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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1936 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific
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This shot looks down along the lower half of the stilt tracks on the east side of the Burnham Shop. You can see the trucks to another unit to the left side of the shot. You can also see the platform above that allows for easy access to the top half of UP 6545.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1859 (Add a Comment)
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Union Pacific
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An example of an AC4400CW on one of the stilt tracks at Burnham. On these tracks, maintenance can easily be performed on the top half of the unit from the platform above, on the outside of the trucks from the stilts, or underneath the unit as seen on the bottom half of the picture.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1677 (Add a Comment)
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Union Pacific
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While the platform above allows mechanics easy access to the top half of the locomotives, here we see how access is made easy to the trucks and lower half of the locomotive. The rails in the east side of the shop are literally on stilts. This way, the trucks and lower components on the locomotive are at eye level for mechanics performing work.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1617 (Add a Comment)
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UP 6919 sits on one of the servicing tracks, awaiting some electrical work. There are several logical "slots" where units are stopped in here and platforms extend across the tracks between the locomotives. The platform here is level with the platform on the unit, allowing for easy access when working.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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1835 (Add a Comment)
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Union Pacific
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While major work such as removing prime movers, changing alternators and traction motors is done on the west side of the shop, the "minor" work (electrical, etc) is done on the east side of the shop. Burnham today is actually a General Electric shop with a mix of GE and UP employees, so the vast majority of the units serviced are GE. However, an EMD unit will wonder in for maintenance from time to time. On this day, we only spotted a single SD9043MAC, UP 8217, seen in the distance here in this shot.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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