As part of the Hamburg, Michigan Family Fun Fest summer festival, the Steam Railroading Institute in cooperation with the Great Lakes Central offered "push-pull" steam train rides during... (more)
Shoving back towards Owosso on the branch to Henderson while the other photographers take a lunch break. Next up is an afternoon run further northwest of town.
The other surviving PM Berkshire, 1223, on display in Grand Haven at the site of the old Grand Trunk Western yard. Also on display are a PM boxcar, PM caboose, GTW caboose and the GTW coal tower.
Pere Marquette 1225 awaits its departure in a cloud of smoke and steam. Shortly afterwards the steam engine would depart for Ashley, carrying carloads of children on their way to meet Santa at the... (more)
Pere Marquette 1225 is southbound on the former Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad just north of Cadillac after being towed to Manton, Michigan on a short side trip as part of the "Back to the... (more)