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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 festivities on the Polar Express Train Ride are part of an official Warner Brothers production. On the journey to the North Pole, passengers will enjoy all the magic the movie presents plus a ...
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.
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures.
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 ...
For many families — including my husband, Patrick, and our children, Gabe, 15; Brenna, 12; and Kyla — boarding "The Polar Express" Train Ride has become a treasured holiday tradition, and we ...
The official name is still Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation. The SRI name is registered as a DBA (Doing Business As), with the State of Michigan. [1] PM 1225 attended the Train Festival 2009 [14] in Owosso from July 23–26 as part of a fundraiser to raise money for 1225's upcoming 2010-2013 FRA overhaul. The national event ...
Warner Bros. Pictures: $90 million $171.1 million 2000 What Lies Beneath: DreamWorks Pictures 20th Century Fox: $100 million $291.4 million Cast Away: $90 million $429.6 million 2003 Matchstick Men: Ridley Scott: Warner Bros. Pictures Scott Free Productions: $62 million $65.6 million 2004 The Polar Express: Robert Zemeckis: Warner Bros. Pictures