A CSX passenger special departs Cumberland while a westbound freight waits on clearance into the yard.

The Santa Train rounds Osborne’s Curve just north of the stop at Dungannon.

Just as the sun starts to rise above the mountains, the 2010 Santa Train crosses over the Pool Point Bridge as it heads to its first stop in Virginia.

The Santa Train’s arrival in Fort Blackmore was well documented by several photographers along the Highway 72 overpass.