Fast Freight! A pair of 400-ton, Lima-built Berkshire Locomotives bask in the early morning light as they charge eastward on the GLC main with a 31-car freight consist. The August, 2009 L... (more)

Big Berk, Little Berk? Your eyes play tricks with your mind in this down-the-throat tele-smash of the world's two remaining operable Berkshire Locomotives. The PM 1225 appears for all the... (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)

The stillness of a hot August sunset is broken by the passage of a fast freight racing southbound through the lush Michigan farmland.

Pit Stop! As the Lerro Productions Charter takes a break, Steam Railroading Institute CMO Greg Udolph and his "pit crew" set about the task of preparing the PM 1225 for a full afternoon of ... (more)

With the August sun fading fast, a pair of Pere Marquette Berkshires charge southbound toward Owosso, Michigan with a fast freight.

Few man-made machines can match the magnetism of steam locomotives at work. They create a spectacle wherever they go.

Steam Heroes of Owosso. Photos resulting from rail charters and events predictably tend to focus on the equipment, with the people as supporting elements. So for a change, let's turn the ... (more)