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The brightly decorated, colorful boxcars of CPKC Railway’s annual Holiday Train are back in Minnesota this week, with 20 stops planned across the state.

Over the past 25 years, the Holiday Train has traveled rail lines across Canada and the U.S. each November and December, with musical performances and food donation collections in communities along the way.

The train’s visit to Minnesota this year starts Tuesday with stops in La Crescent, Winona, Wabasha and Hastings. It’ll make its way through the Twin Cities on Wednesday and Thursday, then head through central and western Minnesota. Its last stop in the state will be in Elbow Lake on Dec. 16.

The southeast Minnesota and Twin Cities stops will feature music by The Lone Bellow and Tiera Kennedy. Central and western Minnesota stops will include music by Seaforth and Alana Springsteen.

If you’re heading out to any of the stops — especially Wednesday and Thursday — bundle up. Forecasts are calling for frigid conditions in Minnesota, with highs in the single digits across much of the state.

Since its inception, the Holiday Train has raised more than $24 million and collected more than 5 million pounds of food for local food banks across the U.S. and Canada.

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The brightly decorated, colorful boxcars of CPKC Railway’s annual Holiday Train are back in Minnesota this week, with 20 stops planned across the state.


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Holiday Train set to make annual trek across Minnesota

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