Robert Zeug, who is in the Air Force, prepares to ride the dome car with his daughter Megan, 10, on BNSF's Holiday Express, a special train on which they offered a free ride Thursday from Spokane train depot. This is the third annual version of the holiday train, on which military families are invited for an excursion on classic rail cars assembled for the event. Mike Prager story here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

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