Published 5/17/2026
12:25pm

Just Passing Through: Pere Marquette 1225 Makes Spectacular Railroad Days Cameo

Steam Locomotive Returns To Home Tracks After 75 Years

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A VERY SPECIAL SIGHT!
Pere Marquette 1225 is ferried through Durand on its way to a special engagement with Lake State Railway in Saginaw. It happened on May 14th, kickoff day of the 2026 Railroad Days festival.

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We've got numerous videos of these excursions, including its pass through the Durand area, along with 1225's travel on rails it hasn't been on in three quarters of a century.

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