Santa a old friend of mine....been buddies ever since I was born. He gave me my first Christmas present.....when mom couldn't afford it...............love that guy!
Some of those old steam engines are still working today. They are kept up to steam, in order to rescue passengers, (mainly by shunting trains into stations) in event of a serious power failure. They are occasionally used to move ballast and sections of rail, such as preassembled points and curves.