It's the Holiday Season - Chasing the 2016 CP Holiday Train on the Canadian Pacific Mainline

11/27/16 - It's the holiday season again, and Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train took to the rails for its 18th year to light up the night with holiday cheer. Last year, I went with a few friends to see it in Mechanicville, NY. From there it went to Saratoga Springs, NY, but we were unable to chase it...even though we wanted to. Intent on chasing it, we decided to strap in for the long haul this year. Special thanks to Liberty Railfan Productions for doing the driving on this chase. This outing was the furthest we've gone for railfanning, coming very close to the Canadian border. The train's journey started in Fort Edward, NY on Sunday November 27th, and would travel along the Canadian Pacific Mainline up to its final stop in Rouses Point, NY, a few miles from the Canadian border. Our chase began in Fort Ann, NY, a few miles north of Fort Edward. We chased the train pretty much the entire route, breaking off in Champlain, NY, just south of Rouses Point. Along the way, we caught a two freight trains and two Amtrak trains, however we got skunked by the Holiday Train for the one Amtrak. Those trains will be uploaded in a separate video. All in all, it was fun getting to see the Holiday Train again for the second year in a row, seeing it in new locations on a line we've never been to before.