Railfanning Oakland - Jack London Square (w/ Street Running) - 9/15/19

[@average_joe8905]

Great catches! CDTX 2012 and 2013's K5LAs sound great! 2012's reminds me of what ex-Amtrak 455 used to sound back in the day when she had her good K5LA.

[@BrentNguyen46]

Average_ Joe Thanks ! Yep, #2013 and #2012 were definitely one of the many nice ones ! It was doubly nice to catch #2013 twice because of the deadhead moves. The F59PHIs up here in NorCal do bring back some fond memories of the sounds of the Surfliner F59PHIs that were around not all too long ago.

[@coppercruz3605]

Awesome Video:) Oakland Jack London Square is an awesome place to railfan with the many street runnings, deadhead Amtraks and horn echos. I'm glad you finally went to one of my favorite hotspots in NorCal and got some great train action as well.

[@BrentNguyen46]

Copper Cruz Thank you ! It’s definitely one of the highlights of railfanning here in NorCal for sure !

[@mxderate]

Union Pacific too!

[@railroadkid9000]

The Railfanning King has returned, good to have you back man great video

[@BrentNguyen46]

Rail Road Kid Thank you ! I appreciate the kind comments !

[@butthurt8]

Woo how other video! Welcome back

[@BrentNguyen46]

butthurt8 Thanks !

[@espeemike3698]

Awesome video of bay area rail ops. Wishing Kato would produce Amtrak California paint scheme in their N Scale passenger cars!

[@BrentNguyen46]

EspeeMike Thank you ! Yeah, same here but for HO scale. There’s been lots of talk about manufacturers making the bi-level cars for years but never an actual production of them so far unfortunately.

[@northerncalirails2008]

EspeeMike that is what I was thinking as well

[@amtrakandcsxrailfanning164]

awesome video nice catches catching these surfliners and other ones too

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you !

[@aircraftsandtrains2309]

k5la starting at 20:21 just a thing of beauty

[@HenryLikesTrainss]

5:21 the graham white e bell sounds Beautiful.

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

You gotta catch 8306, it’s a one of kind piece of Amtrak equipment with a New cast P5

[@superbaddy4]

8306 is actually out of proper use right now. For some reason, it's facing the wrong direction and being used only as a regular coach.

[@GamingRailfanner]

Well that’s tough

[@tankman_tv9332]

Now 8306 is back in service, in fact I caught it somewhere in early april and now its probably with 2005

[@JustinTrackside]

Awesome video Brent. This is an awesome spot to railfan and I love all the horn action. Looking forward to more of your great videos!

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you Justin !

[@AmtrakALC42railfanners]

Nice video Brent WOW 😲🎉❤❤❤❤

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you !

[@CoffeePot31]

Cool! California Cars are based on the design of the Superliners, as are the Pacific Surfliners.

[@midlandcompound]

Thanks, really enjoyed that. Was last in Jack London Square, Oakland in 1996 on a vacation to the US. Lots of powered F40s still on trains and filmed a stopped SP freight. UP Had their own lines some distance away I understand but not sure what happened after the merger. Was lucky enough to catch the old Amtrak switcher, an SW1 I think.

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you ! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the video ! Sounds like you saw some great action back then; especially with the F40s and SW1 !

[@midlandcompound]

Thanks yes, long time ago now! You can hear somebody in the background commenting that it's an ALCO but it was an SW1 alright.

[@alexanderbanos8125]

22:34 I can only imagine an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner cab car with CDTX 6962's mixed generation K5LA.

[@ethansalazar8283]

It sounds like a mix of a k5la and an m5

[@TheAmtrakSpartan]

6962 is on surfliner you mean

[@alexanderbanos8125]

@@TheAmtrakSpartan As in the cab car with the Pacific Surfliner livery. That one is on Amtrak California's rolling stock with its livery.

[@aircraftsandtrains2309]

Hybrid k5lam

[@DNP_10]

29:54 we need a Virtual Railfan camera right here

[@aircraftsandtrains2309]

at 40:21 we also need one there as well

[@allisonreithmeier4811]

Better be careful going there because it's known for people beating the trains when they're coming

[@rhettrossalbert]

Nice Video!

