Tickets for the North Pole Express, based in Owosso, go on sale on July 25. The express is an annual holiday tradition inspired by the 2004 film, “Polar Express,” which turns 20 this year.

The Polar Express Train Ride is a live re-enactment of the 1985 children's book by Van Allsburg in which a Michigan child awakes on Christmas Eve to find a train outside his home and rides to the ...