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)

The bare-bones frame of the Steam Railroading Institute's next project sits outside in the yard at Owosso. Inside the shop is the boiler. The 1908 Alco Class R served in regular service for 49 yea... (more)

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

A Southbound freight passes through Cohoctah running from Owosso to Howell.

PM 1225 cuts through the fog leading the North Pole Express.

Heavy fog in the early morning greatly limited visibility on this Sunday morning. Here, Pere Marquette 1225 passes a bare tree just outside of Owosso.

The Steam Railroading Institute's Pere Marquette 1225 thunders past King Road between Carland and Owosso.

“To the North Pole of course, this is the Polar Express!” Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire #1225 is making the Polar Express with a PM caboose directly behind the locomotive as it arrives at As... (more)

Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire #1225 is making the nighttime express with a PM caboose directly behind the locomotive as it heads past the Carland Elevator near Elsie, MI. In reality this is the S... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 leads the Steam Railroading Institute's 'Curwood Highlander' excursion into its destination of Owosso, MI. The train departed from Alma and ran over the Great Lakes Central Rai... (more)

Soon after the Curwood Highlander excursion left Alma, MI for its journey south to Owosso, Pere Marquette 1225 highballs past the small grain elevator complex in North Star, Michigan. Beautiful su... (more)

The view from above shows four of the original ten GP35s ordered by the Ann Arbor. Along with those, the fleet of commuter coaches ready for possible Michigan commuter trains sit behind, with a Pe... (more)

PM #1225 storms through Henderson past the Michigan Bean Co. elevator with a freight charter train.

After leading a pair of weekend trips originating in Kawkawlin, MI, Steam Railroading Institute #1225 returns to its base in Owosso, MI.