Steam, smoke and snow. Rolling off the turntable in snow-covered yard at Owosso, MI, the Chesapeake & Ohio's Berkshire Locomotive #2699 fills the frigid air with copious plumes of steam and smoke as she heads out to couple on to an evening freight.
This image was captured in the Owosso Yard, on Michigan's Great Lakes Central Railroad. The featured locomotive is Pere Marquette Railroad N-1 Class, 2-8-4 "Berkshire" Locomotive #1225, which is owned and operated by the Owosso-based Steam Railroading Institute (SRI). The 1225 was re-lettered as C&O 2699 for a January 2026 photo shoot organized by Lerro Photography. The 1225 was re-lettered to represent the former PM N-Class Berkshires, which were renumbered when the Pere Marquette Railroad merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1947.
