NEW Amtrak San Joaquins Venture Cars at Oakland Jack London

[@TheR4ndomG4m3r]

1:56 That F40 NPCU looks so nice with the siemens venture cars

[@vexv2k66_-3]

kinda but they look nice

[@No-le9qf]

I think they would match perfectly if the NPCU was shorter in height

[@maestromecanico597]

Thank you very much for filming and sharing.

[@spottingbythebay]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@sebastianfloyd372]

@@spottingbythebay Where’s The Siemens Venture Cab Car?

[@sebastianfloyd372]

@@spottingbythebay I Wonder If The Siemens Venture Cars Would Be Painted In the Paint Scheme Like The Siemens Charger SC44

[@TaylorMMontgomery]

F40s are just the perfectly designed locomotive. Looks good pulling pretty much anything.

[@TohaBgood2]

Lol, come one, dude! I understand that you foamers like anything that is old, but the F40 is butt fugly. It's a brick with windows.

[@OldSchool-px1xk]

I have been riding Brightline in Florida, so I know these cars, because they are quite the same. Comfort, noise level, seats, all good. Perhaps bi-level cars would have fit to the role better, but Rotem messed it up big time, when they got the order for the new California car.

[@marka5478]

Not Rotem. Nippon Sharyo.

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

It wasn't Rotem. They have exited the North American Railcar business with the MBTA & SEPTA orders completed.

[@andrewchuang8433]

The bi level Surfliner coaches cannot be retired I hope they don’t get replaced

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

No, these Venture cars are ONLY specifically for use on the San Joaquin, as the name suggests on the top middle of the cars. The bilevel cars are not going anywhere

[@Robbi496]

Sharp looking cars and they sure do not look like anything else on the Amtrak Roster!

[@amtrak_121]

I hate them

[@jtkm]

Amfleet cars are ugly, glad to see the Venture coaches. I mean rolling stock that is 40+ years old is simply unacceptable. They're more obssessed with the locomotives than passenger comfort.

[@amtrak_121]

@@jtkm wrong! Anything that’s modern is ugly on trains like these! They need a retro style charm, which makes it feel more luxurious. Besides they need to care more about comfort if they want to have any chance of winning against airlines

[@amtrak_121]

@@jtkm Amfleet cars aren’t my favorite either, but at least they were built by Budd

[@jtkm]

@@amtrak_121 Hey man, I still enjoy my vintage rolling stock. Amtrak destroyed all the progress the private companies made. Don't get me wrong, I love them Budd and Pullman cars built for streamliners like the Super Chief, El Capitan, Broadway Limited, Congressional, East Coast Champion. That was in the day when companies had to compete because one person many choices. Amtrak is a state owned monolpoly, like they gave a damn, you've gotta operate like a business if you want people to ride the train. One train a day frequencies plus old worn out rolling stock just doesn't make the cut. But I agree with the retro charm, we need the good old streamliners back, I would so anything to ride on the Broadway Limited or Super Chief.

[@jreichel1]

Very nice. I'm a subscriber.

[@gloria6229]

Also SD60Es #7034 and #7035 are on their next run on the Office Car Special (OCS).

[@brianfalzon6739]

Great catch!

[@alexpelsor6841]

Those venture cars are gorgeous. Do you know when they might be put into regular service? I rode the San joaquins a couple weeks ago and was bummed to ride in old cars. I did see an SC-44 though so not all bad!

[@jreichel1]

Did you have the Comet Cars or the Superliners? I ask because yes the Comet cars are "old" but they were rebuilt several years ago at a cost of $2 million apiece. We've needed new equipment for a long time, that's for sure. I love the look of the Venture cars.

[@alexpelsor6841]

@@jreichel1 they were superliners.

[@jreichel1]

@@alexpelsor6841 I sure wish we could get new Superliners.

[@gdrriley420]

@@jreichel1 Amtrak isn't sure what it will order for LD fleet but if its Bi levels the state may join them, or the state may order its own new design bi levels

[@gdrriley420]

Last date we had was the first sets in Service around January of 2023. with 5 or 6 in service by the end of 2023

[@skier7378]

Awesome video 😁😍 love it😁☺

[@spottingbythebay]

Thank you!!😍😁

[@dominictauane]

@@spottingbythebay I am have lnstaram

[@spottingbythebay]

Dominic Tauane gave ya a follow buddy🤟

[@sebastianmunera5470]

Great catch for a Caltrans F40ph NPCU

[@kurumafox]

I hope they will bring this to the capitol corridor route

[@TohaBgood2]

I think the Ventures are only going to the San Joquins for now. But the CC and the Surfliner will get the San Joaquin's newer bilevels. But eventually they might upgrade all the California state routes to them.

[@MychaelHall24]

When will those Venture Cars comes out?

[@jeremiahjefferson4271]

I love this

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

Siemens venture cars are good. Like it! Just like the horizon and amfleet cars

[@jetssup]

THIS IS SO SO SO C00L!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

[@chicago-l9125]

They're very streamlined. Truth be told, they look a lot like cars or "carriages" on passenger trains in the UK, especially with those bolster-less air suspension bogies or trucks.

[@robk7266]

That makes sense considering that they are actually train cars designed by a European company. They are not imported, but they are practically the same design used for cars in Europe.

[@utaamtrak9584]

@@robk7266 I agree there based off the Railjet coches, they are almost identical.

