765 waits alongside the SRI enginehouse for the night photo session to start. This is an high dynamic range (HDR) composite of five photos.

The belly of the beast! Here we see the firebox in the cab of PM 1225. This was taken during Steam Fest 2009.

Saturday night photo shoot at Train Festival 2009 with NKP 765 moving onto the turntable for positioning next to the other locomotives. 4 second exposure worked perfectly with the turntable operat... (more)

NKP 765, PM 1225 and Little River Railroad 110, watch in envy as SP 4449 takes it the night lights.

SP 4449 rests on the turntable, as Pere Marquette 1225 watches over the nights events.

Just barely fits. With only inches to spare, the turntable operator gets ready to put Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 away at the end of another typical day hauling commuters through southern C... (more)

Little River Railroad #1 puts on quite a show as it rides the turntable during Train Fest.

Before the crowds... The grounds at SRI were virtually empty the day before TrainFestival 2009 began as only steam crews milled about, taking care of the visiting engines, including (l-r) S... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 stands by as 4449 takes a spin on the turntable.

With US, Michigan and Tennessee flags flying, bell swinging and whistle blowing, the smallest standard gauge Pacific ever built, Little River 4-6-2 110, makes quite a sight as she begins her trip ... (more)

With everyone surrounding the big steam locomotives at Train Fest, the smaller 0-4-0T's were somewhat ignored, which made them a bit easier to photograph! Here is Viscose Company #6 on one of th... (more)

Leviathan looks great as it goes for a ride on the turntable during Train Fest. It was worth going just to see a real turntable in operation.

Rather than an "official" shot using a volunteer actor, this was a sort of grab shot that caught my eye when I noticed the garb of the fellow posing on the steps. As we were starting to leave the... (more)