OWOSSO, Mich. - A World War II-era steam engine is back on track in central Michigan. A crowd cheered Wednesday night as the Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive's whistle sounded to announce its ...

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 Institute ...

Some of Michigan's steam train excursions include the Little River Railroad, based in Coldwater; the Steam Railroading Institute, based in Owosso; the Michigan Transit Museum, based in Mount Clemens; ...

OWOSSO, Michigan-- A familiar sound is returning. For months, a guest whistle has been announcing the presence of the Steam Railroading Institute's Pere Marquette No. 1225 steam locomotive. The guest ...

The North Pole Express and Pere Marquette 1225 are safely back at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso after a freight derailment on the route last Saturday left nearly 1,000 passengers, ...

Reaching the North Pole is hard, usually. People who live outside Detroit, Mich., for example, are more than 3,000 miles from the pole, and they'd have to travel across rough landscape and ice and ...

Every year a vintage steam locomotive in Michigan takes thousands of festive families to the North Pole. With some imagination and hot cocoa — the spirit of Christmas is still on track. Reaching the ...