NYC Vet Dies Soon This old New York Central passenger locomotive has already lost it's torpedo tubes and high short hood, the rest of her won't last much longer. The scrappers will have h... (more)

Perfect Christmas Tree is Home Now. After a search through the woods of Illiana we had found a nice tree growing along the V V Main. The conductor, with chainsaw in hand, lopped this beauty... (more)

We Found a Great Christmas Tree. After shopping through the woods along the old P&E main we've found a good tree for the V V's yard office. This tree won't fit anywhere else but in the coupler, so... (more)

A beautiful day begins. On this beautiful spring morning at V V's Olin headquarters we will soon make the trip west to Danville, IL, to pick up two F9'S recently delivered by the CSX that o... (more)

Special Delivery from the CSX. V V's 1726 (Valerie) Pulls the two recently acquired F's out of the spur where CSX had recently delivered them. The consist will be made so the new F9's lead ... (more)

First Glimpse of the F's. We shoved west out of Olin to Danville with 2 Geeps and caboose on the point. Here we catch our first glimpse of the the V V 's newly acquired F9's which had recen... (more)

A Pair of F's for the V V The V V's newest units are pulled back to the safety of Olin by two V V Geeps and their caboose. Neither of the F's were operable on this day but since this photo ... (more)

Happy Halloween The ghoulish conductor is seen protecting the crossing as his ghost train approaches from the north.

Happy Halloween Ghouls are seen hanging around the diamond of the KB&S and the TP&W as a KB&S train approaches from the north.

Homeward Bound The CN purchased the EJ&E in 2009 so catching a consist like this out on the former IC main in 2015 is becoming hard to come by. What makes this train cool though is that ... (more)

There's F's in them woods! The black V V Geeps push their newest brethren, a set of F9A's from Minnesota, dead through the woods on the return trip from their retrieval from the CSX at Dan... (more)

I still see J orange! The CN took over the EJ&E in 2009 and has luckily only repainted a few of the J's former loco's into CN colors thus far. Included in the few repaints is the former EJ&... (more)

I stand with at least ten railfans as we get a shot of the new F's going under us from the highway overpass near Olin, IN. The two F's were being shoved by V V Geeps on this day, but I'm happy to ... (more)

The fellas of the V V pose in front of their newest units before talking to the many onlookers waiting to talk about the F's. The two F's were being shoved by V V Geeps on this day, but I'm happy ... (more)

Smoke 'em if you got 'em... V V's newest power heads back toward headquarters at Olin as they pass under the long dormant smoke stacks at RR headquarters. Today Olin produces bumpers for commercia... (more)