Did you know those sounds you hear on the Polar Exress movie are the authentic sounds of our PM 1225 engine? It’s part of the National Register of Historic Structures and is renowned for its role in the 2004 Warner Brothers Christmas Classic, THE POLAR EXPRESS™. 1225’s blueprints were used as the prototype for the locomotive image as well as its sounds to bring the train in the animated film to life. We dug up some footage of the audio engineers recording the many sounds of the PM 1225 for use i

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