CP HOLIDAY - Seven-year-old Purva Patel at the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train stop in Lacombe. Michelle Falk/Red Deer Express

CP HOLIDAY - Seven-year-old Purva Patel at the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train stop in Lacombe. Michelle Falk/Red Deer Express

WATCH: CP Holiday Train steams into Lacombe

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train delighted residents of Lacombe on Dec. 6

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