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Photo ID: 106553
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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Rennicks Yard
Denver, CO
1127
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Yard Shots BNSF
A sideloader operator demonstrates the lifting of a container (still attached to its trailer) at the north end of BNSF's Rennicks intermodal yard.

(Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern)

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Photo ID: 106554
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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Rennicks Yard
Denver, CO
1142
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Yard Shots BNSF
Modern intermodal sideloaders are capable of lifting trailers (with their arms, shown lowered here) or with the container locking pins (on the top of the container). BNSF has two sideloaders onsite at the Rennicks intermodal facility.

(Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern)

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Photo ID: 106555
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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CP DS002 (North Yard)
Denver, CO
1103
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Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak
While touring BNSF's Rennicks Intermodal Yard, the westbound California Zephyr glides by on the UP Main in North Yard at CP DS002.

(Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern)

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Photo ID: 106556
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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Rennicks Yard
Denver, CO
1102
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Yard Shots BNSF
A look down the row of trailers on the west side of BNSF's Rennicks Intermodal facility. Truck drivers leave or pickup their trailers from here.

(Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern)

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Photo ID: 106557
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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Rennicks Yard
Denver, CO
1273
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Yard Shots BNSF
A truck driver hooks up to his trailer as he prepares to pull away and head for his destination. Rennicks Yard primarily handles two intermodal trains per day: the ZDENCHI9 (which departs around 7am) and the ZCHIDEN9 (which arrives around 7pm). When crews are not working on loading or unloading these trains, they can focus on the few others trains that original from Rennicks.

(Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern)

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Photo ID: 106558
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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Rennicks Yard
Denver, CO
1128
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Yard Shots BNSF
A toploader works on unloading some containers off this train at Rennicks. A sea of empty frames (that these containers can be loaded on to in order to be hauled by truck) sit on the east side of Rennicks.

(Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern)

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Photo ID: 106559
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1080
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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)

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Photo ID: 106560
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1096
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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)

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Photo ID: 106561
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1087
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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)

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Photo ID: 106562
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1172
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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)

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Photo ID: 106563
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1109
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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)

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Photo ID: 106564
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1131
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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)

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Photo ID: 106565
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1155
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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)

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Photo ID: 106566
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1179
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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)

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Photo ID: 106567
Date Shot
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Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan
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BNSF Engine House
Denver, CO
1285
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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)

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