We Love Trains. The Real Polar Express

PM 1225 Owosso to Chesaning MI. This is the shot at Henderson. The Pere Marquette 1225 was used in the filming of Warner Bros " The Polar Express". Unfortunately it no longer wears the Polar Express Logo. #polarexpress #santaclaus

[@alphamaximus2888]

**cries tears of joy**

[@Nathan93Baker]

Just discovered that the Polar express (1225) is real. Just sucks that they cant use the name especially for its winter tours. Also would be nice if all the coaches were one colour.

[@user-bz7fo8ys7h]

i like train

[@ThunderboltSirenStudios]

And to think we could have them repaint all the coaches to look like polar express coaches, and even keep 1225 looking like the polar express. We could have a legitimate polar express train ride. But no. BUT HEY, WHY NOT LET OTHER RAILROADS USE THE POLAR EXPRESS NAME, INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL ENGINE BEING CALLED THAT!?

[@ryanbenbow-zx2sd]

​@@ThunderboltSirenStudios Why would any rail Road use that train. It don't belong to other rail Roads

[@AtkataffTheAlpha]

The train is the north pole express. I believe Polar Express is somewhat copyrighted by Warner Brothers Studios. But the locomotive itself is Pere Marquette no.1225

[@peter_verduin]

Fun fact, the 1225 (the polar Express) has a sister train, the 1223 that resides in Michigan

[@RailyardProductions]

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[@susanlary6968]

Blowin a "Shave-And-A-Hair-Cut...Two-Bits-A-Dollar" for the folks watchin was wonderful! My husband Tim once did that when he hostled locomotives for Union Pacific!

[@RailyardProductions]

Cool

[@alexthesouthernpacificmt4879]

Saahctbad

[@AtkataffTheAlpha]

Pere Marquette Berkshire no.1225. What a magnificent locomotive that was chosen as the base for one of the best Christmas movies from early 2000s. Although many inaccuracies to functions and operations in the movie because fiction, the fact the real locomotive is preserved well today brings together family during the holidays and railfans to Owosso Michigan as well. While she may not be able to bring smiles during overhaul maintenance, knowing she'll be back will always be there unless something was to happen to end her excursion career. But let's not wish that day to come anytime soon. 1225 may not be a huge icon like other franchise trains, but she holds the title of the real Polar Express locomotive and that is more than enough to give her the recognition and fame especially if you dive into her full history journey. Keep on rolling Pere Marquette 1225.

[@RailyardProductions]

Thanks for commenting.

[@FrehleyFan3988]

The polar express passenger cars in the movie were once PRR coaches then passed on to penn central. The locomotive was a pere marquette Berkshire

[@RailyardProductions]

They weren't real.

[@FrehleyFan3988]

Yeah... I know. Just saying what they are based off of

[@RailyardProductions]

@@FrehleyFan3988 Oh, OK

[@F40M07]

Pere Marquette 1225!!!

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes Sir!

[@ThunderboltSirenStudios]

Aah yes. Back when 1225's whistle was broken

[@RailyardProductions]

Yup

[@m87-k4x]

*cries tears of joy*

[@0311tard]

My main goal in life as a 23 year old is to ride in the cab of a steam locomotive. Honesty would make my life. Well marrying someone would make my life but that would be a close 2nd!

[@RailyardProductions]

There are places that you can get cab rides.It's not cheap in the USA. Maybe Montecelo Illinois if they are running the steam locomotive. Only $20 extra last time I was there...but you have to be first in line for whatever run you're going on. Prices may have increased. I went to Cuba last March and got to ride in the cab at every tourist railroad I went to. As well as a diesel ride on the main line and a ride on the Hershey train which is an interurban type.

[@jaycecox4401]

Chad Kroeger I’ve done it in 4501

[@jaycecox4401]

At Tennessee valley railroad where members there lol

[@RailyardProductions]

So, at 25 years old have you reached your goal?

[@siggyschlimmfinger3822]

real Horsepowers, no Kilowatt..... Hehehehe I like it.........

[@sakuyaizayoi9840]

1225: express comings through

[@trainboyyy4312]

Love the via rail cars

[@F40M07]

*Ex via rail but yeah

[@russellstrainzone2384]

This makes me want hot chocolate

[@RailyardProductions]

LOL, Yes it does!

[@katiamilene459]

Este barulho do trem é muito bom.👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@ntytp]

Can’t wait to ride her next year

[@RailyardProductions]

For sure!

[@peterfarnworthanddylan6439]

I love the polar express

[@RailyardProductions]

Me Too.

[@mikeandre9903]

Wow that is a really awesome sight to see👍👍

[@RailyardProductions]

Yeah, too bad Warner Brothers won't let them use the Polar Express trademark.

