Engineer Barney Gramling inspects is locomotive before turing in for the night. He and the rest of the SRI crew have a long weekend ahead for the PM 1225 photo charter event.

Engineer Barney Gramling fulfills his last minute duties before turning in for the night. For those of you wondering, poor Barney stood up there in this position for over 10 minutes for the photog... (more)

Steam Railroading Institute volunteer Steve W. poses for a night shot beside Pere Marquette #1225. Shot by Jason LeBrasseur, SRI Volunteer

It's 06:00 and we're waiting for a train!

Pere Marquette 1225 poses on the turntable in front of a beautiful lapis or ultramarine blue April evening sky

April SRI photo charter. Shot by Jason LeBrasseur, SRI Volunteer

April SRI photo charter. Shot by Jason LeBrasseur, SRI Volunteer

April SRI photo charter. Shot by Jason LeBrasseur, SRI Volunteer

Night photo shoot at Carland during a 1225 photo special.

Soft morning light creeps over this farm house in rural Michigan as Pere Marquette 2-8-4 #1225 pulls a freight northbound on the ex-Ann Arbor.

Pere Marquette pulling freight in the early morning, heading north out of Owosso at track speed.

Pere Marquette 1225 being serviced at night in front of the MSRI shop building ogg the new turntable, shooting the rods.

A variation of a theme inspired by O'Winston Link, Pere Marquette #1225 gets her rods lubricated at the Steam Railroading Institute shops prior to a weekend of excursions through Southern Michigan... (more)

The sun glints off the side of Pere Marquette 1225 as it hustles a mile-long freight south through central Michigan. Note the farmer in the pickup at the crossing whose day's work is interrupted b... (more)