MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Scheduled stops for: Monday, December 6 ------------------ Iowa Guttenberg - 1:30 p.m., east side of the Schiller Street Railway Crossing Marquette - 3:45 p.m., Marina parking lot, North of Lady Luck Casino at Water St. & Hwy 76 Lansing - 5:45 p.m., Ball Park Field on South Front St. between North 2nd and Dodge St. La Crescent - 8:15 p.m., The Commadore Food & Spirit parking lot 215 S Chestnut Street Wednesday, December 8 --------------------- Illinois Gurnee - 5:15 p.m., 4460 Old Grand Ave, Viking Middle School Park Wisconsin Sturtevant - 7:00 p.m., Amtrak Depot, 9900 E. Exploration Ct. Hartland - 9:30 p.m., Parking lot adjacent to Cottonwood Ave & Pawling Ave. About the Holiday Train:
The Holiday Train is a freight train covered in hundreds of thousands of bright lights. At 140 stops across Canada and United States, Canadian Pacific provides a box car stage, a line up of great musical talent and a corporate contribution to the local food bank. Food banks provide collection bins for non-perishable food. Communities, in turn, donate food and funds, all of which stays in the community. The Holiday Train has raised over $4.8 million and 2.3 million pounds of food. Full schedules and background information are available at http://www.cpr.ca/ by clicking on the Holiday Train. People can join the Holiday Train on Facebook and follow the spirit of one of the longest-running cross-country food bank fundraisers on Twitter: @CPHolidaytrain.
B-roll and backgrounders also available on CNW Video on Demand: http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=410
Canadian Pacific
CONTACT: Jeff Johnson, Manager, Municipal Affairs, Canadian Pacific, 612
723-6422, jeffrey_w_johnson@cpr.ca or Mike LoVecchio, Senior Manager, Media
Relations, Canadian Pacific, 778 772-9636, mike_lovecchio@cpr.ca
