Thawville is no misnomer....it's barely 6 degrees (F) this morning. I believe this was the last year an IC E-Unit ran on this train.

CN 5444 leads the Illinois Central Santa train southbound on the Gilman Sub on a brisk morning at 45 miles an hour in early December. The cab is packed full of railroad employees and their kids, ... (more)

The northbound NS trackage rights train heading to the CN main in Gilman is working up the CN branch from Gibson City as they cross a creek in rural Illinois.

The CN Santa Train is in the hole for the approaching L554 local returning to Clinton from Gilman.

The CN Santa train rolls north in late afternoon light. Of course the IC E unit was on the wrong end...