5/16/21

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image goes back to Michigan and the Steamfest I went to where I was able to see several famous steam locomotives.  This is Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's 765.  765 is a Berkshire type, 2-8-4 locomotive, named after the mountains it was used in.  &65 was built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works.  It retired in 1958, donated to the city in 1963 and then sat in a park until 1972.  It is now powered exclusively by volunteers for use in it's educational programs.

10/11/20

 I am going way back in the archives again for Steamy Sunday this week since I have not been able to do much steamy this year.  This is half of a stereo shot from the night shoot I was able to attend at Steamfest in Owosso Michigan.  It was cool to see these 2 locomotives together, the Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 and Nickel Plate Road 765.

12/3/17

I have had this image for awhile and never shared so this is one from the archives.  This is a night photo shoot I attended with some cool locomotives in attendance,  Here in this image are the noses of Nickel Plate 765 owned by the  Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society.  Next is the former Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 currently owned by a Friends of group located in Oregon.  Then lastly is Pere Marquette 1225 currently owned by the Steam Railroading Institute in Michigan which is where I was for this event.  It was probably a once in a lifetime experience to be able to see so many famous steam trains at one time.

5/14/17

This image comes from the same time as last week.  We were at the Steamfest in Michigan and Nickel Plate 765 was out on it's excursion and we were chasing.  By the time it got to the town where it was going to turn on the wye to head back it had begun to rain for a few moments.  I liked the moodiness that gave the image.

9/25/16

Well we cooled off a lot now so today doesn't seem so steamy but I have a steamy shot.  This is one from the archives from a Steamfest in Michigan I was able to attend and a night shoot opportunity.  In this image, which I tried to shoot from a different perspective than the other photographers there, you can see 3 well known US locomotives.  Locomotive 1225 is the Pere Marquette that was used as the model for the movie The Polar Express, locomotive 4449 is the Southern Pacific Daylight with it's distinct red white and black coloring and styling and Nickel Plate locomotive 765.  Locomotive 110 is from the Prairie River Railroad and Number 1 was a traveling Tank style locomotive.