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Ontario Northland SD40-2 1735 on the "Santa Claus Express"

Walker Coe photo. North Bay, Ontario. November 21, 2004

Departing the yard, the 'Santa Claus Express' heads for the station in North Bay to pick up 400 screaming kids. The train carries kids for a 40 mile, hour long ride. This train is ran every year by the ONR for charities along the line. Trains are ran in North Bay, Temagami/New Liskeard/Cobalt, Englehart, Timmins, Cochrane, Moosonee, Rouyn-Noranda, Kapuskasing and Hearst.