Western Railroad Discussion > KCS Holiday Express in East Texas

On Wednesday, Kansas City Southern ran their Holiday express train from Wylie, Texas to Sulphur Springs, Texas. The train was parked next to a city park in Sulphur Springs and open to the public for a visit with Santa Claus.

See link for information about the Holiday Express

http://www.kcsouthern.com/en-us/GeneralPublic/Pages/HolidayExpress.aspx

I left just as the train was opened to the public at 4 pm and there was already a block long line of people waiting to board and visit with Santa. It was sure nice to see the KCS provide this train to celebrate the holiday season. Thank you Mr. Haverty and all the KCS people that have worked to make this happen!

Here are some pictures from yesterday.

Enjoy!

Nomosantafe
Fort Worth, Texas
"Where the West Begins"

1 - 3 KCS F-units at Wylie, Texas

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4 - 6 EB crossing US 380 at Farmersville, Texas

The weather kinda went to pot as a cold front was coming in and gave us the cloud cover.

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7. & 8. EB just east of Farmersville, Texas

9. Approaching Greenville, Texas

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10. Going away approaching Greenville, Texas

11. EB at Brashear, Texas

12. Running thru the woods between Greenville and Sulphur springs, Texas

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13. Crossing Highway Spur 301 in Sulphur Springs, Texas

14. Crossing Main Street in Sulphur Springs

15. Didn't know there were any of these left

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16. & 17. Train parked at Sulphur Springs

18. Kids and adults waiting to board the train

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19. Block long line at 4 pm the starting time.

20. Seasons Greetings on caboose

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Great looking train and a nice set of photos.

Thanks for posting.

JMW
http://www.waidephoto.com

There is still a Piggy Wiggly in Denton (E McKinney St) and there used to
be one in downtown Lewisville until it burned to the ground a couple years ago.

Fire sprinklers would have help that one.

F units and East Texas - it doesn't get much better than that.

ArgyleEagle Wrote:
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> F units and East Texas - it doesn't get much
> better than that.


Add to that a former IC ext-vision caboose and it gets somewhat better for us IC fans, but the F's are definitely the "catch".

KC - long live Piggly Wiggly

Remember RS Plummer? Mr Plummer was a well known railfan of the 50's and 60's era who took a lot of pictures that have been published in books and in TRAINS. RS Plummer was from Sulphur Springs. Thanks for covering this event and posting these fine images for us to see nomosantafe.

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