Each November and December, the CTA decorates a train for the holidays. The tradition began in 1992 when an out-of-service train bearing the message “Season’s Greetings from the CTA” delivered food to charities. Nowadays, the train is decked out in lights, holiday wallpaper and complete with a flatcar on which Santa and his reindeer ride. The success of the train led the CTA to make a holiday bus, which has its own tracker so you can follow its route. (Alexis Franciszkowicz)
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