Photo ID: 111341 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF About 36 hours ago, this ES44AC was set out in the house track here at Rocky. Typically, an engine is only set out if there is something wrong with the wheels and/or traction motors. Indeed, that appears to be the case here as a crew prepares to remove what is most likely a bad (seized?) traction motor. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111342 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF You cannot quite see if from this angle, but the front loader has a dummy wheel set attached and it is positioning itself on the house track. The dummy wheel set (meaning it has no traction motor) will temporarily replace the wheel set currently under the unit (that has a traction motor) until the unit can make it to the shop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111343 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This BNSF crew has successfully raised the front half of BNSF 5767 off the rails and removed the wheel set with a bad traction motor. A dummy wheel set has been placed on the rails and will be slid under the unit and used until it can get to a shop and have a new traction motor wheel set added. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111344 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This is railroad equivalent of AAA coming out to do a roadside tire change! A bad traction motor had to be removed from under the unit before the unit could be moved. I suspect the traction motor seized, meaning the wheels were not freely rotating. A dummy wheel set will be placed under the unit so it can be transported (on the rails) to the shop for further repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111345 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A wheel set with a bad traction motor has been removed from BNSF 5767 and has also been removed from the rails that will take it to a flatbed truck, waiting to receive it. A dummy wheel set has been placed under the unit, and it will soon be lower back down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111346 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A CAT front loader has a bad wheel set and traction motor on a chain. This was just removed from BNSF 5767, sitting in the house track at Rocky. The loader will take the wheel set to a flat bed truck that is waiting to receive the wheel set so it can be taken back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111347 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF With a new (dummy) wheel set placed under BNSF 5767, crews are very slowly starting to lower the front end of the unit back down to the rails and onto the waiting wheel set. Once complete, the crews will pack up and head back to Denver. The unit will remain on the house track at Rocky until a train, most likely a BNSF Provo-Denver, can pick up the unit and take it back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.