BOB2 Wrote:
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> Yeah, and a Marine like Art Brown as Santa Claus at Camp Pendleton. Leadership like that helps, but these can be hard decisions for an agency begging for the operating funds from the County Transportation Commissions. Nope, not as decked out, but at least it's back. I've kind of wondered why we couldn't get more "branding" with commercial/sports/entertainment sponsorship for the Christmas train. Next year, maybe the "Frozen" sponsored Christmas train? Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night....
As you can see here, the Holiday Toy Express, as it was called, had a series of sponsors, including Union Pacific and Amtrak. I don't know what happened, but my guess is the sponsors just lost interest. The sponsors changed from year-to-year. I remember the San Manuel Casino was a sponsor for a time. Maybe they bailed because they learned that under-age kids can't gamble! The Clinchfield Santa Train has had to rely on hefty contributions from a series of sponsors to pay for all those toys and goodies that are tossed off the train to the kiddies. No sponsors, no train.
