It's pick-your-favorite-paint-scheme-day at Findlay Street in Fostoria, as Norfolk Southern train 240 on main 1 (Kansas City/Argentine Yard, KS - Sandusky, OH triple crown roadrailers) passes 17R (Chicago/Clearing Yard, IL - Columbus, OH freight) who is stopped on main 2 due to a knuckle problem in its train. 240 is powered by BNSF GP60 # 8738 in Santa Fe yellow and blue warbonnet on the lead and out-of-sight NS C40-9W # 9397 trailing, while 17R sports NS SD70 # 2538, CN (IC) SD40-2 # 6119, NS C39-8 # 8673, and EMDX SD40-2 # 2825 (still retaining its UP colors).
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March 5th, 2008:
Spring may be on the way soon, but it was certainly not here yet on this winter morning of storm recovery, full of snow, ice, and grey skies.
Through the scene next to old B&O depot in Fostoria blasts BNSF SD70MAC # 9618, looking rather ghostly with its "BN" logo no longer on the nose. She is leading CSXT train U-994-04 (Cicero, IL/BNSF - Colona, PA Powder River coal loads) eastbound on B&O main # 2, along with BNSF SD70MAC # 9404, also in the "executive" colors. Both units also have fairly newly applied "swoosh" patches on the sides of the cabs, not visible here.
The winter weather delayed many trains on this day, but didn't keep the Fostoria Rails from being just as busy as ever.
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It's pick-your-favorite-paint-scheme-day at Findlay Street in Fostoria, as Norfolk Southern train 240 on main 1 (Kansas City/Argentine Yard, KS - Sandusky, OH triple crown roadrailers) passes 17R (Chicago/Clearing Yard, IL - Columbus, OH freight) who is stopped on main 2 due to a knuckle problem in its train. 240 is powered by BNSF GP60 # 8738 in Santa Fe yellow and blue warbonnet on the lead and out-of-sight NS C40-9W # 9397 trailing, while 17R sports NS SD70 # 2538, CN (IC) SD40-2 # 6119, NS C39-8 # 8673, and EMDX SD40-2 # 2825 (still retaining its UP colors). 
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