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.

A full view of the 2003 Santa Train at St. Paul. Not visible is the crowd of hundreds gathered at the rear of the train.

My favorite subject, Sean Anderson, takes a well deserved breather from the chase. He and his dad (and I) have chased since Shelby, KY.

The humongous crowd at Dante awaits a treat to come flying their way from Jolly Old St. Nick.

P92922 pulls in for one of the Santa Train's premier stops at Dante, VA.

"Col. Hooper" pulls the Santa train into Freemont for yet another stop to toss off goodies to the children on the nice list ;)

The 61st annual CSX Clinchfield Santa Special pulls into Clinchco for one of it's 15 stops.

CSX Santa Train 2003

Annual running of the CSX Santa Train

CSX Santa Train approaches the old Fremont Depot

Colonel Philip Hooper

Set of 3 SD40-2s