The 80-year-old locomotive underwent reconstruction, boiler refurbishment and repairs to the superheaters in the past year.

The North Pole Express will continue to run, but the train will be pulled by the institute’s historic diesel locomotive until ...

After a year on the sidelines for repairs, Pere Marquette 1225 returned to the rails Thursday, Nov. 20, fully coupled and ...

Tickets for the 2025 North Pole Express train rides in Owosso, Michigan, go on sale at noon June 24, 2025. Ticket prices range from $85 for coach to $6,500 for a private car. The Pere Marquette 1225 ...

LANSING – The famed Pere Marquette 1225 steam train that leads the North Pole Express excursions from Owosso to Ashley’s Country Christmas will not run again this year. The Steam Railroading Institute ...

Every brake screech, whistle and rattle from the movie The Polar Express came from recordings of a historic locomotive, the Pere Marquette 1225.... All Aboard! Real-Life Polar Express Chugs Through ...

Tickets for the 2025 North Pole Express train rides in Owosso, Michigan, went sale at noon June 24, 2025. Ticket prices range from $85 for coach to $6,500 for a private car. The Pere Marquette 1225 ...

What was the train from "The Polar Express" doing parked in Bay City's Defoe Park this week? The Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive, which was the model for the Warner Bros. Pictures animated film ...

Tickets for the North Pole Express annual steam engine trips between Owosso and Ashley are set to go on sale at noon Tuesday, June 24. "The moment you have been waiting for is about to arrive!," the ...