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This is the only licensed Polar Express train ride event in the region. Details: 5 and 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Whitewater Valley Railroad, 455 Market St., Connersville.
A person died in 2004 after being hit by RS18U 1822 during a Polar Express excursion. [16] [17] In 2009, an automobile collided with a weekday train at an ungated crossing with no warning lights. The driver of the car was not expecting the train as he thought it only ran at weekends. [18]
[29] [30] After numerous test runs, the No. 1309 locomotive finally entered excursion service on December 17, 2021, pulling the annual Polar Express train. [30] On February 25–27, 2022, WMSR and Trains Magazine hosted a private photo charter runby of No. 1309 hauling an 11-car freight train consist over Helmstetter's Curve. [31]
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When is the Polar Express Train Ride? 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.
The train in the 2004 film The Polar Express was modeled after steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225. The film also included audio recordings of the locomotive in operation. [ 5 ] It is the locomotive that Chris Van Allsburg said was the inspiration for the book, having seen it as a child when it was on the Michigan State University campus.
On the 20th anniversary of the film, "Polar Express," the North Pole Express in Owosso is offering holiday excursions on the historic train.
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 ...