Smoke over East Lansing | Pere Marquette 1225's 1975 Test Fire 

MPT 1225 it does now. Or at least did. They just got rid of the white running boards

Still-Plays-with- Trains yeah, Hopefully they will be added back soon

For real

I love that look too! My only gripe is the white wall wheels, which were pretty much never used on the PM except the beginning of the 1225’s life. Everything else including the number boards is 🔥🔥🔥

It has the same whistle today, although it’s extremely worn.

Mhm They’d rather care about defunding the cops money instead of doing something for history

@@NMCAR2006 Don’t get me wrong, I’m a railfan. But if I had to choose in terms of what had more affect in the long run, I’d rather have college students fight for police reform, and equality for minorities rather than restoring an outdated (albeit beautiful) piece of machinery that went out of style over 60 years ago :/

@@capitollimitedproductions211 well. Minorities have been equal for years now, and not to mention 1225 was in danger of being scrapped so..

@@NMCAR2006 There has been equality in some areas yes, but there was still much work to be done, and even more work created after Reagan screwed everything over with his trickle-down economics 🐃💩 and the War or Drugs, which especially hurt poor blacks and hispanics. And on 1225, while it would’ve been sad to see it go, its sister 1223 is still around, and it’s cousin 765 is operational, with 6 of its sisters on display. Not to mention C&O 2716, another berk, is coming back soon, AND there are more of its sisters on display too!

im in hs and im going to try to restore nkp 170

Ours too! 🤩

@@SteamRailroadingInstitute kind of relating to that!!!

I'm service she never wore c&o

It wasn't a button but a valve wheel that would be turned to open the valve and steam would go to the whistle

@@domstrains3984 You’re thinking about steam to the whistle to be able to blow at all, that then gets regulated by, say, the whistle cord, lever, or button in the cab. The OP is talking about how a button would be able to allow that initial supply of steam to flow into the whistle and produce sound.

We get it

Yeah, unfortunatelt 1223 hasn't steamed up since 1951 and it doesn't look like she ever will again. Still amazing she's around though, even if she isn't running

@@talesoftheinlandseas5063 She was retired and is on static display in Grand Haven, Michigan.

@@redguirus yes I know. thats the reason I left my first comment