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The 2006 Santa
Train arriving in Marrowbone, KY. |
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Santa's helper
restocks the platform for the next stop as Santa waves at us. |
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Alison Krauss
was this year's
celebrity guest. To learn more about Alison Click
Here |
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Fremont probably
had the biggest crowd along the route. |
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Everyone is
waiting on Santa and Alison in Marrowbone. |
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Waiting at
Allen siding the Santa Train heads toward Dante, VA. |
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The 2006 Santa
Train arrives in Elkhorn City, CSX SD40 #8474 leads the way. |
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The lead unit
passes Union Baptist Church located in Dante, VA. |
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Noel (left) CSX supervisor out of
Erwin. Everett retired from CSX, has seniority back to CRR days. |
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The engineer
stops the train right beside a NB empty coal train waiting on
Santa. |
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Elkhorn City
had a good crowd waiting for Santa and his helpers. |
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Standing on VA.
63 hwy. bridge the train runs along side Lick Creek in Hamlin, VA. |
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Miss Virginia
is one of Santa's helpers this year seen here in Elkhorn City. |
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St. Paul is
ready for Santa! |
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Crossing over
Pool Point bridge you can see Russell Fork river below. |
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The St. Paul
crowd kept Santa & Alison busy as they passed out candy and toys. |
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Santa Train
enters the Breaks Interstate Park crossing Pool Point. For more
info on the Breaks Click Here |
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Located at Carfax, VA. which isn't
easy
to get to but a
great spot for catching trains. |
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Arriving in
Haysi, VA. the lead unit passes the crowd waiting for Santa. |
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Looking down
from VA. hwy 619 Santa arrives in Fort Blackmore. |
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Haysi is located just
south of the Breaks Interstate Park. |
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Norfolk
Southern waiting on Santa at Starnes. NS has trackage rights over CSX to
Frisco, TN. |
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As it arrives
into Clinchco there wasn't a great location with the sun. |
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The Santa Train
crossing Copper Creek Viaduct |
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A local church had coffee and other items, as you could tell it was
pretty cold. |
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Copper Creek is
about 1100' long, 167' tall & it's a hike to get to the tracks. |
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At milepost
18.4 it exits Rinehart tunnel just outside Clinchco, VA. |
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Last stop for
me this year but Santa continued to Kingsport for the parade. |