Amazing footage! Very cool how the museum reinstalled the original gong sound.
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We also made the electronic horns louder as well as replaced the horn speakers on 144A.
@MFPTransitVideos3 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions it would be interesting to have the old retro 1990s livery on 144 as well. You guys did a great job!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@MFPTransitVideos The new CRRC HR4000 heavy rail subway trains that will replace the original Breda A650's for the Red and Purple line are coming to Los Angeles this summer.
@Hotters90603 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions I hope that the P865 car #100 will be used in a special ceremony when the new Regional Connector tunnel opens next year in 2022!!!
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
@@Hotters9060 That's not going to happen.
@bryan-ej8mn3 жыл бұрын
Glad you were able to catch P865 144 Glad you got lucky! Nice vid!
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions The Red and Purple lines in Los Angeles are getting new subway cars from China this summer called the CRRC HR4000 series. The Breda A650 will be replaced by these new heavy rail subway cars in the future.
@sgt.eclair3 жыл бұрын
man, it's so weird to see a train that I've been on in revenue service in a museum
@theobserver29203 жыл бұрын
I was on that train too Sgt. Eclair! You must be an old man like me!! I know, the brain just won't admit we are getting old and ready for the museum ourselves!!!
@sgt.eclair3 жыл бұрын
@@theobserver2920 I'm not even out of high school lmao, that's why it's so weird to me! I was just on these trains a couple years ago and now they're relics! But yeah, time is a hell of a thing
@theobserver29203 жыл бұрын
@@sgt.eclair I was on them when they were brand spanking new. Thanks for the reply sarge!
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
Same
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@theobserver2920 I remember when I first got on the P865 light rail train in Los Angeles way back in 2005 when I was still going to school. Everything was different back then. Seeing this train in the museum today, brings back a lot of memories.
@TheFamousRleon3 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Hope to see 144 in the future since it’s been two years since I last saw it in person. Also nice horn sequences! ;)
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions There is another P865 car that is preserved too and it is car number 100. It is still in operating condition and it is in the yard in Los Angeles. They just don't use it anymore.
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
The yard is actually in Long Beach. I'm well aware and actually saw it a few minutes ago.
@Hotters90603 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions I am excited. The new HR4000 train is coming this summer to the Red & Purple subway. These new trains are similar in design to the LRV P3010's.
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
@@Hotters9060 *Their paint job, not their design.
@MetroSheepProductionsMSP3 жыл бұрын
Glad you got enjoy P865 144 once more! ;)
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@Metro Sheep Productions I am glad that the P865 car 144 is preserved too.
@m1lkcarton6983 жыл бұрын
Happy to see it still running
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
I am too!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@Jayden Wilmington I will visit the Perris railway museum in the future and I hope I get the chance to ride the original P865 car number 144 of the Los Angeles Metro Blue Line. I also want to ride the Pacific Electric Red car trolleys too.
@Hotters90603 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions The P865 that is numbered car 100 should be used in a special ceremony when the Regional Connector opens in Los Angeles in the year of 2022!!!!
@yellowbonnetproductions54243 жыл бұрын
Amazing video
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@paulcastillo39113 жыл бұрын
I am kind of sad at Metro didn't give the orange empire only got one train instead of two
@sportbikepilot3 жыл бұрын
Nice video, kid. It was a pleasure meeting you and I think you’ll enjoy being a part of the museum.
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Chris!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@Sportbike Pilot I want to visit this museum and ride the old Pacific Electric trains.
@sportbikepilot3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperheroJunior Well, come out and ride them! They're waiting for you!
@Hotters90603 жыл бұрын
@@sportbikepilot I am going to visit the museum during the summer and I will ride the Pacific Electric red cars too and the LARy yellow cars.
@sportbikepilot3 жыл бұрын
@@Hotters9060 sounds good bud.
@LDTV22OfficialChannel10 ай бұрын
How are you supposed to board this thing if there are only low-floor platforms?
@theobserver29203 жыл бұрын
It seems like just yesterday that Ed Van Deventer was the superintendent of rail in Los Angeles! If I ever make it back to California I may have to come to the railway museum to ride it!!!
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@The Observer I want to ride the Pacific Electric trolleys in the museum.
@theobserver29203 жыл бұрын
@@SuperheroJunior Back in the old days people would ask the bus driver how to get to to county jail. The driver would tell them, correctly, to take a "P" on Broadway!!
@POOH8753 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I wish we had these on the Expo Line. I think I will transfer to Blue before they retire the rest of these.
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I will see you on the Blue Line.
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@POOH875 The Breda A650 heavy rail subway cars that currently run on the Red and Purple lines are going to be replaced by the new Chinese trains named the CRRC HR4000 series in the future. The first pilot CRRC HR4000 trains will arrive to Los Angeles this summer in the month of June.
@Hotters90603 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions I hope that the P2020's are preserved and joins the P865 in the museum since they are retiring. I also hope that the P865 car #100 can be used in a special ceremony when the Regional Connector opens next year in 2022!!!!
