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Pere Marquette 1225

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The Pere Marquette Berkshire type steam locomotive #1225

About this creation

The locomotive that was used as the base for the movie 'Polar Express'. The real Pere Marquette #1225 currently pulls excursion runs for tourists.

My tender has reversible walls, so I decided to add 'Pere Marquette' stickers so I could change the locomotive from being the Polar Express if I need to. After all, not all displays are Christmas oriented.

An old picture of the original tender, illustrating the reversible walls.

More pictures, including in-progress photos can be found via FLICKR.

Older, less up to date pictures can be found via BRICKSHELF.

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Tanner Compton

February 28, 2013

Very Nice! Now if only they made enough navy blue bricks to build carriages...

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lukas esprit

December 11, 2009

please sent me sone instruction a am gone build it please sent it to sakulke@hotmail.com lukas

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thomas neumiller

December 30, 2008

THAT'S AWESOME!!! My great grandfather worked on the Pere Marquette, and actually worked with some of these exact engines. So it's pretty cool to see one rendered in lego.

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Jackson Brischler

July 2, 2007

This creation is so awsome!! Looks just like the real thing. I've copied the pilot truck axle design and it works great! Nice tender and detail. And by the way, how can I create my own stickers ?

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Tom Eastaway

July 3, 2006

Nice looking model but I have one query. You made the name less festive so that it would be suitable for all. Has this got to do with not showing religious stuff as seems to be the way things are done in the US? If so, doesn't Pere Marquette mean Father Marquette, which is even more religious?

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