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| E.M. & Carmon Bell | profile | all galleries >> 2012 Rail Photography >> 2012 Christmas Trains >> The Keokuk Junction Railway Santa Special | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 KJRY 1750 all decked out for the Santa train at Cuba, IL |
 The Keokuk Junction Railway Santa Special West of Canton |
 Holiday Special, Shortline style |
 Rolling West between Canton and Cuba |
 Santa comes to town on a Southern bay window cabb. |
 F units over the hill |
 East end of "UE" siding near Civer |
 The Santa train passes a long cut of storage cars at East UE |
 Christmas lights hung with care...in the cab! |
 A mix of old and new in the cab of KJRY 1750 |
 Christmas lights hung with care, in the cab of the 1750 at Cuba |
 The EMD hugger meets the KJRY 1750, thanks to Steve Smedley for the photo |
 Steve Smedley waits his turn to sit on the lap of Mr. Clause. |
 The Christmas edition of the "Canton Cannonball" passes a farm in suburban Cuba IL |
 KJRY F9's #1750 & 1752, former Algloma Central units |
 A pair of F9's, a Bilevel commuter car and a Southern bay window caboose.. |
 Classic EMD's speeding headlong into the gathering darkness on a cold Mid-Western night |
 An Amish family pauses to watch the KJRY pass by at dusk |
 Santa is out on the back of the train having a smoke as the train nears the last stop of the day. |
 KJ 1750 sits at Smithfield with the Christmas light on as the last group of Children visit with Mr. Clause. |
 Sitting at Smithfield |
 The Keokuk Junction Santa Special waits at Smithfield, while all the good little boys and girls visit the Jolly Old Elf |
 KJRY 1750 holds the main at Smithfield |
 The view from the right hand seat of 1752 at Smithfield |
 The engine room of KJRY 1752, with the main generator and roots blower in the foreground |
 Engine room of KJRY 1752, with the EMD 567-16 prime mover |
 Engineer Doug Henry on the 1752 |
 Curving through Canton |
 Keokuk Junction F9B 1761 in the yard at Mapleton |
 End of the run...1752 stands in the yard at Mapleton after a days work hauling Santa in the Heartland |
 Civer!! |
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