A farmer picking up supplies at the local grain warehouse watches as a Berkshire steam locomotive pulls a passenger train through rural Michigan. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima... (more)

The sun just begins to crest the horizon as Pere Marquette #1225 steams South through rural Owosso, Michigan. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. Thi... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 crosses West Wilkinson Road at sunset on a Pete Lerro photo charter, capping off two days of photo runbys.

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Patrons of the January 2019 Pete Lerro photo charter were surprised to see a female in the fireman's seat of the locomotive. Being a fireman on a steam locomotive is a gritty job, but this lady wa... (more)

Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very same engine that the Polar Express movie locomotive was based on. Today the locomoti... (more)

Nickel Plate 765 rolls into Pottstown, Pennsylvania on the former Reading main line. The well-travelled Berkshire is leading an excursion that came down the Reading’s New York line from Bound Br... (more)

Berk Under Wires

Nickel Plate 765 leads one of the excursions that was part of the ill-fated 1988 NRHS convention through West Trenton, New Jersey. This trip went from North Jerse... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 switches in the yard at Owosso in preparation for a photo charter the next day.