PM 1225 pulls into Alma, MI with the Curwood Highlander.

PM 1225 sits in Alma, MI with the Curwood Highlander.

PM 1225 rushes southward with a passenger excursion.

PM 1225 leads the Curwood Highlander west into Alma during the blue hour.

PM 1225 leads the Curwood Highlander east past the grain elevator at Ithaca.

With threats of 3 inches of snow on Thursday earlier in the week, I elected to use a day off I had earned at work on Friday, as I wanted to light up the 1225 in the snow. Well, Owosso happened to... (more)

As the cab of Pere Marquette 1225 fills with steam, the engineer sits calm and collected as he blows down the engine prior to departure for the North Pole (Ashley, MI).

Pere Marquette 1225 an 2-8-4 steam locomotive is seen here passing the famous Carland Elevator on a beautiful November morning. Though PM 1225 was the inspiration behind the book "The Polar Expre... (more)

With this being only one of two chances to light up the 2016 version of the North Pole Express featuring the PM 1225, I wanted to make it count, and I was hoping that people would stay away from t... (more)

Heading north along the former Ann Arbor Railroad we come upon a 1949 Plymouth parked in such a way that gives us a chance to photograph PM 1225 heading north with the vintage automobile providing... (more)

A classic Roster shot of a very clean Pere Marquette 1225 as the big 2-8-4 throttles up on the old Ann Arbor Railroad bound for Cadillac.

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)

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)

Pere Marquette Berkshire #1225 leads SRI's North Pole Express north through Owosso past the old Woodard Furniture Company building. Great sun and cold temps made for excellent conditions to shoot ... (more)