He is welcomed aboard by a kindly conductor and meets with other children, as they embark on an adventure to the North Pole, where the boy's doubts are transformed.

Through Dec. 23, the young actor will be portraying The Conductor, the central character in one of the modern holiday canon's newer entries: The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburgh's award-winning 1986 ...

City and state officials celebrated the beginning of this year's Polar Express holiday train service in Woonsocket on Friday.

The North Pole simply will not wait. "He is very focused on his job as the conductor, because for him Christmas will not take place without the Polar Express arriving on time," Moresco said.