Welcome to December and another installment of the Midweek Photos. It seems there is a Santa Train, Polar Express or some other type of Christmas train running somewhere or another. Scranton seems to be a nexus of these events, with Santa hopping off one train only to be found on another.
First view here is the Santa Trolley run by the Electric City Trolley Station and Museum.
It headed to Montage in Moosic, PA as Steamtown's Pocono Holiday Limited waited for the 11 AM departure time. That is genuine steam heat you see coming out between the cars. These were taken Sunday Nov. 25.
On November 28, the Canadian Pacific Holiday train entertained the masses both in person, and trackside.
Santa Claus entertained the children in the audience...
and then appeared on stage with the Claytones before the train headed north to Canada.
Steamtown was on the move again on December 1 with this steam powered Holiday Express.
Passing the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel and the University of Scranton.
Shortly before 3:00 PM on Dec 1, the Santa Train, part of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority's "Christmas in a Small Town" program arrived in another part of Scranton's downtown.
A jazz combo played for entertainment.
Mrs. Claus and the elves yukked it up with the crowd.
The AAA baseball team the RailRiders, affiliated with the NY Yankees was there for fun too.
Santa was busy taking lists and getting wishes from the children nearby.
Believe it or not, that's not all I have this year! More will come.
But in the meantime, Hannukah begins this weekend. Whichever holiday you observe or participate in, have a wonderful time.
The thread is now yours to share whatever or whomever you captured trackside in the real world of railroading. Please post some of your pictures here.
