Pere Marquette Railway
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The Pere Marquette Railway (reporting mark PM) operated in
the Great Lakes region of the United States and controlled the
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate),
the Erie Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
and planned to merge the four companies. However, the ICC
did not approve the merger and the Van Sweringens eventually
sold their interest in the Pere Marquette to the C&O, with which
it formally merged on June 6, 1947.
The C&O has since become part of CSX Transportation.
In 1984, Amtrak named its passenger train between
Grand Rapids, Michigan and Chicago the Pere Marquette.
The 2004 film "The Polar Express" featured steam locomotive
Pere Marquette 1225. The train in the movie (not the same train
in the popular children's book) was a model of the 1225 based on
measurements and recordings of the 1225. It is the locomotive that
Chris Van Allsberg claimed was the inspiration for the book,
which he visited as a child when it was on the MSU campus.
The locomotive was scheduled to be at the premiere in
Grand Rapids, where the writer of the book, Chris Van Allsberg,
was born, but he canceled.
It is housed and maintained at the Steam Railroading Institute
in Owosso, Michigan.
the Great Lakes region of the United States and controlled the
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate),
the Erie Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
and planned to merge the four companies. However, the ICC
did not approve the merger and the Van Sweringens eventually
sold their interest in the Pere Marquette to the C&O, with which
it formally merged on June 6, 1947.
The C&O has since become part of CSX Transportation.
In 1984, Amtrak named its passenger train between
Grand Rapids, Michigan and Chicago the Pere Marquette.
The 2004 film "The Polar Express" featured steam locomotive
Pere Marquette 1225. The train in the movie (not the same train
in the popular children's book) was a model of the 1225 based on
measurements and recordings of the 1225. It is the locomotive that
Chris Van Allsberg claimed was the inspiration for the book,
which he visited as a child when it was on the MSU campus.
The locomotive was scheduled to be at the premiere in
Grand Rapids, where the writer of the book, Chris Van Allsberg,
was born, but he canceled.
It is housed and maintained at the Steam Railroading Institute
in Owosso, Michigan.
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