Northbound Pere Marquette 1225 passes by the iconic Carland Elevator at track speed.

Carland after dark. Pere Marquette Locomotive #1225 and her fast passenger train take center stage at the iconic Carland Elevator under the hot lights of a Lerro Productions photo shoot on ... (more)

Good morning sunshine! After a day of dark, overcast conditions, our Lerro Productions Charter opens it's second day with breaking clouds and just a little bit of sun on the nose as the 400... (more)

Classic Carland. Folks who have spent any time in the America's agricultural mid-west are well aware of the significance of the local grain elevator. Grain elevators are storage and shipm... (more)

Running westbound on the Ann Arbor, a Pere Marquette troop train storms past a well photographed grain elevator in Carland, MI.

The fireman of locomotive 1225 checks the firebox during an evening photo charter. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very s... (more)

A farmer picking up supplies at the local grain warehouse watches from inside his pickup truck as a Berkshire steam locomotive pulls a passenger train through rural Michigan. Pere Marquette #1225 ... (more)

A farmer picking up supplies at the local grain warehouse watches as a Berkshire steam locomotive pulls a passenger train through rural Michigan. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima... (more)

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)

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 10am Polar Express passes the Carland Elevator at 10:30, bound for the "North Pole", aka Ashley, Michigan.

PM 1225 runs past the Carland Elevator with the Curwood Highlander.

Great Lakes Central 397 brings up the antlers...er, markers, of the North Pole Express. The headend has just passed iconic Carland Elevator with a lot of smoke from 1225, while 397 quietly gets dr... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 an 2-8-4 steam locomotive is seen here passing the famous Carland Elevator on a beautiful November morning. Though PM 1225 was the inspiration behind the book "The Polar Expre... (more)