Updated Dec 13, 2012 @ 01:50 PM
The KCS Holiday Express made its annual stop in Pittsburg on Wednesday, one of 22 cities the train visits on its tour. It is always very popular and visual. Long lines of people brave the cold weather to climb on-board and view the many displays set up in the six cars. It starts in the afternoon and by the time I finish with the assignment the sun is setting which adds to the moment as the train lights up the evening. I have had this assignment every year I've been here and it never gets old. By the time I leave I have a smile on my face and I would say many other people in the seven states on the tour do to.
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Finnegan Magee, 4, and his sister, Fallon Magee, 2, wait to visit with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus Wednesday during a visit by the KCS Holiday Express. They were brought to the train by their mother, April Magee.
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Sandy Burton, left, and Judy Spears pose with their granddaughter, Nora Spears, as Mindy Spears, the baby’s mother, takes their photo aboard the KCS Holiday Express. The train visited Wednesday in Pittsburg as part of a tour including stops in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
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Light from an open door illuminate a church in one of the cars Wednesday afternoon. Santa Claus figurines as well as stuffed Santas filled another of the train cars of the KCS Holiday Express. Details of car decorations change every year.
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Santa’s Reindeer leap over a flatcar, part of the KCS Holiday Express, which visited Wednesday in Pittsburg. Santa, Mrs. Claus and several elves were passengers on the train, which drew a large crowd.
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Model train tracks wind through a miniature village in one of the cars of the KCS Holiday Express.
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A long line of people wait to board the KCS Holiday Express which visited Wednesday in Pittsburg as part of a tour including stops in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
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Santa Claus figurines as well as stuffed Santas filled another of the train cars of the KCS Holiday Express. Details of car decorations change every year.
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Henlee Wilson, 4-months, smiles as she exits the KCS Holiday Express after touring the cars with her mother Danielle Wednesday in Pittsburg.
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The KCS Holiday Express visited Wednesday in Pittsburg as part of a tour including stops in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
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The KCS Holiday Express visited Wednesday in Pittsburg as part of a tour including stops in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
