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Dream comes true for 8-year-old train conductor Amtrak and the Make-A-Wish Foundation teamed up to help make an 8-year-old-boy's dream of being a train conductor come true. Jonathan, who was born with a heart defect and has had more than 10 surgeries, helped lead a train over Donner Pass. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT IT IS JUST THE LATEST IN A GROWING TREND TO TRY TO REGULATE THE E-CIGARETTE INDUSTRY. DELIVERING ON A YOUNG BOY STREAM TUBE -- A YOUNG BOY'S DREAM TO BECOME A TRAIN CONDUCTOR. IT IS NOT EVERYDAY THAT THERE IS SUCH FANFARE FOR A TRAIN RIDE. BUT THIS IS NO ORDINARY TRIP. IT IS ALL A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. THIS TOUCH THEIR HEARTS AND SOME IN A DIFFERENT WAYS. A LITTLE BOY IS ALL ABOARD AND ABOUT TO MAKE HIS DREAMS COME TRUE. NOBODY BELIEVED ME. TODAY, HE IS A TRAIN CONDUCTOR. WITH AN EASY SMILE AND A STEADY HAND, THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD TOOK THE CONTROLS AND HEADED ON A JOURNEY THAT WILL TAKE HIM THROUGH THE HONORED PAST. INSPECTOR 62. THE ENGINEER FROM JACKSON MISSOURI WAS BORN WITH A SERIOUS HEART CONDITION AND HAS OVERCOME 10 SURGERIES. BUT TODAY, HE'S MORE THAN A MEDICAL MIRACLE, HE'S THE MASTER OF THIS IRON HORSE. IT'S A ROLE HE HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR SINCE HE WAS A TODDLER. WHERE IS THE THROTTLE? AND THE TRAIN BREAK OR AIR BRAKE , THE LOCOMOTIVE BRAKE, OR THE INDEPENDENT BREAK. IT HAS BEEN HISTORY AND TAKE IT TO THE SIERRA NEVADA INTO RENO. THE TRIP WAS ORGANIZED BY THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMTRAK AND TO RAILROAD GROUPS. ALSO WISHING HAPPY TRAVELS ARE WELL-WISHERS STATIONED ALONG THE WAY, CELEBRATING TODAY'S ADVENTURE AND WISHING JONATHAN MANY MORE TOMORROW'S FILLED WITH NEW DREAMS AND WISHES TO BE GRANTED. JOHN JOHN AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE SPENDING HIS VACATION WITH