. 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