This is the Holiday Train.

Forget the Coca-Cola truck – this marvelous locomotive has to be the most festive vehicle imaginable.

With its massively over the top, bright decorations, it looks like a child’s design come to life.

It’s also a majestic sight at night, so it’s no surprise that people stayed up late to catch a glimpse of it going past.

But, because this is 2016 and we can’t have nice things, this happened:

It’s just so crushingly inevitable.

Huge respect though to all the determined trainspotters that turned up, and kept filming the moment even as it was ruined by a normal, boring passenger train.

The clip was posted on Reddit, where one person wrote: ‘Well that passenger train got a hell of a view.’

It is believed to have been shot in Canada, but the spectacular train is also running through the US.

There’s a country gig. A country gig, people, on the Holiday Train!

The Holiday Train is not only an impressive sight, it’s actually a pretty great idea.

Run by rail company Canadian Pacific (CP), organisers urge people to bring food to the train’s stops, which is then passed on to local food banks.

Pam Jolliffe of Food Banks Canada said: ‘We are very excited about this year’s CP Holiday Train and are encouraging all event attendees to bring healthy, nutritious food items to the shows.

‘For the last two decades, CP has played an integral role in raising essential food for the holidays and in raising awareness of hunger-related issues.’

Source:
courtesy of METRO

by Harley Tamplin

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