BNSF

Yale Mechanical recently completed a major project at BNSF that involved the removal and replacement of a wheel lathe, which is used to true-up wheels on a locomotive. Our millwright team disassembled and removed the old equipment, then replaced the old foundation and support steel before finally unloading, setting and aligning the 60,000-lb piece of new equipment.

The new wheel lathe weighs approximately 60,000 lb.

Great care was taken when moving the extremely heavy piece of equipment.

Once the wheel lathe was unloaded, the team began the careful task of precisely aligning the new equipment.

BNSF operates one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America.