SP 4449 (4-8-4) an Amtrak protection loco, and its consist eastbound on BNSF at Berwyn, IL, headed to Chicagp and Owosso 7/18/09 (Michael Rujak)

SP 4449 (4-9-4) has arrived at the Chicago Amtrak Shop 7/18/09 and is being prepared to go to Owosso as ATK 4 (P42B) leads a train out (Michael Rujak)

SP 4449 (4-8-4) has loaded its train and is preparing to leave Owosso on its excursion to Alma (Alex Bruchac)

A cloud of steam, and off goes SP 4449 on one of its sold-out excursion runs to Alma (Dan Davidson)

Stepping out under cloudy skies, SP 4449 (4-8-4) rushes its Alma excursion train across a low culvert trestle (Alex Bruchac)

One beautiful lady! SP 4449 (4-8-4), in from Portland, certainly was the center of attention at Owosso. (Dan Davidson)

A face everybody can love! SP 4449 (4-8-4), brought to Owosso from Portland by Amtrak, poses for admiration by the crowd (Joe Kohnen)

A view from the coach door -- SP 4449 (4-8-4) returning from Alma, MI, shot from the second coach on the train (Don Kaltenbach)

Not even dreary skies deterred viewers of SP 4449 (4-8-4) which made a special trip from Portland to be at Owosso (Steve LaConte)

What smoke? That's heaven! Railfans hang out the Dutch doors as SP 4449 (4-8-4) dashes through Elise, MI, on its excursion (Michael Rujak)

Another eye-stopper was this unique ex-Milwaukee "beaver tail" observation car once used on the road's Hiawatha streamliners (Dan Davidson)

Lima sisters NKP 765 (left) and PM 1225, both 2-8-4, are big attractions for visitors to the Owosso Train Festival (Joe Kohnen)

Smokin' it up! The seven steamers pose for the 7/24/09 night photo shoot at Owosso (Michael Rujak)

The three "bggies" at Owosso -- PM 1225 (2-8-4), SP 4449 (4-8-4) and NKP 765 (2-8-4) -- line up for the night photo shoot 7/24/09 (Michael Rujak)

Firing up and digging in, NKP 765 (2-8-4) starts its excursion to Alma 7/25/09 (Joe Kohnen)

American flags flying, and a full head of steam up, NKP 765 (2-8-4) brings its excursion train into Owosso on Saturday (Alex Bruchac)

PM 1225 (2-8-4), the "host engine" for the Owosso festival was present but sidelined with a boiler problem on Saturday (Joe Kohnen)

Little River Rwy. 110 (4-6-2) from Coldwater, MI, is on the Sunday shuttle train at Owosso (Alex Bruchac)

Leviathan 63 (4-4-0), the newest steam loco in America (1 month old!), prepares to move off the Owosso turntable for its run of the day (Dan Davidson)

New and old meet: Huron & Eastern 9712 (SD40-2LW) and Flagg Coal Co. 75 (0-4-0T) stand at Owosso 7/26/09 (Joe Kohnen)

Little River 1 (0-4-0T) was on a live steam display at Owosso (Joe Kohnen)

The little engine that could. Little River 110 (4-6-2) brings in its hourly shutte train back to Ossowo (Joe Kohnen)

Visting Owosso from the North Carolina Transportation Museum was handsome SR 6133 (FP7) (Joe Kohnen)

Engineer's side of the cab of SR 6133 (FP7) on display at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Inside looking out, view from the engineer's window of SR 6133 (FP7) at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Doesn't this look great? SR 6133 (FP7) traveled from the North Carolina Transportaton Museum for display at Owosso (Tom Boylan)

All steamed up and ready to go, NKP 765 (2-8-4) poses on the Owosso turntable for a night photo shoot (Tom Boylan)

Night group portrait at the turntable. PM 1226 (2-8-4), SP 4449 (4-8-4), and NKP 765 (2-8-4) have the center positiions (Tom Boylan)

