Mobile steam cloud. A Historic Transportation Preservation charter.

Four geeps lead a loaded grain train from Oakley into Owosso on a cold February day.

First runpast of the day!

PM 1225 shows the interior of the firebox with the walls marked for the ultrasound testing. Fund raising to cover the overhaul costs is now in progress - help her get back under steam !

PM 1225 begins her 1472 day federal overhaul/inspection shown here with the final top row of superheater tubes loosened from the throttle manifold prior to removal from the flues.

Perre Marquette 1225 is guided onto the table by the nightshift hostler while NKP 765 simmer nearby, awaiting her next call, which will come early the next morning.

As a family in their Chevy Impala waits to continue on their way, NKP 765 holds up traffic as she thunders her way across the Midwest. A Lerro Productions Charter.

Pere Marquette 1225 awaits her turn on the table as the hostler finishes his work on Nickel Plate 765. A Lerro Productions Charter.

NKP 765 thunders upgrade towards the Riley Rd crossing, putting on an impressive show of big steam power. A Lerro Productions Charter.

In a scene that could be somewhere in Ohio in the late 1940s, NKP 765 hustles a fast freight across the Midwest.

Never Their Trains Shall Meet. Three locomotives that probably never met while in revenue service share space around the turntable on a warm night in Owosso. Will they ever meet ag... (more)

The first and only run of 1225 on the head end of the 2009 NPE trips pulls out of the Steam Railroading Institute. The Steam Railroading Institute has started the long process of tearing into the ... (more)

Taking A Breather. With two of his charges simmering quietly behind him, the roundhouse foreman takes a moment to enjoy a warm July night while he ponders his next move. A night... (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)