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Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 8617 - EMD SD70ACe

Owner:
UP - Union Pacific Railroad Company
Model:
EMD SD70ACe
Serial Number:
20056753-97
Order No:
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Pictures Available:
47

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UP 8617
UP 8617

Building America

Photo Date: Jan 21, 2024
Uploaded: Feb 22, 2024
Location: Elmhurst, IL
Author: Bob Keenan
Categories: Roster
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
469 Views 0 Comments
KCS rounding the curve
KCS rounding the curve

Very pleased with how this came out

Photo Date: Apr 10, 2022
Uploaded: Apr 19, 2022
Location: Dale, NY
Author: Kyle best
Categories:
Locomotives: KCS 4676 (ES44AC) UP 8617 (SD70ACe) CP 9367 (ES44AC)
820 Views 1 Comments
68N on the hill
68N on the hill
Photo Date: Apr 10, 2022
Uploaded: Apr 19, 2022
Location: Attica, NY
Author: Kyle best
Categories:
Locomotives: KCS 4676 (ES44AC) UP 8617 (SD70ACe) CP 9367 (ES44AC)
830 Views 0 Comments
KCS 4676 on 68N
KCS 4676 on 68N

68N is always a good train too look for, today a KCS takes control

Photo Date: Apr 10, 2022
Uploaded: Apr 19, 2022
Location: Darien, NY
Author: Kyle best
Categories:
Locomotives: KCS 4676 (ES44AC) UP 8617 (SD70ACe) CP 9367 (ES44AC)
829 Views 1 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Dec 25, 2021
Uploaded: Dec 26, 2021
Location: Durant, OK
Author: David Krebs
Categories: Roster,Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
527 Views 2 Comments
UP 5966 &8617
UP 5966 &8617
Photo Date: Dec 25, 2021
Uploaded: Dec 26, 2021
Location: Durant, OK
Author: David Krebs
Categories: Roster,Action
Locomotives: UP 5966 (AC44CWCTE) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
584 Views 4 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Dec 13, 2018
Uploaded: Jan 2, 2019
Location: Topeka, KS
Author: Matthew Zisi
Categories: Roster,Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
568 Views 0 Comments
UP SB intermodal
UP SB intermodal
Photo Date: Dec 9, 2018
Uploaded: Dec 10, 2018
Location: Clarendon, AR
Author: G Gerard
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 2640 (ET44AH) UP 8448 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
269 Views 0 Comments
UP SB intermodal
UP SB intermodal
Photo Date: Dec 9, 2018
Uploaded: Dec 10, 2018
Location: Clarendon, AR
Author: G Gerard
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 2640 (ET44AH) UP 8448 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
278 Views 0 Comments
UP SB intermodal
UP SB intermodal
Photo Date: Dec 9, 2018
Uploaded: Dec 10, 2018
Location: Clarendon, AR
Author: G Gerard
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 2640 (ET44AH) UP 8448 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
252 Views 0 Comments
Early Morning 228
Early Morning 228

NS 228 passes through Shippensburg before sunrise

Photo Date: Jan 27, 2017
Uploaded: Jan 29, 2017
Location: Shippensburg, PA
Author: Jacob Rink
Categories:
Locomotives: NS 9812 (C44-9W) NS 6925 (SD60E) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
998 Views 0 Comments
UP 8075
UP 8075
Photo Date: Oct 2, 2016
Uploaded: Oct 20, 2016
Location: Red Rock, AZ
Author: Jonathan Rodriguez
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8075 (AC45CCTE) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
910 Views 0 Comments
UP7996 and UP8617 racing down the Hill
UP7996 and UP8617 racing down the Hill
Photo Date: Jul 8, 2016
Uploaded: Sep 11, 2016
Location: Edelstein, IL
Author: Peter Short
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 7996 (AC45CCTE) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
942 Views 1 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Sep 18, 2014
Uploaded: Sep 27, 2014
Location: Brady, NE
Author: Glenn Laux
Categories: Roster
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
635 Views 0 Comments
UP 7733
UP 7733
Photo Date: May 31, 2014
Uploaded: Jun 5, 2014
Location: McClure, IL
Author: Christopher Bodkin
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 7733 (AC45CCTE) UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 5067 (SD70M) CSX 7668 (C40-8W) UP 4680 (SD70M)
1065 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617 Sandwiched Around Larry Power Rd.
UP 8617 Sandwiched Around Larry Power Rd.