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
You were my go-to channel when I was a kid lol
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
@@LJRailfan-Gamer_07. I believe POOH875 was only a bus operator back then
@paulcastillo39113 жыл бұрын
Maybe the trolling museum just sit down and talk with Metro and get them to get another one of these training before they're all gone
@GP60MofficialYT Жыл бұрын
Sooner or Later The P3010’s will be replaced by idk the odukya 4000 series
@flattrain58343 жыл бұрын
Did they raise the volume of the K5LA?
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
144A's horn is on the quieter end, while 144B's is much louder.
@flattrain58343 жыл бұрын
Okay
@sportbikepilot3 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions we can and should fix that.
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
@@sportbikepilot I'd hope you guys would receive a P2020 by 2024 so we could pair 144, just like the U2s
@HGM199223 жыл бұрын
@@sgtdebones i hope they can acquire car 100.
@rhettrossalbert3 жыл бұрын
I hope you will do the Quaker Horn next time. & Nice Video!
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
There is no quacker, it has been replaced by the electronic gong.
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@Rhett Ross Albert The Pacific Electric red cars have a distinct type of horn sound.
@sportbikepilot3 жыл бұрын
I removed the quacker sound and reinstalled the electronic gong. The car had the gong first back in the day, and that poor excuse for a quacker sound is horrid. We will leave the quacking to the cars that started quacker horns - our U2s.
@anitrain3 жыл бұрын
Any plans to eventually repaint it into it's original livery? This looks way too modern to be in a museum as is.
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
No plans. The museum will keep it in its current scheme because the paint is still in great condition.
@MetroSheepProductionsMSP3 жыл бұрын
I remember Division 11 fixed up P865 144 Gray Jacket Scheme before they sent P865 144 to the OERM in July, 2018.
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions I hope some of the P2020's go to the museum when they retire also. They are identical to the P865 but the only difference is, it has an automated announcement.
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperheroJunior That's not correct. The P2020s originally had an automatic train control panel for ATO GoA2, allowing it to operate without needing a motorman to drive. The P865s also had automated announcements.
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@sgtdebones Oh okay. I understand now. So the P865's did have an automated announcement?? Also the Breda A650 is being replaced by the new Chinese HR4000 trains. Those new trains are coming to the red and purple line this summer but it will only be a test train though.
@Action__General3 жыл бұрын
They still have a high gong
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@TOXICTWIST 999 Yes they still have the high horn. The P865 had a different sounding horn when they first were built.
@paulcastillo39113 жыл бұрын
Maybe they could do talk to Metro and get another train
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
We're already getting a Breda A650, so therefore no P2020.
@paulcastillo39113 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions that's great to see you're going to get one of those trees I shot a video of that picture to bring a tree on the goal line today and happy to see if they're going to get that train next once it comes to retirement
@Action__General3 жыл бұрын
Bring back the high gong
@sportbikepilot3 жыл бұрын
We did!
@someguy84273 жыл бұрын
Wish they had more lrv's at Union illinois railway museum :/
@strikesolo17713 жыл бұрын
I find this so werid ever snice the blue line closed the line for redecorating and replacing the tracks that was the last time I ever seen them in the expo line now they become part of a museum I'm just blown away
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
Their practically identical counterpart, the 1994 Nippon Sharyo P2020 is still in operation; there are 15 of them. They are, however, only assigned to the Blue Line and do on rare occasion get temporarily switched to Expo for the day, but the chances of that happening are extremely low.
@strikesolo17713 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions I wonder why they only get assigned to the blue line and not the expo line like they use too
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
@@strikesolo1771 Because they are now retiring too
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@sgtdebones I hardly see the P2000's run. I sometimes see them on the Green line and the Expo line too but most of the time, it is always the new P3010's running. The P2000's also ran on the Gold line too but they left that line in 2011 and were replaced by the P2550's.
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperheroJunior The P2000s are being sent to the Bay Area to be upgraded by Alstom. That's why they're mostly absent. When they return, they'll completely replace the P2020 stock
@joenichols52533 жыл бұрын
so what did LAMTA do switch to a Low Floor LRV? is that why they decommissioned the P865?
@LARailProductions3 жыл бұрын
LACMTA still uses high floor LRVs. The reason why the P865s were decommissioned and retired because Metro was looking for newer equipment to replace the aging fleet of original Blue Line cars (built in 1989)
@sgtdebones3 жыл бұрын
There is no way in hell that Metro would downgrade to a low floor system. Also, LAMTA decommissioned decades ago. LACMTA is the modern authority.
@SuperheroJunior3 жыл бұрын
@@LARailProductions The Breda A650's that run on the heavy rail subway Red and Purple lines are next to retire too and hopefully they may go to this museum in the future but because the museum does not have third rail, these trains will have to be retrofitted with trolley polls to be able to run on the property.
@metrorailinlosangelesprodu44073 жыл бұрын
You try to record some destinations like the imperial del Amo Anaheim and LongBeach. That would be rare and cool. Good Video