The Chicago & North Western heritage engine leads a Global 1 to City of Industry stack train west through Erda on Sept. 2, 2016.

A trio of EMD SD70Ms pull UP's Salt Lake City to Long Beach Intermodal through the big cut just east of Erda on Sept. 2, 2016. The Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island are in the background.

An Operation Lifesaver Special rolls through Utah's Tooele Valley with Stansbury Park and the Great Salt Lake in the background. August 9, 2016

A Roper to El Paso repositioning autorack train climbs the Lynndyl Sub main approaching Erda on March 20, 2015.

A Global 1 to City of Industry stacker splits deactivated signals on the Lynndyl Sub approaching Erda on March 20, 2015.

A new GE ES44AC keeps things under control as the KLBG2 descends Erda Hill on UP's Lynndyl Subdivision.

UP's HKYR heads west up Erda Hill with 32 cars for Yermo.

Running about 10 hours behind schedule, Amtrak's Desert Wind train #35 heads upgrade along UP's Lynndyl Subdivision approaching Erda. This perspective includes the Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Islan... (more)

Union Pacific's MNPWC climbs the Lynndyl Subdivision grade approaching the passing track at CP C757 East Erda. Meanwhile, an Intermountain Healthcare Life Flight helicopter has just landed in resp... (more)

UP's St. John Local climbs westward along the Oquirrh Mountains with six cars for industries at Erda and Warner. The UP 3626, an EMD SD40-2, was built new for the Union Pacific in Nov. 1979. It is... (more)

A windmill blade baretable rambles east down the Lynndyl Sub at Erda.

A super clean GE ES44AC leads Union Pacific's North Platte, NE to West Colton, CA manifest through a big sweeping curve at milepost 757.75, just east of Erda.

A pair of UP SD70Ms head west along the Lynndyl Sub to pick up an eastbound auto train tied down on the passing siding at Pehrson.

A UP military train bound for Yermo, CA climbs the 0.8% grade of the Lynndyl Sub just east of Erda. Antelope Island and a snippet of the Great Salt Lake are visible behind the train.

With four EMD SD70Ms on the point, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City, UT to Long Beach, CA intermodal squeals around the big curve at milepost 757.75 just east of Erda. The Great Salt Lake, the forme... (more)