#Pere Marquette 1225

[ironhorsegirl]

It's past Thanksgiving, which means it's my favorite time of year: Get Irrationally Angry At A Fictional Child For Getting Locomotive Specs Wrong!

You see this child here?

This little shit confidently goes on about how the locomotive pulling the Polar Express is an S-3 Baldwin built in 1931, with all the confidence of an unchecked politician. He is EXTREMELY wrong about this - Baldwin built the S-3 Class Berkshires for the Erie in 1928.

Pere Marquette 1225, here actually wearing the Polar Express livery, is a Lima Locomotive Works 2-8-4 Berkshire built in 1941.

PM 1225 is an N-1 Class Berkshire and was formerly on display on the campus of Michigan State, which is where Chris Van Allsburg saw her as a kid and was struck by her number being 12/25. He later used this as inspiration for the Polar Express book, which he both wrote and illustrated. Today she's in the loving care of the Steam Railroading Institute, who restored her to operational status and take great care of her.

Every year, I am forced to witness this child being so unfathomably wrong, and every year, I am filled with unspeakable rage over him. I know it's extremely petty and that he isn't real, but nonetheless, my irrational anger persists even though him learning to be wrong is a massive part of his story arc.

#Pere Marquette 1225 #Polar Express #every year I want to just shut this child the fuck up #he haunts me with his incorrect Berkshire information #this is going to post whilst I'm driving because I queued it

[ceciasa]

Illustration for my TTTE X Polar Express Crossover.

Fanfic here; Hope you enjoy!!!

#art #artists on tumblr #digital art #ttte fanart #ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte oc #ttte gordon #ttte thomas #ttte fanfic #ttte fandom #the polar express #polar express #pere marquette 1225 #ttte engine oc

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

07. Seeing is believing

#ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte humanized #ttte fanart #my art #the polar express #pere marquette 1225 #polar express #painting #fanart

[ohjeeztrains]

Happy Holidays everyone, here's a quick Polar Express

#Monster engine #Pere Marquette 1225 #Polar Express #ttte #The Polar Express #Quick painting #Monster engines

[lolstitanic]

Pere Marquette 1225 chugging her way through the Michigan Countryside

#trains #steam locomotive #steam engines #railways #steam trains #train spotting #train posting #railroad #railfanning #railfan #railway #locomotive #locomotives #steam locomotives #pere marquette 1225

[rainblue-art]

1225 as an alicorn 🔔🚂🎄✨

I was hesitant to post this for a while cause I was worried ppl would judge me for it but eehehhehehhhh maybe not?

This was just an idea I had floating around in my head for several weeks and I was suffering from art block so I just had to make it.

In case you don’t get it, it’s the Polar Express as an alicorn. I wanted to make her a little more realistic and less like a pony. Her alicorn name is simply “North”.

Sorry about the watermarks, it’s getting really scary to be a digital artist these days.

#mlp #alicorn #unicorn #pegasus #christmas #kinda mlp #but not really #the polar express #my art #oc #inspired by #polar express #best christmas movie ever #i look forward to it every year #1225 #pere marquette 1225 #christmas train

[vaelerys-targaryen]

Merry Christmas everyone!

As per my Christmas tradition, I post a photo of steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225.

During the late 1950s-mid 1960s the locomotive remained on static display near Spartan Stadium on the Michigan State campus in East Lansing, Michigan.

While on display, a child by the name of Chris Van Allsburg used to stop by the locomotive on football weekends, on his way to the game with his father. The locomotive was inspiration for the storybook he would eventually write that many of us have read, The Polar Express.

1225's blueprints were used for the Warner Bros. movie "The Polar Express".

And there's the obvious, the locomotive's number; 1225.

1225 is currently owned and operated by the Steam Railroading Institute (SRI) in Owosso, Michigan.

