#pere marquette railway 1225

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"golden beam of light"

If this was ever a case for follow your instinct and stay with the train - leaving Owosso the sky was socked in for the Pere Marquette 1225 Polar Express chase. However north of Henderson the sky showed signs of a breakthrough with the sun - well just before sunset a golden beam of light hit the rails and the 1225 making the gamble worth it - November 23, 2007.

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Pere Marquette 1225 chugging her way through the Michigan Countryside

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Churnet Valley Railway Kingsley & Froghall 18th December 2023 por loose_grip_99 Por Flickr: USATC S160 2-8-0 5197 approaches Kingsley & Froghall station with the stock of the 14.00 Polar Express. 5197 was built in 1945 by Lima & was originally shipped from the US to China in 1945. It was purchased from the Chinese coal industry and imported into the UK in November 1995. The eagle-eyed will have already noticed that it has been renumbered 1225, has a fake cow-catcher and a smokebox door headlamp fitted! The engine in the original film was based on Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 so even in the unreal world of railway make-believe this engine is not "authentic"!

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Two little cousins: 4-8-4 SP 4449 Daylight chills with her Lima Locomotive works relatives for a family reunion of sorts: 2-8-4 NKP 1225 from the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad -- aka the Nickel Plate Road. Lima 2-8-4 Pere Marquette Railway 1225. The get together was a little steamy with late nights spent around the turntable hosted by the sisters, little 0-4-0 tank engine Little River 1 and her grown up sister, Little River 110 -- a 4-6-2 with a tender behind -- 1 invited a couple of her friends too, other 0-4-0 tank engines Flagg Coal 75 and Viscose 6.

They all enjoyed receiving loving rubs and attention. But 4449 wanted more attention, so, like a naughty engine, she stubbed her pilot truck on a turnout frog and made a big fuss. She enjoyed the extra attention while it lasted, but it meant that she wasn't allowed out to play with her cousins later.

Ah, family reunions...

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MORE FANFIC!!!

With Christmas coming up, I have been working on this TTTE/Polar Express Crossover Fanfiction for the past couple weeks and I'm proud to say I finished it!!!

This Story features a TTTE OC I made named Noelle, and she's based off of the Pere Marquette No. 1225; the engine that pulls the Polar Express.

Lemme know what you all think of it!!! :D

Description: 

Another Christmas passes on the Island of Sodor, and Flying Scotsman comes to visit the engines of the NWR. With this visit, he tells them of a legend heard on the Other Railway of a mysterious engine who makes an exclusive express run-on Christmas Eve. Little do Gordon and Thomas know that they would get the chance to see the legend herself.  

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Day 25: The Polar Express

Merry Christmas!

Info from The Polar Express Wiki, I've already gone over the story from last year. This one is mainly covering the info of the locomotive

The Polar Express is the titular magical 2-8-4 wheel configured American Berkshire type steam locomotive that transports children to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. The locomotive pulls five passenger cars (however, some scenes show the train with more or less), including an abandoned toy car at the front and an observation car at the back.

The train makes two stops in Grand Rapids, Michigan to pick up Hero Boy and Billy the Lonely Boy respectively. Later in the film, Smokey and Steamer, the locomotive's fireman and engineer, have to fix the light, so Hero Girl is put in charge of driving. Suddenly, Smokey and Steamer see something ahead on the track and call out to Hero Girl to stop the train, but she and Hero Boy have trouble figuring out which lever applies the brakes. Eventually, Hero Boy applies the brakes and the train stops just before it crashes into a huge herd of Caribou.

