The annual CPKC Holiday Express visited communities along the former Kansas City Southern Lines from late November until mid-December 2024. The train first ran southeast from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Jackson, Meridian, and Vicksburg, Mississippi on the former Midsouth. After that it rolled over the old Louisiana & Arkansas to LaPlace (New Orleans) and Baton Rouge. Power for the train is provided by three classic EMD F units in KCS paint. The “Holiday Express” itself consists of a non-powered “locomotive” (“Rudy”), a generator car, Santa flatcar, model train display boxcar, and a pair of former Gateway Western cabooses.
