Caltrain Gallery Car 4008 Cab Ride on Train 405 (Gilroy to San Francisco)

[@timectrl]

Station Timestamps 0:00 Gilroy 9:18 San Martin 14:44 Morgan Hill 29:39 Blossom Hill 35:42 Capitol 41:42 Tamien 47:04 San Jose 53:14 College Park 56:29 Santa Clara 1:01:41 Bypass Lawrence 1:03:39 Sunnyvale 1:09:06 Mountain View Caltrain 1:13:33 ex. Castro (2000) 1:14:03 Bypass San Antonio 1:15:57 California Ave 1:16:53 Stanford Stadium (Football Events Only) 1:17:38 Palo Alto 1:21:03 Bypass Menlo Park 1:21:50 ex. Atherton (2020) 1:24:08 Redwood City 1:28:39 San Carlos 1:31:17 Bypass Belmont 1:32:54 Bypass Hillsdale 1:33:06 (Ground Level) ex. Bay Meadows Racing (2005) 1:33:39 Bypass Hayward Park 1:34:59 San Mateo 1:40:00 Burlingame 1:42:32 Bypass Broadway (Weekend Only) 1:44:08 Millbrae Transit Ctr 1:47:47 ex. Temporary San Bruno (2013) 1:48:38 San Bruno 1:52:17 Bypass So. San Francisco 1:55:51 Bypass Bayshore 1:56:56 ex. Paul Avenue (2005) 1:59:14 22nd Street - San Francisco 2:05:45 4th King - San Francisco

[@caltrain906railfan]

At 1:52:42 you can see 919 that crashed near San Bruno.

[@davidng2336]

Pretty much everything but the areas closest to the terminals have been electrified at this point. Once it’s done, only the MP36PH-3C and F40PH-2C will remain.

[@average_joe8905]

Yes, they will remain to operate the trains running from Tamien to Gilroy as the Union Pacific is not going to electrify that stretch of their track.

[@ChrisJones-gx7fc]

@@average_joe8905 but CAHSR is planning to add another track for a total of 3 tracks (2 electrified for HSR and Caltrain, 1 non-electrified for freight and Amtrak) between San Jose and Gilroy as part of their Alternative 4 which was very recently environmentally cleared. So Caltrain will eventually be fully electrified.

[@aaronmiller5012]

@@ChrisJones-gx7fc Has UP agreed to this though or not yet?

[@utahrailfan1946]

I believe the official plan is ro retire the gallery cars and F40s, and retain the Baby Bullet sets for service to Gilroy.

[@ChrisJones-gx7fc]

The California High Speed Rail Authority recently approved their Alternative 4 for the San Jose to Merced section of the SF-Anaheim high speed rail line, which calls for a total of three tracks within the existing rail corridor between San Jose and Gilroy. Two will be electrified for HSR and Caltrain, extending Caltrain EMU service to Gilroy, and one will remain non-electrified for freight and Amtrak. So HSR and Caltrain will share the entire SF-Gilroy corridor at a top speed of 110mph, and from Gilroy south HSR will be on its own dedicated right-of-way and operate at up to 220mph. According to CAHSR's models, non-stop SF-LA trains should still be able to just make the 2-hour 40-minute runtime required by Prop 1A with this alternative.

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

HAHAHAHA....And unicorns fly too right? Man you really drink it hard, no way will it even come close to being a so-called high speed train. It will never go from LA to SF, the whole thing is a complete joke. I live in Japan and no state and most of all CA will know what a real high speed train is.

