MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Scheduled stops for:
Monday, December 13 Minnesota Loretto - 4:30 p.m., Hennepin County Road 19 Railroad Crossing/Chippewa Trail Buffalo - 6:00 p.m., 612 NE 3rd Ave., behind McDonald's on Highway 55 Annandale - 7:30 p.m., West side of Downtown Park over Oak Ave. railroad crossing Kimball - 9:15 p.m., Willow Park Lions Shelter, 231 South Main Street
Tuesday, December 14 Alexandria - 1:00 p.m., Eighth Ave. East railroad crossing by Hubbard Feed Mill at 8th & Nokomis Detroit Lakes - 4:30 p.m., Holmes St. railroad crossing near the Holmes Community Center, 826 Summit Thief River Falls - 8:15 p.m., CP Depot/City Hall, 2017 Highway 59 SE
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
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or
Mike LoVecchio
Senior Manager, Media Relations
Canadian
Pacific
778 772-9636
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