Kansas City Southern Announces Results of 16th Annual Holiday Express Fundraising Campaign
November 04 2016 - 11:48AM
Business Wire
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that its
16th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $153,290 in
gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the Holiday Express
route. The gift cards are designated for the purchase of warm
clothing and other necessities for kids in need.
“On behalf of the employees of Kansas City Southern, we look
forward to bringing Santa Claus 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 in each community where the train will stop,”
said KCS president and chief executive officer Patrick J.
Ottensmeyer.
Special thanks to the major sponsors who helped make this year’s
charitable contribution possible, including Bartlett Grain, Burris
Logistics, The Kansas City Southern Charitable Fund, Kansas City
Southern Historical Society, Michael and Marlys Haverty Family
Foundation, Patrick Ottensmeyer Family Fund, R.J. Corman Railroad
Group, Steel Dynamics and Watco Companies. Additional sponsors are
listed on the KCS website.
The train will stop in 22 communities in seven states on 26
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 box
car; 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 rail line 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 into the experience that communities enjoy today.
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 Lazaro Cardenas, 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 are primary
components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and
industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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