Every year at Christmas time, Canadian Pacific sends a container train decked with Christmas lights. Then they travel across Canada collecting food items for local food banks. I was wondering if there is anyother rail lines that do this.
I think Progressive Rail does this in Minnesota, and possibly their Wisconsin Northern as well. It’s kind of a shortliney thing to do, but CP really puts a lot of work and class into theirs.
As a bonus this year, my brother got to be the engineer for the second leg of the train in Wisconsin! [:D]
I’ve only see the Christmas Train in pictures, but it is quite an impressive sight. I wish CSX or NS would do such a thing; they are the two roads local to me. But I highly doubt that either of the two would put together a Christmas train any time soon…But hey, we always have models that can solve that.[;)]
Suggest you go to www.railpictures.net and look at photo numbers 128629 and 128630 for more Christmas trains.
From what I’ve heard told, the ACWR in North Carolina use to run an employee-only Christmas passenger train… unfortunately not to be repeated this year [:(].
Also, just an FYI unfamiliar with the CPR Holiday Train:
This May Technically Be Off The Subject,But as Long as Wer’e Talking About Xmas Trains,I Watched “The Polar Express”.Very Good Animation!!!Plus,Tom Hanks Did A Very Good Acting as His Six Characters in the Movie.
IIRC I just read recently that CSX has continued the Clinchfield Santa Train, or a portion thereof…
Oh really? That would be cool. But it isn’t quite the same as CN’s Christmas Train. CN’s is VERY impressive.[^]