The singing started early on.

As the 112-year-old steam locomotive rumbled out of its berth at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland, St. Nick launched into a song about himself – “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” – as he moved through the aisles of the vintage train cars, passing out candy canes, his elf assistants in tow. Soon almost all the passengers in the car – especially the children – were joining in, belting out the familiar yuletide diddy.

The Holiday Express is back, with the 1912 train heading out multiple times every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until the end of the year. The trip trundles along the Springwater Corridor

on a roughly 45-minute out-and-back trip that reverses at Sellwood Riverfront Park. On this day, in 50-degree weather, it included an open-ai

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