IC E9 101 sits in Clifton with the 2013 CN Santa Train.

IC 101 leads the Santa Train towards Flat Rock Yard as they head south on the Mt. Clemens Subdivision through Warren.

IC E9 101 sits in Gibson City with the 2011 CN/IC Santa Train.

A father and his young son take a gander at the strikingly beautiful Illinois Central E unit, as the CN's Santa Train sits in Gibson City, IL.

IC 101 leads the Holiday Special through Wyandotte as they head towards their next appearance in Flat Rock.

IC 101 leads the 2009 GTW Santa Train as it passes the signals at CP-YD in River Rouge.

Now in its fourth consecutive year of operation, CN's employee Santa train has become an annual holiday fixture on the GTW. Running under sunny skies and frigid temperatures, IC 101 hustles the tr... (more)

The CN Santa Train makes its first stop of the day at Gibson City.

After visiting with Santa, the kids get to tour the cab of CN painted IC 9614 and carefully exit the locomotive from the lead pilot with the help of volunteers.