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5/11/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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 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
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Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  172   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:  279   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:  352   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:  363   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:  355   Comments: 1
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:  126   Comments: 0
UP 2663 w/Bright Yellow Replacement Crew Door
Title:  UP 2663 w/Bright Yellow Replacement Crew Door
Description:  EB UP Geneva Sub
Photo Date:  7/25/2023  Upload Date: 7/27/2023 7:41:46 AM
Location:  Maple Park, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2663(ET44AH) UP 8194(ES44AC-H) UP 8970(SD70AH) UP 8065(AC45CCTE)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
UP 8970
Title:  UP 8970
Description:  EB UP Geneva Sub
Photo Date:  7/25/2023  Upload Date: 7/27/2023 7:42:06 AM
Location:  Maple Park, IL
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8970(SD70AH)
Views:  27   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:  19   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:  19   Comments: 0


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