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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 ...
The Polar Express is available to own on 4K UHD and Digital. Listen to “Believe” and Groban's new version of “Do You Hear What I Hear” with The War and Treaty wherever you stream your music.
Before the film was released, Bachmann, another major model train manufacturer, also sold a G scale Polar Express train set based on the book. Apart from the paint scheme, this set made no effort to resemble the book illustrations, and used the same 4-6-0 locomotive and open-platform passenger cars as most of Bachmann's other G scale train sets.
When the Polar Express passes Herpolsheimer's, the kids cheer and rush to the train's windows. This is the first indication of the film's setting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the department ...
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.
In 2004, GSMR debuted its "Polar Express" train ride, based on the newly released movie and licensed through Warner Brothers. This ride has been an annual major economy boost for the railroad and the town of Bryson City. In 2019, GSMR broke all attendance records, with more than 91,000 people riding the Polar Express excursion alone.
On the 20th anniversary of the film, "Polar Express," the North Pole Express in Owosso is offering holiday excursions on the historic train.
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.