Before her days as a North Pole movie star, but still deep into her 'second' life as an excursion engine, 1225 makes friends in Marion as she highballs her train through town.

Pere Marquette 1225 gets serviced before being put to bed.

Pere Marquette 1225 gets checked over in the Carland grain elevator's lot at night.

The sun reflects off of 1225's jacketing in the early morning.

TJ Gaffney cleans the headlight during a night photo shoot.

PM 1225 passes a small pond and a farm on Baldwin RD.

1225 poses long enough to get a quick shot before backing up to the train

Railfans doing what railfans do best, drool and snap photos. What a wonderful trip!

Smoke billows heavily out of 1225 as her speed is reduced heading into Alma, MI. Shadows from the early evening sun create the illusion of the power lines bending into the smoke.

1225 leads her train past the grain elevator in the small town of Shepherd, MI. A vintage sepia conversion creates a scene that could have taken place 50 years ago.

1225 runs past the Rosebush elevator on her excursion run back to Owosso, MI.

The 1225 and colorful passengar train highball Elsie, MI enroute back to Owosso.

Releasing steam from the cylinder cocks, 1225 is ready to start her 70+ mile excursion run from Clare back to Owosso, MI. Along the way will be a stop in Mount Pleasant to pick up passengers who ... (more)

After leading tender-first on an excursion run to Clare, 1225's crew looks on as the locomotive is run around to the front of the train for its return trip to Owosso.

Pere Marquette 1225 passes some rural Michigan scenery on its way back to Owosso.