ADVISORY/Canadian Pacific Railway and General Electric to Dedicate Train of Lights to September 11 Victims; Satellite Footage Available.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Dec. 5) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 5, 2001 Tens of thousands of Canadian and American Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated. The construction of a railroad crossing the continent in Canadian territory was one of the conditions on which British (NYSE/TSE: CP) and GE employees were so profoundly touched by the brave response to the September 11 attacks September 11 attacks Series of airline hijackings and suicide bombings against U.S. targets perpetrated by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. that they have assembled a special Holiday Train adorned with 8,000 Christmas lights. The visually stunning train will be dedicated to the families of the firefighters, city police and Port Authority police who lost their lives as a result of the events on September 11. WHEN: Today (satellite schedule is below) WHAT: The lighting of the 8,000 Christmas lights on the Holiday Train and the dedication of the train to the families of New York's fallen heroes, marking the commencement of the Holiday Train's 4,800-mile journey across North America WHO: Representatives from CPR, GE, Fire Department, Police, NY/NJ Port Authority Police, community leaders and New Yorkers WHERE: New York Stock Exchange and Fresh Pond Junction Rail Yard, Glendale, New York SATELLITE FOOTAGE SCHEDULE: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST: NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange closing bell with simultaneous lighting of the CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac Holiday Train NYSE closing bell footage available by Fiber line: Waterfront No. 1630 Simultaneous Holiday Train Footage For New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Satellite: GE-3, Orbital position: 87(degree)West Transponder: K15, Downlink frequency: 12000 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Polarization: Horizontal, Audio: 6.2 & 6.8 MHz Simultaneous Holiday Train Footage For North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. : Satellite: Telstar-6, Orbital position: 93(degree)West Transponder: C11, Downlink frequency: 3920 MHz Polarization: Vertical, Audio: 6.2 & 6.8 MHz 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST: Dedication of the Holiday Train to the families of New York's fallen heroes For All North America: Satellite: GE-3, Orbital position: 87(degree) West Transponder: K15, Downlink frequency: 12000 MHz Polarization: Horizontal, Audio: 6.2 & 6.8 MHz 7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. EST: Footage of the Holiday Train on Hellgate Bridge with the New York skyline as backdrop For All North America: Satellite: GE-3, Orbital position: 87(degree) West Transponder: K15, Downlink frequency: 12000 MHz Polarization: Horizontal, Audio: 6.2 & 6.8 MHz About Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Railway is North America's first transcontinental railway and is the only transcontinental carrier with direct service to the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. CPR's 14,000-mile network serves the principal centers of Canada, from Montreal to Vancouver, and the U.S. Northeast and Midwest regions. CPR's track feeds directly into the Chicago hub from the East and West coasts. Alliances with other carriers extend CPR's market reach beyond its own network and into the major business centres of Mexico. For more information, visit CPR's website at www.cpr.ca. Note to photo editors: High-resolution photos will be available on the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. and Canadian Press  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . wires shortly after the events. Archived photos of the Holiday Train can also be downloaded from: www.cpr.ca/imagegallery |
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