CONWAY, N.H. (AP) – The “Polar Express” train ride on the Conway Scenic Railroad doesn’t have to pay licensing fees to Warner Brothers Entertainment.

The ride raises money for the nonprofit Believe in Books Literacy Foundation, which now sponsors a “Polar Express” train ride in Lincoln as well. The money goes to promote literacy in the Mount Washington Valley.

Believe in Books was the first to do the train ride 11 years ago, according to foundation officials. Houghton Mifflin, which published the book by Chris Van Allsburg, agreed the foundation could do the rides for free.

When Warner Brothers made a movie from the book last year, it began charging licensing fees for similar “Polar Express” train rides in other parts of the country – $10,000 a year plus 8 percent of ticket sales. Many railroads have changed the name of their winter ride to avoid the fees.