Photo of the Week: 1223 Pere Marquette

I'm going to try something new, a feature I call Photo of the Week. Once a week I plan to do a post around one of the pictures I've taken over the years with a little history or story behind the shot.

The inaugural shot is one from back in August of 2002 taken near a park in Grand Haven, MI. It's a favorite of mine around railroading featuring the the 2-8-4 Pere Marquette steam engine # 1223.



1223 hauled freight between Toledo and Chicago in the years immediately before and after World War II and was retired in 1951. She's a reminder to me of the bygone days of steam locomotives.