PM 1225 with the polar express and a GUEST WHISTLE

Brave the 20 degree weather to catch 1225 and it payed off cause it has a second whistle which is on loan and it is the whistle off of 611!!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1225
• Polar
• Express
• 611
• whistle

[cheyennepride4life]

i would like to just ssay me and my son love the vid! I never knew that there was a steam train in michigan! This is just awsome!

[1225hubbard]

Hey thanks yeah its HQ is in Owosso MI

[traintownofcowee]

If Norfolk Southern would allow steam excursions, 611 and 1218 COULD run again. The whole reason why both N&W steamers got put back in a museum is because Norfolk Southern wont allow steam excursions anymore. Thats what Ive heard.

[1225hubbard]

That is correct NS ended there steam program the only reason they let 4449 use there tracks to get to Michigan for steam fest is because it was an Amtrak train. they still restricted them to 40 MPH on there tracks

[run202run]

First off nice cacth!! Also, may I ask where the footage at the beginning with the cannon is from? Its so awesome!

[1225hubbard]

I cant remember where I found I think I saw it on you tube so I started to use it as the opener for my videos.. it appears on a few of them. the gun footage is from WWII

[engineer6325]

Even though the 611 doesn't run anymore, it sure is nice to know that it's whistle is still being heard.

[gaycowboy31]

yah I saw 611 last year its a damn shame to see such a fine engine stuffed and mounted

[ReptigloRand]

Was this in missouri???

[SuperMario6419]

what's the name of that song at the beginning?

[SuperMario6419]

@amtraklover The diesel train was fallowing 1225 so it can pull the train back to the steam railroading instatute.

[amtraklover]

I wonder where that diesel horn was coming from?

[PereMarquette1223]

@traintownofcowee You are correct about 611 and 1218. 611 is more likely to run then 1218 because it has all of its parts. 1218 was in the middle of a rebuild when she was shut down, and it is mostly a hollow shell that would take up to 1 million dollars to restore. 611 would take about half of that amount.

[juneshopper]

This is awesome, with the 2 whistles. Each one has a different sound.

[288jh]

if the 611 and 4501 would be restored my life would be perfect!!!!!!!!! but hearig 611's whistle will hold me over lol

[WolverinePride97]

god bless the people who run steam engines in the diesel era the steam engine are the king of kings on the rails then and now they will be always the king on the rail in the years to come

[WolverinePride97]

when they took the 611 and her sisters from the excursion not only we lost a great legend on the rails we lost a great friend that we saw every year from 1982 till 1994 i hope one day they get the 611 and 1218 and the steam fleet back up and running for one more time to hear there whistle and smokestack going down the mainline

[SP4449Warbaby]

NS let the 4449 run on their tracks? Didnt know that, thanks for telling that.