The logo for the 2025 NMRA National Convention was inspired by the Pere Marquette advertisement of their streamlined trains of the 1940s. A local talent, Jared Bryson of Michigan, created an Art Deco inspired version for his YouTube video Pere Marquette’s Streamliner: The First Post-War Streamliner.
With the convention being held in Novi (which sits along one of the original right-of-way of the PM) it seemed a natural to use the streamliner as our emblem for the 2025 convention.
We want to thank Jared for allowing us to use and modify his artwork for this event.
Jared’s YouTube Channel AmtrakGuy365 has over 86,000 subscribers and contains many Michigan railfan and historical videos. His video on the Pere Marquette is very informative and worth a watch. We have embedded the video here and provided his description below.
Most people know the Pere Marquette Railway for it’s N-1 Berkshire locomotives hauling fast freights, or surviving 1225 pulling excursions in rural Michigan. However, an often overlooked part of the PM’s history is their unique, one of a kind streamliner deemed the first post-war American streamliner train. While other trains had debuted before the PM’s train, the Pere Marquette was the first all new to be built and enter service after World War II. In this video I detail the history of this train during its life on the Pere Marquette, Chesapeake & Ohio, along with its eventual continuation on Amtrak.