Quick take
- Texarkana, Texas: 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. Sun., Nov. 29, at the West 4th Street railway crossing, according to CPKC’s schedule.
- Shreveport: 7:45 to 8:15 p.m. the same night at 4550 North Lake Shore Drive.
- Magic! and MARIS will play from the train’s stage car. The show is free. CPKC asks visitors to bring a nonperishable food item or a cash donation, which stays in the community.
- Stay off the tracks and the rock ballast, and keep back from the train when taking photos.
The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train is coming back through the ArkLaTex on Sunday, Nov. 29, with two free stops close to home, according to CPKC’s U.S. schedule.
- Texarkana, Texas: 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. at the West 4th Street railway crossing.
- Shreveport: 7:45 to 8:15 p.m. at 4550 North Lake Shore Drive.
The train also stops in Mena, Ark., that morning from 10:45 to 11:15 a.m. At each stop, the Canadian band Magic! and singer-songwriter MARIS perform from the train’s stage car, and local food bank representatives give a short presentation, Texarkana Today reported.
Bring a donation
The show is free, but CPKC asks visitors to bring a nonperishable food item or a cash donation. The railroad says what is collected at each stop stays in that community. Since 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised more than $28.3 million and collected more than 5.6 million pounds of food in Canada and the United States, according to CPKC figures reported by Texarkana Today.
Safety
CPKC reminds visitors to stay off the tracks and the ballast rock and to keep back from the locomotive and rail cars. KTYT reported the railroad asks people to stay at least 50 feet away. CPKC also warns about fake social media accounts posing as the Holiday Train, so get updates only from the railroad’s verified pages.