The LIRR's "Holiday Express" returns for its second year after a highly successful inaugural run in 2016. This year is centered around the "Elf the Musical" show at Madison Square Garden, and features two express trains to Penn Station; one from Ronkonkoma on Saturday and another from Babylon on Sunday. The Saturday train is seen here at 80 mph in Deer Park after a night of snowfall.
Locomotive-hauled trains extend LIRR service from Midtown New York to the eastern reaches of the North and South Forks. Power has gone through four generations since steam service ended.