Vermont Rail System's Santa Train made a pair of round trips from Bellows Falls, Vermont, on Saturday, November 23 with the Clarendon & Pitsford GP40-2 306 leading the eight-car train past the reb... (more)

Arriving right on the advertised, the 71st Santa Train completes its north-south run and will allow Santa to take his place of honor in the city's Xmas Parade.

Heber Creeper's SP 2-6-0 1744 rambles through rural Charleston with the Santa Claus Express on Dec. 3, 1989. The sunny blue sky day was tempered by that fact that 1744 was making its last revenue ... (more)

Santa comes to the South Branch.

Portland's Polar Express races toward the rapidly disappearing sun, en route to her destination at the city's Marine Terminal. Fittingly, the Polar Express here in Maine takes the form of a... (more)

One of the Union Pacific Railroad's first diesel electric switch engines leads Deer Creek Scenic Railroad's Santa Claus Express, approaching the passing siding at Charleston, Utah. This beautifull... (more)

With a loaded oil train waiting to presume it's trip east, the Downeaster makes it's presence heading west towards Haverhill, Ma. . The day was mostly overcast but the sun popped just in time for... (more)

Merry Christmas! Dressed for the holidays, Black River & Western 2-8-0 60 arrives at the "North Pole," aka Ringoes, with the second of three Santa Express excursions on the final operating ... (more)

A rare site indeed. W&W 915 and 58 pull a double header, nearly 50 years after the mainline death of both locomotives. 58 was built in 1907 as AB&A 58 and 915 was built as River Terminal 97 in 195... (more)

BNSF Christmas Train volunteers assist kids as they step off the train having just arrived in Montclair after a trip along the Pasadena Sub with Santa Claus. Despite the gloomy weather, not one of... (more)

Steamtown's CN #3254 runs the main through Elmhurst on a "Holiday Express" excursion to Gouldsboro. This side is the normally shadowed and less often photographed side just ahead of the signal br... (more)

An early morning snow hit Mid-Michigan Saturday morning, leaving around 1-2 inches of a wet, heavy snow. With flakes still flying, the passengers of the Steam Railroading Institute's North Pole E... (more)

A 7 car Christmas Train extra running from Corinth to Thurman and return rolls thru the first accumulating snow of the season on it's NB trip.

Later down the line, We see W&W 58 storming up the hill into Mt. Cuba. A private Picnic grove used by the railroad.

This shot brings back some great memories of an event that will never again happen. Even today, I'm amazed I was a part of it. This scene was taken by my friend Joe Givens. I was on board the trai... (more)