Wild one! CN 2141 (ex-BNSF, exx-ATSF C40-8W) now lettered for CN at BNSF's Barstow (CA) Yard; 7/19/10 (Paul Wester via Ken Borg)

METRA 160 (F40PH-2) leads a westbound commuter train out of Woodstock, IL, on the UP northwest line 7/3/10 (Alex Mahoney)

UP 4957 and 2 sisters (3 SD70M) are westbound approaching the Rochelle, IL, Railroad Park 7/5/10 (Alex Mahoney)

UP 7799 (C45ACCTE) hits the UP/BNSF diamonds at Rochelle, IL, with an eastbound stack train 7/5/10 (Alex Mahoney)

BNSF 4782 and a sister (2 C44-9W) on an intermodal are approching the BNSF/UP diamonds in Rochelle, IL 7/5/10 (Alex Mahoney)

METRA 414 (MP36PH-3S) leads a westbound out of Franklin Park, IL, Station on the ex-MILW line 7/5/10 (Alex Mahoney)

CSX 420 (AC4400CW) leads CSX U822 loaded coal approaching Kingwood, WV, tunnel 6/26/10 (Tom Boylan)

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CSX 420 and a sister (2 AC4400CW) are straining to pull CSX U822, with rear helpers, up the Newburg, WV, grade 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

CSX 715 and 522 (2 AC4400CW) are shoving hard on the rear of CSX U822 climbing the Newburg, WV, grade 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

WM 734 (2-8-0) arriving at Cumberland, MD, Station to pickup the excursion passengers 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

Closeup of WM 734 (2-8-0) at Cumberland about to pass under the bridge entering Cumberland Station 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

Closeup of the smoke stack and bell on WM 734 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

WM 734 (2-8-0) being turned on the turntable at Frostburg, MD, for its trip back to Cumberland 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

Night photo session at WV Rails 2010 had SBVR B&O F7A 722, WMSR WM GP30 501, and Potomac Eagle C&O F7A 8016 6/26/10 (Michael Rujak)

Flagg Coal Company 0-4-0T 75 poses.at Petersburg, WV, for the night photo session at WV Rails 2010 6/26/10 (Michael Rujak)

Flagg Coal Company 0-4-0T 75 and New Hope Valley Railway 0-4-0T 17 pose at Petersburg, WV, during WV Rails 2010 6/26/10 (Michael Rujak)

Flagg Coal Company 0-4-0T 75, New Hope Valley Railway 0-4-0T 17, and SBVR B&O-painted F7A 722 at the night photo session 6/26/10 (Micael Rujak)

SBVR 91 (GP9R) at Durgon, WV, leading the lunch train for the WV Rails 2010 6/26/10; (Michael Rujak)

Real railroading! Western Maryland Scenic 734 (2-8-0) returning back to Ridgeley, MD, after a run 6/27/10 (Michael Rujak)

Western Maryland Scenic 734 (2-8-0) powers an excursion through The Narrows, MD, 6/27/10 (Michael Rujak)

SBVR B&O-painted 722 & SBVR 91 (F3A/GP9R) pulling the celebration passenger train to Petersburg for the WV Rails 2010 festival 6//25/10 (Tom Boylan)

SBVR B&O-painted 6604 (GP9) on display for the night photo shoot at the WV Rails 2010 festival 6/27/10 (Tom Boylan)

SBVR B&O-painted 6604 (GP9) and Potomac Eagle C&O-painted 6016 (F7A) on display at the WV Rails 2010 festival 6/26/10 (Tom Boylan)

New Hope Vally 17 (0-4-0T), first time off its home rails, pulled the hourly train rides at the WV Rails festival 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

Flagg Coal Co. 75 (0-4-0T) at the WV Rails festival; the photographer got to operate this one and chug it on down the tracks 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

WM 501 (GP30) at tbe WV Rails festival 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

South Branch Valley 181 (SD9) at Petersburg, WV 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

C&O 8081 (F7A) at the WV Rails festival normally runs on the Potomac Eagle excursion train 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

B&O 6604 (GP9) at the WV Rails festival is part of the South Branch Valley's motive power fleet 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

WM 743 (2-8-0) rides the turntable at Frostbuirg, MD, 6/27/10, proir to another run (Tom Boylan)

CEFX 109 (SD90-43MAC) in CSX's Grafton, WV, yard 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

GMTX 2665 (GP38-2) at Grafton, WV, 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

CSX 129 and 92 (2 AC4400CW), running light, cross the Tygart River in WV, going back to the shops after cutting off an inbound coal drag 6/25/10 (Tom

New engine for the DGVR (WVC ) sitting at Belington, WV, ready to be worked on and painted 6/26/10 (Tom Boylan)

A pair of lease units sits by Tower D at Grafton, WV 6/26/10 (Dan Davidson)

KCSM 2402 and 2410 (2 GP22ECO) testing on BP train BT-3 cross the Chicora, PA, trestle 4/30/10 (Michael Rujak)

KSCM 2402 and 2401 (2 GP22ECOI under test on BP train BT-3 at North Oakland, PA, with 2 BPRR units trailing 4/30/10 (Michael Rujak)

BP 626 and 874 (2 GP9/R) at Petrolia, PA, 5/5/10 have 2 KCS GP22ECO test units in tow (Michael Rujak)

BP 887 and 922 (GP9/R/GP18) sit at the road's Butler. PA. shop 5/5/10 (Michael Rujak)

BP 626 and 874 (2 GP9/R) at Chicora, PA, on BP train BT-3 with 2 KCSM test units in tow 5/2/10 (Michael Rujak)

An assortment of BPRR power in the road's Butler, PA, yard 5/5/10 (Michael Rujak)

BNSF 5878 and 8977 and NS 9746 (ES44AC/SD70MAC/C40-9W) at Mingo Junction 4/27/10 are the power for NS 417 (Michael Rujak)

NS 6323 (SD40E) leads NS 11A at Leetsdale, PA,; 4/30/10 (Michael Rujak)

Louisville-bound CSX 8149 and 476 (SD40-2/AC4400CW) pull autoracks west at Dearborn on CSX's Indiana Div. 4/1/10 (Gary Woods)

The classic Cincinnati Union Terminal headhouse, now a museum complex 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

How do you get from one end of the Cincinnati yards to the other when its busy? Use the station bypass, as these CSX units doing 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

NS 6670 and 6700 (2 SD60) on NS' Detroit to Atlanta RoadRailer do a crew change on the station tracks at Cincinnati Union Terminal 3/30/10 (Joe Kohne

NS 8341 (ex-CR C40-8W) and a NS unit lead a train south to Kentucky, passing the Amtrak Cardinal platform at CUT 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

It's not a model layout; it's Cincinnati as a northbound NS/UP/NS lashup comes past Tower A 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Chicken feed.This NS train at Cincinnati is going back to Iindiana for more chicken feed

for Tyson Foods in Georgia 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

The sign is prophetic as CSX 7769 (C40-8W) runs southbound on the northbound track at Glendale due to NS working in the plant 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

Sunset on ex-B&O CPL's at Glendale? We hope not anytime soon! 3/30/10 (Joe Kohnen)

TRRA 2000 (GP38-3), first of 12 newly acqired ex-HLCX units, and HLCX 1026 work across the Mississippi from St. Louis' Gateway Arch 1/10/10 (Mark Ma