Working upgrade out of Blue Cut and toward the Swarthout Canyon Road grade crossing, BNSF's Southern California Christmas Train is making its first and only climb up the western slope of Cajon Pas... (more)

Filling the sweeping curve on the approach to the 3,700-foot summit of Cajon Pass, BNSF's Southern California Christmas Train heads east for Barstow on its first crossing of the famous pass in dec... (more)

Making its last stop before highballing for San Bernardino, BNSF's 2019 Southern California Christmas Train pauses in Victorville is some sweet, golden light on its last westbound journey.

Catskill Mountain Railroad RS-1 401 waiting to leave with the next run of The Polar Express.

Catskill Mountain Railroad's Polar Express at Kingston.

Former Norfolk & Western Railway 686 (GP9) sits in front of the Thomaston, CT depot on the Railroad Museum of New England on the night of Monday, December 23, 2019. Recently restored to service, i... (more)

With its trainload of happy passengers safely back at Barstow beginning their journeys home, BNSF 4228 and the 2019 edition of the BNSF Christmas Train are into the first few miles of their own jo... (more)

With a series of storms having passed through Southern California over the past few days, the skies are almost completely clear minus a few clouds as the BNSF Christmas Train calls on Fullerton th... (more)

GLC rests in Ashley Michigan with the Polar Express , waiting to pull the Steam Engine and passengers back to Owosso Michigan

HOG 2125 leads the final SAM Shortline excursion for the year across Lake Blackshear.

Coming south alongside Sunderland Road, the annual Manchester Elks “Elf Express” holiday train rumbles for its next stop at Arlington Depot. The Vermont Railway supplied motive power & equipme... (more)

Rain, snow, sleet or shine
the Polar Express Train runs on time.
Here we have a weekday train
running in the winter rain.
The train ride operates 3 to 5 times a day for a mo... (more)

After running to Middletown over NJ Transit, M&NJ CH-1 makes a rather early arrival at its next stop of Campbell Hall, allowing a well deserved rest for the train crew and Operation Toy Train volu... (more)

The Union Pacific ran a Passenger Special from Salt Lake City to Helper and return this day. The D&RGW heritage unit was on the rear for the eastbound leg, as shown here, but lead on the return tr... (more)