#pere marquette 1225 #the polar express #steam locomotive

[dprs99]

Memories of the Steam Train Festival in 2009 at the Steam Railroading Institute

Memories of the Steam Train Festival in 2009 at the Steam Railroading Institute

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#Owosso Steam Train #Pere Marquette 1225 #Southern Pacific 4449 #Steam Locomotives #Steam Railroading Institute #Train Festival 2009

[collinthenychudson]

Nickel Plate Road 765 and Pere Marquette 1225 team up with each other as they perform a special photo charter recreating history. Models and Route by: K&L Trainz, Auran, and Download Station

#NKP #Nickel Plate Road #New York Chicago & St Louis #New York Chicago & St Louis Railroad #765 #NKP 765 #Nickel Plate Road 765 #S-2 #PM #Pere Marquette #Pere Marquette Railroad #1225 #PM 1225 #Pere Marquette 1225 #N-1 #Berkshire #2-8-4 #Steam Locomotives #Trains #Trainz Simulator

[maa-pix]

PERE MARQUETTE 1225 RETURNS North Pole Express 2023

The original Pere Marquette 1225 design drawings were the basis of the computer-animated locomotive in the movie The North Pole Express.  The movie was based on the book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg.  Van Allsburg was raised in Grand Rapids Michigan and recalled the 1225 from his childhood when it was on static display at Michigan State University, years before it returned to service at the Steam Railroading Institute at Owosso, Michigan.

#pere marquette #pere marquette 1225 #1225 #north pole express #steam railroading institute

[ceciasa]

My attempt at humanizing Pere Marquettes 1225 and 1223. Feat. humanized! Thomas and Gordon!

#ttte #ttte thomas #ttte gordon #ttte fanart #ttte humanized #ttte au #noelle the polar express engine #pere marquette 1225 #pere marquette 1223

[13o7billionyearsinthemaking]

.23 Overture

#ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte humanized #ttte fanart #my art #ttte polar express #the polar express #pere marquette 1225 #polar express #ttte humanoid #art #merry crisis

[aryburn-trains]

"golden beam of light"

If this was ever a case for follow your instinct and stay with the train - leaving Owosso the sky was socked in for the Pere Marquette 1225 Polar Express chase. However north of Henderson the sky showed signs of a breakthrough with the sun - well just before sunset a golden beam of light hit the rails and the 1225 making the gamble worth it - November 23, 2007.

#polar express #pm 1225 #pere marquette railway 1225 #pm #pere marquette railway #2007 #trains #passenger train #history #owosso #michigan

[phantomoniium]

Item #: SCP-122504

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Despite its reportedly consistent manifestations occurring at 11:55 pm local time on the night of December 24th, SCP-122504's physical location is always random when it first appears anywhere in the continent of North America. Due to SCP-122504's unique spacetime-manipulation properties, it effectively limits its own exposure to the general population to only its chosen subjects. It is also thus far considered difficult to even trace and locate potentially chosen subjects, as SCP-122504 only appears to collect approximately one dozen individuals from a wide criteria for its yearly round trip.

Description: SCP-122504 is a Baldwin 2-8-4 S3-class steam locomotive built in 1931 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It weighs 456,100 pounds and

#the polar express #fun fact the polar express is Not in fact a Baldwin whateverthefuck like the know it all kid says #It's apparently modelled after a berkshire 2-8-4 N-1 class steam locomotive called the pere marquette 1225 or something like that #oh haha. 1225. 12/25. chrimus #the number designation is prolly too long but it's supposed to be 12/25/04 #which is Not the date the movie came out but it's Xmas of the year it released

[guerrerense]

Around the bend [explore] por Scott Shields Por Flickr: Pere Marquette 1225 Locomotive

#Owosso #Michigan #Steam #Railroading #Institute #SRI #PM1225 #1225 #Pere #Marquette #2016 #flickr

[dprs99]

Pere Marquette #1225: The Polar Express

Pere Marquette #1225: The Polar Express

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#Berkshire Class 1225 #Owosso Steam Train #Pere Marquette 1225 #Steam Railroading Institute #The Polar Express