The Polar Express (locomotive)
The Polar Express is the titular magical 2-8-4 wheel configured American Berkshire type steam locomotive that transports children to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. The locomotive pulls a line of passenger cars, which in the film amount to five …
Pere Marquette 1225 - Wikipedia
No. 1225 was well known to be the basis for the locomotive used in the 2004 film The Polar Express, earning itself the nickname "the real Polar Express". The Pere Marquette used No. 1225 in regular service from the locomotive's construction in 1941 until the railroad merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1947; It remained in use ...
Pere Marquette #1225: The Real 'Polar Express' Engine - American-Rails.com
2024年8月24日 · Looking for more horsepower and a beefier mainline locomotive to haul its fastest and most prominent freight trains, in the latter 1930s the Pere Marquette Railway placed an order for 39 Berkshire-type steam locomotives from the Lima Locomotive Works.
The Polar Express Pere Marquette 1225 - Train Fanatics
2024年11月22日 · The Pere Marquette #1225 a 2-8-4 Berkshire locomotive is the sister locomotive to the Nickle Plate Road’s #765. Quick Facts. Rail Line: Great Lakes Central Railroad; Train Name: Pere Marquette #1225 (Berkshire) Power type: 2-8-4 Steam Locomotive class N-1; Builder: Lima Locomotive Works 1941; Locomotive and tender weight: 727,300 lbs; fuel ...
Pere Marquette 1225 | The Polar Express Wiki | Fandom
Pere Marquette 1225 is a Berkshire 2-8-4 N-1 class steam locomotive. Chris Van Allsburg based the train in his book The Polar Express on this locomotive. This has led to it being nicknamed, "The Real Polar Express." For the film, blueprints of …
Steam Locomotive Controls: Pere Marquette 1225 “The REAL Polar Express …
2019年4月1日 · Learn how the engineers and fireman operate the REAL Polar Express, Pere Marquette 1225, a steam locomotive built in 1941! In this video engineer Barney Gramling goes over the the various...
Five mind-blowing Polar Express facts - Trains
2022年11月16日 · Here’s the scoop: The animation team modeled The Polar Express locomotive after Pere Marquette Railway No. 1225, which is 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement built by the Lima Locomotive Works in October 1941. The locomotive is part of the PM’s N-1 class.
Pere Marquette 1225 And The Polar Express - Steam Giants
The locomotive engine featured in Polar Express has different features from Pere Marquette 1225. Its wheel arrangement was a 4-8-2. It resembled an S-1 from the Erie Railroad.
The Real Polar Express - 1225 Steam Engine - YouTube
The North Pole Express - "The REAL Polar Express" 1225 Steam Engine. Filmed in Owosso, Michigan 2017
Pere Marquette No. 1225 | Locomotive Wiki | Fandom
Pere Marquette No. 1225 is an N-1 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive that currently runs and services at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan. It also makes runs with Nickel Plate Road 765, occasionally. Both of these steam engines have a similar design.