Festive Canadian Pacific Railway Train Lights Up New York; International Journey Begins With Tribute to Sept. 11 Victims.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 4, 2001 Canadian Pacific Railway's (NYSE/TSE: CP) Holiday Train, a 1,200-ft freight train decorated with thousands of Christmas lights, will begin its spectacular cross-continent journey in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. tomorrow with a special ceremony to honor the fallen heroes of September 11. "CPR's 17,000 Canadian and American employees were deeply moved by the events of Sept.11 and wanted to show their sympathy for New Yorkers," said 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 President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Rob Ritchie. "The Holiday Train has become a symbol of employee pride and caring, and we're taking it to 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 to show our support." The CPR Holiday Train begins its 400-mile U.S. journey through the northeastern U.S. at Fresh Pond Fresh Pond may refer to:
At 4pm EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy , Rob Ritchie will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. to commemorate CPR's recent listing, simultaneously lighting the train's 8,000 Christmas lights - the lighting will be fed live via satellite directly to the trading floor of the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange and will be available to all North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. broadcasters. Representatives from the NYSE, New York City officials, community leaders, the families of the fallen heroes of September 11 and New Yorkers will join CPR officials at the Holiday Train. CPR's partner in the Holiday Train, General Electric, which supplied the lights and other support, will also take part in the tribute. In addition to an earlier $100,000 donation to the NYSE Fund for Fallen Heroes, CPR will donate Canadian Christmas trees to families of the firefighters and police officers who lost their lives in the September11 rescue. Handmade wreaths will be presented to city officials, police and fire commissioners. After leaving Fresh Pond, the train will stop briefly on the Hellgate Bridge at approximately 7:00 p.m. EST for a photo opportunity against the New York skyline and then head north through New York State. The train will stop in Saratoga Springs, Fort Edward, Whitehall and Plattsburg on Dec. 6 for special charity events in each community before crossing the Canadian border and ending its journey in Montreal, Quebec. A second Holiday Train will begin its Canadian journey the next day, visiting 50 communities along the CPR network between Montreal and Vancouver, British Columbia. A third train, traveling through the U.S. Midwest, leaves Chicago on December 8. Food and cash raised at all event stops will be donated to local food banks. CPR has approximately 1,100 employees in the northeastern U.S. The company was spun off from its parent company, Canadian Pacific Limited Canadian Pacific Limited was created in 1971 to own properties formerly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway, a transportation and mining giant in Canada. In October 2001, CP decided to spin-off the remaining businesses it had not recently sold off, thus creating separate companies , in October. CPR trades under the symbol "CP" on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. . About 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 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. For more information visit www.cpr.ca/holidaytrain. Note to photo editors: High-resolution photos will be available on the Associated Press and Canadian Press wires shortly after the events. Archived photos of the Holiday Train can also be downloaded from: www.cpr.ca/imagegallery Directions to event by car from Manhattan: Take the Midtown Tunnel to the Long Island Expressway West through to the Queens Blvd/Woodhaven/69th St. Grand Ave exit. Enter the service road until you reach the Grand Avenue exit (third exit). Take the exit and turn left onto Grand Avenue, following until Elliot Avenue (third light) and make a right on Elliot. Follow until Fresh Pond Road and make a left. Take Fresh Pond Road and follow the left fork onto Cypress Hills St. Go two short blocks to Otto Road and make a left. Go along Otto Road until 68th St. At 68th St., Fresh Pond Rail Yard is immediately on the left. Make a left into the rail yard and make another immediate left, following the tracks to the event venue. Directions to event by subway from Manhattan: Take the M train to the Fresh Pond Road station. Walk on Fresh Pond Road to Otto Road. Turn left on Otto and it is approximately four blocks to the Fresh Pond Rail Yard. |
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