[@amtrak_121]

Rob K they shouldn’t be that way! They need to look more like American cars! This is not Europe and they shouldn’t try to make it like that

[@robk7266]

@@amtrak_121 why? You do realize that European trains are better in every way, right?

[@amtrak_121]

Rob K no I don’t! The reason American passenger trains aren’t so popular anymore is because nobody cared about keeping the speed and reliability. But I’m sure that looks are important to! These cars are too modern and violate everything about American rail heritage

[@Jeragon186]

Why are the headlights on instead of the marker lights?

[@spottingbythebay]

I’m not sure but they always do that for some reason, from the California Cars to the PHIs

[@Jeragon186]

@@spottingbythebay Oh! I never knew that! Must be some new SOP?

[@GamingRailfanner]

@@Jeragon186 its so its brighter, apparently many drivers can't see the marker lights

[@Jeragon186]

@@GamingRailfanner That makes sense too

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

Nice Video

[@CaptainJeau]

That scoop on top of the charger needs to be taken off it’s looks very stupid now.... also I got a question, the paint scheme on the passenger cars are not really the same on the engines yes the colors are the same but everything else is not... so are they going to repaint the engine to match the coaches?

[@spottingbythebay]

Captain Jeau The scoop is a mod (modification) mainly for the California cars specifically on chargers for Amtrak Cal. Once they’re gone it’s an easy removal. Regarding the paint that’s a good question, the scheme on the chargers now are for the CC, so once CC gets their venture cars it should match but now with the SJ cars I’m not sure. All I know is that CC and SJ use a variety of different engines to operate so it’ll be a little while for everything to match. If you look up on google, search up Amtrak Capitol Corridor new train cars, you can see the concept/proposed on images and there are a few articles on it.

[@Jeragon186]

@@spottingbythebay Oh sheesh! I thought California is too broke to afford two different schemes

[@Honeydwarf85]

@@Jeragon186 Where did you get the idea that California was broke?

[@Jeragon186]

Thatguyontheinternet Aren’t we always broke?

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

@@spottingbythebay The California Cars will be staying for the Capitol Corridor. Some, if not all California Surfliners will leave for the Surfline.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

Uhh, why is there a railway with giant trains in the middle of a city street like it's a tram????

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@Chris Hoffman-Echandy wow, pretty interesting...and also dangerous.

[@robk7266]

Too expensive to move them. Plain and simple.

[@Honeydwarf85]

There are lots of tracks like this in America

[@mplsmike4023]

Because it’s super-cool that way.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@mplsmike4023 it’s super primitive

[@senorspahrtan]

Do all the SC44’s for CalTrans have the spoiler installed?

[@spottingbythebay]

Yes, this is temporary till the California cars retire

[@TohaBgood2]

@octa 5501 No, the Siemens Ventures are all going to the San Joaquins. The San Joquins will retire all of its Horizon cars and their Bilevel California cars will go to the Capitol Corridor and the Surfliner. Some bilevels might stay on the San Joaquins but it will eventually be a Railjet-like intercity service with all Siemens rolling stock.

[@timmymak2023]

At 1:41 that the one i have the recording of the Amtrak already

[@pashon4percushon]

Hey you caught #146 that's a popular number on Athearns HO scale engine because its a non-DCC one and therefore sold at a low price, i have three of them

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

VENTURE CAR REVERSE SET?!

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

That means they're in revenue service, correct????

[@ThePeninsulaRailfan]

I subbed, stay awesome friend!

[@tankman_tv9332]

Will the NCPU’S be replaced as well?

[@larailfan1714]

Yes

[@amtrakfan2342]

Look back years for now and p42 leading trains will look ancient.

[@TohaBgood2]

It already does. It has looked ancient for over a decade. It's just that we didn't have too many modern trains to compare them to.

[@amtrakfan2342]

@@TohaBgood2 alright

[@gloria6229]

Norfolk Southern ordered the same Venture cars from Siemens with the new SC-44s.

[@TWF1003]

Don't believe anything WTDX 1402 puts up.

[@GamingRailfanner]

Reverse Set

[@ThePeninsulaRailfan]

You would think that the paint would match the SC44 Charger

[@spottingbythebay]

Thank you! And the chargers are in the Capitol Corridor livery while the new cars are in the San Joaquins livery, meaning they’re both different. The Capitol Corridor cars will match the current Charger livery but it’s unknown how the SJ will match with the engines.

[@ThePeninsulaRailfan]

@@spottingbythebay I see, thx

[@cats0182]

Brand new coaches. Brand new locos. No cab car configurated coaches? Still have to old locos as control units? How quaint.

[@AVeryRandomPerson]

No, they just haven't built any Venture Cab Cars yet. 7 will be coming.

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

As I've heard the Venture Cab car units are basically SC-44s in the form of a Cabcar I think it's quite unique, and really cool!

[@MrWill1985]

@@AVeryRandomPerson are those 7 all for Caltran? I know they are getting them when this ventures replace the Amfleet Is

[@mr.conductorfromsts4204]

@@MrWill1985 Amfleet I operated the NEC, and they’re also going to be replaced along with the Metroliner Cab Cars. The Siemens Venture rail cars with the cab car (ALC-42 Styled Cab)

[@nolantherailfan5048]

That paint scheme on those venture cars is 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 it looks so ugly

[@TohaBgood2]

Interesting how the foamers always find something to hate about the Venture cars. It's almost like you are all biased against any new rail equipment you see. Interesting...

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Yeah