San Fransisco BART Subway rides 1991

An old video of what was probably a trip from Richmond to Fremont, with several stops along the way.

[@FanRailer]

It's amazing listening to how quiet BART was before they rebuilt the Rohr cars with AC propulsion.

[@dnglchlk]

When the BART cars were still shining bright.

[@yinan02]

I love seeing how the platform signs and other small things, like the seats, have changed yet the original look of the exterior Bart cars haven’t changed. Besides the fact that they aren’t shiny anymore.

[@VinceHere98]

This was before the BART trains started to sound like high pitched R142A's

[@andrewfutterman3346]

1991, that was only a couple of years after BART introduced the C-type cars (the cars with the operator's cab that do not have an angled aerodynamic nose which allow them to also be used as middle cars). This was also before the original A and B cars were retrofitted with the AC traction motors with IGBT inverters, that's why they now make that whining sound when they start up. The original Westinghouse DC traction motors are still in use on the C cars. I agree the old motors are quieter, though they also make that buzzing sound which can get annoying after a while, nonetheless I will miss both of those sounds once the old BART fleet is retired.

[@jonathangottlieb3975]

Those were the good old days when California could get rain.

[@yinan02]

This is old because it's raining in California.

[@Rubycon99]

They're being retired Monday. :( Yeah, they're dirty and falling apart, but I'll miss my Syd Mead space age trains. The new ones are fine and have some nice new additions, they're just kinda... ordinary.

[@seandowd5268]

Bart was so much nicer back then

[@andrewskigordon4941]

I'm visiting im 14 from Baltimore and I want to be a fighter pilot but I won't live until I ride this cars and this may be my last time rideing those cars. And I will never forget my first ride on Bart it was cooler the Washington metro. It was so fast I was 7 and I was into trains . I love Bart even if I like the new cars I will never forget my first ride and the noses on the train.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Remember it being shockingly like a living room & smooth as glass.

[@alyssaboyett9182]

When I was about eleven and it was my first trip to San Francisco with my mom back in 1994. And it was my first BART subway ride.

[@blondeboyworld]

Videos like these are a true piece of history.

[@SuperLOVENATION]

I notice from the old map on the San Francisco side the furthest Bart went south was Daly city no Millbrae South San Francisco and San Francisco airport stops. In the east baby the yellow line only goes to Concord now Bart goes to Pittsburgh bay point

[@SuperWorldRailFanProductions]

The C cars were gleaming back then. Quite sad that all these cars are gone from service, but they had worked well past their useful lifespan.

[@white93taurusgl]

I miss the sound the trains used to make when speeding up. The new motors on the cars are more whiny.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Back in the 80s as a young kid, i thought the bart train operator was the coolest thing next to a superhero. I figured it had to be one of the coolest jobs in the world.

[@JohnPeterPressonProtopsaltis]

I miss the BOINK door closing chime. It kind of fit with the kitschy futuristic appearance of the carriages.

[@ckildegaard]

BART's rail cars (the same ones are still in use right now) were built by three companies -- Rohr, Alstom, and Morrison-Knudsen. The next-generation cars, which will be 3-car semi-permanent sets, and are due to arrive in 2016-17, are being built by Bombardier.

[@micmac99]

You know your're getting old when you remember when BART was a brand new transit system just opened up for business