Did you know this real steam locomotive inspired the train in The Polar Express? 🎄🚂 Pere Marquette 1225 🚂 Built in 1941, this massive steam locomotive once hauled freight across Michigan and is now preserved as a working piece of railroad history. Today, it runs special excursions - keeping the golden age of steam alive. 📍 Owosso, Michigan #historylovers #explore #Usa #travel #trains | Shirley Woods

The Pere Marquette 1225 masquerading as the C&O2699 during a Lerro Photography charter. Recreating an obscure piece of ferroequine history. And before you ask, this was taken from an unattended tripod. Just look at the ground shake at the end. Check out Pete's photography workshops. I can HIGHLY recommend them. https://www.lerrophotography.com/ | Scott Shields

Pere Marquette 1225 is a large restored steam locomotive, based at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan. Each year, the locomotive pulls excursion trips through Central Michigan to the delight of many. 1225 is perhaps most well known for being the inspiration for the train in both the book and the movie version of The Polar Express. In this scene, the train pulls a recreated 1950s passenger train as part of a special photography event. #trains #polarexpress #Michigan #railroads #t