CP Holiday Train is making its list and checking it twice; Schedule now available

CALGARY, Oct. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific is proud to announce that the 2012 Holiday Train program will be riding the rails to raise money and awareness about hunger issues in Canada and the US, one stop at a time. Again this year, the two trains will visit over 150 communities - beginning their journeys in Beaconsfield, QC, and Scranton, PA. The 2012 Holiday Train schedule is now available on cpr.ca and Facebook.

Since 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised close to C$6.4 million and about 2.6 million pounds of food for North American food banks. With families continuing to turn to food banks, the need is always present. Items such as infant formula, canned meats, and spaghetti sauce are in popular demand. Bring a non-perishable food item or money to your local event to support your local food bank.

Each Holiday Train has 14 brightly decorated rail cars, including a modified box car that has been turned into a traveling stage for performers. They are each decorated with hundreds of thousands of technology-leading LED Christmas lights.

For additional information, photos, a route map and downloadable pictures of the two trains visit: www.cpr.ca. Supporters can also join the Holiday Train on Facebook and follow the two trains on Twitter @CPHolidaytrain

Editor's Notes:
** Holiday Train Schedule is attached
** Please add your community's stop to your outlet's local community events calendar

   

Canada

Times indicate show times - train arrives 10-15 minutes before, please come early
Schedule is subject to change.  All times are local.
Town/City	Address	Show Time
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Beaconsfield	Beaconsfield Commuter Station	7:30 PM
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Saint Clet	4 Rue du Moulin	4:15 PM
Merrickville	103 East Broadway & Country Road 2, south side of crossing near Bay St	7:00 PM
Smiths Falls	63 Victoria Street, Smiths Falls Train Station	8:15 PM
Friday, November 30, 2012
Belleville	South Church St. railway crossing, south of Dundas St East	1:30 PM
Trenton	RCAF Road/County Road 21, south side of railway crossing	2:45 PM
Brighton	East of railway crossing at Mile 112.29, Prince Edward St	4:00 PM
Bowmanville	Scugog St crossing at Mile 154.22 Belleville Sub	6:00 PM
Oshawa	680 Laval Drive, Oshawa, behind the Walmart store off Stevenson Road South	7:30 PM
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Toronto	750 Runnymede Rd, in front of CP Lambton yard office, parking only in Walmart lot	5:30 PM
Vaughan	North of railway level road crossing at Nashville Road, near the old grain elevator	8:00 PM
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Midhurst (Barrie)	12 Anne St North	12:00 PM
Mactier	Old CP station	2:30 PM
Parry Sound	Museum Train Station, 1 Avenue Rd	4:15 PM
Shawanaga	Near band office beside railway crossing at Village Rd	5:30 PM
Sudbury	VIA train station, Elgin St	8:30 PM
Monday, December 03, 2012
Cartier	CP train station, Spencer Ave	10:30 AM
Chapleau	CP train station, 50 Dufferin St	4:15 PM
Franz (Dubreuville)	Mileage 92.28 White River sub	6:45 PM
White River	CP train station, 102 Winnipeg St	9:30 PM
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Mobert	Across from Band office	9:15 AM
Heron Bay	Old CP train station, beside Esso building	11:30 AM
Marathon	Beside Curling Club parking lot, Stevens Ave	1:00 PM
Schreiber	CP yard tracks, Cenotaph beside Harvest Food Cupboard building	3:45 PM
Nipigon	CP TMS buildings across from Nipigon Inn, 60 Front St	6:30 PM
Thunder Bay	CP train depot track, 440 Syndicate Ave	9:45 PM
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Ignace	CP train station	9:45 AM
