diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
index 692741bb..dde16a16 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/0.8.4.txt
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Documentation
 Miscellaneous
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Added a :meth:`~zipline.pipeline.pipeline.Pipeline.show_graph` method to render
+  a Pipeline as an image (:issue:`836`).
 * Adds :func:`~zipline.utils.test_utils.subtest` decorator for creating subtests
   without ``nose_parameterized.expand`` which bloats the test output
   (:issue:`833`).
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_adjusted_array.py b/tests/pipeline/test_adjusted_array.py
index 858db648..a047469c 100644
--- a/tests/pipeline/test_adjusted_array.py
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_adjusted_array.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 Tests for chunked adjustments.
 """
+from textwrap import dedent
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from nose_parameterized import parameterized
@@ -323,3 +324,29 @@ class AdjustedArrayTestCase(TestCase):
 
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, msg):
             adjusted_array(data, bad_mask, {})
+
+    def test_inspect(self):
+        data = arange(15, dtype=float).reshape(5, 3)
+        adj_array = adjusted_array(
+            data,
+            NOMASK,
+            {4: [Float64Multiply(2, 3, 0, 0, 4.0)]},
+        )
+
+        expected = dedent(
+            """\
+            Adjusted Array:
+
+            Data:
+            array([[  0.,   1.,   2.],
+                   [  3.,   4.,   5.],
+                   [  6.,   7.,   8.],
+                   [  9.,  10.,  11.],
+                   [ 12.,  13.,  14.]])
+
+            Adjustments:
+            {4: [Float64Multiply(first_row=2, last_row=3, first_col=0, \
+last_col=0, value=4.000000)]}
+            """
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(expected, adj_array.inspect())
diff --git a/zipline/lib/adjusted_array.pyx b/zipline/lib/adjusted_array.pyx
index 525af772..64a8a87d 100644
--- a/zipline/lib/adjusted_array.pyx
+++ b/zipline/lib/adjusted_array.pyx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from cpython cimport (
     Py_EQ,
     PyObject_RichCompare,
 )
+from pprint import pformat
+
 from numpy import (
     asarray,
     bool_,
@@ -128,6 +130,15 @@ cdef class Float64AdjustedArray(AdjustedArray):
         self._data = data
         self.adjustments = adjustments
 
+    def inspect(self):
+        return (
+            "Adjusted Array:\n\nData:\n"
+            "{data}\n\nAdjustments:\n{adjustments}\n".format(
+                data=repr(asarray(self._data)),
+                adjustments=pformat(self.adjustments),
+            )
+        )
+
     property dtype:
         def __get__(self):
             return float64
@@ -216,10 +227,17 @@ cdef class _Float64AdjustedArrayWindow:
         self.anchor += 1
         return out
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "%s(window_length=%d, anchor=%d, max_anchor=%d)" % (
-            type(self).__name__,
-            self.window_length,
-            self.anchor,
-            self.max_anchor,
+    def inspect(self):
+        return (
+            "{type_}\n"
+            "Window Length: {window_length}\n"
+            "Current Buffer:\n"
+            "{data}\n"
+            "Remaining Adjustments:\n"
+            "{adjustments}\n"
+        ).format(
+            type_=type(self).__name__,
+            window_length=self.window_length,
+            data=asarray(self.data[self.anchor - self.window_length:self.anchor]),
+            adjustments=pformat(self.adjustments),
         )
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/__init__.py b/zipline/pipeline/__init__.py
index 6cddb7ea..d9ca1918 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/__init__.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/__init__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,63 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+from zipline.assets import AssetFinder
+
 from .classifier import Classifier
+from .engine import SimplePipelineEngine
 from .factors import Factor, CustomFactor
 from .filters import Filter
 from .term import Term
 from .graph import TermGraph
 from .pipeline import Pipeline
+from .loaders import USEquityPricingLoader
 
