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Owner: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:EMD SD70AHBuilt As:UP 8970 (SD70AH)
Serial Number:20136990-074Order No:20136990
Frame Number:20136990-074Built:11/2014
Other locos with this serial:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
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UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 4/26/2015 10:31:16 PM
Location:  Shawmut, AZ
Author:  Casey Burg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  364   Comments: 3
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 4/26/2015 10:31:41 PM
Location:  Shawmut, AZ
Author:  Casey Burg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  371   Comments: 1
UP 8970 Point On Work Train
Title:  UP 8970 Point On Work Train
Description:  UP Line
Photo Date:  5/13/2015  Upload Date: 9/12/2015 5:15:22 PM
Location:  New Castle, CO
Author:  Paul Rice
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
UP 8970 Mid-Train DPU
Title:  UP 8970 Mid-Train DPU
Description:  This is a SD70AH.
Photo Date:  5/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 9:26:47 AM
Location:  East Portal, CO
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
UP 7514 Mid-Train DPU
Title:  UP 7514 Mid-Train DPU
Description:  UP 8970 is a SD70AH.
Photo Date:  5/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 9:27:12 AM
Location:  East Portal, CO
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 7514(AC45CCTE) UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
UP 5368 Loaded Coal Entering "Big Ten Curve" on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub
Title:  UP 5368 Loaded Coal Entering "Big Ten Curve" on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub
Description:  After just emerging from Tunnel #1 on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub, UP 5368 leads a loaded coal train with two leaders, 3 mid-train DPUs (seen here in the background) and a pusher past hot box detector 22.6 and into "Big Ten Curve." Blue Mountain Drive.
Photo Date:  5/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 9:32:32 AM
Location:  Rocky, CO
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5368(AC45CCTE) UP 7916(AC45CCTE) UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 7514(AC45CCTE) UP 8141(ES44AC-H)
Views:  778   Comments: 2
UP 5368 Loaded Coal Navigating "Big Ten Curve" on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub
Title:  UP 5368 Loaded Coal Navigating "Big Ten Curve" on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub
Description:  UP 5368 leads a loaded coal train with two leaders, 3 mid-train DPUs (seen here in the background) and a pusher through "Big Ten Curve." The Big Ten Curve is a marvel in mountain railroad surveying. Built in 1902 by the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later the DRGW and now the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub), the Big Ten is an innovative S-shaped curve that arcs along the base of the foothills where the Great Plains transition to the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is named for its sharp, ten-degree radius curvature.
Photo Date:  5/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 9:36:31 AM
Location:  Rocky, CO
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5368(AC45CCTE) UP 7916(AC45CCTE) UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 7514(AC45CCTE) UP 8141(ES44AC-H)
Views:  732   Comments: 0
UP 5368 Loaded Coal Navigating "Big Ten Curve" on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub
Title:  UP 5368 Loaded Coal Navigating "Big Ten Curve" on the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub
Description:  UP 5368 leads a loaded coal train with two leaders, 3 mid-train DPUs (seen here in the background) and a pusher through "Big Ten Curve." The Big Ten Curve is a marvel in mountain railroad surveying. Built in 1902 by the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later the DRGW and now the UP Moffat Tunnel Sub), the Big Ten is an innovative S-shaped curve that arcs along the base of the foothills where the Great Plains transition to the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is named for its sharp, ten-degree radius curvature.
Photo Date:  5/17/2015  Upload Date: 5/22/2015 9:36:49 AM
Location:  Rocky, CO
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5368(AC45CCTE) UP 7916(AC45CCTE) UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 7514(AC45CCTE) UP 8141(ES44AC-H)
Views:  693   Comments: 1
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/2016  Upload Date: 3/21/2016 8:25:51 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Jacob Francois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
UP 8970 West
Title:  UP 8970 West
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/2016  Upload Date: 6/9/2016 10:25:54 PM
Location:  Malone, IA
Author:  Jim Hamilton
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 1988(SD70ACe) UP 5465(AC45CCTE)
Views:  581   Comments: 1
UP 1988
Title:  UP 1988
Description:  UP 8970 leads UP 1988 Westbound.
Photo Date:  6/11/2016  Upload Date: 6/15/2016 8:59:07 AM
Location:  Fernley, NV
Author:  Larry Karlberg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 1988(SD70ACe)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
UP 8910
Title:  UP 8910
Description:  UP, with the wedgie, working the Transcon.
