Caltrain at Speed

[@kae4466]

would loved to have seen this in the old southern pacfic steam days when the commute trains were on both sides of the bay.:)great shots .:)

[@ShoresRailfan]

I'm old enough to remember a little about the steam-powered commute trains. My mom would take me along to pick up my dad from work in Burlingame and then return us home to San Mateo, a trip that often required us to wait at a grade crossing while those trains to roared past.

[@staydaycraft]

I like your Railway! Very beautiful trains! Hello from Russia.

[@BenceSnurikTrainspotting]

Excellent video! These locomotives will soon be just a memory! :(

[@caltrain_acefoamer907]

Great compllation

[@ShoresRailfan]

Thanks

[@joseavina8806]

Good video and thanks for putting the legendary cab car 120 on video

[@ShoresRailfan]

What makes cab car 120 legendary? You're the second person to mention it.

[@jtrail]

@@ShoresRailfan different Bell/horn, and rarely appears leading

[@ILoveTrains]

Great train videos of the speeding Caltrains!

[@straightto8]

I was the first guy to run through those crossovers at CP Ralston at 50mph, was on a test train.

[@ShoresRailfan]

Very cool. I rode SP commute service between San Carlos and SF in the 1970's.

[@Toadette_Fan_95]

I noticed that CALTRAIN AND METROLINK HORNS sound the same

[@Toadette_Fan_95]

5:49 what the hell is that horn

[@sixfifty_sebb]

It’s probably a Fowled k2

[@Toadette_Fan_95]

@@sixfifty_sebb eh probably thanks

[@tankman_tv9332]

Ive heard its a leslie, might be wrong

[@toaster-xl8dz]

I like it when the F4OPH-2CAT is on bi-level cars

[@ebeyslough]

A whopping 79 miles an hour top speed? Step aside Japan, China, Germany, France, Italy, South Korea, Kenya, Taiwan, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, India, Uzbekistan, Austria, Spain, Russia, Morocco...

[@amcaljosh]

im confused 1:40 are nippon sharyos with mp36phs normal?

[@geraldgreen5371]

I can see it now...ACELAS ON THE WEST COAST ON THE CALTRAN CORRIDOR , THEY STILL WOULD NEED HIGH LEVEL PLATFORMS TO RUN THEM FOR SERVICE..

[@amtrak_121]

I think Caltrain should try some K5LA horns on their trains.

[@mrbreadcrumb]

6:46 this one looks like 90mph, opposed to the 79mph normal. is this common around california avenue

[@ShoresRailfan]

I never thought about it but it sure seems like it's faster than the allowed max of 79mph. Maybe it was a cowboy at the throttle trying to make up time.

[@josephkrol8330]

@@ShoresRailfan Is there a way that they monitor what speed the locomotive is going

[@ShoresRailfan]

@@josephkrol8330 My guess would be radar just like the police use.

[@rxttwxler]

@Shores Railfan The avarage amount of Caltrain action requires a lot of speed.

[@michlo3393]

@@ShoresRailfan haha come on man, PTC would have popped the train at 5 over. No more Cowboy shit on the RR. The days of being drunk off of your ass, taking your call, doing a couple of lines of coke to get right, and then running a train all day over the speed limit are OVER.

[@TrickyPchester0948]

You mean full speed right?

[@ShoresRailfan]

Just watched the video again.Top speed on the line is 79 MPH and most appeared to going that fast.

[@geraldgreen5371]

Who will build your trainsets?

[@calirailfanner259]

2:06 gotta love 115

[@ThisisGabe120]

I was feeling sick one day and than saw 115 and Ralphed all over my dad.

[@kemariancribb9200]

The beginning the lights were scary

[@angelamartinez8203]

What kind of horns do cal trains have?

[@ShoresRailfan]

I'm not familiar with the type air horns that Caltrain uses. I do know that they reduced the amount of air horn use at certain stations back in 2017. Perhaps someone else will have more info.

[@BryantsRailfanProductions]

Most Caltrain cab cars and locomotives uses P2s. But cab car 119 and 120 uses K2s.

[@RailfanJalen]

They use p2 horns same as the metrolink

[@BryantsRailfanProductions]

Oh yeah Caltrain MP15DCs 503 has P2 and 504 has K3LA.

[@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan]

Anyone else see 120?

[@jtrail]

Yes, I caught it as well, pretty lucky for both of us

[@caltrain_acefoamer907]

Yep in this video

[@rustyrail7496]

I like Caltrain crashes

[@ShoresRailfan]

Back in the 1970's I commuted between San Carlos and San Francisco on Southern Pacific. Twice I was on a train that hit a vehicle, once at 25th Avenue in San Mateo and once at Harbor Boulevard in Belmont. No injuries since those confused drivers had vacated their vehicles before the collision.

[@voidjavelin23]

Bro truly need a therapy💀💀

[@aaronmiller5012]

Right now they should remain diesel and permanently terminate the electrification project, i doubt that it would work especially in the COVID pandemic.

[@hytale-cmb3238]

Why? They can’t terminate it now the emus are almost done most of the poles and or bases are done and in some places wiring is complete why abandon it now?

[@trevorderper5050]

um then if you were the CEO of a railroad I bet you will say to bring back Alco's or if railfans were the CEO of caltrain, they will probably then use E and F units to replace their F40's

[@sixfifty_sebb]

They said it’s for “Better Service” when it’s already good like Look when you get on a Caltrain In San Francisco the train is packed and no one complains on how the train is diesel.

[@voidjavelin23]

@@sixfifty_sebb except for the environmentalist retards

[@miguelpalomo5691]

They should add a rotem cab car

[@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan]

Miguel Palomo NO

[@xxx_faze_gavinairways_xxx1547]

Rotem Cab cars are ugly

[@sixfifty_sebb]

Oh fuck no they ugly asf like metrolinks

[@voidjavelin23]

Dont let bro cook again