The 1225 arrived in Bay City to power a pair of weekend steam specials from Kawkawlin to Grayling.
Enroute from SRI in Owosso, the Pere Marquette 1225 steams through the town of Carrollton Michigan headed for Bay City. This steamer will have a busy weekend ahead of it as it is slated to pull t... (more)
With hundreds of people chasing the train to photograph it, the side of a ditch is where I was able to grab a shot of this train. PM 1225 leads the Timberliner north just north of Pinconning Mich... (more)
1225 heads towards Durand just after the sun rose above the trees and in a little bit of fog.
Although it has been springs for a month, trees have yet to bloom in Central Michigan as PM 1225 'races' north with her northbound freight.
Panned and silhouetted, the 1225 charges through double crossings and shatters the frost-bitten silence of a Sunday morning.
1225 screams through Carland, interrupting Chris Zahrt and Greg Udolph's conversation.
After developing a slight firebox issue, PM 1225 limps slowly back to Owosso cutting an amazing weekend a few hours short, but with few complaints.
The lights from the enginehouse glisten off the rods and drivers of the magnificent 'Berk' as the crew goes about their normal procedures before the next day's run.
Before her days as a North Pole movie star, but still deep into her 'second' life as an excursion engine, 1225 makes friends in Marion as she highballs her train through town.
Pere Marquette 1225 gets serviced before being put to bed.
Pere Marquette 1225 gets checked over in the Carland grain elevator's lot at night.
The sun reflects off of 1225's jacketing in the early morning.
TJ Gaffney cleans the headlight during a night photo shoot.