The Polar Express: 35th Anniversary Edition

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Your journey begins just like THE POLAR EXPRESS motion picture when THE POLAR EXPRESS™ will pick you up at Leeming Bar station to take you on your Christmas journey. Outside, the lights of towns and villages flickered in the distance as the Polar Express raced northward. How many children would be able to sustain over an hour of grey fuzziness and mere expectation of possibly meeting Santa?

Plus, when meeting Father Christmas, if you ask he might even autograph the book for you as a lasting memento of your trip. These train rides are hosted by a number of different railways, including the Grand Canyon Railway, the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, the Texas State Railroad, the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan, the Valley Railroad in Connecticut, the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Frostburg, Maryland, and others. Your adventure starts exactly like the film, with THE POLAR EXPRESS™ collecting your whole family from Spa Valley Railway to start your magical journey. The setting of the boy's hometown, including his house, is based on Allsburg's own childhood home of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Being pressed for time, I still stopped to sit down to read it, and it’s just as enchanting on paper as it is on screen.At the premiere of the film, Van Allsburg stated that Pere Marquette 1225, a class N1 2-8-4 Berkshire steam locomotive formerly owned by Michigan State University and now owned by the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan, was the inspiration for the story line.

He shakes the bell to create a sound he and Sarah both enjoy, but neither his mother nor his father can hear it and remarks that it must be broken. The boy then boards the train, which is filled with many other children in their pajamas being served hot chocolate by the train's staff.We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. The magical journey of a lifetime, all you Doubters will be transformed into Believers before the train ride is through. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discover y that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.