CTA Holiday Train - 2022 Scenes

The 2022 Season for the CTA Holiday Train has come to an end. Every year, this festive train runs on all eight 'L' lines in Chicago. We had several opportunities to ride it and see it over the past few weeks, so please enjoy this compilation as a special Christmas treat.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Green Line
3:14 Brown Line
8:56 Red Line
11:07 Blue Line
12:03 Yellow Line - Skokie Swift

[@mgers]

I just happened to catch the blue line Holiday Train TWICE just for my commute home. What a delightful treat - really brought the Christmas spirit, that’s for sure!

[@Thom-TRA]

That is so lucky!! I had to work hard to catch it, lol. Merry Christmas!

[@Vtor910]

The handsome boy standing at the door was me!

[@paulcastle7007]

6:47 The purple line also has a couple of grade crossings as well :)

[@Thom-TRA]

I always forget about those

[@jameskerner7782]

I'm JEALOUS! All we have is an old New York city subway train with a wreath on the front of the train. I also see that you can still get time tables. In New York, the MTA, PATH have stopped printing them.

[@lukestrainsandotherstuff]

Merry Christmas and I agree the holiday is my family’s thing that we do every year

[@abigkim]

15:06 My boy!!! His name is Joey and he loves CTA holiday trains.

[@Vtor910]

I was in that train!!!

[@leereeder2293]

I actually rode the CTA pretty much all over the Chicago area even before the lines were changed to colors Thom

[@Herowebcomics]

Wow! This holiday train is amazing! There is even a Santa in a sleigh car! ...does he stay out the whole time?!

[@DevynCairns]

Wow. This is incredibly fun! I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this before.

[@Thom-TRA]

We love our Holiday Train here!

[@edkammerman2533]

Happy Holidays Thom and Lindsey 😊🎅🎄🕎

[@Thom-TRA]

And to you too!

[@GregKulevich]

I only seen it once. Never riden it. I think it needs to happen serendipitously.

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Thank you for showing Santa’s Holiday train ! Great video, and good to see the CTA put a lot of effort into the trains’s presentation. I wish you and Lindsey a very Merry Christmas and happy holiday.

[@Thom-TRA]

Happy Christmas to you too! Thanks for all your kind comments this year!

[@ck4426]

Awesome video!!! You picked great times to ride on the holiday train!!! It’s often so crowded. It was so awesome to see it on so many lines and in so many settings. Merry Christmas!!!🎄

[@bernardtheaubreycoxandcoolgame]

Best train ever

[@Thom-TRA]

It’s one of my favorites

[@jrayproductions7790]

Merry Christmas, Thom. Deployed, right now, so, it's nice to get a taste of an American Christmas. Poland is lovely, for Christmas, but, there truly is no place, like home, for Chrstmas. Be blessed, brother. Looking forward to many more videos, from you

[@qolspony]

Nothing will be so Awesome until Chicago expands and modernize their system.

[@pauldavis1943]

Late February here in the Puget Sound area but it is snowing tonight so this video seems timely :-)

[@user-ww7pn7qq7x]

At 14:16, were you recording that through a chainlink fence? I know that's a really random question but if so, I saw you while I was on the train :0 I hope you have a great rest of the year!

[@dexteralexander2437]

Thank you for all of this year’s wonderful videos and Happy Christmas to Lindsey and to you.

[@dangelohartley5977]

Happy Holidays to you and everyone watching this video!!!

[@pilotaburch172]

Bro I am in the video. That is me with the Lewis University sweatshirt at 2:10

[@londonwhaley8690]

I enjoyed that video👍👍

[@dream.machine]

Coool. 🎄🌟 Very nice train! Awesome Railfanning!

[@Thom-TRA]

Thank you! Merry Christmas!

[@tyhik9338]

Yessir

[@mattywilcox1906]

Merry Christmas

[@CasperTrains]

Great video like deserved

[@Thom-TRA]

Thank you!

[@carmeloamella2866]

You should have taken a photo with Santa. I'll look for you next year. I mean Santa will look for you next year. Happy NewYear!

[@Thom-TRA]

Haha tell Santa I’ll remember that

[@brooks4538]

Great video! Since you've lived in Chicago have you been to the Illinois Railway museum?

[@Thom-TRA]

I haven’t yet!

[@elizabethdavis1696]

Please do video on japans hello kitty train!

[@dfwrider3830]

love the big holiday train collection. do you think youll ever do one on the amtrak polar express out of chicago union station?

[@Thom-TRA]

When they actually run it

[@dfwrider3830]

@Thom-TRA they're selling tickets for this year's show, most days in December there's 4 shows.

[@SigmaRho2922]

What will happen to the holiday train once the 2600 and 3200 series trains get retired?

[@Princeofgryphondell]

I’ve been binging a lot of your content and I have to say, you have a very calming aura. Also very charming and handsome, no homo. I really love your train content, just recently subscribed. I’m curious though, I wonder if you like train models?

[@Thom-TRA]

Haha thanks for bringing and commenting! I don’t dislike models, just don’t have the money or space to really expand my collection right now.

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👏😊♥️🎄

[@Thom-TRA]

Merry Christmas!

[@dominicwroblewski5832]

No Orange Line ?

[@Thom-TRA]

Just in combination with brown

[@cameronroberts2961]

I metra does this way better, I am so serious!!!