"STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN"

A man in a 51 Chevy heeds the warning at an unprotected crossing at King Road in rural Michigan.

2216 North Smith Road. In a scene that could easily have a time-stamp anytime during the last 80 years or so, a 400-ton, Pere Marquette Berk hauls a passenger train across the agricultural ... (more)

Westbound at King Road. Pere Marquette Locomotive #1225 charges through the unguarded crossing at King Road, perhaps 4 or 5 miles northwest of the farming community of Owosso, Michigan, wit... (more)

Pere Marquette No. 1225 leads an eastbound troop train over the Ann Arbor right of way crossing Baker Creek while en route to Owosso, MI.

Pere Marquette No. 1225 leads a westbound passenger train through rural Michigan captured here by King Road in Owosso, MI.

After a long cold day and night of photography Pere Marquette 1225 is posed on the Owosso Turntable before being tucked into the engine house for the night

Pere Marquette 1225 on the turntable at the Owosso Yard during a night photo shoot with Lerro Productions.

Pere Marquette 1225 at West Wilkinson Road in Owosso, MI during the golden hour on a Lerro Productions photo charter.

Pere Marquette 1225 at West Wilkinson Road in Owosso, MI at sunset during a Lerro Productions photo charter.

Pere Marquette 1225 Storms around the curve at King Road outside of Owosso, MI

Pere Marquette 1225 at North Baldwin Road in Owosso, MI during a Lerro Productions photo charter.

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 crosses West Wilkinson Road at sunset on a Pete Lerro photo charter, capping off two days of photo runbys.

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)