Railfanning Caltrain Stadler KISS EMUs in Test Run at Broadway Station (6/9/24)

[@TheRailwayDrone]

It is just SO exciting to log onto youtube and see all these videos of these new trains. Really excited for Northern Cali right now almost to the point where I would move back....ALMOST.

[@rmax80]

Trains from Switzerland to the USA. It’s bad that America can’t make high-quality trains for passengers. But even beautiful trains from Europe are disfigured by terrible train horns!

[@TristenChenLife]

I love the way the trains sound. They remind me of the eBART and VTA Light Rail.

[@ericfung5279]

eBart trains are also made by Stadler, but they were diesel trains unlike the Caltrain EMUs.

[@TristenChenLife]

@@ericfung5279 Yes, and VTA's trains are KinkiShario trains. They sound similar; the eBART and Caltrain trains have a similar bell and horn, but the Caltrain one rings faster.

[@TysonIke]

Question is. Why didn’t they grade separate Broadway as part of the project???

[@viperq]

I can't wait to ride these.

[@rmax80]

Reminiscent of an electric train Stadler Kiss, which began operation in Azerbaijan (Baku) in 2015, and in Russia (Moscow) in 2017.

[@graythewolf6096]

I dont get these VVVF inverters, what is ABB cooking with this traction!? Such bizarre modulation technique with the carrier frequency bouncing around all willy nilly between 1000Hz and 2000Hz!

[@TheRailwayDrone]

Wut?

[@charleskelley2871]

@@TheRailwayDrone its electrical engineer speak

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@charleskelley2871 I'll stick to being a Network Engineer lol...

[@VirtualTrainDriver-nu6ud]

Wow they look and sound incredible. when are they going in passenger service?

[@californiamade5608]

Caltrain says September

[@TheRailwayDrone]

SEPTEMBER 21st, MY BIRTHDAY!!!

[@ericfung5279]

It’s confirmed August 10 as a soft launch, meaning they’ll sneak in one of them for passenger service. September 21 when the EMUs will completely takeover the Caltrain services between Tamien & San Francisco.

[@rastaman5105]

Electric trains in America , that,s very rare , America is the land for noisy and airpoluted diesel loco,s !!