Caltrain HD 60fps: Gallery Car 4008 Cab Ride on Baby Bullet Train 375 (San Jose - San Francisco)

[@caltrain906railfan]

0:00 San Jose 3:28 College Park 4:44 Santa Clara 7:34 Lawrence 9:05 Sunnyvale 11:25 Mountain View 16:12 San Antonio 18:09 California Avenue 19:00 Stanford 19:35 Palo Alto 24:27 Menlo Park 27:30 Atherton 29:45 Redwood City 34:12 San Carlos 35:14 Belmont 36:42 Hillsdale 38:25 Hayward Park 42:24 San Mateo 46:02 Burlingame 47:45 Broadway 50:50 Millbrae 56:16 San Bruno 59:51 South San Francisco 1:03:47 Bayshore 1:07:29 22nd Street 1:14:52 San Francisco

[@northerncalirails2008]

Between Hillsdale and Millbrae was unexpected seeing the Baby Bullet go very slow

[@caltrain_acefoamer907]

caltrain 375 was catching up to 273

[@northerncalirails2008]

Nice ride

[@QuarioQuario54321]

Wow that is so slow. Just look at what we have now with the wires

[@MadMike2570]

When will the Seat Window Video of the Baby Bullet from San Francisco to San Jose be uploaded

[@FanRailer]

Michael Guthrie When I go back some time in the future and shoot one.

[@MadMike2570]

Hopefully someday you will post the Baby Bullet Video from San Francisco to San Jose

[@FanRailer]

Michael Guthrie There is no view out the front traveling in that direction, so you'd have to settle with a seat window shot.

[@johnrobert9372]

Nice video.

[@sixfifty_sebb]

wait what? Baby Bullet used to stop in Menlo Park? Or was this limited 3?? I’m so confused

[@FanRailer]

yes the baby bullet schedules used to be MUCH more varied.

[@tomh3652]

I noticed when another train approaches this train the headlights flash left and right until it gets close the they go steady on. Is that normal practice ?

[@FanRailer]

The ditch lights flash when the horn is blown / bell is activated. It just so happens that in this video, the trains meet near stations or at grade crossings, where the horn / bell must be activated. If there were to be train meets on sections of track that do not require horn or bell, then you would not see the lights flash. So it just happens to be a coincidence here.

[@FanRailer]

In fact, if you go to 1:01:30, you will see a train pass where the ditch lights do not flash.

[@tomh3652]

I did notice that I did not know why though. Thanks for the info.

[@FanRailer]

Anytime.

[@tomh3652]

Now I just have to figure what the signals mean. Steady and some blinking looks a little confusing with more than one set on the same side showing different colors.

[@zekecycle]

I am not familiar with the seating on these cars. Is this shot from a passenger seat to side of the operators position?

[@FanRailer]

No; this view can be accessed from the lower level vestibule door. You need to stand for this.

[@zekecycle]

Awesome job! You kept the camera very still.

[@Luftschlange]

Great video! But I must say that this train system is absolutely archaic and inefficient (I live in the Bay Area). The horn and bell noise is ridiculous; you can still hear the train even if you live kilometers away from the tracks and the carriages and locomotives are heavy and slow. Moving here from Europe, even though this area has all the tech industry, feels like going 100 years into the past.

[@derekonxbox]

The locomotives and coaches have to be heavy cuz the FRA mandates it. All US trains are heavier, and stronger to be able to withstand crashes. In Europe, more focus is applied to "Crash Prevention", henceforth why European trains are often lighter and faster where as in the USA focus is on "Crash Survivability".