ACE Series IX Cabcar returns for more testing

Back by popular demand, ACE is back to testing their new coach cars and cabcar. ACEX 3312 ventures out to the mainline after quite the long hiatus. ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) experienced quite the list of problems when it came to its new train cars, from PTC, paint work, onboard systems and more. Originally planned to enter service in Fall of 2022, the new CEM Series IX cabcar and coaches are put to more testing to soon enter service. When? The world may never know….BUT the commuter rail has mentioned it will try its best to have 1 set this year. Guaranteed? We’ll soon see later on down the tracks.
February 3rd, 2024, Arriving into Livermore station from Stockton is F40PH-3c 3104, ACEX 3104 with 6 total cars in tow. Under the callsign "ACE SP2" or "ACE Special Train", Cabcar 3312 honks its goofy sounding K5CA-LS horn as it departs Livermore. Later catching the ACE special speeding by farmland in Tracy to slamming the Stockton Diamond as it returns from a successful test run.
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[@Railviation]

*Awesome catch!* Here at SD our very own Coaster is finally getting those too and *it’s currently on its ferry ride* towards down here at Camp Pendleton!

[@Kyletherailfanner]

Yep!

[@2307_railfanning]

Actually? Where’d you hear about this? Can’t wait to see them finally start to run!

[@Kyletherailfanner]

Literally every rail fanner talked abt it for a while

[@2307_railfanning]

@@Kyletherailfanner Oops, I haven’t been out railfanning in a little while :/. When can we expect to see them in service?

[@Kyletherailfanner]

Possibly in anywhere from 1-5 months not entirely sure

[@oaksub510]

Nice video!

[@jonbowlerbowler7366]

Hay That’s Just Like My Scanner Spotting By the Bay

[@OHCERailfan]

Note: Those Cars Will Be On Service Forever & Will Never Retire

[@gb9727]

All operators of the bi levels should get these

[@OHCERailfan]

Same

[@miggytracksideaka3105miggy]

I’m riding this when they go in service

[@natesmainlinevids]

Even Coaster is now in the process of getting a few of these, but I’m still ready to see them run on ACE. Hopefully weekend service for ACE can return when these start service. This however does get me wondering on why Metrolink or Tri-Rail now didn’t plan on purchasing these coaches aside from the Hyundai Rotems they still have.

[@Railviation]

It’s very possible Metrolink could get those, or even borrow them from Coaster in the foreseeable future.

[@LuisUrbieta]

Nice Cabcar horn on 3312 my new Cabcar!​@@Railviation

[@sixfifty_sebb]

because the series ix cars came out in 2016 and Metrolink needed to replace the cabcars in 2010 so they bought rotems it was the first CEM cab car to enter the US market I think

[@cryorig_transit05]

Reminds of of GO trains

[@railfandepotproductions]

They have the same cab

[@T128Productions]

@@railfandepotproductions And the same horn as well.

[@sixfifty_sebb]

Same horn same cab same design and same interior

[@dtrainsss]

I'm surprised they arried blank. I wonder if they are going to add logos and stripes later.

[@Nipalalalala17726]

They are

[@sixfifty_sebb]

that’s how they arrived when ace repainted their bbl cars in 2020 or 2022, they will add them maybe a month after service or when they enter service

[@IvanaAinsleyFisichella]

Note: those cars will be in service forever and will never retire

[@johnrobinson5205]

The cab car reminds me of the go train

[@GamingRailfanner]

That's because GO uses the same exact ones

[@ethantlyu]

They look shiny

[@RafaelAcosta-oq4eo]

Very nice video 🎉🎉

[@davinhuffaker4670]

I'm not really a big fan of new cab cars because you can't move between them if they are coupled in the middle, and they look pretty boring

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

!!! Nice video, Like !!!

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

I'm probably the only person in the entire universe who thinks this, but I think the K5CA's on these cab cars sound alright. They're definitely better than the godawful european honkers that Caltrain's Stadler trainsets and the New Acelas have.

[@followthedamntraincj5058]

very cool catch. But I have one question: what are those strobe lights right above the cab of the cab car, why are they flashing or what do they mean?

