Pere Marquette 1225: The Return of the North Pole Express

On November 18, 2023, Pere Marquette 1225 finally made its long awaited return after 2 years of extensive wheel overhaul. With this, it opens many doors for more trips other than Owosso - Ashley. Here in this video, we watch the engine wake up, go through its day, and be put away for the night. Enjoy!

[railfanxjofficial]

1225 sound like an absolute beast! so happy it got its running gear overhauled. Even though i had fond memories of hearing it "skip a heartbeat".

[nathancorcoran]

Pere Marquette 1225 (Built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1941) the real Polar Express steam locomotive is back in operation again.

[CullenTabaczynski]

Aha, so that was you by the fence. Nice video of the berk!

[Chaackaviationandtrainvideos]

The shot starting at 5:40. AMAZING!! Thats what its all about! beautiful! excellent job

[Beatlesfanize]

My God! What a Beautiful! Living! Breathing Lady! What a Voice!! I want to Cry. She Brings Out such Emotions. I Hope to Have The Honor of Meeting her someday.

[OfficialSEICK]

PM #1225 has returned. She's back under her own power and steam after 2 years of being down for mechanical repair work. She's now really nice.

[railsandracing]

Excellent footage! It's good to see her back in steam. You can tell that they did some serious work on her. I've never heard her exhaust sound so smooth. It's always been slightly off-beat.

[FoxIslandRailroadCo]

Wonderful to see 1225 back in such good shape!! Fantastic job to the SRI crew, and a beautifully produced video… thanks very much for sharing!! 🔥

[chendersonrailproductions]

Fantastic video as always man! I can’t wait till I get to chase it next weekend. 1225 sounds great after the work.

[robnamowicz]

Outstanding!!! Great!!! Imagine spinning a running steam engine like a spoon on the table!!

[scotc]

Awesome video! Beautiful cinematography. Thanks for sharing.

[Zaelon_James_Guillory]

Now this polar express supposed to look like not bad ❤🎉

[LisbonRailProductionsandF]

Magnificent catches of the steam locomotive coming by and pass, i like it 5 stars, keep up the great work, my friend, i subbed your channel, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.

[pandabricksYT]

one of my favorite steam locomotives 🤍

[adventuresofamtrakcascades]

The real Polar Express has returned! Love it

[Theosake]

Gotta buy a model of this. A classic design!

[Tool-Meister]

I have an American Flyer "S" gauge model of the Berkshire type locomotive with Polar Express sound and such. It pulls the "stock" Polar Express consist with added Bagage & Dining cars, around and through our Christmas Village each December and January. I also have the American Flyer model with the 1225 Pere Marquette markings . Being somewhat newer and not Polar Express themed, it has traditional radio talk and features a remote control coupler that the Polar Express model doesn't have. I have a set of nice old heavyweight cars for the 1225 to pull. It looks quite nice. They are two of my favorite American Flyer locomotives.

[jonathanhartfield]

The Polar Express is back on the rails!

[ShinGhidorah]

The real life Polar Express is finally back!

[Zaelon_James_Guillory]

With double 1225 signs on top and double lights