#Pere Marquette

[amtrak-official]

Round 1, poll 13

I once again have no good jokes for here

[catholic-saint-tournament]

Dorothy Day now and forever! We have the largest archive of her works in our campus archives!

A fellow Golden Eagle, I see ;)

Another vote added for Dorothy Day!

[mostignored]

She took me to her favorite spot ❤️

[mgenchanted]

Remains of Nike missile base in Pere Marquette state park near Grafton Illinois. This Cold War era relic was once 50 acres, but was demolished in the early 90’s. Today all that’s left of the site is a small fenced In section of torn up road, the guard house, and four small structures that once housed radar equipment

[aryburn-trains]

Thomas Underwood Coll B&O357 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Via Flickr: Loading Train 6 the Capitol Limited at Grand Central Station C&O Train 8 on left. Chicago, IL 6/13/1969

[collinthenychudson]

Nickel Plate Road 765 and Pere Marquette 1225 team up with each other as they perform a special photo charter recreating history. Models and Route by: K&L Trainz, Auran, and Download Station

[maa-pix]

PERE MARQUETTE 1225 RETURNS North Pole Express 2023

The original Pere Marquette 1225 design drawings were the basis of the computer-animated locomotive in the movie The North Pole Express.  The movie was based on the book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg.  Van Allsburg was raised in Grand Rapids Michigan and recalled the 1225 from his childhood when it was on static display at Michigan State University, years before it returned to service at the Steam Railroading Institute at Owosso, Michigan.

[ice-to-orange-blossoms]

The only PM I respect is the Pere Marquette Railway

[ironhorsegirl]

It's past Thanksgiving, which means it's my favorite time of year: Get Irrationally Angry At A Fictional Child For Getting Locomotive Specs Wrong!

You see this child here?

This little shit confidently goes on about how the locomotive pulling the Polar Express is an S-3 Baldwin built in 1931, with all the confidence of an unchecked politician. He is EXTREMELY wrong about this - Baldwin built the S-3 Class Berkshires for the Erie in 1928.

Pere Marquette 1225, here actually wearing the Polar Express livery, is a Lima Locomotive Works 2-8-4 Berkshire built in 1941.

PM 1225 is an N-1 Class Berkshire and was formerly on display on the campus of Michigan State, which is where Chris Van Allsburg saw her as a kid and was struck by her number being 12/25. He later used this as inspiration for the Polar Express book, which he both wrote and illustrated. Today she's in the loving care of the Steam Railroading Institute, who restored her to operational status and take great care of her.

Every year, I am forced to witness this child being so unfathomably wrong, and every year, I am filled with unspeakable rage over him. I know it's extremely petty and that he isn't real, but nonetheless, my irrational anger persists even though him learning to be wrong is a massive part of his story arc.

[ceciasa]

Illustration for my TTTE X Polar Express Crossover.

Fanfic here; Hope you enjoy!!!

[20th-century-railroading]

PM train, engine number 1029, engine type 2-8-2 Eastbound freight train; 30 MPH. Photographed: leaving Chicago, Ill., August 3, 1934.

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

07. Seeing is believing

[mgenchanted]

Remains of Nike missile base in Pere Marquette state park near Grafton Illinois. This Cold War era relic was once 50 acres, but was demolished in the early 90’s. Today all that’s left of the site is a small fenced In section of torn up road, the guard house, and four small structures that once housed radar equipment.

[aryburn-trains]

Thomas Underwood Coll B&O361 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Via Flickr: Grand Central Station Chicago, IL View to South from Train Gates. Left Train 6 the Capitol Limited and Right Train C&O 8 going to Michigan. 6/13/1969

[ohjeeztrains]

Happy Holidays everyone, here's a quick Polar Express

[lolstitanic]

Pere Marquette 1225 chugging her way through the Michigan Countryside