 KardinalDei Gratia ReginaPremium
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N of 49th | Festive events for Christmas / holiday season Everyone's town/city has special events, and while almost everywhere has the usual 'Santa Claus parade', there are others that people may not know about and/or are unique to your city, so share them!
1) Lights across Canada: fire up the lights on Parliament Hill and around downtown Ottawa on Dec 6th
2) CP Holiday Train: from Montreal (Nov 28th) to Port Moody (Dec 18th) with 84 stops in between (full list of stops).
3) Christmas in Merrickville (recently dubbed "Canada's most beautiful village") Nov 30th / Dec 1st
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All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars
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 A Lurkerthat's Ms Lurker btwPremium
join:2007-10-27
Burlington, ON | Burlington:
Christmas parade this Sunday
»cms.burlington.ca/Page76.aspx
Festival of Lights - Nice to stroll along the waterfront
Caroling, hot chocolate, and Santa this Friday night.
»www.burlingtonfestivaloflights.com/
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (Theatre Burlington)
Not my thing, but neighbours took their kids and had a good time
(ending this weekend)
»www.theatreburlington.on.ca/Alad···Lamp.htm
Santa 5K race (if you've ever desired to do a 5K in a Santa suit)
»www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=7618
A good reference for Burlington folks in general: »tourismburlington.com/pdf/tb_vg_···ents.pdf |
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 Tenar
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Midland, ON | reply to Kardinal
First light at Sainte-Marie Nov. 29, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
»www.simcoe.com/what's%20on/artic···st-light
There's also some christmas themed events at Orillia opera house
»www.orilliaoperahouse.ca/index.html |
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gbwalsh
join:2010-07-25
Burlington, ON | reply to A Lurker
I wonder if they will have the pier lit up for Christmas? Haha local joke. |
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A Lurkerthat's Ms Lurker btwPremium
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Burlington, ON | said by gbwalsh:I wonder if they will have the pier lit up for Christmas? Haha local joke. lol - not this year  |
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 Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
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kudos:5 | reply to Kardinal
Bah! If CP or anyone else had any real Christmas spirit, they'd organize a real steam-powered train on a passenger excursion as far up to our beautiful northland as the rails allow! 
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I went about 10 years ago during the summer and it was a good time
edit: »outaouais.quebecheritageweb.com/···am-train
They only run May - Oct
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KardinalDei Gratia ReginaPremium
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N of 49th | reply to Kardinal
The Hull -Chelsea - Wakefield steam train hasn't been running for two years due to problems with the tracks (washouts from a massive June storm). It was sold and now owned by a consortium of municipalities along the route. They hope to have it back in at least partial service in 2013 but that could be delayed by leda clay in areas where they are rebuilding the track bed and looking to build a new station in the village of Chelsea. It normally ran only until the end of October.
The CP Holiday Train may be pulled by a GE AC4400 but it's still a lot of fun, especially if you get to see it at night. The car with the three lit trees on the top is the one with the stage that opens at each stop. While it would be spectacular to see it pulled by CP2816, it would be a logistics nightmare to keep her supplied with water even with the 2nd tender she pulls.
Skip to about 1:10 to see the train passing through a sub at low speed (just crossed a bridge with a speed limit):
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=840uevzbH0s
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All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars
All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars
- Peart / Lifeson / Lee
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Peterborough, ON | reply to Kardinal
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Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
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kudos:5 | reply to Kardinal
Wow, that's cool -- but how much more impressive it would be with a steam locomotive! |
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Several years ago I was lucky to see it pass by on the old level crossing that was on Trafalgar road near Milton.
Pretty neat. |
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 digitalfuturSees More Than ShownPremium
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BurlingtonON
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Try Christmas Gangnam style !
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWN5Myxtwg |
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said by Kardinal:The Hull -Chelsea - Wakefield steam train hasn't been running for two years due to problems with the tracks (washouts from a massive June storm). That's a shame. Been on that train a few times, and watched the guys turn the train around using the man-powered turnaround. |
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Christmas Tree lighting in Clarkson this Thursday
Friday night in Streetsville
Saturday night at Celebration square
don't forget to drop off items for food drive at both
other fun activities at all three places
»www.mississauga.com/article/1248···clarkson |
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Even more so if it was a 4-8-8-4. |
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KardinalDei Gratia ReginaPremium
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N of 49th | That's a Yank loco -- go for a 2-10-4 if you want lots of steam power.
I think it's funny that the US holiday train is in Binghampton NY tonight, while the Canadian train rolls into Ottawa (well, Merrickville and Smiths Falls) tomorrow.
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All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars
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KardinalDei Gratia ReginaPremium
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N of 49th | reply to Kardinal
The CP holiday train stop in Merrickville (pop 2850) had more than a thousand people out for the visit. I saw several vans loaded to the roof with food for the local food banks, and fun was had by all.
Sorry for the crappy picture quality; I forgot my camera so I had to use my phone, and it was pretty windy so hard to stand really still.
GE AC4400 #9815 pulling the Holiday Train
CP Holiday Train
Upcoming stops:
Sat Dec 1st 1730h: Toronto, 750 Runnymede Rd, in front of CP Lambton yard office
Sat Dec 1st 2000h: Vaughan, north of railway level road crossing at Nashville Road, near the old grain elevator
Sat Dec 1st 2000h: Hamilton, western approach to Kinnear Yard, opposite Gage Park (US train)
Sun Dec 2nd 1200h: Midhurst (Barrie), 12 Anne St North
Sun Dec 2nd 1430h: Mactier, Old CP station
Sun Dec 2nd 1615h: Parry Sound, Museum Train Station, 1 Avenue Rd
Sun Dec 2nd 1730h: Shawanaga, Near band office beside railway crossing at Village Rd
Sun Dec 2nd 1900h: Rutter, Rutter train station **15 minute stop and go
Sun Dec 2nd 2030h: Sudbury, VIA train station, Elgin St 8:30 pm
Sun Dec 2nd 1645h: Cambridge, Former Galt Station, 10 Malcolm St (US train)
Sun Dec 2nd 1800h: Ayr, CP railway crossing at Inglis St (US train)
Sun Dec 2nd 2015h: London, Richmond St railway crossing, between Oxford and Central (US train)
Mon Dec 3rd 1730h: Windsor, CP yard at Erie St W & Janette St (US train)
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All of us do time in the gutter, dreamers turn to look at the cars
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