New Hope Valley's 1545 Santa train departs Bonsal on the former NS branch to Durham in the late evening.

Lancaster and Chester Railway Santa Train was southbound on the old Southern Railway SB Line in 2021. Most of the time when I shot the L&C Santa Train, the weather was gloomy. 2012 was one of the ... (more)

Winter Wonderland. The annual Operation Toys For Tots is met with a nice snowfall in Succaasanna, New Jersey on the afternoon of Saturday, December 9, 2017. That year longtime H02 stalwart ... (more)

Holiday Train By King. MTA Metro-North Railroad MNCW 231 (P32AC-DM, New Haven Tribute) led the “Holiday Train” on Thursday, December 8, 2022, seen passing King Lumber in Goldens Bridge,... (more)

Allentown & Auburn's first Santa train of the day arriving at Topton.

Taking Care of Business The 2nd time I know of that the FEC ran their OCS as a complete set. This time still wearing holiday attire from the previous Santa Train a few days ago.

Wanamaker Kempton & Southern's first Santa Claus Express trip of the day heading back to Kempton.

"Rudolph Runs the Santa Express"

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer poses for a photo after bringing the 2022 "Santa Express" into Providence, Rohde Island on Amtra... (more)

KCS 1 leads the holiday express through the S curve in downtown Greenville under Business Highway 69

Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train rolls across the swing bridge spanning the Mississippi River at Sabula, IA, having just completed its stop in Savanna and now on its way to the next show in Davenp... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train glides through Mount Carroll, IL headed for its next stop in Savanna. The train is traversing CP's Chicago Subdivision for the first time since 2018, having taken ... (more)

The Saratoga Corinth and Hudson Railroad's Candy Cane Express prepares to depart Corinth with a train full of happy passengers, elves and of course Santa Claus. A bonus today for the railfans is t... (more)

For the second weekend in a row, Our middle daughter (and biggest railfan) Naomi gives a friendly wave to the crew of the LM&M's North Pole Express, this time powered by one of the two NKP GP30's ... (more)

Christmas train

On The Box Car Big Stage. The Canadian Pacific/CP Holiday Train returned to New York State for the first time since 2019, and the crowds really came out to celebrate the event. One Monday, ... (more)