Last night the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train came to Calgary. Every year CP employees decorate a CP train with Christmas lights and it travels across the country. This year, the train travelled from Montreal, QC and will end in Port Coquitlam, BC at the end of next week. There is also a train that travels across the United States.
The event is free, the public is asked to bring a food donation. CP Rail collects donations of food and money at every stop, and these donations are given to the local food bank in each community.
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| The CP Holiday Train comes in blowing its horn. |
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| Lights decorate the train. |
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| Lights decorate the train. |
The event includes performances by Canadian musicians who perform in different cities and towns. This year, the headlining talent was Jim Cuddy, one of the lead singers for the Canadian band "Blue Rodeo". He also has a few solo albums and is one of my favourite artists. It was very cool to be able to see him perform live and for free! Jim Cuddy was joined by the Canadian band "The Odds" who had a hit featured a few years ago on the Canadian hit sitcom
Corner Gas. This was a very cool event. (No pun intended!)
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| Anne Lindsay, Jim Cuddy & Craig Northey |
I am glad I got this opportunity. I had never gone before, so it was neat to see what it was like. The weather cooperated too, it was a balmy 5 degrees celsius last night.
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train runs every year in December. For more information, go to:
http://www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train/schedule
~Angie