[@JacobLovesBNSF]

Reminds me of go train and sounder train

[@railfandepotproductions]

They are the same type

[@JacobLovesBNSF]

Ik

[@stanicarlos2244]

Sounds like the horns from GO Transit and VIA Rail.

[@T128Productions]

I know right? Same type.

[@JacobLovesBNSF]

And sounder train

[@ethancampbell6076]

4:32 Sounds like GO Transit to me

[@ethancampbell6076]

And from the distance 6:35

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

Blame it on Alstom.

[@Avarail3002]

That’s because it’s a Cabcar from go transit

[@JacobLovesBNSF]

And Sounder train

[@nikolasg8688]

literally toronto ontario has these with 12 car trains for like 8 years+ and ALOT of them

[@TheREALPoriruaTrainspotter]

Nice footage, just realized the F40 loco on that train has the same sounding Prime Mover as NZ's DFB / DFT class locomotives!

[@Kyletherailfanner]

NASTY AHH K5CA

[@traintrak]

Does Alstom still manufacture these? Not sure since I believe most of these purchases were made before the Bombardier acquisition.

[@az196823]

Alstom has kept most of Bombardier's product line, especially for North American & European markets. As well as added in some new ones as well, like the Adessia product platform.

[@az196823]

I think those cars are under the Adessia product line now.

[@traintrak]

@@az196823 Okay thanks, I was wondering since I think these are one of the only bilevel cars still in the market.

[@mdnsubdiv]

What horn is that at 4:43

[@T128Productions]

That is a Nathan K5CA-LS air horn. It’s commonly used on Canadian passenger trains like GO Transit. And if you ask me, it sounds so wrong in so many ways.

[@GamingRailfanner]

@@T128Productions Its used on EVERY Canadian passenger train other than Ontario Northland, it's mandated.

[@mdnsubdiv]

@@T128Productions I personally thought it was a sequenced rs5t

[@jmream2618]

That’s the same cab car that go transit uses

[@TracksideKitchener]

Ikr

[@R262SubwayTrain]

3312's K5CA Sounds better than 3310

[@MrBnsftrain]

I'm surprised these have Canadian horns. GO Transit and VIA Rail equipment have horns that sound three chimes normally, but can sound five chimes in an emergency.

[@brianjanes4393]

I mean … it was a Canadian company that made the cars so idk why you’d be surprised

[@sixfifty_sebb]

@@brianjanes4393Alstom is not a Canadian company

[@CanImperator]

@@sixfifty_sebb They were designed by Bombardier. Alstom didn't change the horns.

[@goldenstateaviation2861]

That horn in the bay… doesn’t feel right

[@sixfifty_sebb]

it don’t even feel right in the Central Valley either, we’re used to K5LA’s that ACE and Amtrak San Joaquins has

[@Major_Tom98]

Whatever happened to horns sounding musical???

[@T128Productions]

Idk ask the manufacturer.

[@GamingRailfanner]

Im not a fan of these, considering im a GO Railfan that has suffered with the OG CEM cab cars from as early as 2013-14. But hey ACE got something new.

[@hiphophamop4853]

Stealth? Why are the passenger cars are unlettered?

[@jasperli]

They must also be Series IX cars which have yet to be painted.

[@Caltrain120]

ACE usually doesn’t letter new cars when they are testing, they will add them a month of a year after service

[@danielboone3770]

😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@TamasKiss-bv9hz]

👍👍👍❤🤍💚

[@californiamade5608]

Those colors are sexy 😍 when did they get it done

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

It’s just like the SC44s and the revamped paint-scheme rolling stock, but the lettering ain’t there. But for the F40PH and original rolling stock paint, it’s made when the railroad was created.

[@easternroutemainlinevideos6823]

Despite how ugly it looks. At least it passed tests hopefully lol

[@IronHorsefan1869]

Not as ugly as the old cabs which just looked liked the back of a train.

