With the snow flying, the North Pole Express passes a hobo camp with a freshly polished Allis-Chalmers tractor trackside. The hobos are stuffed dummies, the tractor is a restoration, but the steam... (more)

3 horses meet at the main crossing in downtown Ashley. Also known as the "North Pole". The 2013 edition of the "North Pole Express" has arrived.

The "North Pole Express" has arrived at the "Village of Ashley" and is de-boarding passengers just as blue hour sets in.

Having arrived at the 'North Pole' in Ashley, Michigan, the Pere Marquette Berkshire #1225 is in all her glory under crystal clear skies. The crew aboard the locomotive deserves all the credit for... (more)

393 leads a cut of empty TSBY grain cars down the Middleton branch.

The northbound GLC ONTN passes by a piece of MOW equipment parked on one of the sidings in downtown Ashley, MI. MOW equipment is parked on many of the sidings along the line right now with all of... (more)

SP 4449, heads south, at the junction for the Middleton Branch, in downtown Ashley as it heads back to Owosso, on its last all day trip, into northern Michigan.

Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 rolls past an abandoned grain elevator complex just north of downtown Ashley, Michigan with the first of four full-day excursions from Owosso to Alma and return during ... (more)

1225 passes through downtown Ashley on the return leg of the Spring Northerner.

South of Ithaca, the skies finally stopped raining down upon us and allowed a nearly perfect head-on shot.