Spending the night on the Lapland Express, an Arctic sleeper train, is unlike a typical rail journey. As the train moves deeper into the frozen north, the world outside fades into darkness and snow.

OWOSSO, Mich. — The 2025 season for Pere Marquette 2-8-4 No. 1225 was nothing short of eventful. The Berkshire-type locomotive, owned by the Steam Railroading Institute (SRI), was sidelined in late ...