[@sixfifty_sebb]

they look fine in my opinion they aren’t ugly but the horn is

[@IronHorsefan1869]

I hope that's not it's final paint job, the grey looks atrocious, it's just as nasty as Phase V.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Worse than Phase V imo

[@IronHorsefan1869]

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 I won’t argue there, I hate phase V as much but at least it has some blue, I love ACE’s purple Scheme

[@2307_railfanning]

Yeah it’s very uninspired. Glad we’re keeping it colorful down here on the Coaster.

[@Nipalalalala17726]

BOOOOOOOOOO NOBODY LIKES YLU SERIES IX

[@sixfifty_sebb]

I do and almost everyone likes these cars, they literally look exactly like the regular bombardier coaches, the only thing that’s different is the front of the cab and they don’t have the flat sides on the top edge of the cars

[@superbaddy4]

Cool how they used an F40PH and not a Charger for this, with us getting to see them using the older generation of Locomotives with the brand new Coaches. Makes the F40s look like they still got quite some life left in them, even if only 4 out of 6 still remain.

[@SoCalHighIron]

F40PH will never die. ❤

[@2307_railfanning]

Wish we still had them down here in San Diego, but at least they’re saving a couple!

[@OregonCrow]

k

[@SoCalHighIron]

@@2307_railfanning Shout out to @coasterfan2105 for putting in yeoman's work on getting those awesome Coaster locomotives to new homes. 🫶

[@ACA_cyclone]

Speaking of charger this year we will get the coaches for the charger

[@mxderate]

I believe this will be the first commuter rail with both an IX Series Cabcar and an SC-44

[@sixfifty_sebb]

and a f40

[@idiot_guy_person]

The ntcd coaster is also receiving the new cab cars

[@keatontheloyalnarwhal2197]

Coaster also has a CEM cab car and SC-44s

[@Caltrain120]

@@keatontheloyalnarwhal2197but ACE got them first, that’s why it was the first commuter rail to use both sc44 and series ix cars.

[@sixfifty_sebb]

this is the first ever commuter rail in California to get these cars, glad Ace made the right choice of getting these and not some other cars

[@IvanaAinsleyFisichella]

Note: those cars will be in service forever and will never retire

[@JavonWashington-n7w]

The Ace SC 44 charger train locomotives 🚂 are my favorite train 🚂 locomotives because I like the designs colors and train 🚂 locomotives itselfs i wish they were going to Sacramento it would have been nice I'm glad it going to Stockton but i wish it was going to Oakland East Bay it would have been fantastic

[@NoobRailfanner.]

Is anyone familiar of when these new Cabcars will enter service? Please let me know

[@Perich29]

those cab cars looks better than the old one love it.

[@Mcode11Youtube]

oh those horns are K5CA's on the new ones just like go transit

[@T128Productions]

I would replace that thing with an old cast p5 (that is, if I had one) which would’ve sounded 10x better in my opinion.

[@Mcode11Youtube]

true@@T128Productions

[@Caltrain120]

@@T128Productionsyes, the metra P5, it would sound 10x better in my opinion, or the K5LA that Ace uses, those sound alot better than half of the K5LA’s out there

[@OHCERailfan]

Note: Those Cars Will Be On Service Forever & Will Never Retire

[@gb9727]

I like these cabcars instead of the old ones

[@RaisedLetter]

I could genuinely deal with these cabs if they didn't have the God awful horns that the Canadian government mandates on their passenger trains.

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

Atleast 3312 doesn’t sound bad as 3310.

[@Wolfgodmak]

I wish Amtrak, specifically Capitol Corridor, uses Coaster Coaches instead of single level coaches

[@sixfifty_sebb]

the California cars aren’t single level, they have 2 levels, the only Amtrak California that has one level coaches + California cars is San Joaquins, they have venture and California cars

[@Whiterose11476]

Wow those look really sleek! Great video!

[@brucetharpe762]

I’m sorry but those horns are just… So *Canadian…* Why couldn’t they retain the K5LAs from the original cab cars?

[@sixfifty_sebb]

because Alston has to put them on these cab cars, I don’t know why but they could’ve at least changed the horn when they arrived here in California

[@Kyletherailfanner]

Nooo the ogs are gonna be gone soon😢

[@sixfifty_sebb]

no they aren’t, this was for the extension for the Sacramento-Merced extension