Pere Marquette 1223

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Pere Marquette 1223 - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 43°4′4″N 86°13′48″W / 43.06778°N 86.23000°W

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Pere Marquette 1223

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Lima Locomotive Works
Serial number	7837
Build date	November 1941

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-8-4
• UIC	1′D2′ h2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Leading dia.	36 in (0.91 m)
Driver dia.	69 in (1.75 m)
Trailing dia.	43 in (1.09 m)
Length	101 ft 8 in (30.99 m)
Height	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Adhesive weight	277,600 lb (125,900 kilograms; 125.9 tonnes)
Loco weight	442,500 lb (200,700 kilograms; 200.7 tonnes)
Total weight	802,500 lb (364,000 kilograms; 364.0 tonnes)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	44,000 lb (20,000 kilograms; 20 tonnes)
Water cap.	22,000 US gal (83,000 L; 18,000 imp gal)
Fuel consumption	1 short ton (0.91 t; 0.89 long tons) of coal per 12 miles (19 km) travelled (1 tonne every 21 km)
Firebox:
• Grate area	90.3 sq ft (8.4 m²)
Boiler pressure	245 psi (1.69 MPa)
Cylinders	Two
Cylinder size	26 in × 34 in (660 mm × 864 mm)

Performance figures
Maximum speed	70 mph (113 km/h)
Power output	2,979 hp (2.22 MW)
Tractive effort	69,350 lbf (308.5 kN)

Career
Operators	Pere Marquette Railway → Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Class	PM N-1 C&O N-1
Number in class	8 of 12
Numbers	PM 1223 C&O 2657 (never renumbered) Norfolk & Western 1223
Nicknames	"The Forgotten N-1"
Locale	Michigan
Retired	1951
Preserved	1981
Restored	1989 (cosmetically)
Current owner	The City of Grand Haven
Disposition	On static display

Pere Marquette Railway Locomotive #1223

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location

301 N Harbor Dr., Grand Haven, Michigan

Coordinates

43°4′4″N 86°13′48″W / 43.06778°N 86.23000°W

Area

less than one acre

Built by

Lima Locomotive Works

Architectural style

steam locomotive

NRHP reference No.

00001490^[1]

Added to NRHP

December 7, 2000

The Pere Marquette 1223 is a N-1 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive on permanent display in Grand Haven, Michigan. It is one of two surviving Pere Marquette 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type locomotives, along with sibling engine No. 1225, the inspiration for the locomotive in the book and movie versions of The Polar Express, which is in operating condition.^[2]

History

No. 1223 was built in November 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works for $90,000 ($1.86 million in 2023 dollars), 1223 hauled freight and steel between Toledo and Chicago in the years immediately before and after World War II. When the Pere Marquette was absorbed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the engine assigned number 2657 but never had the new number applied.^[3] The locomotive was not paid off at the time and the merger agreement stated that equipment still under trust was to remain in Pere Marquette livery. It was retired from service in 1951.^[3]

After retirement, the engine was moved to New Buffalo, Michigan, to be scrapped. However, it was repainted and moved in 1960 for display at the state fairgrounds in Detroit. The money for that was provided by the donations collected by school children around the Detroit Area. In 1980, Michigan state fair officials wanted to expand the grandstands but the locomotive stood in the way. The city of Grand Haven won the bidding process. With the help of the Michigan National Guard as well as Grand Trunk Western and Chessie System railroads, it was moved to Grand Haven in 1981.^[3]

In 1982, the West Michigan Railroad Historical Society acquired the PM steel boxcar #72222 and cosmetically restored it and joined the engine on static display.^[3] Considering the number of years that it has stood out in the elements, it would be an expensive and time-consuming project to restore it to operation. However, It received a full cosmetic restoration in 1989. That same year, the PM caboose #986 was also purchased and would join the engine on static display.^[4]

The locomotive was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 7, 2000.^[3]

On February 28, 2020, the engine and the rest of the display was vandalized, with the locomotive being spray-painted several times and a caboose door kicked in.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Train Engine #1223". SteamLocomotive.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pere Marquette Berkshire #1223". Pere Marquette Historical Society. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
^ "Pere Marquette #1223 Facebook". Facebook.
^ "Historic train in Grand Haven targeted by vandals". February 27, 2020.
^ "Locomotive on display in western Michigan target of vandals".

"Historic locomotive marks 25 years in Grand Haven". Muskegon Chronicle. Retrieved August 22, 2006.

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