One-year old Beau Brown high-fives Santa while visiting North Pole at the Santa Express, hosted by the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Museum on December 13, 2025, in Boone, Iowa. Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

People board the Santa Express to go to North Pole, hosted by the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Museum on December 13, 2025, in Boone, Iowa. Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

Chldren wait with wishlists at the Santa Express in the North Pole, hosted by the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Museum on December 13, 2025, in Boone, Iowa. Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

Visitors wait to ride the Santa Express, hosted by the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Museum on December 13, 2025, in Boone, Iowa. Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

Beau and Lane Brown and their parents, Hun

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