[@opencirclefleettrains]

*Timestamps* *Gilroy* *UP Coast Subdivision* 0:00:00 Gilroy (Caltrain: L3, L4 Rush Hour Services; Greyhound Lines, San Benito County Transit, VTA Bus: 68, 84-86, Rapid 568) 0:02:10 Merge with Coast Subdivision Main Track *San Martin* 0:09:20 San Martin (Caltrain: L3, L4 Rush Hour Services; VTA Bus: 68, Rapid 568) 0:12:11 Morgan Hill Controlled Siding Splits *Morgan Hill* 0:13:58 Morgan Hill Controlled Siding Merges 0:14:55 Morgan Hill (Caltrain: L3, L4 Rush Hour Services; VTA Bus: 68, 87, Rapid 558) *San Jose* 0:29:26 Blossom Hill (Caltrain: L3, L4 Rush Hour Services; VTA Bus: Rapid 558) 0:35:28 Capitol (Caltrain: L3, L4 Rush Hour Services; VTA Bus: 66, 68) 0:37:58 *PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision* 0:39:43 Luther Industrial Lead Merges 0:40:09 Tamien Yard 0:40:53 Tamien Siding Splits 0:41:04 Tamien (Caltrain: L1-L5 Services; VTA Light Rail: Blue Line; VTA Bus: 25, 56) 0:42:09 Tamien Siding Merges 0:46:11 Vasona Industrial Lead Merges 0:46:36 San Jose Diridon (Caltrain: L1-L5, B7 Services; Amtrak: Coast Starlight, Capitol Corridor; Altamont Corridor Express; VTA Light Rail: Green Line; VTA Bus: 22, 64A, 64B, 68, Express 168, Rapid 500, SCVMC Shuttle; Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach; Greyhound Lines; Megabus; Monterey-Salinas Transit: 55; Santa Cruz METRO: Highway 17 Express) 0:50:53 UP Warm Springs Subdivision Splits 0:51:10 CEMOF Yard Lead Splits 0:51:59 Caltrain Centralized Maintenance and Operations Facility (CEMOF) 0:52:44 UP Warm Springs Subdivision Merges 0:53:02 Coast Siding Splits 0:53:16 College Park (Caltrain: Trains 106, 307, 405 and 408; VTA Bus: 61, 61) 0:55:28 Newhall Yard *Santa Clara* 0:56:19 Santa Clara Drill/CEMOF Yard Lead Merges 0:56:33 Santa Clara Transit Center (Caltrain: L1, L2, L4, L5; Amtrak: Capitol Corridor; Altamont Corridor Express; VTA Bus: 21, 22, 53, 59, 60, Rapid 522) 0:58:37 UP Coast Subdivision and Expressway Siding Split *Sunnyvale* 1:01:39 Lawrence (SKIPPED) 1:03:39 Sunnyvale (Caltrain: L1-L5; VTA Bus: 20, 21, 53, 55, Rapid 523) *Mountain View* 1:08:52 Downtown Mountain View (Caltrain: L1-L5, B7; VTA Light Rail: Orange Line; VTA Bus: 21, 40, 51, 52; Mountain View Shuttle: Grey and Red Routes; MVgo Shuttle: East Bayshore, West Bayshore; Caltrain Shuttle: Duane Avenue) 1:14:13 San Antonio (SKIPPED) *Palo Alto* 1:15:57 California Avenue (SKIPPED) 1:16:52 Stanford (SKIPPED) 1:17:37 Palo Alto Transit Center (Caltrain: L1-L5, B7; City of Palo Alto Shuttles: Crosstown, Embarcadero; Dumbarton Express: DB; East Palo Alto Shuttle; Menlo Park Midday Shuttle; Samtrans: ECR, 280, 281, 296, 397; VTA Bus: 21, 22, Rapid 522; Stanford Health Care TECH Shuttle; Stanford Marguerite: MC, N, O, P, RP, S, SE, X, Y) *Menlo Park* 1:20:59 Menlo Park (SKIPPED) 1:22:26 West Controlled Siding (Left) and East Controlled Siding/Redwood Junction Industrial Lead (Right) Split *Redwood City* 1:23:07 West Controlled Siding Merges 1:23:09 Redwood Junction Industrial Lead Merges 1:23:13 Redwood Harbor Industrial Lead Splits/East Controlled Siding Merges 1:24:08 Redwood City (Caltrain: L1-L5, B7; SamTrans: ECR, 270, 274, 275, 276, 278, 296, 397, 398; Commute.org: Redwood City-Midpoint, Seaport Centre; Pacific Shores Shuttle) *San Carlos* 1:28:16 San Carlos (Caltrain: L1, L2, L4; SamTrans: ECR, KX, 260, 261, 295, 397, 398, Electronic Arts and Oracle Shuttles) *Belmont* 1:31:12 Belmont (SKIPPED) *San Mateo* 1:32:53 Hillsdale (SKIPPED) 1:33:38 Hayward Park (SKIPPED) 1:34:59 San Mateo (Caltrain: L1, L2, L4, L5; SamTrans: 250, 292, 295) *Burlingame* 1:39:38 Burlingame (Caltrain: L1, L2, L4; Burlingame Trolley; SamTrans: ECR, 292, 397) 1:42:32 Broadway (SKIPPED) *Milbrae* 1:43:53 Milbrae (Caltrain: L1-L5, B7, Broadway/Milbrae Shuttle; BART: Richmond-Milbrae+SFO, Antioch-SFO+Milbrae; San Francisco International Airport via BART; Commute.org Shuttle: Burlingame Bayside, North Burlingame, North Foster City; Flixbus; Genetech Shuttle; SamTrans: ECR, SFO, 38, 397, 713; Sierra Point Shuttle) *San Bruno* 1:48:34 San Bruno (Caltrain: L1, L2, L4; SamTrans: 140, 141, 398, ECR; Bayhill San Bruno Caltrain Shuttle) *South San Francisco* 1:52:07 South San Francisco East Yard 1:52:17 South San Francisco (SKIPPED) 1:52:33 South San Francisco West Yard *San Francisco* 1:55:20 Bayshore (SKIPPED) 1:57:47 San Francisco Bay Railroad Splits 1:59:13 22nd Street (Caltrain: L1, L2, L4, L5, B7; Muni Bus: 10, 22, 48) 2:03:18 San Francisco Yard 2:04:50 San Francisco 4th and King Street (Caltrain: L1-L5; B7; Muni Metro: N Judah, T Third; Muni Streetcar: E Embarcadero; Flixbus; Muni Bus: 10, 30, 45, 47, 81X, 82X, 83X, N Owl)

