LANSING – The famed Pere Marquette 1225 steam train that leads the North ... which was adapted to animation for the "Polar Express" movie starring Tom Hanks, began Nov. 23 and are scheduled ...

In 1985, Van Allsburg published the Christmas book "The Polar Express," later made into a movie with the same name, all inspired by the Pere Marquette 1225. In 1969, a group of MSU students took ...

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 ...

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 ...

The North Pole Express and Pere Marquette 1225 are safely back at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso after a freight derailment on the route last Saturday left nearly 1,000 passengers ...

(FOX 2) - This December, the Steam Railroading Institute will celebrate 20 years of the North Pole Express on the historic Pere Marquette 1225 and you ... for the Polar Express – hit the rails ...

If the Pere Marquette 1225 looks familiar, that’s because you probably recognize it from the animated film, “The Polar Express.” “We were fortunate enough to be contacted in 2004 by the ...