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Real-Life Polar Express
« on: December 19, 2013, 06:43:47 am »
An NPR story about the real Polar Express: the Perre Marquette 1225

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/16/251643965/all-aboard-real-life-polar-express-chugs-through-michigan


Nov.20,  Pere Marquette 1225  returns to service.


Happy Rails!
Dave
« Last Edit: December 19, 2013, 07:17:01 am by djacobsen »
Railroad Crossings: Mother Natures way of thinning the gene pool.

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