Toys For Tots Train Rolling Into Morris County This Weekend

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — A special "Toys For Tots" train is rolling into Morris County this weekend, collecting toys and giving local children the chance to meet Santa.

Operated by Dover and Rockaway River, Norfolk Southern, and NJ Transit railroads, the train will stop at five stations on Saturday, and be parked at one station all day on Sunday (you can find a full schedule below).

At each stop, children can board the caboose to meet Santa, see railroad equipment and meet Marine Corps members.

Families are asked to bring an unwrapped, new present to the train. All toys will be sent to the U.S. Marine Reserve Unit at Picatinny Arsenal for distribution to local children in need.

“This is a truly worthwhile effort that is undertaken in our county each year by
volunteers who obviously understand the spirit of the holiday season,’’ said Morris County Freeholder Kathy DeFillippo.

The schedule of stops on Saturday are:

• Rockaway Borough: Potbelly Café, Main Street,
• 9-10 a.m.
• Dover: Town Hall, Sussex Street, 10:30-11 a.m.
• Roxbury (Kenvil): Morris Marine, Route 46, 12 noon to 12:30 p.m.
• Roxbury (Ledgewood): Mattress Firm, Route 10, 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Mount Olive (Flanders): Flanders Fire Department, Main Street, 2-3 p.m.

There is one, day-long stop on Sunday:

• Roxbury: Kuiken Brothers Lumber, Route 10 East, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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