[@FordFalcon1962nBlue]

its so special it gets two caboose's instead of 1

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes it is.

[@c-r-h2498]

good I love the 1225

[@kondwanimalinki874]

Its not the same whistle...but the train is amazing!!

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes it is! Thanks for commenting.

[@JiantJuiceGaming]

The thumbnail had me thinking “man, I can’t believe they actually put Polar Express on the tender!” But I was disappointed when I saw the video

[@RailyardProductions]

They did put it on the tender, I got photos of it here in the shed and out on the line. I didn't have my video camera that day. Had I known they would remove to Polar Express logo I would have taken extra efforts to file her.

[@dakotajones4267]

me too i love train

[@RailyardProductions]

Thanks

[@benjamindeloney]

0:30 SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT! NICE!

[@Jay-jc5jn]

Benjamin Deloney I don’t get it

[@anthony00147]

jeph he was means about the smoke or the horn

[@Hogger1225]

The "Shave And A Haircut Two Bits" is usually sounded at that location which is close to a cemetery where former AA-TSBY 1225 Engineer Joe Sigafoose is laid to rest. An ongoing tribute to a great guy.

[@RailyardProductions]

@HaloCE14 They are working on her. I'm hoping she will be back in2011

[@RealTraindrive]

nice film 👍

[@RailyardProductions]

Thanks for commenting.

[@3scnam845]

Railyard Productions the picture before I click on the video where is that

[@RailyardProductions]

TalipedDrake4 Martinez channel 2 I used that photo for the thumbnail. Just so people can see the PM 1225 with Polar Express lettering. Its a photo I took years ago.Don't mean to mislead anyone.

[@RailyardProductions]

No, In the train shed at the Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso Michigan. It's the Pere Marquette 1225

[@Idkwhatcoemsare]

😊❤😊❤❤😊😊❤❤😊❤😊❤😊I love dis

[@Metrafph-dv4ol]

Turn low power mode it was built in 1931 by the Lima locomotive Works

[@RailyardProductions]

Cool

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes, Somewhere there is a story about that on the internet.

[@arizonaant5265]

renaming the pere marquette to the polar express would only enhance the movie's marketability and not take away from the story.

[@RailyardProductions]

This is True

[@cple1]

I'm sure they would gladly except a large donation so they can pay for the rights to use the name again.

[@geothom]

Railyard Productions oh

[@kardhnalios]

arizona fleeting P.

[@chantallepage1471]

Go tell fleeting

[@SuperJacob2006]

This Video Was Made On April Fool's Day In The Year 2009 (April 1st)

[@brandonharrischannel7516]

I still wanna see it

[@northernrailphotography9057]

they should buy an extra tender to use and slap “Polar Express” on the sides

[@ntytp]

They still have the original polar tender they just barely use it

[@jamarrhoskins9086]

LISTEN TO HER SICK WHISTLE

[@Jay-jc5jn]

TrainzGuy 2 ikr

[@s_rv.]

I think it’s NKP 760 whistle

[@FrehleyFan3988]

That was a pere Marquette Berkshire with the top number boards torn off

[@INTERNATIONAL_RDF-D]

Conrail Gp-40 Guy well the polar express is a Lima 2-8-4 Berkshire.... The know it all in the movie doesn't know everything. And the polar express was modeled off the Pere marquette

[@caseyjr296]

The pere marquete was used in the movie

[@Narrowgauge70]

I have a railroad spike from owasso Michigan

[@RailyardProductions]

I have one from there too,

[@Elizabeth-jn3gq]

polar express it really real I can't believe

[@RailyardProductions]

I also got a ride in the cab of the Polar Express. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5SWd35nbKahfq8

[@journeythroughtherails5294]

You are so dumb, HOW DID YOU THINK IT WASNT REAL

[@HumphreyAlphaandOmega]

Blue cat smurf: WE LIVE WE LOVE WE (LIE)

[@RailyardProductions]

Whats the Lie?

[@limsuhui9890]

it has green eyes

[@RailyardProductions]

I think so.

[@brandonharrischannel7516]

And people said I look just like the boy from the movie the one with the blue robe

[@thomastrainsmore2010]

Yay

[@RailyardProductions]

Glad You liked it.

[@Zeckmon3]

it may not sound like the polar express but still cool nonetheless

[@tristantriggerschannelfory9084]

Guys you glitched me out

[@graysonma1143]

If you are still watching this in 2021 congrats

[@floppa3292]

I SAW THE REAL LIFE POLAR EXPREES IN GOOGLE AND IT WAS REAL

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes, this is real.

[@D0g_boy642]

Nice

[@RailyardProductions]

Thanks

[@tristantriggerschannelfory9084]

Hi everyone

[@RailyardProductions]

Hi

[@bertukanzewdie7647]

Steam train 1225 is the polar express cuz that is in videos.