[@P0w2you]

You are the Best Man Thanks!!!!!!

[@christopher6740]

Wow, some commitment. Thanks a ton

[@opencirclefleettrains]

@@P0w2you No problem!

[@opencirclefleettrains]

Of course!

[@dlr9031]

Very informative

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Been waiting to see the most recent cab ride video to see how much the electrification has come along!

[@P0w2you]

Thanks for filming this! I'm here to see the electrification progress and it's cool to see Tamien station, and to see all of San Jose station wired up! Since most others just film from San Jose to San Francisco 4th and King Street.

[@anthonypinkerton1809]

Thank you very much; I've long requested that one of your fanrailer's do a Cabride from Gilroy to San Frnacisco. Just shows that even a small prayer eventually gets answered!

[@3985uprr]

I didn’t get to do Gilroy on my recent trip out there. I was staying near San Francisco airport and I didn’t have a car. I did have a lot of fun doing the rides.

[@opwave79]

Jumped aboard at Mountain View and rode to 4th and King because that was my old commute 10 years ago. Ahh the memories.

[@LookOutForTheTrain]

new TSW dlc update looks great

[@northerncalirails2008]

The door chime sounds like metra now

[@hiawathafilms]

its bc they use the same equitment and they are run by the RTA witch is the same as metra

[@northerncalirails2008]

@@hiawathafilmsthat makes sense

[@NicolasChiribelo]

34:46 well that guy on the bridge must have scared you and the driver.

[@michaelmorgan7893]

Once that cobweb of catenary is complete, how will Union Pacific be able to continue running double stacks from the bay area to Long Beach? Isn't this the old SP main line?

