Feeling like the winter again, the Polar Express races through the outskirts of Elsie Michigan on its way to the North Pole.

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 leads a freight towards the setting sun. This runby was part of a charter sponsored by Historic Transport Preservation and hosted by Steam Railroading Institute.

As the sun rises on the final day of Train Expo 2014, NKP 765, seen here, is in charge of the 8 AM half day excursion to Alma, MI.

NKP 765 heads south back to Owsso, MI as it approaches Elsie.

PM 1225 rolls north in the morning sun with the first excursion of the day from SRI in tow.

The sun sets as PM 1225 rolls westward toward the town of Ashley this years new destination of the Steam Railroading Institutes "North Pole Express", along the old Ann Arbor RR now Great Lakes Cen... (more)

Traction motor blowers kick up a large cloud of dust as the GLC ONTN passes over a stretch of fresh, untamped ballast. The State of Michigan, owners of this portion of track, has been investing i... (more)

With only light pollution filling the sky, a pair of GLC geeps sit out under the cloudy night sky and await a work crew to dump the ballast cars parked behind the power. Taken from private proper... (more)

Some people work in cubicles, not many get to stand on theirs. But, Great Lakes Central engineer Josh Whorley and conductor/engineer Justin Ellis have that luxury. Here, they pause for a photo a... (more)

Rolling through some of the most beautiful farm country in Mid-Michigan, the GLC ONTN rolls past a beautiful early 20th century barn just north of Elsie, MI. as it makes its way north to Clare, MI... (more)

Engineer Josh Whorley and conductor Justin Ellis man the controls of GLC 390, a nearly 50 year old GP35 (with Alco trucks that are over 60 years old) and two newer GP38-2's as they lead a 40 car n... (more)

A young man in his first truck flies down an old farm road, trying his best to out-run a pair of Berks high-steppin' across the Midwest with a fast freight. Thanks go to Lerro Productions and SRI ... (more)

In a scene that is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon, Pere Marquette 1225 doubleheads with Nickel Plate Road 765 to haul a 31-car freight on the Great Lakes Central Railroad northwest of Elsie,... (more)

TJ Gaffney looks on as double berkshires PM 1225 and NKP 765 head south with a 30 car freight train. Note that both locomotive's rods are nearly identical in the down position. A Lerro Productions... (more)

Double headed Berkshires roll southbound through a farm field north of Elsie, MI on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Central Michigan.