Certainly pulling its fair share with this long train, UP 8617 assists with helping this train highball south.

Photo Date: May 30, 2014
Uploaded: May 31, 2014
Location: Bourbonnais, IL
Author: Joshua Bauer
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
696 Views 0 Comments
QHONL-10
QHONL-10

UP's QHONL-10 (Quality Manifest Houston Settegast Yard-North Little Rock, AR) heads west on UP's Beaumont Sub.

Photo Date: Nov 10, 2013
Uploaded: Nov 23, 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Author: Doug Wooten
Categories: Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
664 Views 0 Comments
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 crossing the Feather River at Pulga
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 crossing the Feather River at Pulga
Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: , CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1005 Views 0 Comments
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 approaching Pulga Bridges
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 approaching Pulga Bridges

UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 approaching Pulga Bridges. The last light of the afternoon still illuminated the railroad bridge as the train continued it's journey westbound.

Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: , CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
960 Views 0 Comments
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 on Rock Creek Trestle
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 on Rock Creek Trestle

UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 on Rock Creek Trestle

Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: , CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1014 Views 0 Comments
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617

CA HWY 70 in the foreground and the railroad across the river.

Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: , CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1000 Views 0 Comments
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617
Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: , CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
973 Views 0 Comments
Siding at Virgilia
Siding at Virgilia
Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: Virgilia, CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
978 Views 0 Comments
Siding at Virgilia
Siding at Virgilia
Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: Virgilia, CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
976 Views 0 Comments
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617
UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617

UP 7503 & 4689 & 8617 pulling a mixed manifest westbound across the wye and down the canyon.

Photo Date: Oct 22, 2013
Uploaded: Oct 26, 2013
Location: Keddie, CA
Author: Ken Switay
Categories: Scenic,Bridge,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 7503 (AC45CCTE) UP 4689 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
976 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: May 11, 2013
Uploaded: May 12, 2013
Location: Roseville, CA
Author: Ben Margherone
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
726 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Mar 2, 2013
Uploaded: Mar 3, 2013
Location: Proviso, IL
Author: Neil Stutzman
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
731 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Mar 2, 2013
Uploaded: Mar 3, 2013
Location: Proviso, IL
Author: Neil Stutzman
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
719 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617 West
UP 8617 West

HEP for this Stack Train.

Photo Date: Nov 5, 2012
Uploaded: Dec 4, 2012
Location: Blair, NE
Author: Allan Love Jr.
Categories: Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Winter,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 4755 (SD70M) UP 8412 (SD70ACe)
1095 Views 0 Comments
UP 8597
UP 8597

A fresh crew brings 142 around the connector to the Marion Branch to finish the trip to Elkhart.

Photo Date: Feb 24, 2012
Uploaded: Feb 24, 2012
Location: Marion, IN
Author: Alan Culley
Categories: Action
Locomotives: UP 8597 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
944 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617 & UP 8175
UP 8617 & UP 8175
Photo Date: May 14, 2011
Uploaded: Nov 25, 2011
Location: Fonda, NY
Author: Chris G.
Categories: Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 8175 (SD9043MAC)
1035 Views 0 Comments
Lead units of west bound UP freight
Lead units of west bound UP freight

Power on west ward UP freight consisting of four units on front and one DPU on rear of train. UP Huntington Sub.

