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Subscribe to RSSUTICA, N.Y. -- Nearly 370 people aboard a "Polar Express" holiday train got quite a ride on Thursday night -- three of the cars and an engine derailed after the train left the Utica station.
The derailed cars stayed upright and no one was hurt. One of the passengers on board, Molly Hartnett, of Manlius, told The Post-Standard of Syracuse that the train was too far from the station to walk back in the dark, so Santa visited the train while the passengers waited for buses to pick them up.
That made an impression on Hartnett's grandson, Liam Hartnett-Weare, 6, who told The Post-Standard: "It was cool."
About 100 children were on board, and firefighters carried some of the smaller kids to the buses.
The "Polar Express" takes children to a replica of the North Pole to meet Santa. It's inspired by the picture book of the same name, about a doubting boy who regains faith in the spirit of Christmas during a magical train trip to the North Pole.
Officials said Friday night's Polar Express trips on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad were canceled, UticaOD.com reported.
This article includes reporting by msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press.
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Fortunately, no one was hurt... and at least one youngster thught it "was cool". MERRY CHRISTMAS one and all!!!
Yeah
Thank GOD !
Tom Hanks did it, he appeaed as the Ghost in the movie and scared it off the tracks.
I think the childen will remember his for along time and for most it will of been cool.. Merry Chrismas
Wow! Spell check and grammar check is in order.
simple enough,
Wow, a little tolerance for typological errors is definitely in order. Merry Christmas.
The Wizard of Wisdom, you can always spot the passive-aggressive person in the crowd. Even in an online comments thread.
Grammar Police - get a Santa Suit and ring your bell - leave us alone
You know the kids thought it was cool Sharon!! Until their hysterical parents made them hysterical and then they called their attorneys to sue for the trauma that their children suffered immediately after the kids were told they were supposed to be hysterical and traumatized which will then lead to tv interviews and free trips to Disneyland as a public stunt so that the KIDS will feel better. One of the parents is already lamenting how nervous they were about the lack of heat with their 8-week old baby on board , and another one grousing about the STEEP hill she had to walk down.
Wait for it................
Prolly. Sorry grammar polis. NOT yuk yuk yuk
Simple is enough has an excellent point; we have spelling and grammar rules to maximize effectiveness of communication. If you flout the rules, you impede communication. In other words, your writing is a train wreck! Happy holidays!
funny place to start a christmas trip..Utica looks like a Tim Burton set that burned down
Heh. That's pretty good.
Hey I am from there and I never looked at it that way, but damn you are right. That is a fuuny way to describe this dump.
Sleepy Hollow?
In the movie it derails, perhaps the younger ones will think it's the way it was suposed to be.
Maybe the engineer had been watching the movie. Thank God there were no injuries and Santa visited to keep the kids happy. Merry Christmas!!
Glad noone was hurt!! I bet while some kids thought it cool, the parents on board where more shook up then the kids :)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Screw the kids! Is Tom Hanks alright?!?
Seriously, right? But hey I don't think church-yard bells at a funeral count as Santa Magic people... Be a little more careful. The kids don't wanna listen for SLAY bells.
they wanna listen to SLAYer.
lol @ Mountainmancan
Just be thankful no one was on hand to tell the kids there is no Santa.
HEY KIDS!!! SANTA'S AS REAL AS 9/11!! And the Federal Reserve! And... and... the wars they want you to grow up and fight in. HEY KIDS!!! HEY!!!
Dudex:
C'mon! Mellow out.
Janine:
I told my children every time they asked me if Santa was real..."Santa is as real as you and I." They always smiled...in that knowing fashion.
Thankful neither children nor parents were injured. Great ending to the event!
Dudex ... you are the quintessential moron! Merry Ho Ho Ho to you!
Dudex,
Hmmmm, I guess Santa's pretty real then, considering 9/11 did happen, the Federal Reserve DOES exist and we ARE in those wars you mentioned. I agree with Don. You're obviously not too terribly bright.
