Former Caltrain Gallery Cars On The Final Stretch Of Their Journey to Schellville via NWP

[@WestPac-ny9vi]

SP Lives, the 1501 still has its Gyro Lights and P3 Horn

[@sjrailfan35]

Indeed it does!

[@WasatchRailfan125]

Sad to see them leave Caltrain, but the Stadlers will benefit the railroad. Hopefully, someone will buy them. I would love to see cab rides on them from another operator. Great video!

[@sjrailfan35]

I agree. Thank you!

[@SBRstudios]

Incredible video! This a once in a lifetime railfanning opportunity! Love they way the guy got off at 4:20

[@sjrailfan35]

I agree! Thanks!

[@paulcastillo1310]

Two bad that's no museum did get one of those cars 😮

[@orlandorailfanproductions314]

That conductor was having so much fun😂

[@sjrailfan35]

He definitely was!

[@mow4ncry]

Last time I was at the end of the Brazos bridge I was watching our SP 2472, SP 1487 and SP 3194 cross the bridge

[@sjrailfan35]

Very nice!

[@Amar7605]

ASMR right here 😌

[@sjrailfan35]

Thanks!

[@RailFireProductions]

3:23 Doppler effects like these are what I live for. Excellent chase.

[@sjrailfan35]

Thank you!

[@derrickwong5337]

Excellent!!

[@sjrailfan35]

Thanks!

[@derrickwong5337]

@@sjrailfan35 You're welcome!

[@SynchroScore]

If they're in good condition, it shouldn't be too hard to find a buyer, though it might take a while.

[@sjrailfan35]

The other 32 cars that are over there are sadly in rough condition, but these ones that came in recently are in relatively better shape!

[@ThisisGabe120]

NWP crew are such goofs 😂great video man and love to see the crew having a great time. Farewell to the galleries

[@sjrailfan35]

It was great to see them having fun doing their job! Thank you! And yes, farewell to the galleries (and F40’s when they get moved).

[@airpicts]

Wow just wow. 😯

[@suntoryjim]

I rode in those cars 5 days a week for 2 years back in the early 2000s when I worked at Motorola. A lot of memories. If I recall correctly, the cars are stamped early 80s' Japan. Wait a sec...how did those cars get from Townsend depot to Napa????

[@sjrailfan35]

Lots of memories on those cars for sure! Caltrain brought the cars from SF to San Jose, Union Pacific took them from San Jose to Fairfield to get interchanged to a shortline railroad called California Northern, who brought them from Fairfield to Napa, where they would get picked up by NWP to be taken to their storage location in Schellville.

[@lalakerspro]

@@sjrailfan35 im guessing they used the capitol corridor route to Fairfield? Is there a direct connection to the NWP, or is it an isolated railroad where they have to manually lift the cars and place them on the track?

[@sjrailfan35]

Indeed they did. And yes, there is a direct connection with the NWP. California Northern would pick up cars destined for the NWP in Fairfield and take them to Lombard Jct for NWP to pick up.

[@KennethStone]

Cool, thanks! I wonder what’s going to happen to them. I also wonder why some of the doors were open.

[@sjrailfan35]

As of now, they are in storage for the unforseeable future until another railroad has interest in buying them.

[@NorthBay43]

Rare

[@ethantlyu]

Are these Caltrain Gallery Cars are going to be scrapped just like Bart?

[@sjrailfan35]

They are there for storage until a railroad has interest in buying them, which I’m not sure when that will be.

[@lucaleiva6021]

@@sjrailfan35maybe Metra wants more of these

[@fireandice693]

Do you know when UP is gonna pick up the rest of the gallery cars and f40s?

[@sjrailfan35]

I have no idea honestly! There's a whole bunch of gallery cars and like 7 F40's sitting on what's called the drill track located between College Park and Santa Clara.

[@desertrat51]

So that’s where they ended up

[@Us3d2b1]

MP15 ?

[@sjrailfan35]

Yep.

[@trainfan504]

How do you know when these happen?

[@sjrailfan35]

I have people that advise me of this kind of stuff.

[@caltrain_903YTchannel]

What would they do with this gallery cars

[@sjrailfan35]

They’re just in storage for the unforeseeable future until somebody has interest in them.

[@physh]

Such a wonderful sight, seeing them disappear into the sunset. What absolute garbage cars they were.

[@sjrailfan35]

Yeah, they did have their downfalls, unfortunately, but they served their purpose well!

[@T128Productions]

@@sjrailfan35 And to top it off, I have never seen a switcher locomotive pull so many cars before. I always thought they would pull a minimum of 3 to 5 per set, but a whole consist?! Talk about taking it up a notch!