Photo Date:  9/17/2016  Upload Date: 9/28/2016 7:30:31 PM
Location:  Henrietta, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  362   Comments: 2
UP 8970 On NS 124 Eastbound
Title:  UP 8970 On NS 124 Eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 10:37:09 PM
Location:  Hamilton, OH
Author:  Land Rover
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  388   Comments: 2
UP 8970 On NS 124 Eastbound
Title:  UP 8970 On NS 124 Eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 10:39:04 PM
Location:  Hamilton, OH
Author:  Land Rover
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  450   Comments: 2
UP 8970 On NS 124 Eastbound
Title:  UP 8970 On NS 124 Eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/18/2016  Upload Date: 11/27/2016 10:42:52 PM
Location:  Hamilton, OH
Author:  Land Rover
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  399   Comments: 2
UP 8970 Mid-Train DPU
Title:  UP 8970 Mid-Train DPU
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/3/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:03:56 AM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
UP 8970 K649-05
Title:  UP 8970 K649-05
Description:  K649 jets west at Berry at 1211.
Photo Date:  3/8/2017  Upload Date: 4/21/2017 8:03:13 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 6643(AC44CW)
Views:  486   Comments: 0
West Intermodal
Title:  West Intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/7/2017  Upload Date: 3/12/2018 11:23:34 PM
Location:  Memaloose, OR
Author:  Keith Owen
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Eastbound intermodal
Title:  Eastbound intermodal
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2017  Upload Date: 8/8/2017 11:11:56 PM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 9043(SD70AH)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2017  Upload Date: 5/8/2018 7:05:26 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Jacob Francois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  Westbound ethanol train on the Sidney sub passing under the big signal bridge at East Julesburg.
Photo Date:  4/18/2018  Upload Date: 4/19/2018 11:37:26 AM
Location:  Julesburg, CO
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
SD70 duo from different generations
Title:  SD70 duo from different generations
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/26/2018  Upload Date: 1/1/2019 10:38:40 PM
Location:  Pine Bluff, AR
Author:  G Gerard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 3845(SD70M)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
UP 2689 8970
Title:  UP 2689 8970
Description:  NB UP
Photo Date:  5/29/2020  Upload Date: 6/26/2020 5:29:54 PM
Location:  Tuscola, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2689(ET44AH) UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Manifest rolls north
Title:  Manifest rolls north
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/9/2020  Upload Date: 12/23/2020 6:30:22 PM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
UP 5262 8970
Title:  UP 5262 8970
Description:  lead a coal train east!
Photo Date:  3/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2023 8:30:06 PM
Location:  Perry, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5262(AC45CCTE) UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  Leading an empty westbound 3-bay covered hopper grain unit train
Photo Date:  3/27/2021  Upload Date: 10/3/2021 4:29:09 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories:  Roster,Transit,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  Serving as the DPU on an eastbound loaded 3-bay covered hopper grain unit train
Photo Date:  3/29/2021  Upload Date: 10/4/2021 7:07:46 PM
Location:  Solomon, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories:  Roster,Transit,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  Building America
Photo Date:  8/7/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 1:11:20 AM
Location:  Irondale, AL
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  L-VPSS
Photo Date:  3/13/2022  Upload Date: 5/18/2022 8:38:19 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Jeffrey Streiff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
UP 7358 East
Title:  UP 7358 East
Description:  UP Roseville Sub
Photo Date:  7/13/2023  Upload Date: 7/21/2023 12:49:35 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7358(AC45CCTE) UP 8111(ES44AC-H) UP 8418(SD70ACe) UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  263   Comments: 2
UP 7358 East
Title:  UP 7358 East
Description:  UP Roseville Sub
Photo Date:  7/13/2023  Upload Date: 7/21/2023 12:49:40 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7358(AC45CCTE) UP 8111(ES44AC-H) UP 8418(SD70ACe) UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  271   Comments: 2
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  UP 8970 leading a hotshot tanker train through Bonner Springs, Kansas on the UP Kansas Subdivision.
Photo Date:  10/9/2023  Upload Date: 11/9/2023 10:30:42 AM
Location:  Bonner Springs, KS
Author:  River Gabbert
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  WB UP Geneva Sub
Photo Date:  11/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/24/2023 8:37:34 AM
Location:  Maple Park, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 8160(ES44AC-H) UP 5335(AC45CCTE) UP 6316(AC44CW) UP 7822(AC45CCTE)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  WB UP Geneva Sub
Photo Date:  11/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/24/2023 8:37:37 AM
Location:  Maple Park, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  142   Comments: 0

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