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  2. Steam Railroading Institute - Wikipedia

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    The Steam Railroading Institute is located at 405 South Washington Street, Owosso, Michigan. [1] It was founded in 1969 as the Michigan State University (MSU) Railroad Club. [ 2 ] It became the Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation, and later adopted its present name.

  3. Pere Marquette Railway - Wikipedia

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    4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Pere Marquette Railway (reporting mark PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and southern parts of Ontario in Canada. It had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo ...

  4. Pere Marquette 1225 - Wikipedia

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    July 31, 1994. Pere Marquette 1225 is a class "N-1" 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built in October 1941 for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) by Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) in Lima, Ohio. No. 1225 is one of two surviving Pere Marquette 2-8-4 locomotives, the other being 1223, which was on display at the Tri-Cities Historical Society ...

  5. Flagg Coal Company 75 - Wikipedia

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    Disposition. Operational. Flagg Coal Company 75 is an 0-4-0 ST steam locomotive built for the Flagg Coal Company in 1930. Restored and owned by John and Byron Gramling, the engine was loaned in 2002 to the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan where it is used for demonstrations and for powering train rides and excursions.

  6. Chicago and North Western R-1 Class - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago and North Western R-1 class was a class of 325 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" steam locomotives built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works, the American Locomotive Company, and the Baldwin Locomotive Works from 1901 to 1908. The R-1 locomotives were so large and so heavy that the Chicago and North Western (C&NW) Railroad had to extensively ...

  7. Norfolk and Western 611 - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk and Western 611, also known as the "Spirit of Roanoke" and the "Queen of Steam", is the only surviving example of Norfolk and Western's (N&W) class J 4-8-4 type "Northern" streamlined steam locomotives. Built in May 1950 at N&W's Roanoke (East End) Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, it was one of the last mainline passenger steam locomotives ...

  8. History of railroads in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    The Michigan railroad network, c. 1876. Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan. While some coastal settlements had previously existed, the population, commercial, and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad.

  9. 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 class N1 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive formerly owned by Michigan State University and now owned by the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan, was the inspiration ...