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Viewing Album:  CSX 549 Traction Motor Removal in the Lake City Yard
 
By:James Buchkovich
Dates:3/23/2013 - 3/25/2013
Album Info:On March 23, 2013, CSX 549 was set out in the Lake City Yard (PA) due to a burned out and seized traction motor. I arrived too late to see how the set out was accomplished and don't know if it made it onto the siding on its own power or was "skidded in" by the other two locomotives in the consist (CSX 896 and CSX 56).
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CSX 549
Title:  CSX 549
Description:  CSX 549 is set out in the Lake City Yard with traction motor problems.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:19:02 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
CSX 896 and CSX 56
Title:  CSX 896 and CSX 56
Description:  CSX 896 and CSX 56 were uncoupled from the rest of the consist to facilitate the setting out of CSX 549.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:21:14 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 896(ES44AC-H) CSX 56(AC44CW)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
CSX 896 and CSX 56
Title:  CSX 896 and CSX 56
Description:  After recoupling to the rest of the consist, CSX 896 and CSX 56 slowly accelerate to resume their journey, abandoning friend CSX 549 in the Lake City Yard.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:24:23 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW) CSX 896(ES44AC-H) CSX 56(AC44CW)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
CSX 549
Title:  CSX 549
Description:  CSX 549 is left idling in the Lake City Yard while waiting on the repair crew that would arrive two days later.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:27:04 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
CSX 549
Title:  CSX 549
Description:  Another view of CSX 549 set out in the Lake City Yard.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:28:40 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
CSX 549
Title:  CSX 549
Description:  The sun begins to set on the still idling CSX 549 while it awaits the repair crew.
Photo Date:  3/23/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:30:33 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  136   Comments: 1
Temporary Wheelset
Title:  Temporary Wheelset
Description:  Two days after CSX 549 was set out, the Hulcher Services repair crew arrives on the scene. A temporary wheelset is unloaded from a trailer.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:33:26 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The temporary wheelset is now in place on the rails, flanked by two sidebooms.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:41:34 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  A closer view of the temporary wheelset.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:42:53 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  A Hulcher Services work crew begins to prepare the traction motor for removal as a lake-effect snow band blows in off of Lake Erie. The snow band adds misery to the work crew as well as this contributor.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:47:09 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  A pair of sidebooms prepare to lift the locomotive off of the traction motor.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:51:11 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The long hood end of CSX 549 is slowly lifted off the tracks.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:53:06 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The traction motor is left behind as CSX 549 is further lifted off the tracks.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:56:35 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Chains are attached to the traction motor and it is pulled from beneath the locomotive.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:58:19 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The traction motor is now almost clear of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:59:48 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Since the short hood end of the locomotive serves as the pivot point, the pilot is somewhat bent as it is forced downward into the rails.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:05:45 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  103   Comments: 1
Title: 
Description:  CSX 549 is lowered back onto the rails so that one of the sidebooms can remove the traction motor from the tracks.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:12:25 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The traction motor being lifted off the tracks.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:13:51 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The temporary wheelset slowly rolls under the re-lifted locomotive following a shove by a Hulcher Services worker.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:16:15 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Other workers stop the wheelset from rolling and begin to position it beneath the truck frame.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:20:20 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  180   Comments: 3
Title: 
Description:  CSX 549 is lowered onto the wheelset as Hulcher Services workers fine-tune its position.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:22:09 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  With the locomotive back on the tracks, a worker starts to lock-in the wheelset.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:23:46 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  The finished product. I drove by the yard at 10:00 pm and CSX 549 had left the scene.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:25:40 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CSX 549(AC44CW)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Going Home
Title:  Going Home
Description:  With the project completed, Hulcher Services workers pack up to go home.
Photo Date:  3/25/2013  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 2:31:56 PM
Location:  Lake City, PA
Author:  James Buchkovich
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 1

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