Ready to rock the Mott Lake area. With the steam pressure almost ready to lift the pops and all of her appliances up and running, US 152, the little Alaskan 10-wheeler begins to move in the... (more)

Huckleberry Dawn. The first rays of the cold January sunrise filter through the trees surrounding the Huckleberry Railroad shops as the steam crew brings Locomotives 464 and 152 up to opera... (more)

Carland after dark. Pere Marquette Locomotive #1225 and her fast passenger train take center stage at the iconic Carland Elevator under the hot lights of a Lerro Productions photo shoot on ... (more)

Highballin' for home. It's about 4:40 PM and with just over 30 minutes of sunlight remaining, Pere Marquette Locomotive #1225 and her train give us a golden-hour highball through the Michig... (more)

A thoroughbred with room to run. The massive Pere Marquette #1225 is barely breaking a sweat as she makes an eastbound charge with a 6-car passenger train on the Great Lakes Central Railroa... (more)

Sunset encounter. A cold January sunset reflects off the door of a farmer's pick-up as he waits for the passage of an eastbound passenger train at rural crossing in Eastern Michigan.

A total eclipse! Facing a blinding January sun that's sinking rapidly toward the horizon, dozens of photographers stand in an open field just outside Owosso, Michigan squinting through thei... (more)

Anybody else smell smoke?? With PM 1225 and her train stopping briefly between run-bys to discharge a cab rider, I decide to take the opportunity to shoot a portrait of her in the golden, p... (more)

Good morning sunshine! After a day of dark, overcast conditions, our Lerro Productions Charter opens it's second day with breaking clouds and just a little bit of sun on the nose as the 400... (more)

Classic Carland. Folks who have spent any time in the America's agricultural mid-west are well aware of the significance of the local grain elevator. Grain elevators are storage and shipm... (more)

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)

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)

Brian in the office. Valley Railroad Engineer Brian Messinger keeps a sharp eye on the track ahead as he takes Valley Railroad Mikado #40 and Santa Special #4 north through the Deep River s... (more)

The Old Soldier. Valley Railroad Consolidation #97 emerges from the Essex Locomotive Servicing Facility on a late fall afternoon in 2018, as her crew prepares her to make 3 North Pole Expre... (more)

The Essex Yard Shuffle. Valley Railroad Mikado #3025 hauls an 8-car train of heavyweights out of the Essex Yard in the late afternoon sun in what looks like the first North Pole Express of ... (more)