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A BOY WHO LOVES TRAINS

Nathan is a 13  year old boy from Toronto, Canada 
and he LOVES all trains
Especially CP Rail




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My Happy Holiday

12/29/2014

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I got a great gift for the holidays. And it was all about trains.
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When I got this DVD set it had some of the different railways in Canada and the U.S. I chose to watch the CP one first and on the screen we travelled with Canadian Pacific 2816. 

It's a steam engine and it went through the Canadian Rockies. 
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I had lots of fun seeing the photographers and the friendly sick kids hospital. It's a kids hospital that when kids are really sick the train carries them to a different hospital, or it's a little ride for fun so they can forget about their sickness. 
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On the photographs on the box there are different railways and there is lots of scenery. There are lots of mountains in the background. When I watch the videos I feel like a real Canadian hiking on the mountains and seeing the trains go by. I'm very excited to finish watching all the DVDs. There are 6 Canadian and 6 U.S. videos. For example, Kicking Horse Pass, Tracks of the Beaver and the American railway videos include: On the Road with Frisco 1522 and America By Rail: Winter Wonderland, and many more.
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There are 12 movies and more than 15 hours of video. I got lots of presents for the holidays and I like this one the best.
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My Ride On The CP Holiday Train

12/2/2014

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When we drove up and saw the holiday train there were beautiful lights in red, white, pictures of Santa and snowmen, there were lots of colours. 
I was shocked when I saw it. I've never seen such a thing in my life. 
Click on the first picture below for a slide show:
 I've never seen a holiday train on a bridge, I've never seen it on a level crossing. This is the first time in my life I saw it thanks to CP Rail.
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Once we got on the train and we found a seat, we saw Salem who works at CP Rail at the front and then we got cookies and hot chocolate.
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Then Salem came and gave us a tour. There were sleeper cars and there was a lot of being careful when we were walking from car to car. 
Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill have ridden on the cars we saw. They were about 100 years old. And some of the wood on the cars you can't find anymore. We went to the back car. It was named after the boss of the railway, Van Horne. It was decorated really well. 
There were lots of decorations, there were even Christmas balls hanging from the ceiling.
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The train went from the CP General Yard Office to the Junction in Toronto. 
When we got to the Junction there was a huge party.
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When we got off the train it was called 'detraining.' I learned that word.
There was a big crowd. We got to sit on the rail tracks with the other people from the holiday train.
I just liked the scenery. There was a box car that came down and it made a little stage and all the musicians sang songs and played beautiful music, Rock and Roll! 
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It was really fun.
We stayed until the train left.
Here's a video of the Holiday Train leaving:
The Holiday Train travels across the country collecting food for local food banks.  At this stop they raised money too.  15 thousand dollars!
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We gave our big bag of food to Bruce who drives the food truck. On the back of the truck it said 'Fighting Hunger'.
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It was awesome.
I felt happy and I felt good to donate something to fight hunger.
I had a great time.

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    About Nathan

    Nathan is a 13 year-old boy who loves ALL trains. Especially freight trains. And especially CP Rail.
    This is a blog about  his journey to discover more about the trains he loves.

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