Dryden	CP entrance, corner of Queen St and Earl Ave	12:15 PM
Vermillion Bay	Bay St railway crossing, south of Highway 17	1:45 PM
Kenora	CP old South Yard, across from Wholesale store, enter from 8th Ave South	3:45 PM
Whitemouth	Railway Ave across from Whitemouth Hotel	7:00 PM
Winnipeg	Molson St between Panet Rd and Munroe Ave	9:15 PM
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Portage La Prairie	Opposite Centennial Arena, 390 1st St NW	5:00 PM
Brandon	Across from CP Station, 1000 Assiniboine Ave	8:00 PM
Friday, December 07, 2012
Moosomin	North side of railway tracks at 1001 Front Street	11:00 AM
Broadview	CP Station, 1 Railway Avenue	1:00 PM
Indian Head	North side of tracks, between CP buildings and Highway 56 crossing	2:45 PM
Qu'appelle	Corner of North Pacific Avenue and Ontario Street	4:00 PM
Regina	Mosiac Stadium parking lot at Taylor Field	6:00 PM
Moose Jaw	3 Manitoba St West, west of CP station	8:00 PM
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Mortlach	Adjacent to the maintanance-of-way building at Mile 25.94	8:30 AM
Swift Current	3rd St & North Railway, east of CP station	11:30 am MT,
		12:30 pm CT
Maple Creek	CP TMS shack on Pacific Ave	2:30 pm MT,
		3:30 pm CT
Medicine Hat	Queen & North Railway St, east of CP station	5:00MT
Tilley	Southeast side of crossing at Highway 877	7:15 PM
Brooks	1st Ave, rear of Civic building	8:45 PM
Monday, December 10, 2012
Lacombe	Gravel lot adjacent to CP tracks between 46 Avenue and Highway 2A	2:15 PM
Ponoka	50th Street and 47 Avenue	4:00 PM
Wetaskiwin	CP ES building at 4009 50th Street	5:45 PM
Millet	Pedestrian crossing, 50th Street and 46 Avenue	7:00 PM
Leduc	3915 50 Avenue, behind Save-On Foods	8:30 PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Josephburg	Moyer Recreational Center, 54596 RR215	5:15 PM
Edmonton	South of CP Station, 7935 Gateway Blvd	8:30 PM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Red Deer	CP Station, 6867 Edgar Industrial Drive	9:45 AM
Didsbury	CP tracks, 19th Street & 18th Avenue	12:30 PM
Airdrie	Nose Creek Park, Main Street, East side of CP rail tracks	2:15 PM
Calgary	9511 Horton Rd SW, gravel parking lot behind The Brick and Schanks	6:15 PM
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Cochrane	CP tracks between River & 4th Street, behind Provincial Building	3:00 PM
Stoney Nakota Nation	Mile 41, Laggan sub adjacent to the Gas Station	4:30 PM
Canmore	Pedestrian Xing Mile 67.6 Laggan Sub, West and behind the Sobeys	6:00 PM
Banff	CP Train Station	7:15 PM
Friday, December 14, 2012
Golden	Across from 7-11, 10th Ave	2:15 pm MDT
		Town Time
Revelstoke	Victoria Rd, adjacent to CP parking lot	6:00 PM
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Sicamous	NW corner of Hwy 1 at Silver Sand Rd intersection, east of drawbridge	4:30 PM
Salmon Arm	Lordco gravel parking lot, 51 Lake Shore Dr NE	6:15 PM
Notch Hill	Davies Rd-Notch Hill Rd crossing across from Notch Hill Hall, 1639 Notch Hill Rd	8:15 PM
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Chase	North side of Shuswap Ave, across from Chase RCMP building	3:15 PM
Kamloops	North side of Interior Savings on Lorne St	5:30 PM
Ashcroft	CP TMS building, Railway Ave	8:30 PM
Monday, December 17, 2012
Lytton	CP TMS building, Station Rd	3:15 PM
North Bend	East of TMS building, across from the CP bunkhouse	5:15 PM
Agassiz	West of Hwy 9, across from Agra Centre, Pioneer Ave	8:30 PM
Monday, December 17, 2012 - U.S. Holiday Train *
North Portal	Coach track, town centre	12 noon
Estevan	East of CP Station at vacant lot off 7th St	5:00 PM
Weyburn	512 Railway Ave	7:45 PM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Haney-Maple Ridge	Across from Billy Minor Pub	5:30 PM
Port Moody	300 Ioco Road, behind Arena & Rec Center	7:00 PM

U.S.

