LAST HISTORY HOUNDS SESSION OF 2018 Riding the Rails: The Pere Marquette 1225 Locomotive in the Meijer Education Center at the Historical Society of Michigan, 5815 Executive Dr., Lansing, Michigan The Pere Marquette 1225 was just one of dozens of "Berkshire"-type steam locomotives. Most went to the scrapyards, but the 1225 survived as an outdoor exhibit at Michigan State University. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, presenter Kevin P. Keefe tells the amazing story of the rebirth of the historic Berkshire locomotive and her becoming the real-life model for the Polar Express. <http://hsmichigan.org/programs/history-hounds-lecture-series/hh-registratio n-members/> Register for FREE as a HSM member. <http://hsmichigan.org/programs/history-hounds-lecture-series/hh-registratio n-non-members/> Register online as a non-member. Covering History Picturesque covered bridges originally had a practical purpose. 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