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes sir.

[@sharlinehernandez5724]

The Polar Express Train Ride Go Movie Kid Walk Go Love Movie Classic Of 2019 Do Time Go

[@jonathanher1280]

Don't forget The train line it was built Lima Locamotive Works

[@sonicmegafanmc8393]

Actual, The movie is animated.

[@RailyardProductions]

This is the locomotive that they used for drawing the animation, then they used this locomotive for the sounds.

[@Delirious365]

Cool video

[@RailyardProductions]

Thanks

[@RailwayNetworks]

Beautifyl 😍

[@RailyardProductions]

Thanks

[@javionpolite3758]

Let me go grab my wallet and hit the door 🏃🏾

[@RailyardProductions]

LOL

[@javionpolite3758]

Railyard Productions Fr 😂😂

[@roserodmen]

I like trains

[@journeythroughtherails5294]

Rose Rodriguez You DONT even know what type of train this is

[@Runboyrun05]

@@journeythroughtherails5294 actually it's a 2-8-4 berkshire, build in 1941 by lima locomotive works

[@journeythroughtherails5294]

@@Runboyrun05 I know that-

[@christopherbluhm]

One thing they have wrong in the thumbnail, is that in the movie the tender font color is white

[@RailyardProductions]

I think they put this logo on during filming, Maybe the movie was going to have it Yellow to began with.

[@christopherbluhm]

Railyard Productions True

[@Creud]

you do know the movie was cgi and that they didnt get a real train to film it right

[@ianbrown5928]

I have not riding on it before

[@RailyardProductions]

Check out my video of me riding in the cab.

[@dimos1427]

Steam engines are the best

[@joshuasullivan1688]

They should try and find a whistle that sounds like the actual polar express's whistle. I know they exist it's just I don't know specifically what type of whistle it is

[@RailyardProductions]

Maybe the one off J-611.

[@AtkataffTheAlpha]

That locomotive is Sierra Railway No.3's whistle in the movie

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

Maybe a Southern Railway 5 chime. Those whistles sound the same as the one from the Polar Express movie at around 220-230 PSI.

[@alfancenabarrett9206]

VillairBarrett

[@alishamcdonald7316]

Why does 1225s whistle sound broken

[@jonathanher1280]

If wanna ride it here's information to ride it...its in Owasso Michigan if you see smoke you found 1225!

[@RailyardProductions]

michigansteamtrain.com to see schedule.

[@s_rv.]

She sounds like NKP 760

[@RailyardProductions]

Yup

[@JiantJuiceGaming]

Where did you get that thumbnail from?

[@RailyardProductions]

They did put Polar Express on the tender, Way back when they were using the locomotive for the movie sounds. Thats my photo that I took of it in the shed. I also have photos of it pulling a train outside Owosso lettered like that.

[@JiantJuiceGaming]

@@RailyardProductions Oh, cool!

[@ironsight_guy]

THIS IS THE POLER EXPRESS

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes it is, Thanks for commenting.

[@josephbruceismay6832]

♫ All aboard, All aboard,♫ ♫Tickets please, Tickets♫ ♫ Well, ya comin?♫ ♫Its a magic carpet on a rail ♫ (Polar Express song)

[@trainmandan05]

@HaloCE14 We got to talk with the guys who are working on her and they said she will be done by 2013 or 14

[@Subbie-the-1st]

i hate it that they dont use carriages more simular tothe real ones..

[@amtrakinoscale9811]

SubbieTheBuilder I don't think you realize how hard it is to find that equipment nowadays. They can't just magically begin using equipment similar to the movie Polar Express.

[@Jay-jc5jn]

Amtrak In O Scale but they could paint over the lines with paint

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

TiredSubbie you how expensive that would be

[@alexadams3704]

Some of the carts and the name threw me off

[@RailyardProductions]

Pere Marquette 1225

[@juanluispalma2895]

Feliz navidad

[@RailyardProductions]

Feliz Navidad right back at ya.

[@amyolson5923]

i want to ride that train

[@RailyardProductions]

Next year, I think it is out for repairs this season. Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan.

[@ammoguy5]

cool rob

[@Project.D_2.0]

Can you show us a video of the thumbnail

[@RailyardProductions]

I don't have video of the thumbnail. Its just there to prove that PM 1225 is The Polar Express.

[@joshuaericilac]

Actually they can't call themselves the real polar express because the polar express Does not have cabooses on the rear and also the passenger cars are not blue ANF the whistle is a completely different whistle.

[@RailyardProductions]

Ummm, No!

[@jmtrainz2582]

The polar express was based off this loco

[@thundersonic342]

Why Is The Real Polar Express Pulling Via Rail Passenger Cars?

