“An unforeseen mechanical issue" was discovered during a test run of the steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225 before the ...

Just hours after returning to the rails following a year sidelined for repairs, the Pere Marquette 1225 was back in the shop.

The popular Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive is pulling out of the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso for the first ...

The 80-year-old locomotive underwent reconstruction, boiler refurbishment and repairs to the superheaters in the past year.

After a year on the sidelines for repairs, Pere Marquette 1225 returned to the rails Thursday, Nov. 20, fully coupled and ...

Every year, officials and volunteers at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso transform the steam locomotive known as the Pere Marquette 1225 into an experience designed to capture the magic of ...

LANSING – The famed Pere Marquette 1225 steam train that leads the North Pole Express excursions from Owosso to Ashley’s Country Christmas will not run again this year. The Steam Railroading Institute ...

The Pere Marquette No. 1225 was built in 1941 and is an iconic piece of Michigan history. Each winter, the railroad offers special North Pole Express rides.

OWOSSO, Mich. - A World War II-era steam engine is back on track in central Michigan. A crowd cheered Wednesday night as the Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive's whistle sounded to announce its ...

The North Pole Express and Pere Marquette 1225 are safely back at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso after a freight derailment on the route last Saturday left nearly 1,000 passengers, ...

Reaching the North Pole is hard, usually. People who live outside Detroit, Mich., for example, are more than 3,000 miles from the pole, and they'd have to travel across rough landscape and ice and ...