Santa and guests will travel in clean accommodations on Saturday, Nov. 23 in the 71st running of the Santa Train

Preparing for the running of the 71st Santa Train on Nov. 23rd, the equipment gets a first class cleaning.

Geometry train is backing to a tie-down on track 7.

Track train patiently waits for lull in revenue traffic to resume dropping off rails in Tennessee.

Pulling empty cooking oil tankers over a small bridge parallel to Commonwealth Ave.

Rail train ready to move on into Tennessee (ex-Southern territory) to begin laying off track.

Final run on the Bristol line as news came that NS was ending its steam excursion program. Will 611 come back in the re-instated program now running? Many hope so.

Heritage unit "Interstate" brings up the rear as the eastbound flies past 22A waiting on the siding.

Having waited on the Abingdon siding as the much longer eastbound 23G came through, it is on to Bristol for the westbound intermodal.

Empties returning north between St Paul and Dante,VA

THe westbound eases to a stop on track 7 and the crew will move to tie it down. Power for the locals is at left.

Another CSX Santa Train will run later this month but the apex was reached when UP's Challenger, lettered for the Clinchfield, pulled the 50th Anniversary train.

Halcyon days of the NS excursion program.

Rail train parked for the day.

Perfect October weather for departure to Knoxville.