Washouts!! Due to recent heavy rains - washouts occurred along the the V V's main near Foster, IN, on the old P&E. Billy Carlton is seen here dumping riprap from a backhoe on one the V V 's MOW fl... (more)

Vermilion Valley 1726 (Valerie) performs switching duties on a little used spur just outside of Danville, IL, on a beautiful summer day. This section of trackage is usually reserved for car storag... (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)

The V V RR fellas put their newest piece of equipment to work, "Erwin" the Brownhoist wrecker. Erwin is seen here plucking the main generator out of former PAL Geep which has become a parts source... (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)

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)

Washouts!! V V' s J.W Montegerard relaxes "Alice, THE 4029" as William Carleton and another worker drop riprap from a backhoe mounted atop a V V MOW car. As you can see, the washouts along the old... (more)

Finally Home!! V V's newest power is tucked away on a spur outside of Danville, IL, as the V V guys prepare to pick up these beauties and inspect them for the first time. Just before the pick-up o... (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)

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)

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)

First Joint! The V V's 1726 (Valerie) hooks up to their newest acquisition for the first time, 2 F9's from Minnesota. V V RR Trainmaster J.W Montegerard is seen here at the joint as he takes a qui... (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)

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)

These battered old warriors were once the go-to power for the SP to get their trains across the western states, but those days are now long gone. But it appears these brutes may get another lease ... (more)