A photo charter, by the steamer's owners.

The engine had to be moved from Hartford to Janesville in preperation
for the Santa Trains in Dec., so they made a "revenue" run
out of it by pulling some freight cars and charging a handful of
folks $$$ to photograph it.

Embellishments/enhancements for the photogs included numerous runbys,
and a few photo props, like old cars, buildings, actors in period
dress, i.e. someone hooping up orders at Whitewater.

It was run by Historic Transportation Preservation Inc. formerly
Steamspecials. The webpage is http://www.steamspecials.com. Anyone can go
there and sign up to receive announcements about the upcoming charters
they are running. Bill Raia and John Craft have organized all of the
#1003 charters run in the last couple of years.