Pere Marquette 1225 pulls into Ashley with the North Pole Express.

PM 1225 Polar Express heading North , to Ashley Michigan

PM 1225 Polar Express Moving North at speed , to Ashley Michigan ; with passengers aboard for the ride on a morning ride in November.

PM 1225 Polar Express train , arriving in Ashley Michigan on a snowy crisp morning.

Pere Marquette 1225 (Lima, 1941) arrives at Ashley, Michigan after pulling the North Pole Express up from Owosso.

“To the North Pole of course, this is the Polar Express!” Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire #1225 is making the Polar Express with a PM caboose directly behind the locomotive as it arrives at As... (more)

Soon after blasting through Ashley, Pere Marquette 1225 slows past Michigan State Route 57 just south of Ashley, MI. Shot's of the train at this time were challenging because of the sun angle.

Michigan's Steam Railroading Institute North Pole Express train is seen arriving at the 'North Pole' (aka Ashley, MI) with the big Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire strutting her stuff on the evening... (more)

Waiting patiently to make the reverse move back to Owosso, PM 1225 rests in Ashley, MI running the Steam Railroading Institutes, "North Pole Express" holiday excursion.

Minutes before sunset, the gray skies loosened their grip at just the right moment, creating a pretty colorful sunset. A pair of GP35's pause for a moment for the photographer after switching the ... (more)

Great Lakes Central GP38-2 prepares to take the SRI's "North Pole Express" back south from Ashely.

After steaming through downtown Ashley, PM 1225 blows for the crossing at Cleveland Rd on the outskirts of Ashley. PM 1225 was headed south back towards Owosso from Alma.

The first day of Train Expo 2014 brought very dreary weather with it, with rain and gray skies trying their best to dampen the mood. However, despite this, people were out in droves chasing the mo... (more)

The GLC Middleton Turn makes its way west along the Middleton Branch as it passes a small herd of cows huddling for warmth in the plentiful sun, oblivious to the passing train crawling along behin... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 heads north past the an old tractor and a couple of hobos around a fire, during the first major snowstorm of the season in central Michigan. 1225 is still going through cosmet... (more)