Kansas City Southern Releases 17th Annual Holiday Express Schedule; Kicks-off Fundraising to Help Kids in Need
September 12 2017 - 4:45PM
Business Wire
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) has released its schedule
for the 17th annual Holiday Express train, which will stop in 22
communities in six states on 26 dates. 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.
In addition to free, public events, KCS’ Holiday Express has a
charitable component. Over the past 16 years, the project has
raised well over $1 million to purchase gift cards, which are
donated to The Salvation Army at each scheduled stop. These gift
cards are used to purchase warm clothing and other necessities for
children in need in the local community.
This year, KCS will work with the Salvation Army to target
communities along the route most impacted by Hurricane Harvey for
additional support, including Victoria, El Campo, Kendleton and
Beaumont, Texas. For these communities, The KCS Charitable Fund
will make a supplemental donation to provide additional support as
they recover from the hurricane.
KCS and its employees have previously given over $100,000 to the
American Red Cross for Hurricane Harvey relief.
“In 2017, KCS celebrates 130 years of doing business and the
17th annual KCS Holiday Express. As a company, we value family and
community, which is why we are pleased to continue this
long-standing tradition of making the holidays a little brighter in
communities where we live and work,” said president and chief
executive officer Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. “This year, we want to
give extra attention to the communities along the route impacted by
Hurricane Harvey.”
Anyone interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the
2017 KCS Holiday Express fundraising campaign may do so by visiting
www.kcsouthern.com > Corporate Responsibility > Holiday
Express or by clicking here. The campaign will close October
31.
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.
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.
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 railway network linking the commercial and
industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
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