Holiday Greetings

Classic Trains General Discussion
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To all of my good friends, both old and new, here’s wishing you and your families, a very merry Christmas. May you be blessed in the new year ahead with good health, prosperity and happiness. Our shared interest in trains of the classic era has been a source of joy to me I look forward to hearing from you all in 2011.

Mark

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas a Long Time Ago

By Mark Foster

The markers were lit and hung on back of the way car,

but because of the snow couldn’t be seen from afar.

The lamps in the crummy cast a flickering glow

inside the car and out onto the snow.

The rear brakie had stowed his flagging kit

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Ditto to Marks post. I wish all of you and your family’s a Great “Classic” Christmas and may the new year be full of Clear Tracks Ahead.

Dan

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In the mid 1960’s I spent Christmas Eve on board the Chief, eastbound Flagstaff to KC. We were slowed by heavy snows and I arrived at my folks a little late for Christmas, but we made it… singing Christmas Carols and trading stories with the passengers and crew of Santa Fe #20 as we crept across eastern Colorado at 30 mph behind the Santa Fe plows.

There can never be a warmer memory of Christmas , for me, than this…it is with that spirit that I wish ALL a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[G] [dinner]

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I would like to wish all of my fellow forum readers a very Merry Christmas.

Bruce