A Beautiful Evening Ride on the Altamont Corridor Express! | San Jose to Fremont with ACE!

[@timectrl]

Yes! First review of the A-C-E that I have found. Love it! You got a subscription and a like.

[@LonestarTrips]

I'm glad you enjoyed! ACE is a great commuter line, and I felt that it deserved to have a video made about it!

[@yangzhao5736]

I live close to the Fremont Centerville railroad station ,always go there to feed these stray cats ,I like your videos .

[@tankman_tv9332]

Wow, what a coincidence! I’m watching this a day before riding ACE from fremont-San Jose

[@LonestarTrips]

Awesome! I hope the video gave you a good idea of what’s to come!

[@tankman_tv9332]

@@LonestarTrips Also another thing; I’m also riding ACE 4 tommorow instead of the original plan to ride ACE 7!

[@docsrailroad]

Awesome review! ACE looks like a good experience.

[@LonestarTrips]

It really is a wonderful experience! The only issue with ACE is the rather inconsistent schedule.

[@mrm10199]

ACE Tickets can be purchased at San Jose Diridon at the Amtrak Ticket Counter. ACE does not use TVM’s at all and at most stations they actually have an actual agent. Since ACE does not employ an agent of there’s in San Jose they contract with Amtrak to sell there tickets at San Jose. At other stations (Except Santa Clara-University and Vasco) ACE employs agents of there own

[@LonestarTrips]

Ah, that makes sense. I think the signage wasn’t very clear, plus being a commuter line, I was expecting an actual ticket machine.

[@mariegarside8830]

I think the Amtrak ticket counter has limited hours. Last time I traveled to San Jose the Amtrak counter didn't open until 9 a.m. which is inconvenient.

[@surfliner456]

@@mariegarside8830 The first ACE train of the day out of San Jose departs at 3pm, so there really is no need for ace. But I do agree there are earlier Amtrak services it should be open for.

[@mariegarside8830]

How late is the last train to Fremont? Is there any way to co-ordinate with the arrival of Amtrak Starlight ?

[@LonestarTrips]

@@mariegarside8830 The last train to Fremont departs San Jose at 6:38pm, arriving in Fremont at 7:08pm. That being said, the Coast Starlight does not stop at Fremont, so there is no way to coordinate with Amtrak. If you are instead referring to the Capital Corridor, then there is no official way to coordinate with Amtrak, but I would check the scheduled arrival time and give yourself about 20 minutes of leeway in case of delays.

[@surfliner456]

Cool video! Last year I took this train and unfortunately did not have a good experience with the staff while boarding in San Jose. I also did not know where to buy my tickets and the crew seemed rather annoyed and had a “not another one of these people” on their faces.

[@LonestarTrips]

I'm glad you enjoyed. I can totally understand why you couldn't find/buy a ticket ahead of time, as there is no indication that you have to buy from the Amtrak desk. I couldn't figure that out and thus bought mine through the app, but if passengers don't know that's an option, which it's not advertised to be, then the crew better get used to the issue.

[@spicemasterii6775]

Should have continued all the way to Stockton. Pretty scenery

[@LonestarTrips]

Scheduling just didn’t work out, but I definitely want to sometime.

[@MirzaAhmed89]

Where are you getting 2 cab cars? I see only one, at the other end from the locomotive.

[@PeterWarner-yz7tb]

You might want to do a full 86 miles trip from San Jose to Stockton. That color scheme is based on METROLINK because the cars were ordered at the same time as METROLINK ordered their series 7 model cars. I think you should get to ride their new bombardier Series IX cars that should be in service. ACE, Coaster, and Sounder operate Series IX cars which have Crash Energy Management.

[@robertbeck97850]

A real nice video. Any thoughts of heading east on the ACE going towards Stockton. I think that would be nice to see. Also you have a subscriber to your channel. Robert in Lagrande Oregon

[@Gromit801]

Couple things. There’s no brown in the interior color scheme. Purple, maroon, yes. Brown no. The spitting water is because the tank had been emptied by passenger use, and now there’s air in the line. You should document an entire run, including Niles Canyon and the Altamont.

[@LonestarTrips]

Ah I see. Thanks for the info! I think the setting sun made the maroon appear brown, especially on the far wall near the stairs.

[@BlueMouse08]

Nice video report, I would love to know when did you rode on this train.

[@LonestarTrips]

I took this trip in January of this year.

[@BlueMouse08]

@@LonestarTrips That's nice, have a great day!

[@LonestarTrips]

@@BlueMouse08 You too!

[@WarrensTrains]

Nice video, my friend you got another subscribe and another liks

[@LonestarTrips]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@ShaunCampbell-j7u]

Can you do a train trip on Orlando Sun Rail sometime?

[@BCAmtrak1]

Courtesy of Wikipedia 2024 version MPI F40PH-3C, these were never EMD products they were built in Idaho. I don’t know if they used EMD engines. I do know that they were very similar to three of Caltrain locomotives 920, 921, and 922 Average speed 39 mph Top speed 79 mph

[@samtrak1204]

My first ACE ride.

[@LonestarTrips]

I hope it was a good one!

[@samtrak1204]

@@LonestarTrips Yes indeed.🥰

[@LonestarTrips]

@@samtrak1204 Wonderful!

[@spicemasterii6775]

The train still says "Commuter Express" not "Corridor Express"

[@sixfifty_sebb]

bc that’s what it was called before the logo changed in late 2012 and plus this is the old livery

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

Can u do MBTA in Boston

[@LonestarTrips]

I’m planning on it! I’m currently finalizing my travel schedule for the next couple months, and covering Boston’s MBTA commuter system is on the list of stops!

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

@@LonestarTrips thx I've been subed cince u started

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

Can u mabey do sacramento and Southern they have an working amtrak f40ph original k5la I'm from UK I visit out california for summer

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

Can you do the trip back plz

[@LonestarTrips]

Do you mean back to San Jose or up to Oakland? The next video in the San Francisco series will be a trip on Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor from Fremont to Oakland if that’s what you’re looking for!

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

Yes

[@LonestarTrips]

@@iluvtrainzamtrak2327 is that a yes to San Jose or to Oakland?

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

San jose

[@iluvtrainzamtrak2327]

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[@jamallhayden2512]

When are they gonna electrify their trains like Caltrain?

[@LonestarTrips]

I don't think electrification is a priority for ACE at the moment. Their passenger numbers and service frequency don't warrant any kind of upgrades for the time being. Additionally, the tracks are owned by Union Pacific, so it would have to be UP's decision to move forward with any electrification plans.

[@jamallhayden2512]

@@LonestarTrips What about Hydrogen fuel cell technology? You can still have a zero emission train without overhead catenary and have better range, faster refueling times and works better in extreme weather than a purely battery electric train!

[@LonestarTrips]

@@jamallhayden2512 Now that’s entirely possible! From what I’ve read, the Arrow commuter line in San Bernardino will be one of if not the first lines to use hydrogen trains, and hopefully their success will inspire other networks to adopt hydrogen trains.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@jamallhayden2512 Hydrogen is just a gimmick. It isn't any less expensive than battery or overhead wire. And most hydrogen comes from fossil fuels and is provably more damaging to the environment than diesel. There is precisely zero reason to adopt hydrogen at the moment. Maybe in the future when electrolysis hydrogen becomes remotely competitive with fossil fuel base hydrogen. But my guess is that by then we'll already have a bunch of hybrid "battery with overhead charging" systems. Unlikely that hydrogen can solve its fatal flaw before batteries with overhead become too widespread to displace.

[@FirstLast-jm4dx]

CalTrain accepts Clipper Cards...not sure why ACE doesn't.

[@lalakerspro]

Ace operates outside the bay area

[@DavidTaylor-v6o]

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