OWOSSO, Mich. — Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 is undergoing a full retube of its boiler, according to a May 12 news release by the locomotive’s owner, the Steam Railroading Institute (SRI).

The Pere Marquette 1225 typically pulls hundreds of passengers on a 4½-hour excursion from Owosso to Ashley on weekends beginning in late November.

The Pere Marquette 1225 locomotive, based at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, typically pulls the train and was featured in the 2004 animated Tom Hanks movie, "The Polar Express.". In ...

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 Pere Marquette 1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, for the Pere Marquette Railway. Holding 22 tons of coal and 22,000 gallons of water, the locomotive consumes ...

The Pere Marquette 1225 typically pulls hundreds of passengers on a 4½-hour excursion from Owosso to Ashley on weekends beginning in late November.

The Pere Marquette 1225 locomotive, based at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, typically pulls the train and was featured in the 2004 animated Tom Hanks movie, "The Polar Express.". In ...

The Pere Marquette 1225 locomotive, based at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, typically pulls the train and was featured in the 2004 animated Tom Hanks movie, "The Polar Express.". In ...