Photo Date: Oct 19, 2011
Uploaded: Oct 19, 2011
Location: Ontario, OR
Author: Floyd Gordon
Categories: Action
Locomotives: UP 5319 (AC45CCTE) UP 5324 (AC45CCTE) UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 3941 (SD70M)
1328 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617

Power on west ward UP freight consisting of four units on front and one DPU on rear of train. UP Huntington Sub.

Photo Date: Oct 19, 2011
Uploaded: Oct 19, 2011
Location: Ontario, OR
Author: Floyd Gordon
Categories: Roster,Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
631 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Jul 30, 2011
Uploaded: Aug 2, 2011
Location: Vinita, OK
Author: Terry Cantrell
Categories: Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
170 Views 0 Comments
CSX Q239-16
CSX Q239-16
Photo Date: May 16, 2011
Uploaded: May 19, 2011
Location: Carbon, IN
Author: Garth McMains
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 8175 (SD9043MAC)
973 Views 2 Comments
Photo Date: Feb 8, 2011
Uploaded: May 8, 2011
Location: Cienega Creek, AZ
Author: Liam Hart
Categories: Roster,Scenic
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 4197 (SD70M)
1141 Views 0 Comments
UP 8559 Leads the KOAMN Eastbound
UP 8559 Leads the KOAMN Eastbound
Photo Date: Jan 15, 2011
Uploaded: Jan 16, 2011
Location: Kirkwood, MO
Author: Tommy Wolfe
Categories: Winter,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 8559 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1139 Views 0 Comments
UP 8559 Leads the KOAMN
UP 8559 Leads the KOAMN
Photo Date: Jan 15, 2011
Uploaded: Jan 16, 2011
Location: Kirkwood, MO
Author: Tommy Wolfe
Categories: Winter,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives: UP 8559 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1139 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Nov 9, 2010
Uploaded: Nov 18, 2010
Location: Roscoe, NE
Author: Steven McKay
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe) UP 951 (E9A)
780 Views 0 Comments
EB intermodal train #226
EB intermodal train #226

EB intermodal train #226

Photo Date: Dec 11, 2009
Uploaded: Dec 12, 2009
Location: Austell, GA
Author: Kyle Yunker
Categories: Action
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
844 Views 0 Comments
A UP train coming through Kingsburg
A UP train coming through Kingsburg
Photo Date: Jul 10, 2009
Uploaded: Jul 19, 2009
Location: Kingsburg, CA
Author: Shelley H.
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 7871 (AC45CCTE) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1150 Views 1 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617

Union Pacific Railroad Company

Photo Date: Apr 17, 2009
Uploaded: Apr 17, 2009
Location: Pocatello, ID
Author: Rodney J. Sorensen
Categories: Roster
Locomotives: UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
806 Views 1 Comments
UP 4254
UP 4254

A northbound with the Pine Hills in the background at dusk north of Aldridge, IL.

Photo Date: Mar 1, 2009
Uploaded: Mar 2, 2009
Location: Wolf Lake, IL
Author: Mary Rae McPherson
Categories: Action
Locomotives: UP 4254 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
933 Views 0 Comments
UP 4254
UP 4254

A northbound at Wolf Lake.

Photo Date: Mar 1, 2009
Uploaded: Mar 2, 2009
Location: Wolf Lake, IL
Author: Mary Rae McPherson
Categories: Action
Locomotives: UP 4254 (SD70M) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
935 Views 0 Comments
UP 9769, 8615, 8617
UP 9769, 8615, 8617

East Bound

Photo Date: Jun 17, 2008
Uploaded: Jun 29, 2008
Location: Perth, NV
Author: Al Ahlgrim
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 9769 (C44-9W) UP 8615 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1373 Views 0 Comments
UP 8617
UP 8617
Photo Date: Jun 21, 2008
Uploaded: Jun 24, 2008
Location: Boone, IA
Author: Richard Thompson
Categories:
Locomotives: UP 8615 (SD70ACe) UP 8617 (SD70ACe)
1011 Views 0 Comments