Pere Marquette 1225

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Pere Marquette 1225 is an N-1 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire"-type steam locomotive, built in October 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) in Lima, Ohio. No. 1225 was in regular service with the PM until 1947, when the railroad merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and then ran on C&O's Michigan lines until 1951. Instead of being scrapped like other Berkshires, No. 1225 was acquired by Michigan State University in 1957 and put on static display. From 1971 to 1988, the Michigan State University Railroad Club worked to restore it to operational status, an effort that culminated with its first excursion run in 1988. As of 2026, the locomotive is operated by the Steam Railroading Institute in excursion service on the Great Lakes Central Railroad out of Owosso, Michigan. The locomotive is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. No. 1225 and sister No. 1223 are the only surviving Pere Marquette steam locomotives. It was the basis for the locomotive...

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