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is offered on the decorated Calera-Shelby<br />
train. After a visit and photo with Santa<br />
on the museum grounds, guests board the<br />
steam train for a trip down Candy Cane Lane.<br />
Activities are held on the museum<br />
grounds, and food trucks offer snacks and<br />
meals throughout the day. Craft and holiday<br />
gift vendors are also on site.<br />
The daytime train rides are available<br />
the first three Saturdays in December at 10<br />
a.m. and 1 p.m. Boarding begins 15 minutes<br />
before departure. Tickets can be purchased<br />
online or as available the day of the event.<br />
Along with the North Pole Express,<br />
Calera-Shelby train rides are available on<br />
Saturdays from March 11 to Sept. 30. Ozan<br />
Vineyard train rides are also available during<br />
those months, and other holiday and special<br />
events are scheduled throughout the year.<br />
These include the Sweetheart Special<br />
and Mardi Gras Limited in February; Easter<br />
Eggspress, Easter weekend; Mother’s Day<br />
Special, May; Father’s Day Express, June;<br />
Stars and Stripes and Wild West Day, July;<br />
Pumpkin Junction, weekends in October; and<br />
Fall Foliage Special, last weekend in October<br />
and first two weekends in November. Check<br />
exact days for <strong>2024</strong> online.<br />
The hour-long train rides scheduled on<br />
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day go through<br />
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