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Get a behind-the-scenes look at what keeps "The Polar Express Train Ride" chugging in OKC. It runs through Dec. 27 at the Oklahoma Railway Museum.
The Polar Express Train Ride runs Nov. 7-Dec. 31. Three rides are available each day at 5 p.m., 6:40 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. Some days and times are sold out. How much does the Polar Express cost?
These Polar Express and Santa trains in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are worth the drive Hop on 'The Polar Express' with these Christmas train rides in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma ...
The film has also spawned multiple real-world holiday train-travel experiences based loosely on the film's train journey all over the United States, as well as Canada, and even the United Kingdom under license from Rail Events Inc. [33] These include the Polar Express train rides held at the Grand Canyon Railway, [34] [35] Great Smoky Mountains ...
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 ...
No. 1225 was well known to be the basis for the locomotive used in the 2004 film The Polar Express, earning itself the nickname "the real Polar Express". The Pere Marquette used No. 1225 in regular service from the locomotive's construction in 1941 until the railroad merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1947; It remained in use ...
A conductor stands in the snow waiting for passengers to board Oklahoma City's "The Polar Express" Train Ride, produced by Rail Events Productions, Nov. 10, 2022.
The express is led by the historic locomotive, Pere Marquette 1225, which was used as the blueprint for the Polar Express train in the film and has been shuffling folks through the snow every ...