Building Brightline's Trains: A Tour Inside Siemens Sacramento Rolling Stock Factory

[@gregbowen617]

Great to see such a resurgence in passenger railroad investment in the USA. And nice to see a European company that provides quality and integrity behind its products. The Brightline trains look great, so do Amtrak Chargers!

[@ScottWallace5]

Great video! As someone who lives close by Sacramento, it's awesome to see how that Siemen's facility has grown over the decades into one of the largest Siemen's facilities in North America I believe, to what it is now, delivering high quality trains across the country. So awesome!

[@OldSchool-px1xk]

Siemens made the right call, anticipating a new boom of passenger rail in the US: Now they are essentially the only local maker which can deliver all kind of rolling stock, except for freight locomotives. It is not just a small shop for a limited order, like CAF had in New York. I wonder if Stadler will stay in California permanently too, once they have completed the train sets for Caltrain

[@hotrail8295]

Stadler's plant for the Caltrain equipment is located outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. With Siemens in town, it;s good to see locomotive and rolling stock manufacturing in California for once.

[@samuelitooooo]

I hope Stadler stays, bringing more of their comprehensive portfolio from Europe, including light rail vehicles. They will produce new metro trains for MARTA, so looks like they're not leaving yet.

[@jonesyokc]

What an awesome way to end the week. Who was expecting something like this? :-)

[@RoamingRailfan]

I don't think anyone was expecting this😁

[@philipkudrna5643]

Great video, this „look behind the scenes“. (And proud that Siemens in Sacramento uses VoestAlpine Austrian quality Steel instead of some cheap Indian or Chinese import!)

[@tval8780]

I used to do security for siemen. I got access to every building from the welding building, office area, design office and many more. Though access was very limited only you could access with a badge where you work at. I got to see the first electric Amtrak engine rollout before I left the place. The place has now expanded and added a couple buildings on the north side. Thanks for the video, reminded me of my time when I worked there.

[@Marks_Station]

I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a video.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi 👋🏻 That was a really good insight into the Bright line train construction. I really hope the US see the huge benefits of high speed rail over local short distance flying 😃 Cheers Stevie 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@terrydikkers4707]

Thank Brightline for bringing you and thank you for bringing us. Very enjoyable.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

Dude you are the absolute best. I hope you have these types of videos for the Las Vegas high speed railway when construction starts on that.

[@J3scribe]

That was so cool of Brightline! Your great work documenting them has sure paid off.

[@natenae8635]

Congrats on the sponsorship. Thank you for the opportunity to see the Brightline project.😁

[@johnhauser4589]

I ran PennCentral's GG1's and all I can say is OMG!.

[@keonikaig9247]

Super...Thank you

[@Pensyfan19]

Fantastic footage of this plant!

[@eannamcnamara9338]

3:17 your telling me you and some other press are hidden inside every one of those vents!!!???!?!? just kidding. I've been keeping track of trains in the US from europe and the development on california high speed rail is depressing so watching your videos on brightline gives me hope that the US can become a train loving country again.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Fantastic! What a trip! So wonderful to see Brightline recognize your hard work!

[@freddienz]

Excellent story. Well done.

[@Acehitman369]

Great video, I can't wait to ride brightline again next month so excited

[@chazco]

Thank you for these updates. I am interested in this as I want to ride Brightline to Miami when it is finished

[@andrewpalm2103]

Thanks so much for this video! What a contrast from the "self-guided" tour I took of the CSS&SB Michigan City shops back in the 1960's where they did heavy work on cars and locos. Also, that welder protective equipment looked like something out of an 80's horror movie. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@dr.medwurst4547]

Hope the USA will become a great railway nation and overcomes it's weakness for cars.

[@rodneythetall8877]

Great job, thanks.

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Special edition, thanks.

[@ScottysAir]

Wow!! Beautiful! I’m glad you got a nice tour opportunity. I really appreciate it. They are doing a great job with it. I can see assembly line and else. Hopefully they will do next trainset to Florida. It’s a very long ride. It take 1 week or so.

[@tim6053]

Excellent !!

[@boterail]

Italy's rail infrastructure is so good they put their own airline out of business.

[@lovedfriend2020]

That was cool :)

[@jimlove8144]

Thank you for sharing your trip this is very interesting and I enjoyed it very much. Although I’m surprised you were allowed to film in certain areas especially that fuel tank. I used to be a GE fan but not since the Chinese bought them..

