The sun just begins to crest the horizon as Pere Marquette #1225 steams South through rural Owosso, Michigan. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. Thi... (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)

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)

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)

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)

Patrons of the January 2019 Pete Lerro photo charter were surprised to see a female in the fireman's seat of the locomotive. Being a fireman on a steam locomotive is a gritty job, but this lady wa... (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 last run-by of the day has been completed and the double header train has been transformed into a train with a single locomotive (McCloud #25) and a light engine move of the Polson Lumber Co #... (more)

Southern 630 and 4501 doublehead through Rossville, GA passing the former Peerless Mills during the March 2018 Lerro Productions photo charter.

The restored Southern Railways cupola caboose X252 brings up the rear of the photo freight during the March 2018 Lerro Productions Charter.

The 1904 American Locomotive Works Consolidation #630 and the 1911 Baldwin Locomotive Works Mikado #4501 pulla freight train into the wye at Grand Junction during the March 2018 Lerro Productions ... (more)

The Chattanooga, Rome, and Columbus Railroad was built to the towns of Lyerly, Summerville, and Trion, Georgia in 1889. At that time, a depot was built in Summerville. In 1901, the railroad becam... (more)