Operation Toy Train 2025

Operation Toy Train returns for 2025, and this year they’re expanding their reach!

For the seventeenth holiday season in a row, Operation Toy Train will roll along the rails to collect toy donations for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation and other local civic organizations that benefit underprivileged children. This year’s schedule includes brand new trains in throughout central New York State, as well as expanding into the greater southeastern region, adding to existing operations in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

Between November 15th and December 14th, Operation Toy Train aims to collect over 40,000 donated toys at 69 cities and towns across five states. To achieve this, collection trains will operate over 250 miles on ten different railroads that generously donate their railcars, personnel, and time to operate the trains. The full 2025 train schedule is available at OperationToyTrain.org.

Members of the public are encouraged to visit the train at any of its stops to donate new toys in their original packaging (no gift wrapping, please!). Attendees at each stop can also participate in on-site activities sponsored by the towns and local businesses, meet Santa Claus, view a variety of historic railroad equipment, and meet members of the Operation Toy Train program.

For those who can’t make it to one of the train’s stops, local businesses and organizational partners near each stop have collection boxes where they can collect toy donations in advance and deliver them to the train. All of the donated toys are loaded aboard the train and delivered to the local Marine Toys for Tots Foundation campaign or another local civic organization, where the toys are redistributed as holiday gifts to underprivileged and less-fortunate children in the same communities where the collection campaign is conducted.

Businesses, organizations, and individuals looking to sponsor, donate to, or participate in Operation Toy Train are also encouraged to visit the website at www.OperationToyTrain.org or contact the organization at info@operationtoytrain.org to learn how to get involved. Operation Toy Train is operated by TOYX, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and all financial donations are tax-deductible. Funds are used to support the organization’s toy collection operations and the maintenance and upkeep of its specialized railroad equipment.atation