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Viewing Album:  The Vreeland Rail Co.
 
By:steven langsford
Dates:9/28/2009 - 4/15/2013
Album Info:The Mineral Range owned and operated by Vreeland Rail, along with Pepin-Ireco Co. Explosives, runs out of National Mine. Vreeland Rail owns one locomotive which is a EMD SW-1 switcher #600. The VRI works with cars for the explosives plant, and also moves cars for A&L Iron & Metal in National Mine, in which they bring out for the Canadian National.The Mineral Range exchanges loads with CN at Winthrop JCT. It is also very rare to see the Mineral Range out on the rails They operate on less then Five miles of track.
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Can We Say Weeds???
Title:  Can We Say Weeds???
Description:  VRI Engine # 600 makes her way over weed covered rails. I think she needs to drag a lawn mower behind her.
Photo Date:  8/18/2011  Upload Date: 8/22/2011 2:45:30 PM
Location:  National Mine, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
The Only Bridge On The VRI
Title:  The Only Bridge On The VRI
Description:  This tiny little bridge is the only one on the less then one mile of track VRI operates on.
Photo Date:  8/18/2011  Upload Date: 8/22/2011 2:49:03 PM
Location:  National Mine, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  339   Comments: 0
The Only Bridge On The VRI
Title:  The Only Bridge On The VRI
Description:  This tiny little bridge is the only one on the less then one mile of track VRI operates on.
Photo Date:  8/18/2011  Upload Date: 8/22/2011 2:51:30 PM
Location:  National Mine, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  111   Comments: 0
Rolling Past The Apple Trees
Title:  Rolling Past The Apple Trees
Description:  VRI Locomotive 600 hauls a few cars back from Winthrop Jct past a small apple orchid.
Photo Date:  8/22/2012  Upload Date: 8/24/2012 4:34:52 PM
Location:  National Mine, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
Mourning On The VRI
Title:  Mourning On The VRI
Description:  600's Engineer & flagmen have a early mourning chat while they wait on a maintenance crew to come move their equipment up the line to their work site so the can go to Winthrop Jct and collect a few cars.
Photo Date:  8/30/2012  Upload Date: 9/3/2012 2:11:07 PM
Location:  Ishpeming, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Waiting To Go To Work
Title:  Waiting To Go To Work
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/30/2012  Upload Date: 9/3/2012 2:15:42 PM
Location:  Ishpeming, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
Early mourning On The VRI
Title:  Early mourning On The VRI
Description:  600's Engineer & flagmen have a early mourning chat while they wait on a maintenance crew to come move their equipment up the line to their work site so the can go to Winthrop Jct and collect a few cars.
Photo Date:  8/30/2012  Upload Date: 9/3/2012 2:21:35 PM
Location:  Ishpeming, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
On To Winthrop Jct
Title:  On To Winthrop Jct
Description:  VRI Locomotive 600 on her mourning run to Winthrop Jct. I tweaked the colors a bit to enhance the shot a bit.
Photo Date:  8/30/2012  Upload Date: 9/3/2012 2:26:11 PM
Location:  Ishpeming, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Returning to Pluto Yard
Title:  Returning to Pluto Yard
Description:  After her mourning run to Winthrop Jct VRI Locomotive 600 returns back to Pluto Yard crossing the only bridge on this line.
Photo Date:  8/30/2012  Upload Date: 9/3/2012 2:29:33 PM
Location:  National Mine, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Back To Pluto
Title:  Back To Pluto
Description:  VRI Locomotive 600 on her way back to Pluto Yard after picking up cars from CN At Winthrop Jct.
Photo Date:  4/15/2013  Upload Date: 4/24/2013 3:16:11 PM
Location:  National Mine, MI
Author:  steven langsford
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VRI 600(SW1)
Views:  160   Comments: 2

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