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Santa Train
For more than 70 years, the Santa Train has made the holidays brighter for the residents of Appalachia. In a holiday tradition like no other, the Santa Train travels 110 miles from Shelby, Ky., to Kingsport, Tenn., with Santa and his helpers giving out more than 15 tons of clothing, food, toys and gifts at stops along the way.
Every year since 1942, the CSX Corporation has run a special train
from Shelby, KY to Kingsport, TN at the beginning of the holiday season.
Known as The Santa Train, it makes stops in 14 different communities
along the way, distributing gifts to less fortunate families in
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
In the early days, this train was all that many impoverished
Appalachian families had to look forward to for Christmas cheer, and
folks still line the route for a chance to visit with Santa at each
stop.
CSX also brings along popular figures in the music world to meet the kids, and this year bluegrass/country superstar Ricky Skaggs
will be riding the train. He be on board for the full journey on
Saturday, November 18, with a performance scheduled for when the Santa
Train pulls in to Kingsport that afternoon.
Tori Kaplan, Vice President of Communications and Field Support for
CSX, says they are delighted to have the Kentucky native with them this
year.
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