Kansas City Southern Announces 19th Annual Holiday Express Schedule; Kicks-off Fundraising to Help Kids in Need
August 20 2019 - 4:47PM
Business Wire
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today its
schedule for the 19th annual Holiday Express train,
which will stop in 20 communities in five U.S. states on 25 dates.
Visitors can board the train, meet 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.
In addition, KCS’ Holiday Express has a charitable component.
Over the past 18 years, the project has raised over $2.1 million,
which was donated to The Salvation Army at each scheduled stop to
help provide warm clothing and other necessities for children in
need in the local community.
“KCS is thrilled to bring joy to communities throughout our
network with the Holiday Express project,” said KCS president and
chief executive officer Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. “This special
tradition brings people together, strengthens community ties and
supports our corporate values.”
Anyone interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the
2019 KCS Holiday Express fundraising campaign may do so by visiting
kcsouthern.com > Corporate Responsibility > Holiday Express
or by clicking here. The campaign will close November
14.
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 KCS Holiday Express
experience that thousands enjoy every year.
Led by KCS’ Southern Belle business train, the Holiday Express
train includes a smiling tank car “Rudy”; a flat car 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.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS 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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C. Doniele Carlson, 816-983-1372
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