UP's priority Los Angeles to Chicago Z-train descends Erda Hill on a beautiful May 23, 2013 evening. Two additional units trailed this 5717 ton, 7185 ft. stack train. The city of Tooele and the Oq... (more)

A Santa Fe double stack train detours east via the Union Pacific at Erda, Utah.

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special glides west along the Lynndyl Sub with the Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island in the background. The outbound SSCSC will pause briefly at Faust and re... (more)

A Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver Special glides east down Erda Hill with the snowcapped Oquirrh Mountains of Tooele Valley in the background.

The power for Union Pacific's MNPWC climbs Erda Hill while fall foliage reaches peak color on the nearby Oquirrh Mountains of Tooele Valley. Note the plethora of radio/television translators atop ... (more)

A Union Pacific ballast train slows for a meet with an eastbound stack train at Bates Canyon Road in Erda, Utah.

A new delivery from GE leads UP's ITSAHX K-Line stacker near Droubay Road just east of Erda, Utah.

Union Pacific's MNPWC (North Platte, NE - West Colton, CA) freight grinds slowly through Utah's Tooele Valley approaching Erda. The MNPWC will head into the siding at Warner (Tooele) to meet two e... (more)

With its usual abundance of bright red K-Line containers, UP's KTSLN4 stack train glides east down the Lynndyl Sub at Erda, Utah.

A former Southern Pacific SD70M leads UP's WVPMUZ ballast train westbound through Erda, Utah. Looking to make an offer on a classic Ford farm tractor?

A Chicago & North Western C44-9W leads Union Pacific's LAAP (Los Angeles - American President Lines) stack train down Erda Hill just before sunset on August 19, 1995. Two CNWs are in the power con... (more)

A KG1LA (Global 1, IL - Los Angeles, CA) stack train climbs the 0.8% grade of UP's Lynndyl Subdivision approaching Erda. The second unit is the UP 8770, a new SD70ACe delivery from EMD.

After meeting the hot NPLAZ at Warner siding, UP's YRPC (Yermo, CA - Pocatello, ID) freight descends the Lynndyl Sub just east of Erda, Utah.

Having met two westbound trains at Warner siding, a KLBG2 (Long Beach, CA - Global 2, IL) stack train descends the 0.8% grade of the Lynndyl Sub while splitting a classic US&S signal pairing just ... (more)

A KG1LA (Global 1, IL - Los Angeles, CA) stack train climbs the 0.8% grade of the Lynndyl Sub approaching Erda. The second unit is the UP 8770, a new SD70ACe delivery from EMD.