[@BrentNguyen46]

Rhett Ross Albert Thank you !

[@xanderrodgers8284]

6:03 The very last crossing closest to the yards had early activation. In fact, it seems like almost all the crossing had an early activation problem, as well as late resetting at the time.

[@GamingRailfanner]

Xander Rodgers i agree

[@ilikeroblox275]

Amazing video !

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you !

[@MetroNorth203Productions]

this is wonderful

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you !

[@GamingRailfanner]

19:38. F59PHI #2011. Is F59PHI # 2015’s little brother in terms of horns Both are very loud

[@stellarfs-yt7360]

bro honestly... If I had the list of my fav f59phi's it would be , CDTX 2015, CDTX 2014, CDTX 2013, and CDTX 2011.

[@stellarfs-yt7360]

19:15

[@HenryLikesTrainss]

Cab car 8310 is nice!

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

Awesome video BrentNguyen46 :)

[@BrentNguyen46]

Castle Rock RAIL FAN Thank you !

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

2102 is my stalker charger, the last 7 times I’ve been on Amtrak I’ve seen it in one way or another

[@DNP_10]

Miles Campbell why hello there

[@roachaximus5899]

Thats not fair, how come San Juaquins still gets to use F59s but Surfliner doesnt

[@BrentNguyen46]

The F59PHIs used on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains were originally purchased and owned by California’s Department of Transportation (Caltrans). These F59s will still be around until at least 2023 since they were all overhauled in 2012, which is nice to know. Unfortunately, the Surfliner F59PHIs were not purchased, but rather leased by Amtrak and were all returned at the end of their 20 year lease and transferred to Metra.

[@rhettrossalbert]

I was there on Spring Break!

[@BrentNguyen46]

Nice !

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

P42DC 7 is back.

[@GamingRailfanner]

Predaking Savage lucky number

[@michaeldesanta3689]

5:34

[@michaeldesanta3689]

5:06

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Is Amtrak California still using F59PHI

[@BrentNguyen46]

Predaking Savage Yep. The state of California owns these F59PHIs and they were all overhauled around 2012. They’ll still be around on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains until at least 2023, which is nice to know.

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

@@BrentNguyen46 cool my chance to record them

[@up1111railproductions]

Awesome catch Brent this month I'll be in Stockton to do some Railfanning video before i go to see my girlfriend

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you ! Stockton definitely has some good action for sure.

[@up1111railproductions]

@@BrentNguyen46 that's right

[@GamingRailfanner]

12:03 cab car 8304 sounds like 8301 why is that

[@superbaddy4]

They both have Raised Letter K5LAs.

[@pacificzonerailfan]

Nice

[@BrentNguyen46]

Pacific Zone Railfan Thanks !

[@GamingRailfanner]

19:07 RIP HEADPHONE USERS

[@HenryLikesTrainss]

Loud Railroad Crossing bells!

[@Narpets2112]

Were their freights you didn't film? I live along the line further east and it is almost exclusively passenger until late at night after the CC trains stop running.

[@BrentNguyen46]

Nope. Video represents the continuous train action during the time I was there. I did however catch a freight the second time I visited, specifically in the evening.

[@GamingRailfanner]

12:15. Peep....

[@o67_ant]

why this track never elevated?

[@BrentNguyen46]

Oscar W. Money and necessity are mainly the reasons. There has also been talk of a railroad trench as well, but the City of Oakland hasn’t yet invested the resources to look into the feasibility of such a grade separation project yet.

[@GamingRailfanner]

I don’t think a trench is needed in my opinion because trucks don’t come down the road here ( if this is true ). And there is not a lot of cars here too Mostly pedestrians

[@mohamadfaiz6935]

This is before the world covid 19 pandemic arrives

[@jonbowlerbowler7366]

I Love CDTX 2105s Horn Better Than Freaking 2104s Horn Freaking 2104s Horn Is Horrible And My Friends Do Not Like it Like Marcel Does Like Isaac Does Not Like it And Antoine Does It BrentNguyen46