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)

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)

Patrons of the January 2019 Pete Lerro photo charter were surprised to see a female in the fireman's seat of the locomotive. Being a fireman on a steam locomotive is a gritty job, but this lady wa... (more)

The bare-bones frame of the Steam Railroading Institute's next project sits outside in the yard at Owosso. Inside the shop is the boiler. The 1908 Alco Class R served in regular service for 49 yea... (more)

Pere Marquette 1225 switches in the yard at Owosso in preparation for a photo charter the next day.

PM 1225 cuts through the fog leading the North Pole Express.

Heavy fog in the early morning greatly limited visibility on this Sunday morning. Here, Pere Marquette 1225 passes a bare tree just outside of Owosso.

The Steam Railroading Institute's Pere Marquette 1225 thunders past King Road between Carland and Owosso.

Pere Marquette 1225 leads the Steam Railroading Institute's 'Curwood Highlander' excursion into its destination of Owosso, MI. The train departed from Alma and ran over the Great Lakes Central Rai... (more)

The view from above shows four of the original ten GP35s ordered by the Ann Arbor. Along with those, the fleet of commuter coaches ready for possible Michigan commuter trains sit behind, with a Pe... (more)

PM #1225 storms through Henderson past the Michigan Bean Co. elevator with a freight charter train.

Two highhood GP35s, long stripped of parts and usefulness, wait for the torch. In the background, we see a glimpse of one of the new SD40s on the GLC.