After the caribou get out of the way, Smokey and Steamer get back to the cab of the locomotive and get the train on its way again. However, Steamer finds the throttle is jammed due to a loose pin, causing the train to accelerate uncontrollably. Because of this, the Conductor ties Hero Boy and Hero Girl to the safety bar at the front of the locomotive to prevent them from falling off as they go down Glacier Gulch. The pin falls out and into an air vent, but comes out when the train goes down the gulch. Steamer manages to catch it with his mouth, only to swallow it by accident. When the train ends up on the Ice Lake, Smokey manages to get the pin out of Steamer's stomach by hitting his back with a shovel, but it works too well as the pin flies out of the locomotive and lands on the ice, causing it to crack. The train crashes through an iceberg and leans sideways. Smokey eventually decides to use the pin from his hair to fix the throttle and Steamer is able to control the speed again. Everyone soon notices the cracking ice, so Smokey and Steamer try to get the train back on the tracks with the Conductor navigating and succeed.

The Conductor, Hero Boy, and Hero Girl later climb along the locomotive to get back to the passenger cars.

The Polar Express in the film is based on the Pere Marquette 1225, a 1941 Berkshire N-1 class 2-8-4 locomotive built at the Lima Locomotive Works. The locomotive's design was used in the film, as well as its sounds, with the exception of its whistle, which came from Sierra Railway No. 3. Drawings of the locomotive were used to create the 3D model. Chris Van Allsburg chose this design because he used to play on the locomotive while attending games at the Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, where it was placed on static display at the time.

Today, the 1225 is housed in Owosso, Michigan and is operated and maintained by the Steam Railroading Institute. The 1225 frequently hauls passenger excursions in Michigan throughout the year, including the world-famous North Pole Express trips throughout the months of November and December.

In both the original book and the film adaptation, the Polar Express is painted black along with its tender. Its tender in the film also has the words "Polar Express" in white on both sides, something which is not in the book.

In some merchandise, the words on the tender are yellow instead of white. The locomotive is also often depicted with the number 1225, always in the same color as the words on the tender, under its side cab windows, like Pere Marquette 1225, but no number appears in neither the book nor the film.

Models and Route by: K&L Trainz, Auran, and Download Station

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• Pere Marquette 1225 •

Friends on Discord were giving out ideas of humanizations of real life engines, so I decided to try it out with Pere, the Polar Express! One of my favorite designs I’ve done, I’ll admit. I love her. 🤍

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Star of the show by Onthebell Via Flickr: Soaking up all the attention, Pere Marquette 1225 rests in Owosso, Michigan between trips to the North Pole (Ashley, Michigan) where kids of all ages rode to see Santa. Pere Marquette 1225 is a 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive built for the Pere Marquette Railway by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio in 1941. PM 1225 is one of two surviving Pere Marquette 2-8-4 locomotives. PM 1225 also served as the model for the steam engine in the movie "Polar Express".

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Pere Marquette 1225 heading to the North Pole during the last Polar Express train. Perfect skies made for great pictures. Owosso, MI December 19, 2004

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Polar Express by Glenn G Via Flickr: Steam Railroading Institute's Polar Express train, heading for the North Pole. November 30, 2013

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With "Polar Express" replacing the Pere Marquette lettering on her tender, the 1225 leads the final North Pole Express toward Chesaning in single-digit temperatures. Henderson, MI December 19, 2004

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North Pole Express Oakley, Michigan by DNO_Dennis Via Flickr: Just about out of light - I cranked up the ISO, and hoped for the best. The auxilury whistle tends to obscure the boiler, but it sure sound great! December 7, 2008

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The North Pole Express hustles to the North Pole at sunset. Owosso, MI December, 2008

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Ex Pere Marquette 1225 pulls the Polar Express past the elevator at Henderson. November 04, 2005

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The Real "Polar Express" locomotive 1225. At 5 degrees and clear blue skies who could ask for better photography conditions of a steam locomotive. Here we see 1225 heading north with another Sold out train as the North Pole Express by the Steam Railroading Institute. A big Thanks for a wonderful 2008 season is well deserved by all who made it possible at SRI. Owosso, MI December 20, 2008

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Polar Express bound for the North Pole to visit Santa North of Owosso, MI December 10, 2004