[@RailyardProductions]

The Polar Express is really Pere Marquette 1225. Stays at The Steam Railroading Institute and runs several times throughout the year besides running the Polar Express trips in December.

[@notveshremybutsomeotherguy]

Thats the pere marquitte

[@RailyardProductions]

Yup

[@suganthni8373]

இந்த பதிவு உங்களுக்கு பிடித்திருந்தால் பேஸ்புக்கில் பதிவு செய்க அல்லது உங்கள் மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரியை

[@didosauce6008]

Now can she Tokyo drift on ice?

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes, I've seen her do it!

[@zachboyd4749]

Anyone see a coincidence in the train's number, 12/25?

[@karentechaira112]

Seriously? They just got a pere marquette they didnt even cover the name and change it

[@RailyardProductions]

Yes, They only use the Polar Express name the first year that the movie came out. Warner Brothers will not let them use the name. It is The Real Polar Express though.

[@bhomas_real]

Plus it looks better with its original Pere Marquette name

[@Kalel_The_Protogen]

Nice, the thumbnail is click bait

[@RailyardProductions]

Actually its not, Did YOU read the description?

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

Why did they take polar Express off of it?

[@RailyardProductions]

Warner Brothers owns the Trademark, wanted thousands of dollars in royalties.

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

Norfolk Southern Productions the pere marquette existed decades before the polar express

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

@@merlinandmurdoch7837 jesus christ im not THAT stupid

[@madaraaddongaming6203]

O see yet

[@RailyardProductions]

It was just announced it won't be running this year.

[@thiesvanderkooij8421]

Now THATS terrifying.

[@sreenandhbs8521]

Wow, 11 year old post and u r still replying

[@RailyardProductions]

I'm just slow to respond. Thanks for watching.

[@CKTNT]

A light.you should not go to unless your not in front of it

[@RailyardProductions]

lol

[@Mandalorian_Goblinslayer]

Well? Ya coming?

[@RailyardProductions]

Where ya going?

[@Mandalorian_Goblinslayer]

@@RailyardProductions Why to the North Pole of course! This is the Polar Express!

[@RailyardProductions]

@@Mandalorian_Goblinslayer "One Thing About Trains: It Doesn't Matter Where They're Going. What Matters Is Deciding To Get On."

[@Strasburg1991]

@dreambuilders48808 2012 might be the year

[@AmericaWestFan6]

Tats gordin

[@kennyandsarahwood6262]

CREEPY WISTLE 😢🥓🥓🥓

[@hl2betafan]

Actually your name is @@amandawilder6085 .

[@Runboyrun05]

@@hl2betafan what the f-(explosion)

[@sharky_99r83]

That’s just pere marquette train

[@RailyardProductions]

The Pere Marquette IS The Polar Express!

[@hugodehahaha]

Crianças? Eu também amo trens rs.

[@RailyardProductions]

Sim, até os idosos adoram locomotivas a vapor.

[@CoolG4]

This may look like the polar express but it's not I don't believe it :/

[@RailyardProductions]

Believe!

[@merlinandmurdoch7837]

PTG Mobile Chou its the real deal, you can see lots of videos of this thing

[@brianbos1916]

This is foto shoped

[@RailyardProductions]

Nope, I assume your talking about the Photo with Polar Express logo? It's a real photo. They used PM 1225 for the sounds and blueprints to use in the movie. The guy who wrote "The Polar Express" went to MSU in East Lansing. The PM 1225 was on display there. He wrote the book sometime after graduating from MSU.

[@Br0s3ld0n]

Brian Bos this is a real train search 1225 train and you will find this exact train

[@ausicnrichterian9146]

And it's not foto it's photo

[@caseyjr296]

No

[@Jraptorblue8465]

That is not the polar express

[@RailyardProductions]

Wanna Bet?

[@YoushouldreallylearnHungarian]

thats not the polar Express.

[@RailyardProductions]

Are you sure about that?

[@Soir27]

Bence Farkas that is cause that's the model they used

[@YoushouldreallylearnHungarian]

clickbait!

[@Soir27]

Bence Farkas no its not

[@YoushouldreallylearnHungarian]

This is clicbait clicbait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@notveshremybutsomeotherguy]

Not the polar experess

[@RailyardProductions]

Maybe YOU should do a little research, then get back with me!

[@scotsmanproductions8224]

What you said reminds me of thomas “why don’t YOU work hard like me!”

[@samuelaugsburger894]

Fake. It’s not drifting

[@RailyardProductions]

Foamer! lol

[@angh2234]

wast of time

[@RailyardProductions]

WAIST, now that you learned something maybe not such a WAIST of time after all. Huh?