-__all__ = [
+
+def engine_from_files(daily_bar_path,
+                      adjustments_path,
+                      asset_db_path,
+                      calendar,
+                      warmup_assets=False):
+    """
+    Construct a SimplePipelineEngine from local filesystem resources.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    daily_bar_path : str
+        Path to pass to `BcolzDailyBarReader`.
+    adjustments_path : str
+        Path to pass to SQLiteAdjustmentReader.
+    asset_db_path : str
+        Path to pass to `AssetFinder`.
+    calendar : pd.DatetimeIndex
+        Calendar to use for the loader.
+    warmup_assets : bool, optional
+        Whether or not to populate AssetFinder caches.  This can speed up
+        initial latency on subsequent pipeline runs, at the cost of extra
+        memory consumption.  Default is False
+    """
+    loader = USEquityPricingLoader.from_files(daily_bar_path, adjustments_path)
+
+    if not asset_db_path.startswith("sqlite:"):
+        asset_db_path = "sqlite:///" + asset_db_path
+    asset_finder = AssetFinder(asset_db_path)
+    if warmup_assets:
+        results = asset_finder.retrieve_all(asset_finder.sids)
+        print("Warmed up %d assets." % len(results))
+
+    return SimplePipelineEngine(
+        lambda _: loader,
+        calendar,
+        asset_finder,
+    )
+
+
+__all__ = (
     'Classifier',
     'CustomFactor',
+    'engine_from_files',
     'Factor',
     'Filter',
     'Pipeline',
+    'SimplePipelineEngine',
     'Term',
     'TermGraph',
-]
+)
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/__init__.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/__init__.py
index e69de29b..39aa2592 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/__init__.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .equity_pricing_loader import USEquityPricingLoader
+
+__all__ = ['USEquityPricingLoader']
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/equity_pricing_loader.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/equity_pricing_loader.py
index 8d00f602..6494e977 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/equity_pricing_loader.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/equity_pricing_loader.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ from numpy import (
     uint32,
 )
 
+from zipline.data.us_equity_pricing import (
+    BcolzDailyBarReader,
+    SQLiteAdjustmentReader,
+)
 from zipline.lib.adjusted_array import (
     adjusted_array,
 )
@@ -40,6 +44,24 @@ class USEquityPricingLoader(PipelineLoader):
         self._calendar = self.raw_price_loader._calendar
         self.adjustments_loader = adjustments_loader
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_files(cls, pricing_path, adjustments_path):
+        """
+        Create a loader from a bcolz equity pricing dir and a SQLite
+        adjustments path.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        pricing_path : str
+            Path to a bcolz directory written by a BcolzDailyBarWriter.
+        adjusments_path : str
+            Path to an adjusments db written by a SQLiteAdjustmentWriter.
+        """
+        return cls(
+            BcolzDailyBarReader(pricing_path),
+            SQLiteAdjustmentReader(adjustments_path)
+        )
+
     def load_adjusted_array(self, columns, dates, assets, mask):
         # load_adjusted_array is called with dates on which the user's algo
         # will be shown data, which means we need to return the data that would
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/pipeline.py b/zipline/pipeline/pipeline.py
index dbd627aa..7bfaa4b1 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from zipline.utils.input_validation import expect_types, optional
 
-from .term import Term
+from .term import Term, AssetExists
 from .filters import Filter
 from .graph import TermGraph
 
@@ -145,3 +145,22 @@ class Pipeline(object):
         columns[screen_name] = screen
 
         return TermGraph(columns)
+
+    def show_graph(self, format='svg'):
+        """
+        Render this Pipeline as a DAG.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        format : {'svg', 'png', 'jpeg'}
+            Image format to render with.  Default is 'svg'.
+        """
+        g = self.to_graph('', AssetExists())
+        if format == 'svg':
+            return g.svg
+        elif format == 'png':
+            return g.png
+        elif format == 'jpeg':
+            return g.jpeg
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Unknown graph format %r." % format)
diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/term.py b/zipline/pipeline/term.py
index 6e647e08..8e148bbe 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/term.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/term.py
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ class CustomTermMixin(object):
         out[~mask] = nan
         return out
 
+    def short_repr(self):
+        return type(self).__name__ + '(%d)' % self.window_length
+
 
 class CompositeTerm(Term):
     inputs = NotSpecified