The Final day of Caltrain's F40PH 2-CATs and the First Full day of Stadler EMUs!

It's the end of the line for Commuter Rail Caltrain's classic EMD F40PH-2CAT Locomotives and gallery cars. In their place comes new sleek and modern Stadler "KISS" EMUs.
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[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

It’s nice to know that Caltrain is going to continue to use the MP36PH locomotives on the nonelectrified portion of the line beyond San Jose

[@captainminecraft631]

The time between before the emus and when the diesels were retired felt like overnight. The only time I rode Caltrain was a few months ago, before the emus. And that felt very recent. On the bright side, they could use those diesels to provide more frequent service to Gilroy.

[@hoodio]

i'm so happy for you guys to finally have this

[@TracksideSamOfficial]

Very fun meeting you!

[@Thegameztransit]

Nice one! Might have met my freind sam lmao. Btw I was the one on the facetime call with him :)

[@bahnspotterEU]

Your description incorrectly calls the new EMUs “Flirt”. They are “KISS” units. Remember as a rule of thumb: Flirt is single-level, Kiss is bi-level.

[@eafd270]

@@bahnspotterEU interesting, I didn’t know that!

[@CedarLakeRailfanner]

I kinda like the new kiss emus but i don't like the fake "buffers" and I despise the horn and bell on them

[@goldenstateaviation2861]

I was lucky enough to ride both the last F40+gallery set and the Stadlers the next day. Only thing I would do to fix them is transplant the P2s off of the F40s and onto the stadlers

[@SPRailfan4449]

Great video! As a Bay Area Railfan I am really going to miss the Caltrain F40PH’s. Hopefully one of them will be saved. ❤️👍🤞

[@TYR-RailFan]

They needs to put the F40s into a museum for railfans

[@mr_pazzz]

They'll still be running between San Jose and Gilroy!

[@Pointdumeprods]

*Metra has entered the chat*

[@SPRailfan4449]

@@mr_pazzz No the MP36’s will be doing that not the F40’s.

[@goldenstateaviation2861]

@@SPRailfan4449Well…. The MPI overhauled -2s will 920-922 will.

[@Cab_Productions]

Good Video

[@st3v_av]

Nice video!

[@danielberger1378]

For god's sake, US regulations, please get rid of that stupid bell and the over-excessive use of the horns 🙏😅

[@AlexanderZakharov-h3s]

1:04 What is this weird sound that keeps on repeating?

[@MbtaVideoClips]

the beep of the PA. That sounds before any announcement plays

[@seanpeterson9030]

It’s the clipper card reader. It beeps whenever someone taps their card

[@MbtaVideoClips]

@@seanpeterson9030 i stand corrected. That’s what i get for thinking i know the cr on the other side of the continent

[@KJW-Transit]

5008, have you ever considered railfanning BART in San Francisco? I recommend it!

[@rottenroads1982]

Question: Why couldn’t they have converted those F40PH’s to run on Bio-Diesel?

[@LARailVideos]

What’s bio diesel

[@bahnspotterEU]

There is more to the Caltrain electrification than just a reduction of emissions. Electric trains in general and EMUs in particular provide much faster acceleration than diesel-powered trains, so this upgrade now allows Caltrain to shave significant time off their schedules.

[@LARailVideos]

@@bahnspotterEU oh alright

[@KJW-Transit]

Because Caltrain doesn't make stupid decisions like Metra.

[@tsguy-h3q]

Genuine question. Why do Stadler Trains make the worst sounds of any EMU?

[@Oqweisha]

@@tsguy-h3q probably since trains aren’t really built to “sound good” like stadler isn’t really thinking about what rail fans think the best sounding bell or horn is because the main priority is to get people from A-B

[@tsguy-h3q]

@@Oqweisha I'm not talking about the train sounds to be "awesome" or whatever. Like this train is genuinely painful to listen to that I think it might be a hazard. I dont know how it is in-person though.

[@Som09mer]

Do you mean the horn, the bell or the electrical motors?

[@tsguy-h3q]

@@Som09mer The whole train. I feel like my ears are bleeding every time I see a video of one of these.

[@mbtaghost2583]

Watch metra is going to steal them

[@davidng2336]

I doubt it considering that they bought new Alstom bilevels

[@AmtrakNerd42]

920 is missing a headlight on the nose. How?

[@goldenstateaviation2861]

That’s just how they were built by MPI. All three of them have no headlight on the nose

[@AmtrakNerd42]

@@goldenstateaviation2861 it looks really weird.

[@davidng2336]

920-922 are MPI F40PH-2Cs, built without the headlight on the nose (who knows why). Those will be staying alongside the MP36PH-3Cs.

[@user-j1383]

In the uk diesels were retired and scrapped But in us diesels we’re retired and sold or donated to another railroad companies

[@wta1518]

Are you high? The UK definitely still has diesels.

[@user-j1383]

@@wta1518 oh yeah right

[@Metrolink936]

😢s A D

[@Wrecker2472]

Noooooooooooooooo

[@ethancampbell6076]

0:18 Just play My Sweet Lord by George Harrison and you’ll be fine 👍🏻