An interior shot of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
 

Left to right: Glen Lamm (assistant North Carolina state legislative director), Dickie Westbrook (North Carolina state legislative director) and Andres Trujillo (Florida state legislative director).
 

Billy Moye (UTU organizer, L-1971, Atlanta) with Assistant President Arty Martin.
 

Lisa Arredondo (local chairperson, L-1607, Los Angeles) looks over the daily regional meeting schedule with husband, Larry.
 

Donald Case Jr. (alternate legislative rep., trustee, L-924, Richmond, Va.) with son, C.J.
 

Left to right: Jesse Turner (vice general chairperson, local chairperson, UTU Human Rights Committee, L-1290, Chicago); Willie Bates (District of Columbia state legislative director, president, local chairperson, L-1933, Washington); Miles “Ray” Cunningham (UTU Human Rights Committee, local chairperson, delegate, L-1933, Washington).
 

Master of Ceremonies Ed Carney (L-1440, Staten Island, N.Y.).
 

Norfolk Southern General Chairperson Pate King Jr. (left) with CSX General Chairperson John Lesniewski.
 

Renee Cichy (seated, wife of Michael, treasurer, L-830, Harrisburg, Pa.) signs up for a chance to win a handmade quilt offered by the UTU Auxiliary. Left to right are Auxiliary President Carol Menges; Vice President Kathleen Hegarty, Secretary/Treasurer Dana Garvey and Vice President Judy Phillips.
 

Left to right: Curtis Wickliffe (vice general chairperson, local chairperson, delegate, L-331, Temple, Texas); Board of Appeals member Dale Welch, and former Board of Appeals member Jim Shelton, now enjoying retirement in Jefferson City, Mo.
 

From left, Glenna Kaltenecker and Kevin Ifft of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield explain the benefits of UTU membership to Steve Leninsky (secretary/treasurer, L-991, Steubenville, Ohio) and Dean Dryer (L-991).
 

UTU International President Mike Futhey (right) congratulates UTUIA Volunteer of the Year Gene LaHote, with wife Betty.
 

State legislative directors listen as Illinois State Legislative Director Joe Szabo outlines the UTU’s strategy to help get Barack Obama elected president.
 

Attendees at one of the Bus Department’s many workshops.
 

Retired Illinois Central General Chairperson Warner Biedenharn, with wife Lilly, are pictured with former UTU International President Al Chesser.
 

UTU International General Secretary and Treasurer Kim Thompson, right, with wife Connie, greet former UTU International President Al Chesser.
 

Pictured at the Wildhorse Saloon, from left, are Doug Suggs (vice general chairperson, local chairperson, L-793, Columbia, S.C.); Hope Suggs; Kirk Porter (local chairperson, L-931, Greenville, S.C.); Gail Porter, Matthew Porter, Catherine Taylor and Matt Taylor (local chairperson, L-793).
 

Ben Davis (local chairperson, L-1221, Tampa, Fla.), with FRA Rail Systems Oversight Manager Joe Lydick (middle) and Florida State Legislative Director Andres Trujillo.
 

From left; Grady Crippen (delegate, L- 432, Champaign, Ill.); Robert Guy III (assistant Illinois state legislative director, L-234, Springfield, Ill.) and Matthew Browning (legislative rep., legislative board vice chairperson, L-1869, Williamson, W. Va.)
 

Winners of the handmade quilts offered by the UTU Auxiliary to raise money for scholarships were, left, Mike Miller (local chairperson, delegate, legislative rep., L-330, Poplar Bluff, Mo.) and Auxiliary Vice President Kathleen Hegarty (right). Connie Thompson, wife of GS&T Kim, made and donated the quilts to help the organization.