[@favroitetiger5785]

Do you know when the Siemens venture coaches will go in service for Amtrak Midwest more specifically Amtrak wolverine. I heard it was supposed to be in 2021. But my gut feeling that they where delayed into 2022. I know they had some deliveries earlier this year. And did some tests in January of 2021.

[@RoamingRailfan]

I don’t know anything about Amtrak's cars

[@scottscherer]

Wow cool

[@OhioCentralModeler]

That had to be the experience of a lifetime getting to tour there. Brightline made the right call with the streamlined noses, the standard nose design Amtrak, Via and all the commuter railroads are ordering is pretty ugly in my opinion.

[@c449watomic]

Amtrak and Via need that nose design because they need to have an exposed front coupler. They run some trains with more then one unit together and equipment is shuffled around a lot.

[@wavesnbikes]

@@c449watomic VIA Rail's design for an SC44 was well played. The Amtrak ALC 42 is so so... The Amtrak and commuter SC44 Versions of the nose are ugly asf.

[@CaptainJeau]

Via rails looks good, it’s like Brightline but it just has a hitch in the front

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

The VIA units also have an attractive streamlined nose, but with a standard coupler. I agree that the Amtrak / Commuter version looks like it has been punched in the face

[@lovedfriend2020]

I would like to know where wheelchairs go (power chairs) I want to ride Brightline but scared I cant due to the size of my chair.

[@RoamingRailfan]

You should have no issues navigating these trains with your chair, they were designed from the beginning with wheelchair accessibility in mind. I'll be sure to point that out in my next video on the train itself.

[@lovedfriend2020]

@@RoamingRailfan Thanks!

[@SplashAnimationCo]

@@lovedfriend2020 Brightline's trains are ADA compliant. The bathrooms are huge and the aisles are wide enough for wheelchairs to come through. The trains have floors that extend out to the station platforms to provide a smooth transition for wheelchairs (they have elevators that take you to the station platform). You have nothing to worry about with Brightline concerning wheelchairs.

[@lovedfriend2020]

@@SplashAnimationCo Thanks

[@Loud.Thoughts]

Do you happen to know the the reasoning behind the different coloring of the train sets?

[@RoamingRailfan]

A way to identify the trains and is a fun way to bring additional interest to the trains from the general public.

[@justahillbilly7777]

@@RoamingRailfan It certainly makes it easier on the train spotters trying to spot each and every train set.

[@Adamguitarherochamp1]

What happened to the brightline app? Please send link to it.

[@RoamingRailfan]

They say it will be relaunched closer to when service resumes.

[@nw24153ns]

Did they fly you out or did you get to take the train?

[@RoamingRailfan]

I flew out

[@TheBleggh]

Huh. For some reason my previous comment isn't showing up. Anyway, I don't think that coach you passed on the left near the end was actually for Brightline. Brightline doesn't have low-platform doors.

[@RoamingRailfan]

You're right, that's a Via Rail coach. Just saw the drawbar and high level door on the other end when editing so I assumed Brightline since there are no markings currently to differentiate them.

[@fisherbridgeproductions]

Does Siemens do public tours or only certain people ?

[@RoamingRailfan]

No public tours, this was filmed during a special media event.

[@fisherbridgeproductions]

@@RoamingRailfan ok thanks

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

👍

[@james6275]

That is a awesome 16 cylinder diesel efficient engine, just goes to show fossil fuels are not going anywhere!!!!

[@paulmatulavich7321]

Does someone have to have so many subscribers on KZbin in order to be invited to such a media event? How did they know who you were to invite you? Thank you!

[@RoamingRailfan]

They have been well aware of who I am personally for many years even prior to KZbin.

[@OldSchool-px1xk]

@@RoamingRailfan Maybe Mr Reisinger is watching your videos too, to see if there is proper progress :)

[@RoamingRailfan]

I can confirm that most of the upper management are regular viewers

[@rdgk1se3019]

I thought the new sets for Brightline were getting 6 coaches.

[@RoamingRailfan]

Only 4 right now to match the current trains with additional coaches to come soon.

[@TheBleggh]

@@RoamingRailfan Ah, so no (possible) cafe cars yet then, I presume?

[@RoamingRailfan]

Probably not until Tampa

[@PrograError]

Seems like a easy conversion... Tho there's probably no cooked hot meals more like airline food...

[@gravelydon7072]

@@RoamingRailfan I would hope that they have some when they start the runs to Orlando.