Night photo of the Levithan #63 on its first appearance in public since being built and finished 1 month ago (Tom Boylan)

The newest steam locomotive in the land, the Leviathan (4-4-0) made her debut at the festival; here she is riding the Owosso turntable (Steve LaConte)

The "business office" of Leviathan 63 (4-4-0) shows the craftsmanship of America's newest steam locomotive (Tom Boylan)

Little River 110 (4-6-2) has just arrived in Owosso from its excursion. The 110 is the smallest Pacific still operational. (Steve LaConte)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) rides the Owosso turntable to get into positiion next to SP 4449 (4-8-4) for the 7/24/09 night photo shoot (Michael Rujak)

This is how a train should look! NKP 765 (2-8-4) struts its stuff at Bannister, MI, on an all-day excursion run 7/25/09 (Michael Rujak)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) going through Bannister, MI, on the all-day excursion 7/25/09 (Michael Rujak)

The engineer monitoring NKP 765 as it stands under steam on display chats with visitors to his cab (Dan Davidson)

A rare look into the firebox of NKP 765 as its stands fully steamed at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Fully-steamed NKP 765 (2-8-4) in the display area at Owosso attracted good crowds despite the rain (Dan Davidson)

A study in crew concentration as NKP 765 does a photo rub-by at Itasca, MI (Alex Mahoney)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) has reached the end of its run at Alma, MI, and is negotiating the wye for the return to Owosso (Alex Mahoney)

Crewmen guide NKP 765 back to couple onto its train at Alma, MI, for the return trip to Owosso (Alex Mahoney)

NKP 765 (2-8-4) is departing Owosso with its first excursion run of the day 7/25/09 to Alma (Tom Boylan)

This machine means business! A b-&-w view of the front end of NKP 765 (2-8-4)(Dan Davidson)

There IS a locomotive in there! This is what happens when you release steam on a drizzly day. NKP 765 has "vanished" in the fog (Don Kaltenbach)

Wheels, rods, guides, and cranks on PM 1225 (2-8-4) at Owosso; that's what steam locos are all about (Dan Davidson)

PM 1225 (2-8-4), "host engine" for the festival, had to sit out all the action because of a late-developing boiler problem (Dan Davidson)

The Mighty Mouse. GE 25 tonner in the locomotive shop at Owosso, was at Shelby, OH, grain elevator last year 7/26/09 (Steve LaConte)

Refurbished Ann Arbor boxcar on display at the Owosso festival (Tom Boylan)

Beautifully restored Ann Arbor caboose 2835 at the Owosso festival (Tom Boylan)

A refurbished classic Pure Oil tank car was on display at the Owosso festival (Tom Boylan)

The little engines that did! The 3 0-4-0T engines at Owosso were triple-headed to move PM 1225 after it broke down at the show (Tom Boylan)

With an impressive belch of smoke, the three 0-4-0T's drag crippled PM 1225 (2-8-4) to a new display location at the Owosso festival (Tom Boylan)

Steam engines, such as PM 1225 (2-8-4), just seem to look better in black-&-white as it stands at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Flagg Coal 75 (0-4-0T) attracts interest as it stands beside Huron & Eastern 9712 at the festival site (Dan Davidson)

Little River 1 from Coldwater, MI, was another 0-4-0T locomotive displayed at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Little River 1 (0-4-0T) at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Flagg Coal Co. 75 (Dan Davidson)

Viscose Company 6 (0-4-0T) on display at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Pere Marquette caboose A909, built in Dec. 1934, with a well-done restoration was on the display tracks at Owosso (Dan Davidson)

Owosso wasn't all steam locomotives. This Pullman Observation Car with a MKT drumhead on the platform end, was on display too. (Dan Davidson)

How about this? A reduced-scale version of NW 611 (J Class 4-8-4) was on display at Owosso (Tom Boylan)

The festival grounds were buzzed a couple of times by a B-25, here getting ready to taxi (Steve LaConte)