Second weekend of 2018.

Mr. & Mrs. Santa and the elves waiting for the train. 

And here it comes. 

Making a toy at Santa's workshop.

Enjoying the animals. 

Street entertainment playing with fire. 

Checking everything out. 

A favorite thing to do is getting your picture taken in front of the train.  We have volunteers to help you out. 

Enjoy a ferris wheel ride. 

The school kids at Ashley decorate the trees for the festival of trees. 

Just a different view as the train is leaving town heading back to Owosso.

Mr. and Mrs. Claus and the elves went for a carousel ride. 

2018 trips 2 and 3.

100 North Pole Trips

We started the 2018 season of the North Pole Express with a bang.  The weather was good, enough snow to be beautiful, and a big crowd for our 100th train trip.  The village of Ashley marked this occasion with a give away.  As the train passengers were getting off the train there were many vouchers given to people for free gifts from the various vendors in the village.  And there was our big Golden Ticket program.  Through out the evening the vendors were counting their visitors and the 100th visitor to each venue received a Golden Ticket.  After Santa gave away the first gift of Christmas the village gave the key to the city to representatives of the Steam Railroad Institute. Then Santa started drawing names for the Golden Ticket give away.  The first prize was $100.00 and then several gift baskets were awarded to people who had received a Golden Ticket.