ALL ABOARD—Dazzled

children, above, watch as

the Metrolink Holiday Toy

Express pulls into the Simi

Valley station Saturday evening as part of ABC7 and

the Firefighters “Spark of Love” toy drive. The 450-ton

train was decorated with more than 50,000 twinkling

lights and drew its usual

large crowd. Families who came to greet the train were treated to traditional carols from The Merry Minstrels, right, a Simi Valley-based

quartet.

Photos by IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers