In February of 2018, Metra's Board of Directors approved the purchase of 21 F59PHI locomotives from Amtrak. Six of the locomotives were delivered the following October. This time-lapse shows the process of sanding down, painting, applying decals and clear coating the locomotives to get ready for revenue service.
The initial six locomotives received an express paint job instead of the full Metra fade motif in order to get them into service as quickly as possible.
Read more about these locomotives on Metra's blog, The Signal: bit.ly/2AdBLav