Merry Christmas to you anyway. Maybe Santa will bring you a real brain that actually works.
Santa is real...dead that is. he was a Turkish saint.
Santa is the embodiement of the love a parent has for their child and reminiscint of the Love jesus had for all mankind.
And that love is as real as can be...tis the reason for the season no matter how much some try to make it otherwise
I bring you tidings of great joy
Peace on Earth, Good will to all men
Beleive
To the Scrooges out there....you will be visited by three spoirits
Pray you listen to them
Yo... I hold up a mirror of sarcasm and look at the idiocy I get in reply! HOHOHOHOHO!!!! Yess!!!
Seriously you all made my day! LMFAO.
I hope you all continue in your blind beliefs... that's awesome.
Seriously, though... God Bless us EVERYONE... you and you and even you. Even if I find humor in you... peace. I dig you. Have a very blessed life. No sarcasm intended.
Actually, had to come back and correct Frank. Santa is the embodiment of the pagan celebrations surrounding Capricorn. Traditionally an Old Man represented Capricorn whose gift to the world was a return from Winter to Spring. What he embodies today is a complete farse to cover up the fact that the old pagan beliefs endured... along with this Santa ordeal we have the evergreen, mistletoe, and the yule log.
Peace and Love are universal themes of the holiday we now celebrate, however they are overshadowed greatly by gifts, sales, and gluttony. Really sad...
But I do agree with your feelings of good will and wish everyone would reciprocate them.
AMEN Frankly True!
Which pagan celebrations and whose traditions? I be confused. Isn't capricornicus Latin? Weren't the Celts considered pagan? Didn't you pull up some Greek also? Scandanavian? The evergreen tree wasn't meant to be a tradition, either. Martin Luther felt it represented the continuum of the God he believed in. Santa Claus is a 're-make' of Cinter Klaus, German folklore (ok, it's spelled wrong). Seems you have several old stories intermixed. Holiday root word is Holy Day, roman catholic. So, Have A Great Holiday! And Give Peace A Chance...
actually the belief is many different cultures and tradition not just one certain one, from Japan to Holland and with yule logs from the vikings, to evergreens as far south as Rome, where their week long feasts were their new year, "Rebirth of the Sun"...etc...etc...etc...basically it comes from many diff. things, the point is if your life is based on attention on MSN posting, you might want to get laid once in your life.
As far as the Christmas spirit, it would be lovely for folks to hold onto kinship and love all the time. Some of us have no means to celebrate this holiday and find the temporary kindness hypocritical at some level. We are always related...every day of the year....
OH BOY ... the Claus the Claus.....gonna see the man himself, SANTA CLAUS.....keep the spirit alive for the kids.
glad all went well.....MERRY CHRISTMAS
Glad no one got hurt too bad!!
Shouldn't have been so wild with the "HOT COCOA" dance! Geeze!
after listening to all the right wing bull sh@# this was comforting to hear happy hoho and remember the marine corps toys for tots this year alot of kids wont have mommy or daddy home this holiday season, cause they are protecting all of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hohoho... hope you have a happy Christmas too and don't drop any left-wing-a-ding-ding-bat Bull Shaft on us on the way out. Hope you feel protected... maybe you should buy a handgun. But thanks for thinking of the kiddies... I do applaud that.
Dudex:
Keep working on that lighten up thing...
Hey peggs-3730129:
I fixed your post without permission...
this was comforting to hear happy hoho and remember the marine corps toys for tots this year alot of kids wont have mommy or daddy home this holiday season, cause they are protecting all of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarcasticus... Keep working on it as well. LOL.
Good thing they weren't trying to copy the "Walking in the Air" flying scene from The Snowman.
The Snowman was great. I havn't seen it for a long time........
glad mp pme was hurt . i wish everyone amerry christmas, and if this offends you? too bad, get a life, MERRY CHRISTMAS one and all
Your spelling offends me more than you insisting I have a merry holiday that I don't believe in the religion of.
