Santa Claus and his helpers take a break between stops during the second annual Santa Train featuring the Peoria & Western Railway and it's two FP9'A's. 'Tis the season to take a fun-filled trip with Santa Claus as he rides aboard Keokuk Junction Railway between Mapleton and Cuba, Illinois. On Saturday, December 5, Keokuk Junction Railway Company operated their annual Santa Train as an effort to provide a fun, interactive, outside the classroom educational opportunity for railroad safety that involves not only children, but also adults. Santa Claus will join Keokuk Junction Railway Co. employees and those of other Pioneer Lines, and will make six stops along its railroad line to visit children.
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