Facility Work Areas

The Phase I service facility services about 3,000 locomotives each month, dispensing four million gallons of diesel fuel and 31,000 gallons of lube oil.

The main Jenks Shop, nearby structures, designated areas and tracks are accessible via one of two 250-ton capacity, 90-foot-long transfer tables, equipped with both manual and radio controls. These provide the means for movement of the huge locomotives in and out of the main building and throughout the shops complex.

Employees were heavily involved in the original design of the facility, and their ideas yielded a safe and efficient work environment configured to suit work processes, rather than tailoring the work to suit building layout.

Main shop work areas permit up to 10 different activities at once, including double truck (wheel) changes, accident repairs, power plant changes or locomotive overhauls, classified or program modifications, rewiring, three-year inspections on road power, component repairs, locomotive and component cleaning, painting and load testing. Seventy-five percent of work areas are under cranes having capacities of 15 tons or greater.

To the east of the main shop, in the direction of UP's North Little Rock freight classification yard, are two additional structures of the shops complex; the Phase II light locomotive repair facility--called "the ramp," and the Phase I locomotive service facility. The Phase I service facility consists of a wash rack, two service tracks, one light repair track, and pits for underside work. Each track handles up to four locomotives at a time. The Phase II ramp uses five enclosed tracks for light locomotive repair, inspection work and wheel truing.