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Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 to power ‘North Pole Express’
That is one beautiful, well kept piece of history there! Very impressive!!!
Pretty sad that the locomotive “used” in the movie can’t use the name.
My company Railyard Productions is having another excursion with the Pere Marquette 1225 on March 14 2015. We will go from Owosso to Clare and return. This is an all day event We will depart Owosso Mi at 9:00AM and arrive at Clare Mi 11:30AM We will have a 3hr layover in Clare so passengers can partake of the Irish festival which will coincide with our excursion. The train then departs Clare at 2:30 running back to Owosso to finish up around 6:00PM. railyardproductions.com for more info.
It would be fitting if I could take a train from Vicksburg, MI to Owosso, MI, but the CN/GTW only has freight trains between South Bend, IN and Battle Creek, MI.