The 2024 CPKC Holiday Train rumbled through Blackfalds, Lacombe and Ponoka on Wednesday.
A large crowd gathered in Blackfalds to catch the light-bedecked train make a stop as part of holiday tradition and charitable effort for local food banks.
At each stop, the Canadian reggae fusion band Magic!, and Portuguese Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sofia Camara, will play a free concert from the train’s stage.
The railway network CPKC, a combination of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, and will make a donation to the local food bank at each stop and will also encourage attendees to donate.
The Holiday Train will be back in central Alberta on Dec. 13:
This year, the Holiday Train will tour Canada and the United States from Nov. 21 to Dec. 20, and the train will stop in Central Alberta at the following locations:
• Dec. 13 in Innisfail, from 12:55 to 1:35 p.m., at 50th Street.
• Dec. 13 in Olds, from 2:30 to 3 p.m., at 50th Street.
• Dec. 13 in Didsbury, from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m., at 20th Street and 18th Avenue.
