Amtrak's Seattle, Portland, Edmonds and Bellingham, WA stations will host Holiday Open House events on Saturday, December 12. The public is invited to attend and exchange a new, unused, unwrapped toy for a free companion fare coupon, good for travel aboard the brand new Amtrak Cascades between January 4 and April 1, 1999. All toys collected will be donated to local Toys For Tots programs, sponsored by the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Other activities include pictures with Santa and refreshments.

In addition to the Holiday Open House events, toys may be exchanged for free companion fare coupons at the Seattle, Portland, Bellingham and Edmonds Amtrak stations throughout the week of December 7 - 13, 1998. All toys collected will be distributed locally by the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots program.

Since 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps Toys For Tots program has assisted America's neediest children at Christmas with a present day average of 8 million toys collected annually.

For more information on Amtrak's Holiday Open House program, or for schedule and fare information, visit any staffed Amtrak station or call 1-800-USA-RAIL.

TrainWeb Note: We will not be able to attend this event. If you do attend and take any pictures, we'd greatly appreciate any that you could contribute to be posted at TrainWeb and shared with all the visitors to these pages. Thanks!