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  2. The Polar Express - Wikipedia

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    Van Allsburg based the story on a mental image of a child wandering into the woods on a foggy night and wondering where a train was headed. [4]At the premiere of the film, Van Allsburg stated that Pere Marquette 1225, a 2-8-4 Berkshire N-1 class steam locomotive, formerly owned by the Michigan State University and now owned by the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, was the inspiration for ...

  3. Tytonidae - Wikipedia

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    The bird family Tytonidae, which includes the barn owls Tyto and the bay owls Phodilus, is one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae.

  4. Owl Limited - Wikipedia

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    The Owl Limited was an overnight passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company which ran between Oakland and Los Angeles via the Central Valley.The service was inaugurated on December 18, 1898. [1]

  5. List of fictional birds of prey - Wikipedia

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    Character Species Origin Author Notes Archimedes Owl: The Once and Future King: T. H. White: Merlyn's familiar. [1] Remade by Disney as The Sword in the Stone. [2]Barn Owl Barn Owl

  6. Southern Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Pacific (reporting mark SP) (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States.

  7. The Owl Service - Wikipedia

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    The Owl Service is a low fantasy novel for young adults by Alan Garner, published by Collins in 1967.Set in modern Wales, it is an adaptation of the story of the mythical Welsh woman Blodeuwedd, an "expression of the myth" in the author's words.

  8. On the Trail of the Golden Owl - Wikipedia

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    On The Trail Of The Golden Owl was Max Valentin's first treasure hunt. He came up with the idea for the puzzle in the late 1970s, and spent 450 hours designing eleven textual riddles, which together hold the clues to a final location and a cache, hidden somewhere in France.

  9. Mighty Express - Wikipedia

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    Mighty Express is a Canadian animated television series created by the British producer Keith Chapman.The series is produced by Spin Master Entertainment in partnership with Netflix, while the animation is produced by Atomic Cartoons. [1]