Too much hot chocolate must have been consumed. At least there were no injuries.
I bet you all were singing Crazy Train By Ozzy Osbourne!
was this before or after Hot Chocolate? and did the conductor take the stowaway on top of the rail cars toward the Engine to deal with her?
Editors pick what a joke. MSNBC does not mention one new report on the Murdering President OBAMA and his pal hit man nor is there a single major item on OBAMA's good friend at Goldman Sacks Corzine and where the Billions went. So next time you commit a crime just say "it was not my fault because it was not what I wanted to do." Talk about a Socialist Press organization. MSNBC is a joke.
Millions of people have lost all their money and lives to Democratic Corzine the Billionaire and MSNBC is so low life as not to mention one negative because he is a friend of the Muslim President OBAMA. The Murder and his killer for hire Eric Holder. So now MSNBC killing Americans is ok?
Your new organization is scum.
JG, stop spouting a pack of complete lies. Anyone with a working brain knows that it is the Republicans who destroyed the economy, and are keeping it bad to protect their fat-cat buddies.
Murder? It was George W. Bush who LIED us into a totally useless war in Iraq that actually made us LESS safe after wasting the lives of thousands of our brave service people.
You are disgusting. Go crawl back in your hole.
Editors pick what a joke. MSNBC does not mention one new report on the Murdering President OBAMA and his pal hit man nor is there a single major item on OBAMA's good friend at Goldman Sacks Corzine and where the Billions went. So next time you commit a crime just say "it was not my fault because it was not what I wanted to do." Talk about a Socialist Press organization. MSNBC is a joke.
Millions of people have lost all their money and lives to Democratic Corzine the Billionaire and MSNBC is so low life as not to mention one negative because he is a friend of the Muslim President OBAMA. The Murder and his killer for hire Eric Holder. So now MSNBC killing Americans is ok?
Your new organization is scum.
Thanks, JG-955213, for turning this into a political thing. That the FCUK you talking about anyways there, Willis? My advice, get back on your meds. And to MSNBC, thanks for making this sound much orse than t was.
JG-955213,Why don't you take a chill pill and take the politcal spew somewhere else this is about a bunch of children and their trip on the Polar Express, I am glad all the children are fine and it seems they enjoyed their trip anyway.
Hey JG- stay on subject or shut the hell up. You are part of the big problem with this country right now.
JG....really? Did you forget your meds today? or just took too many?
Nice to hear something that didn't end horribly!
Must have been an Amtrak Operation.
I was taken back when this kid said "It was cool!!" Kid, trust me on this one.... I was on Amtrak when it derailed and THERE IS NOTHING COOL ABOUT IT!!!! PERIOD!!!!!! "I was so glad to hear that there were no casualties occurred or serious injury!!! DERAILMENT IS NOT COOL!!! SUPER FRANK you had me spitting out my tea!!!! "Crazy Train" indeed!!!!! CLASSIC!!! And JG?? Are you off your meds or what? Dude, get a grip!!!! This article HAS NOTHING TO DO with your babblings!!!
Sadly I remember when the Challenger blew up. I was in 3rd grade and more than one moronic child in my class said "COOL". A few others tittered. I always hope looking back that it was just the age and that perhaps they have changed for the better, but somehow I doubt it when I meet other people my age. They still titter and go "COOL" when a bomb drops on innocent Arabic victims that shouldn't have gotten bombed. They still clap their hands with excitement at the idea of Nuking an entire population. So IDK.
I am so thankful nobody was hurt- we have taken our grandchildren on the Polar Express at the Grand Canyon and it was so much fun! I highly recommend it...
I live in Utica and was suppose to be on tonights train with my Grandson, he is now sad about it. They should do make up date before Christmas or I might be pissed!
Aaaah... hope you make it. That would be really cool.
Ok, I really try not to insert politics related things in responses to non-political articles, but one poster mentioned they must've gotten too crazy with the "hot chocolate" dance.... and for some reason, all I could think of was Hermain Cain singing the song. It really cracked me up.