A matched set of Chicago & North Western C44-9W units pull the APLA through Lake Point on Aug. 20, 1995.

A layer of purple haze rests on Great Salt Lake while an American President Line stack train rambles through Lake Point on Oct. 9, 1994.

While the APLA ascends the former Los Angeles & Salt Lake Route, the APOA (pictured just to the left of the 6297) glides along the old Western Pacific mainline to Oakland on Feb. 24, 1995.

A comfort cab EMD SD60M leads the APLA through Tooele Valley the morning of Nov. 26, 1993.

A colorful power consist leads the APLA along the foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains with the Great Salt Lake and the former Western Pacific the background.

With crew members in place for a roll by, Union Pacific's APLA overtakes the NPYR at Lynndyl, Utah on June 24, 1995. The NPYR was stuck at Lynndyl for more than 90 minutes as three westbounds and ... (more)

A 93 car American President Line stack train has begun its 782 mile journey from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles on Nov. 14, 1992. A transfer freight run between the UP's North Yard and SP's Roper Y... (more)

The fog has lifted, revealing Union Pacific's American President Line stack train leaving behind the Great Salt Lake and the former WP mainline at Lake Point, Utah.

A perfectly matched five pack of GE C40-8s lead a UP American President Line stack train west through Utah's Tintic Valley.

A surprisingly fresh UP 9386 (nearly two years old at the time) leads an American President Line to Los Angeles stack train west train through Lake Point, Utah. The APLA was moving along at track ... (more)

Back when EMD's SD60M was 'King of the Mountain', a UP American President Line stacker heads west through Utah's Tintic Valley near Boulter. The snowy flanks of 8021 ft. Sabie Mountain rise to mee... (more)

With the arrival of hundreds of new SD60Ms in the late 1980s to early 1990s, it seemed the big EMDs were everywhere on the UP. Here a trio of the ubiquitous EMDs lead the APLA (American President ... (more)

With some of the newest UP power on the roster at the time, an American President Line to Los Angeles stack train plies the rails of the busy Salt Lake Subdivision at Woods Cross.

With an EMD/GE standard cab power mix, an American President Lines stack train glides west down the Evanston Sub along the Weber River at Gateway, Utah.

Union Pacific's APLA crosses over from Main 1 to Main 2 at CP Orange Street, west of downtown Salt Lake City. The huge auto salvage yard at Ponderosa is long gone now and the hyper ballasted track... (more)