1225 cools its heels after successfully pulling 61 cars from owosso.

A sailor and his daughter watch the train that will take him off to help defend the country during WWII pull into the station. She will cling to the American flag that he leaves with her to rememb... (more)

A young soldier poses for a photo in front of his train before going off to fight in WWII. Although this is just a recreation during a photo special, it helps us remember those who protect our cou... (more)

The afternoon hostler sits in the cab of PM 1225, after rolling it out of the shop building and on to the turntable in a snow storm, so she can start her last weekend of North Pole Express trips,... (more)

Just after lighting the ring of fire, the flames are roaring out before being adjusted down. The ring of fire is used to sweat old tires off of the axle of steam engines and to put the new ones on... (more)

Passing south through Henderson, we see them going past an old Ann Arbor caboose with Michigan Bean Company in the background.

No farming today. All is quiet on this central Michigan farm as Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 blasts southward with a time freight in the distance.

The Ohio from Chesapeake & Ohio starts to show up from under Pere Marquette while sand blasting the tender for a new coat of paint.

The setting sun peeks between the drivers of a Pere Marquette Berk as it hauls a freight southward through the snowy Michigan countryside in the late 1940s.

The photo shoot was over, the crew was getting ready to put the 1225 back into the house, but Pete Lerro had not yet turned the lights out. In a way I like this shot because of its imperfections,... (more)

The Real "Polar Express" locomotive 1225. At 5 degrees and clear blue skies who could ask for better photography conditions of a steam locomotive. Here we see 1225 heading north with another Sold ... (more)

This is winter railroading! PM 1225 waits on crew members to clean a switch, that grants entry to the GLC Railroad, and allows the final trips of the North Pole Express, after three days of snow t... (more)

Steam is starting to make a haze in the shop of SRI, as Pere Marquette 1225, comes back to life, for the final weekend of North Pole Express trips, but first crew members prepare to attend to a pi... (more)

Got smoke? Sixty-seven years after she was built, Pere Marquette Berkshire 1225 adds to her carbon footprint while performing a runby at King Road a few miles north of Owosso, on a former N... (more)

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