On its first day of operation for the 2011 holiday season, the New York City Transit "Nostalgia Shopper's Special Train" is about to depart 14th Street station, as the conductor waves the "all cle... (more)

Heading west on the former Santa Fe Pasadena Sub. the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train rolls through the foothill town of San Dimas, passing the ex-ATSF depot which is home to the Pacific Railroa... (more)

Lunch is just about over, and the second load of children will shortly be loaded on BNSF Railway's annual Southern California Christmas Train - and the sun popped out! So a few of us hopped off a... (more)

As the sun dips below the Sacramento River, Western Pacific 913 leads a train full of excited young kids who are getting to experience The Polar Express. The train boarded the passengers in Old To... (more)

Christmas, Florida Style on this 80 degree day...Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Locomotive # 2 steams into the Tavares Depot with RERX Train 101 a round trip to Lake Jem and return. The train has ... (more)

Black River and Western 752 with the first Polar Express train of the day.

The Keokuk Junction FP9A's lead a borrowed Hawkeye Express bi-level and a Pioneer Lines caboose into Glasford with the annual Santa Train. The KJ offered train rides in the ex-CNW/Metra commuter ... (more)

The 15th annual Metrolink Holiday Toy Express has just arrived in Claremont. Every year (with the exception of last), the train, decorated with over 50,000 lights, travels to almost every Metrolin... (more)

Making its way East

Canadian Pacific Railway's Holiday Train cruises across the south end of Lake Champlain on a short causeway at dusk on November 28. Vermont Rail System Guide Book coming soon and available at: ht... (more)

The Holiday train heads down the mountain towards Binghamton

On an unseasonably warm day, the CP Holiday Train rolls NB for its next show at Cobleskill. The detector at Colliersville (547.8) read out 63 degrees and the detector at Richmondville (528.1) read... (more)

Spreading its holiday message and cheer, the CP Holiday Train stops on the massive Tunkhannock Viaduct for a 10-minute show of its lights and horn blowing. The town had waiting hours in anticipati... (more)

The CTA Holiday Train lays over at Midway for a few min before making another trip into the city.

Engine 98 roars into the wooddale rockcut during its final run of 2010!