OWOSSO, Mich. - Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 is undergoing a full retube of its boiler, according to a May 12 news release by the locomotive's owner, the Steam Railroading Institute (SRI).

LUDINGTON, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — A sunken vessel was successfully recovered from Pere Marquette Lake after it had been submerged for at least three months. The Ludington Police Department shared ...

A sunken vessel was pulled out from Pere Marquette Lake in West Michigan Monday, through the work of multiple emergency agencies. The initial efforts included Zupin Crane, Lake Street Marina ...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) acknowledged the Democratic Party‘s defeated stance and suggested that things could only improve. The Republican Party holds the White House and the majority in the ...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says the margaritas were fake. The outrage, he says, is real. Returning from a highly publicized trip to El Salvador to meet with deported illegal immigrant Kilmar ...

MASON COUNTY, Mich. — West Michiganders should avoid Pere Marquette Lake due to elevated levels of E. coli, the health department said Tuesday. Water samples were collected from the lake on ...

A section of the Pere Marquette Rail Trail will be closed between Dublin Avenue and West Sugnet Road from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning today through Thursday, Jan. 23, while the city performs brush ...

Get your golden ticket punched, listen to a read-along of author Chris Van Allsburg’s The Polar Express ... and don’t miss the Institute’s largest locomotive on display — the Pere Marquette 1225, ...

Based on the classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg ... filmmakers chose the Pere Marquette 1225, one of the largest operational steam trains in the country at the time.

The story of The Polar Express™ was created by illustrator and writer Chris Van Allsburg and hit ... engine was inspired by the Pere Marquette No. 1225, a still extant locomotive currently ...

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 ...