Times indicate show times - train arrives 10-15 minutes before, please come early
Schedule is subject to change.  All times are local.
Town/City	Address	Show Time
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Kahnawake	Mohawk Reserve	7:00 PM
Delson	TBD	8:15 PM
Lacolle	CP train station, 10 Ste. Marie	10:00 PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Scranton	Steamtown Railroad Museum, Lackawanna Ave	5:45 PM
Binghamton	East Binghamton Yard, Conklin Ave	8:30 PM
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Oneonta	James Georgeson Ave railroad crossing	1:15 PM
Cobleskill	Cobleskill Fire Department, 610 Main St	3:45 PM
Delanson	Main St railroad crossing	5:15 PM
Schenectady	ALCO Heritage Museum, 1910 Maxon Extension Road (**new location, half a block south of the Maxon road level crossing)	6:45 PM
Saratoga Springs	Amtrak Station	8:45 PM
Friday, November 30, 2012
Fort Edward	Amtrak Station	12:45 PM
Whitehall	Amtrak Station	2:30 PM
Ticonderoga	Pell's crossing, Amtrak waiting area, Route 74 (Fort Ti Rd)	4:00 PM
Port Henry	Amtrak Station, west side stop	5:45 PM
Plattsburgh	Amtrak Station	8:15 PM
Rouses Point	Rouses Point Station	10:00 PM
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Hamilton	Western approach to Kinnear Yard, opposite Gage Park	8:00 PM
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Cambridge (Galt)	Former Galt Station, 10 Malcolm St	4:45 PM
Ayr	CP railway crossing at Inglis St	6:00 PM
London	Richmond St railway crossing, between Oxford and Central	8:15 PM
Monday, December 03, 2012
Windsor	CP yard at Erie St W & Janette St	5:30 PM
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Pingree Grove	Village Hall 14N 042 Reinking Road	10:00 AM
Byron	Tower Road near high school	1:00 PM
Savanna	913 Bowen St. - West of the Depot at the South Chauncey St.	3:30 PM
Muscatine	West end of River Side Park at Chestnut Street & Harbor Drive	7:45 PM
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Davenport	Corner of Western Avenue and West River Drive	2:00 PM
Clinton	East end of Main Avenue, near Sawmill Museum	4:30 PM
Bellevue	Horizon Lanes & Hall parking lot, 970N Riverview Drive	7:00 PM
Dubuque	Hawthorne St. Railway Xing corner of Hawthorne St. and Rohmberg Ave.	8:45 PM
Friday, December 07, 2012
Guttenberg	East Side of the Schiller Street Railway Crossing	1:45 PM
Marquette	Marina parking lot, North of Lady Luck Casino at Water St & Hwy 76	3:45 PM
Lansing	Ball Park Field on South Front Street between North 2nd and Dodge Street	5:45 PM
La Crescent	Directly north of the Commodore Food & Spirit parking lot - 215 South Chestnut St.	8:15 PM
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Gurnee	4460 Old Grand Ave, Viking Middle School Park	5:15 PM
Sturtevant	Amtrak Depot, 9900 E. Exploration Ct.	7:00 PM
Hartland	Parking lot adjacent to Cottonwood Ave & Pawling Ave	9:30 PM
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Portage	Amtrak Station, 400 West Oneida St	1:30 PM
Wisconsin Dells	Amtrak Depot, 100 La Crosse St	3:00 PM
Mauston	Division St railroad crossing	4:30 PM
Sparta	Corner of S. Water St & Milwaukee St, South side of the CP tracks	7:00 PM
Lacrosse	Amtrak Station, 601 Saint Andrew St	9:15 PM
Monday, December 10, 2012
Winona	Amtrak Station, 65 East Mark St	5:15 PM
Wabasha	Gambie Ave railroad crossing by Bruegger Park	7:15 PM
Lake City	Hearth & Home Technologies, 800 West Jefferson St	9:00 PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Hastings	CP Depot, 500 East Second St	4:30 PM
Cottage Grove	West Point Douglas Rd, South of Seiben Bridge in front of the Youth Service Bureau	6:00 PM
Shoreham	CP Facility - 2800 Central Avenue NE	8:45 PM
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Loretto	Hennepin Count Rd 19 railroad crossing	4:30 PM
Buffalo	By the McDonald's on 612 North East 3rd Ave	6:00 PM
Annandale	West side of Downtown Park over the Oak Ave crossing	7:30 PM
Eden Valley	State St railroad crossing (also known as State Hwy 22)	9:15 PM
Friday, December 14, 2012
Glenwood	CP Station, 20 - 15th Street NE	10:15 AM
Alexandria	Eight Ave East railroad crossing by Hubbard Feed Mill at 8th & Nokomis	12:00noon
Detroit Lakes	Holmes Street railroad crossing near Holmes Community Center	3:30 PM
Plummer	Main crossing on Central Avenue	7:00 PM
Thief River Falls	CP Depot, City Hall, 405 Third Street East	8:30 PM
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Elbow Lake	Main St railroad crossing	4:45 PM
Hankinson	American Legion parking lot, 122 1st St (Main St crossing north side of track)	7:00 PM
Enderlin	CP Depot, 101 Harvest Lane	9:45 PM
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Harvey	CP Depot, 600 Lincoln Ave	4:30 PM
Minot	Main St railroad crossing	7:30 PM
Kenmare	1st Ave SW and Central Ave, East side of the railway tracks	10:00 PM
Monday, December 17, 2012
North Portal	Coach track, town centre	12:00 noon
Estevan	East of CP Station at vacant lot off 7th St	5:00 PM
Weyburn	512 Railway Ave	7:45 PM

 

SOURCE: Canadian Pacific

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Canadian Holiday Train   
Kevin Hrysak
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 U.S. Holiday Train         
 Andy Cummings
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