Holiday Train. On Saturday, December 12, 2015, Amtrak 822 (P40DC, Phase III) lead the Employee Holiday Special between Albany-Rensselaer and Rhinecliff, New York. Behind the power, AmFleet ... (more)

Wabash 1189 passes searchlight signals pulling the NS Santa Train.

The annual Cape May Seashore Lines Santa Express pulls into the station area at Tuckahoe with GP9 7000 in the lead. Santa sticks his head out behind the locomotive to greet passengers waiting on t... (more)

Everett's Mogul-type No. 11 is slowing its 3-car 12:00 noon Santa Claus Special to a stop. No. 11 was built by Alco-Cooke in 1920 on speculation and sat on the shop floor until 1923, when it was ... (more)

Iowa Northern's annual Snowflake Express made 6 round-trips yesterday from Waterloo to Washburn to help raise money for the Mix Kids, a non-profit organization. Here the train is about to Washburn... (more)

Annual Toys for Tots Christmas Train on as the FEC. The train lends Santa a hand making stops down the east coast of Florida delivering toys for the Toys for Tots program.

Engine 481 brings the Cascade Canyon train on the home stretch south through the Animas River Valley. Today, the train is extra long with 12 cars full of happy holiday travelers.

Deadhead Through Roe's Orchard

While Roe's Orchard is closed for the season, the Toys for Tots Train brings a bit of color to the otherwise dull scene. The train is deaheading ... (more)

The BNSF Holiday Train makes its first stop at Wichita Union Station. The train had just arrived and will board many military personnel and their families.

The CNJ 113 is passing the old Reading RR station at about 25 mph, on its return trip with the 1:00 p.m. Santa Claus Special. The station served as the borough hall for a number of years, and was... (more)

Evening descends on the festively decorated Saratoga Station with the Polar Express patiently waiting for passengers to arrive for a trip to the North Pole. A special thanks goes out to fellow rai... (more)

BNSF's Christmas train descends down the Arizona Divide, near Flagstaff, after spending the weekend in Southern California. Just the day before, Flagstaff received 5.3 inches of snow.

The Hill

M&E 18 trails the 1 P.M. Santa Train back into Whippany. The hill (On both sides) leading up to Troy Hills Road is evident here.

The evening Christmas Lights train is staged along the Milford Station while it waits to take it's next load of passengers out.

The Backyards of Montgomery

The Toys for Tots train is only a town away from the first stop of the day as MNJ 773 creeps through the backyards of Montgomery, NY. With heavy clo... (more)