Retired Grand Trunk Western engineer Stan Sienicki photographs the Vermillion Valley Railroad. The VVRR ran a special unveiling train Saturday, November 4, 2017, Former Erie Mining Co F9 4210, rep... (more)

The Vermillion Valley Railway ran a special unveiling train Saturday, November 4, 2017, Former Erie Mining Co F9 4210, repainted and repaired by the company is shown passing through a wooded area ... (more)

Vermillion Valley's jade green shoving platform and GP10 Annie await their next assignment inside the Flex-N Gate facility outside of Covington, IN on a sunny late February day.

Vermillion Valley's IBCX 4210 and 4214 await an extensive rebuild inside the Flex-N Gate facility outside of Covington, IN on a sunny late February day.

Vermillion Valley's IBCX 4214 and 4210 await an extensive rebuild inside the Flex-N Gate facility outside of Covington, IN on a sunny late February day.

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)

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 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)