CSX Santa Special crosses Copper Creek as seen from the NS Appalachia line.
CSX Santa Special at Sun, Virginia.
CSX Santa Special
Workers on the end of the Santa Train throw Christmas gifts to the mob gathered at the stop. I was able to catch back up to this train after I had a small complication near Clinchco. ;)
Mountains of The Breaks create a fast falloff of light as the sun comes up, luckily soon enough to light the tunnel for the Santa Special.
CSX 8077 pulls to a stop among the crowd of hundreds in Dante, VA.
Former L&N 8077 pulls the 2003 Santa Special across Copper Creek for the 61st year running.
CSX 8077 leads the 2003 Santa Train over the Holston toward its end in Kingsport Yard.
P92922 crosses Copper Creek and makes its way to the next stop about a mile up the track.
P92922, no longer the Santa Train heads south. Until next year!
All the passengers off, all the goodies gone, and Santa in the Kingsport Christmas Parade--the 2003 Santa Special is officially over. The deadhead to Jax begins.
"We went down to the river and into the river we..." hoped we didn't fall. Santa's sleigh crosses the pretty bridge in Kingsport.
Eye candy for the railfan...Copper Creek hosts the Santa Train for a few moments.
