"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)

Running westbound on the Ann Arbor, a Pere Marquette troop train storms past a well photographed grain elevator in Carland, MI.

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.

In what is thought to be one of the earliest known examples of a "zoom pan", Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 is captured racing west with a passenger train through rural Michigan. Notes on print s... (more)

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

Assisting with the war effort, a Pere Marquette Berkshire is pressed into service hauling a troop train, captured here in a Railroad: Pere Marquette
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-4
Location: Elsie, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: PM 1225
Train ID: Lerro Charter
Photo Date: January 12, 2019

Early morning sunlight reflects of the plume of 1225. 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 Exp... (more)

Once upon a time ago, this farm witnessed steam locomotives passing daily. Now it is a more uncommon site and only happens when Steam Railroading Institute runs their 2-8-4 Berkshire, 1225. Pere M... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 at the Carland Elevator in Elsie, MI during a Lerro Productions night photo session.

Pere Marquette 1225 at South Woodbridge Road in Bannister, MI during a Lerro Productions photo charter.

A farmer in his 1951 Chevy pauses at a grade crossing in rural Bannister, Michigan as Pere Marquette #1225 headed South with a passenger consist. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima... (more)

The engineer of Pere Marquette #1225 guides his iron horse through rural Owosso. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very sam... (more)