Wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Blessed Christmas and a healthy, rewarding and steam filled 2016.

We all have a lot to be grateful for as there's a lot more surviving steam here half way through the second decade of the new century than one would have guessed there would be a few years ago. Let's hope that the Class 1's continue to prosper and that another Wick Moorman or two will make it to the CEO's chair so programs like the NS's 21st. Century Steam program happen.

Glad to report that our Santa trains on the NH&I are as popular as ever even though this year they're diesel powered ( # 40 in the shop for heavy running gear overhaul) and that the multitudes of youngsters continue to evidence the basic love for trains we all seem to inherit.

Merry Christmas. Ross Rowland

My son sent me a link for the 2015 CP Christmas train video. Now, if it were only a steam engine up front.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_jWaScptQ4

Roger Cole

Merry Christmas Ross. I hope to one day see the C&O 614 under a full head of steam. I remember her blasting through my home town many years ago when you guys ran the NJT trips.

Robert