Kansas City Southern Announces Results of 18th Annual Holiday Express Fundraising Campaign
November 08 2018 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that its
18th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $171,756 in
gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the route. The gift
cards are designated for the purchase of warm clothing and other
necessities for kids in need.
“KCS looks forward to bringing Santa and his elves on the
Holiday Express train to communities throughout our U.S. service
territory, and we are especially pleased to continue the tradition
of charitable giving to each community where the train will stop,”
said KCS president and chief executive officer Patrick J.
Ottensmeyer. “This project brings people together, helps build
relationships in the community and supports our corporate vision
and values.”
Special thanks to the major sponsors who helped make this year’s
charitable contribution possible, including APL Logistics Americas
Ltd, Bartlett Grain/Savage Enterprises, Deanne Porter and Patrick
Ottensmeyer, Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City Southern Historical
Society, Michael and Marlys Haverty Family Foundation, Precision
Waste Solutions, L.L.C., RailPros, Sirius, Cisco Systems, Inc., The
Kansas City Southern Charitable Fund, Wabtec Unitrac Railroad
Materials and Watco Companies. Additional sponsors are listed on
the KCS website.
The train will stop in 22 communities in eight states on 27
dates. The complete schedule is available on the KCS website. At
each stop, visitors can board the train, visit with Santa and his
elves and tour the inside of three cars of the festive six-car
train. Each event is free and open to the public.
Led by KCS’ Southern Belle business train, the Holiday Express
train includes a smiling tank car “Rudy”; a flatcar carrying
Santa’s sleigh, reindeer and a miniature village; a gingerbread
boxcar; an elves’ workshop; the reindeer stable; and a little red
caboose. Each car is dressed in lights.
The KCS Holiday Express was built on the tradition of the Santa
Train, which ran on a segment of the network bought by KCS in 1997.
In 2000, a group of warm-hearted KCS employees noticed that the
Santa Train was the only Christmas some kids had, and that some
kids did not have essential items like coats, hats and gloves, so
they committed to elevating the project. In 2001, volunteers
transformed a retired freight train to the experience that
communities throughout KCS' U.S. service territory enjoy today.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City Southern (KCS)
(NYSE: KSU) is a transportation holding company that has railroad
investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S.
holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the
central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include
Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern
and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico
and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway
Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service
along the Panama Canal. KCS’ North American rail holdings and
strategic alliances with other North American rail partners are
primary components of a unique railway system, linking the
commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and
Canada.
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