The 80th anniversary of the CSX Santa Train glides south across the Copper Creek Trestle in Clinchport, VA., running as P001-19

The people of Dante, VA., have all gathered trackside in their small community to see Santa Claus riding on the rear of the 80th anniversary CSX Santa Train. Running south down the Kingsport Sub f... (more)

Up And Out Early. The return of "The Santa Train" for 2022 was greeted with the CSX Office Car Train in its Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) tribute paint for the first time. There... (more)

Running as P001-19 the 80th anniversary of the Santa Special Train heads South through Nora, VA.

The Barns Of Fort Blackmore. The 75th Anniversary of The Santa Train operated by CSX over the Clinchfield Railroad between Shelbiana, Kentucky and Kingsport, Tennessee was a truly special e... (more)

A very interesting unit with a great history and a beautiful improvised paint scheme is transiting a rare straight stretch with the southbound Santa Train on a cold day. We hope to see it again s... (more)

A large crowd greets the 2006 edition of the Conrail Browns Yard Santa Claus Train in Freehold with fellow GP40-2 locomotives CSXT 4405 and CSXT 4415 (former Conrail locomotives CR 3293 and CR 331... (more)

The Christmas Lantern Express departs for the second run of the day as Southern 154 does the honors of leading the eastbound trip up the grade by the athletic parks for the University of Tennessee... (more)

The magic of Christmas is still in the air as 481 (still in its Polar Express lettering) leads a Durango & Silverton doubleheader into Rockwood on a snowy late December morning.

Eat, Drink and Be Merry! With just enough snow on the ground to set the mood for the season, Naugatuck Railroad 686 (née-NW 686, GP9, 3/1959) is getting ready to lead the final Railroad Mu... (more)

1309 pulls one of the night time trips to the North Pole, seen here just outside of Cumberland, Md.

Day In Dayton. Saturday, December 5, 2020 was a great day to be out on the New York & Lake Erie RR Train Rides, as they operated 4 "Santra Express" trips from Gowanda, New York to... (more)

It's still dark this morning in Portland as crew members from the Friends of the 4449 work to complete the final preparations before taking the 80-year-old product of Lima south to Oaks Park to op... (more)

Debut of the (finally!) operational #819 leading a day-long North Pole Express run to Watertown. Subsequent NPE's turned back to Nashville before they reached this spot.

For the holidays, CFRC has decorated its trains with antlers....on both the nose of loco & logo on side of coaches.