[@caltrain_acefoamer907]

This horn, the bell. Love 4008s horn and bell

[@USArailfan2000]

Amtrak's Northbound Coast Starlight splits off the Peninsula Corridor to the right at New Hall Yard just north of Santa Clara Station. (58:15)

[@sergiooliveira7778]

Thank you Fan Railer your vídeo The Best congratulations of Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Spaceshotx7]

At San Fransisco and San Jose stations, there is no mini high platform, only the wheelchair lifts. So at those 2 stations, how do they get wheelchair on and off the trains with the Bombardier Bi-level coaches?

[@justinstrickland5382]

@35:52 this stop didn’t look like any portion of the platforms lined up with the train. I couldn’t even see a footpath across, what am I missing?

[@northerncalirails2008]

This cab car is my favorite

[@Perich29]

soon you could say, " Goodbye Nippon Sharyo cars and EMD F40PH-2 locomotive, and so far I'm concern, Good Rits" the Stadler Kiss will take over the caltrain run.

[@jamesparson]

Electrification starts at 40:00

[@P0w2you]

Full completed Electrification currently ends at, the time recorded, 1:20:45 just after Palo alto. Poles are continuously up after. Hayward Park 1:33:38 some Feeder wire, and static wire (maybe messenger wire) is up. Just before Milbrae 1:43:36 the west track has completed wire, after station the east track looks completed. (hard to tell directly under wire). Just before San Bruno wires end at 1:48:26 Feeder wire continues Feeder wire ends 1:51:25 Last pole installed before the four track section 1:54:21 1:57:50 50%~ of poles are installed the rest of the way, into San Francisco 4th and King Street. all Tunnels are complete, but that was finished 2ish~ years ago.

[@mrgone658]

These are fun to watch at 2x speed. 😁

[@RADIZZLE4000]

@fan Railer Is this the cab ride of the diesel engine or from the cars!? Would be nice to see some of the control panals. The communities of the state Peninsula looks very lovely!

[@FanRailer]

Cab car, the riding public is not allowed in the diesel as per FRA regulations

[@ojarskrumins8476]

Nice footage. What makes me wonder - why speed limit is set exactly to 79 MPH not 80 or 75, but 79? Where is sense? In LIRR speed limits are set with reasonable 5MPH step.

[@FanRailer]

You have to look back in history to when the ICC stepped in and imposted speed limits for non-cab signaled / non-ATS territory.

[@ojarskrumins8476]

@@FanRailer Thank's for reply. I doubt someone in Latvia, where I live can tell me this 😃 My experience actually is based on TrainSimWorld but I see that speed limits and many things are very accurate there so I'm curious. The only thing that comes is that during building / design phase something is taken from Europe and there speed limit has been set to 125 km/h that gives roughly 79MPH, but this anyway does not make sense as safe speed for section must be at least 110% of limit, so anyway 79 looks weird for me.

[@timectrl]

@@ojarskrumins8476 Latvia? I am a Bay Area railfan but went to Latvia. Cool trains 🚊

[@DiemHoangJenny]

Whats the galary car look like/

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

52:02 when did Caltrain get an SPV2000???

[@edisonz2006]

It is used as a track geometry car

[@northerncalirails2008]

Great job

[@PhillyBagel]

I’m surprised there’s no plank or paving laid down at Blossom Hill and Capitol for reaching the other track from the platform. Having passengers walking across the ballast is not good.

[@NorCaliRailroading2023]

All trains normally board on the other track, they don't need a second platform as there's only 6 trains a day on weekdays and no service to gilroy on weekends. They had to board on the other track because a union pacific train was on the main track

[@NorCaliRailroading2023]

25:30 you can spot the UP train right there using the main track

[@munamaltiti1100]

Nice

[@neonatal123]

Can you please document STATION NAMES at various moments.

