Photo ID: 111367 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A handful of units sit on the north side of BNSF's engine house. In the morning sun, it is very clear that BNSF's original "Heritage" scheme was indeed a dark green and orange, rather than the modern black and orange. BNSF 2371 started life as Forth Worth and Denver in June 1980. To date, it has not had a major rebuild, and is still standard GP38-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111366 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A few engine sets sit at the fuel racks at BNSF's engine facility. It looks like BNSF replaced the doors for the two tracks that enter the engine facility with transparent doors! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111348 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 420 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest is waiting in the siding at Rocky for the westbound Zephyr. The conductor got off the lead unit and is waiting for the Zephyr to show up so he can conduct a roll by. The power on the manifest is set up in a 5x0 configuration instead of the more-typical 3x2 configuration. The train is also quite a bit shorter than the average train. 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 265 (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. Photo ID: 111346 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 293 (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: 111345 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 278 (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: 111344 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 329 (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: 111343 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 275 (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: 111342 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 321 (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: 111341 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 18, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 268 (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: 111340 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF It is really impressive to see a "blade train" as it rolls down the tracks. Those blades are the length of roughly three flat cars. The ends of the blades are supported by frames that can slide along the flatcar to accommodate turns as the train moves. These blades are starting the journey on the Joint Line just before sunset after coming south on the Front Range Sub earlier in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111339 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 531 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A C44-9W, still sporting Heritage 2 paint, leads a windmill blade train south on Main 1 at Hogan's Alley. A northbound coal empty is stopped next to it on Main 2. Off in the distance, you can see a snowy Longs Peak. It is only about 15 minutes before sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111338 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A pair of ES44ACs, but in pretty fresh and good looking paint, bring up the tail end of a northbound coal empty that has come to a stop on Main 2 along Hogan's Alley. Not sure if the train is waiting for a recrew or for some other reason before continuing north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111337 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A northbound BNSF coal empty runs alongside I-25 and Hogan's Alley on the south side of Denver. Both units on the point of the train are recently painted and look very good leading. BNSF 3315 is a Tier-3 "credit" unit, while BNSF 3637 is a brand new ET44AC, delivered earlier this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111336 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 339 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF After nearly an hour of nothing moving, I was about ready to call it a day and head home when I noticed a blade train coming off the Front Range Sub! The train was instructed to pull through Rennicks and continue south on the Joint Line. A new crew was waiting at Walnut Street. Here, the train is coming through Rennicks Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

Previous Page     Next Page