Greetings of “Merry Christmas!” and carols sung by children — huddled together atop a restored 1950 Alexander Railroad Company No. 7 train engine — ring out, bringing a bit of sunshine to an otherwise dreary winter day.
After climbing aboard a parked 1925 trolley, passengers are rewarded with sugar cookies and hot cocoa, sipping from their Styrofoam cups, shielded from the cold winter weather outside, while Bing Crosby serenades “White Christmas” from the speakers.
“I’ve always loved trains,” says Rocky Hollifield, president of Craggy Mountain Line. “That’s what I do. I live, eat, breathe and sleep trains.”
