SOO 1003 leads the 2-24 Hartford Santa Train East through Rubicon.

The local traverses the iconic Wisconsin dairy farm landscape.

After taking on water, SOO 1003 returns to its train by stirring up fallen leaves as it passes through Schoeffler Park in the center of Brandon, WI.

SOO 1003 leads the 2023 Santa Train in Hartford.

SOO 1003 leads the 2023 Santa Train in Hartford.

The last Metra of the night for Fox Lake meets SOO 1003 at Healy.

SOO 1003 passes a rather large crowd at Rondout as it makes its was to Western Ave Yard in Chicago.

SOO 1003 continues its slow trip down the Fox Lake Sub passing through Long Lake at sunset on its way to Chicago.

SOO 1003 heads for Chicago as it passes the grain elevator at Avalon. For record purposes SOO 1003 was running as LLTX 1003 under WSOR symbol Y303.

SOO 1003 cuts through the old GM Janesville assembly plant which is still nothing but a nice beautiful slab of concrete. For record purposes SOO 1003 was running as LLTX 1003 under WSOR symbol Y30... (more)

SOO 1003 crosses the Rock River as it slowly departs Janesville on its way to Chicago. For record purposes SOO 1003 was running as LLTX 1003 under WSOR symbol Y303.

SOO 1003 thunders East through Burnett with a photo charter.

SOO 1003 thunders East past the barn near Rolling Prairie with a photo charter.

SOO 1003 thunders East through Beaver Dam with a photo charter.

On a cold and windy November afternoon, SOO 1003 lets out some steam as it thunders into Rubicon around a sweeping curve on the Wisconsin & Southern’s Milwaukee Subdivision.