Steam & Excursion > Wisconsin Great Northern Owner Behind Bars

The owner of the railroad outfit that is/was restoring the Mark Twain Zephyr will be away for a bit...

Gregory Vreeland, owner of the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay employment taxes.

https://railfan.com/wisconsin-great-northern-owner-behind-bars/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGHOypleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHddjCu57ZJgEt86YniRByGr3P2QOsoP7gfQzCFkX3_MkNeX2tEdZb3CtLg_aem__CoCAtwBUZ7myotlXAhnxQ

Since he didn't learn his lesson after the first time, I have no sympathy for the man.  Hope the equipment, especially the MTZ will be protected.

-John

jcaestecker Wrote:
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> Since he didn't learn his lesson after the first
> time, I have no sympathy for the man.  Hope the
> equipment, especially the MTZ will be protected.
>
> -John

Work on the MTZ was rolling along and now seems to have come to a crawl and maybe even a halt. I guess we now know why

This is a real strange story, since he makes a small fortune on car storage each year.  And he evidently had no trouble coming up with the back payments that were due.  So it's not like he didn't have the funds to make these payments in a timely fashion.

The way the sentencing works, he'll probably only serve 6 to 9 months.

It's sad what the love of money will do to some people.

Anyone who would risk attracting the attention of the IRS on purpose one time should have their head examined...but twice???

Cheers, Dave

Spoony81 Wrote:
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> jcaestecker Wrote:
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> > Since he didn't learn his lesson after the
> first
> > time, I have no sympathy for the man.  Hope
> the
> > equipment, especially the MTZ will be
> protected.
> >
> > -John
>
> Work on the MTZ was rolling along and now seems to
> have come to a crawl and maybe even a halt. I
> guess we now know why

I drove thru Spooner on my way back from Minnesota to North Carolina earlier this summer and it looked like they weren't doing any work on the MTZ.

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What I find interesting is that the WGN owns and operates the old DM&IR 250 Ton Bucyrus Erie Crane X-7..

Hillcrest Wrote:
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> Anyone who would risk attracting the attention of
> the IRS on purpose one time should have their head
> examined...but twice???
>
> Cheers, Dave

My very first employer got into a pi**ing contest with the IRS and refused to concede his position and ended up serving prison time. I love a fighter, but there are some fights you just are NOT going to win.

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