[@timectrl]

0:00 Gilroy 9:18 San Martin 14:44 Morgan Hill 29:39 Blossom Hill 35:42 Capitol 41:42 Tamien 47:04 San Jose 53:14 College Park 56:29 Santa Clara 1:01:41 Bypass Lawrence 1:03:39 Sunnyvale 1:09:06 Mountain View Caltrain 1:13:33 ex. Castro (2000) 1:14:03 Bypass San Antonio 1:15:57 California Ave 1:16:53 Stanford Stadium (Football Events Only) 1:17:38 Palo Alto 1:21:03 Bypass Menlo Park 1:21:50 ex. Atherton (2020) 1:24:08 Redwood City 1:28:39 San Carlos 1:31:17 Bypass Belmont 1:32:54 Bypass Hillsdale 1:33:06 (Ground Level) ex. Bay Meadows Racing (2005) 1:33:39 Bypass Hayward Park 1:34:59 San Mateo 1:40:00 Burlingame 1:42:32 Bypass Broadway (Weekend Only) 1:44:08 Millbrae Transit Ctr 1:47:47 ex. Temporary San Bruno (2013) 1:48:38 San Bruno 1:52:17 Bypass So. San Francisco 1:55:51 Bypass Bayshore 1:56:56 ex. Paul Avenue (2005) 1:59:14 22nd Street - San Francisco 2:05:45 4th King - San Francisco Hope this helps

[@neonatal123]

@@timectrl Thank You Thank you so much!!!

[@lechiffre1914]

These trains have gone slightly faster than I thought trains on the West Coast do! Good!

[@Mr1fish2fish]

What is that hammer and bell S**t?

[@normacascio9041]

I'm with you. They start at the strangest times.

[@barbarakilpatrick3859]

pg and e is your reward mine are mollie stone bags. San Mateo County. 😷👽

[@nah_144]

I liked the sound of that bell.

[@TrainsPT]

34:42 What the hell?

[@MariaGarcia-tw1pj]

Gilroy San Martin Morgan Hill Blossom Hill capital tamien San Jose Santa Clara Lawrence College Park Sunnyvale San Antonio California Avenue palo aito Menlo park Atherton Redwood City San Carlos Belmont Hillsdale San Mateo Burlingame Broadway Millbrae San Bruno South San Francisco San Francisco

[@caltrain910]

1:52:42 Wrecked Caltrain 919

[@PapyrusCUT]

1:52:43 Caltrain 919 waiting to be MOWED

[@tokugawa12able]

Speed at 6:30?

[@PhillyBagel]

If not 79 mph, probably close to it.

[@barbarakilpatrick3859]

Safeway.❤

[@ashwanthramakrishnan8186]

What is Spot B?

[@utahrailfan1946]

I'm not an engineer, so take this with a grain of salt, but I'm pretty sure it's to say where to stop with a 5 car train versus a 6 car train.

[@TBF_1J]

Great video!

[@릭윤-l3y]

No bell no horn

[@JoeLikesTrains]

1:23:30

[@barbarakilpatrick3859]

Oreos

[@barbarakilpatrick3859]

making is fcpd.😮

[@barbarakilpatrick3859]

derail 6:30😷👽

[@dfcart01]

Trains are so Noisy in this country...which is very different from cab views in Europe and Asia..

[@abid6688]

Ting ting ting

[@kadir_slt]

Now to be fair. Most European and Asian trains don't have ringing bells and blasting horns 50% of the entire ride. But yeah they're not isolated very well.

[@tech83studio38]

Anything else?

[@michlo3393]

Yeah funny how things are different, in DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

[@oct197.]

ok and? atleast we can hear if a train is coming :]

[@Killercutsvideo]

That bell is too annoying can't watch

[@FanRailer]

... so then mute the video.

[@calikalbocalikalbo6082]

HAHAHAHA.....The trains and the train system is a pathetic joke compared to here in Japan. You are lucky if the trains are running much less be on time there. Here in Japan you literally set your watch by the train and if it's 3 minutes late they apologize and give you a note to give to your boss for being late. Not to mention they keep the trains on the tracks un-like the USA where it seems there is a freaky wreck weekly. OH and the train system here actually makes money, not like the USA where every single train system is government funded and loses money.

[@tokugawa12able]

Speed at 7:30?

[@voidjavelin23]

Close to 79 mph