Transportation/Trucking — November 27, 2009
Media Advisory - 2009 CP Holiday Train
Scheduled stops for:
Sunday, November 29
Quebec
Beaconsfield - 2:45 p.m., Beaconsfield Commuter Station
Les Cedres - 4:15 p.m., CP railway crossing at Chemin St. Dominique
Ontario
Smiths Falls - 7:15 p.m., Smith Falls Train Station, 63 Victoria St.
Monday, November 30
Ontario
Perth - 10:00 a.m., Wilson St. railway crossing, south side
Belleville - 1:30 p.m., South Church St. railway crossing, south of
Dundas St. East
Trenton - 2:45 p.m., Railroad crossing at West Street
Brighton - 4:00 p.m., East of railway crossing at Prince Edward St.
Bowmanville - 7:00 p.m., Scugog Road railway crossing
Oshawa - 8:30 p.m., CP level railway crossing at Thornton Road
About the Holiday Train:
The Holiday Train is a freight train covered in more than 200,000 bright lights. At 140 stops across
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