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The
start of
the 2011 CSX Santa Train in Shelbiana, KY Santa throws the first gift. |
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Thompson
Square was the celebrity guest on this year's Santa Train. |
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Ready
to depart Marrowbone Santa and Shawna toss the last of the gifts from
the platform. |
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Crossing
the former C&O Bridge arriving in Elkhorn City, KY. |
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Always
one of the larger crowd stops along the route, home of the Elkhorn
City Railroad Musuem. |
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Keifer
& Shawna having a great time on this year's Santa Train. |
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Santa
has arrived at Haysi, VA. |
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Everyone
reloading for another round of toy and gift throwing. |
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Tompson
Square can also be found on facebook. |
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An
overview of the Haysi, VA crowd right before departure time. |
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Exiting
Sykes Mill Tunnel on the former Clinchfield Railroad in Clinchco,
VA |
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Santa
hands a toy to a child and his helpers throw just a portion of the 15
tons of candy and toys. |
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Santa
points at the little girl in the pink jacket...she's ready! |
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Located
at MP #17.5 in Clinchco, VA the Santa Train will travel 110 miles total
to get to Kingsport, TN. |
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Santa
waves as he crosses the First McClure Bridge located in Clinchco, VA. |
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Heading
around the curve under the bridge the engineer can see the crowd located
at the Fremont, VA stop. |
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Santa
and the helpers look up and wave as all of us yell...SANTA! |
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Located
at McClure Junction CSX #P913 enters Caney Fork Tunnel. |
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Heading
south along the Kingsport Sub the Santa Train is located at the south
end of Allen, VA. |
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Passing
through Allen Santa waves as the news crew interviews him between stops. |
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Pulling
into Dante, VA CSX #4025 an SD40-3 one of the newest rebuilds from the
Huntington Shops. |
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Santa
throws a stuffed animal to a little boy as he gets a little help from
Dad. |
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One
of the largest stops along the route which always has a good turnout is
Dante, VA. |
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Thompson
Square enjoying the crowd as Shawna throws another gift to someone. |
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The
most famous location for a photo is located next to the Union Baptist
Church in Dante, VA. |
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Waiting
for Santa to depart the crew of a Northbound waits in Dante yard. |
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Passing
through Hamlin, VA onto the next stop. |
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This
year marks the 69th. running of the CSX Santa Train. |
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Just
under halfway through the route the Santa Train is located at Boody, VA. |
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Keifer
hands a stuffed animal to someone in the crowd at St. Paul, VA. |
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The
crew just grabbed some lunch and departed St. Paul, VA. |
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Heading
around Osborne Curve you can see the colors of the leaves are long gone. |
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Next
stop as he passes Osborne Curve Santa will arrive in Dungannon, VA. |
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The
Santa Train always runs the Saturday before Thanksgiving. |
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Santa
and the helpers passing out gifts at Fort Blackmore, VA. |
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The
2011 Santa Train passing through Slant, VA. |
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Crossing
over the Copper Creek Viaduct located in Boulder, VA. |
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Copper
Creek is almost 1500' long and 167' tall and was built in 1908. |
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Crossing
North Fork Holston River Bridge ready for it's last stop located at
Kingsport, TN. |
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Santa
Train is cleared out and has a new crew to head home to Jacksonville, FL
passing through Boone, TN. |