UTA HD 60fps: Siemens S70, SD-100, & SD-160 Light Rail Vehicles on The TRAX System (5/9/19)

Enjoy =)

[@realquadmoo]

I’m addicted to the S70 sounds

[@helixdrago95]

Great clips!! I’m from Salt Lake City, and a huge enthusiast of the system. We just started revamping our SD-100/SD-160 fleet, starting with car 1013. Big improvements!

[@Galastin]

I'm actually starting to prefer the SD-100/SD-160 units over the S70s. The S70s are nice because they have low floor entry, but they seem to be much louder and don't ride as smoothly. The SD-100/SD-160 vehicles are actually quite pleasant, even though they are a bit older.

[@macmaniacal]

I like working on the SDs vs the S70s. SD100s are great. I hope they don't get rid of them. At least keep enough that have Icecutters

[@HobbiesRfun]

I love Salt Lake City. I took a vacation there last June, enjoyed every minute of it and didn't realize how much fun stuff there is to do in that region. I can't wait to move there next summer.

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

Light rail usually is using E-BELLs now.

[@larailfan1714]

Yes, the UTA cars have E-gongs, but Seattle's Sound Transit light rail has regular gongs that do not sound electronic.

[@nmgt1048]

Whe n I was in Los Angeles (2000 and 2009) the light rail vehicles used recorded train horns.

[@nmgt1048]

I rode the Salt Lake City System back in 2013 and found out the cars (S70) go uphill near the hospital area and near Sandy, Utah. There are a lot of recently expanded suburbs in the area.

[@Brianrockrailfan]

Awesome video Fan Railer :)

[@agentqracle300]

Super! Something really interesting)

[@ap_interlocking]

I was in Ogden and Salt Lake City as well and rode TRAX & Frontrunner!

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Nice!

[@IngolfTube]

Good video👍😀

[@christiancarter7563]

Red and blue running same line. I moved here in September. Have used this system almost every day. Was this durning the time that they were redoing rails at 400 S? I wonder.

[@Galastin]

This must be. They consolidated the red/blue trains to minimize the number going past courthouse (and past 400 south) so they could do single-rail travel during the construction. Fun fact: during this time there was a "black line" train that went Airport to University.

[@tommynunez1495]

The trains go out of service around 11:30p. So many times I have to get stranded passengers at the stations doing Lyft.

[@christiancarter7563]

Tommy Nunez I got stuck at central point one night and had to call a taxi.

[@Galastin]

They run freight starting at midnight, basically

[@royreynolds108]

Quit a bit different than NYC subways?

[@davinhuffaker4670]

Kinda wish they would use the SD 100/160 on all lines and not just blue line

[@Lucrativecris]

2:38 did those trains retire? I remember seeing them back in 2013

[@thedingusdoggo]

Nope they are still on the system. This video was taken when UTA primary ran only the S70 on weekends which is why the S70 is seen on the blue line. Now a days the SD100 and SD160 rolling stock is still in use on the blue line.

[@FordEscape12345678]

What happened with the traction motor at 1:41?

[@FanRailer]

wheelslip

[@FordEscape12345678]

Oh ok thanks.

[@christiancarter7563]

Yea they tend to do that a lot. Jerks you around when your in them. 😂

[@talliehamblin6731]

What are the red/blue lines?🤨

[@parkersackewitz6266]

Blue line is the original line that goes from Draper to Salt Lake Central, The Red line goes from the Daybreak development in South Jordan to the University of Utah

[@parkersackewitz6266]

UTA was also replacing rails in downtown, so that really messed up all the trains for about a month

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

This is literally a carbon copy of San Diego’s system in terms of rolling stock

[@aishamaow3531]

It is not a copy

[@parkersackewitz6266]

UTA doesn't have mixed consists like MTS does

[@anonymoussdmtsemployee7770]

Ahem we don't have SD-160's and our old fleet of the SD-100's are officially leaving to Mendoza Argentina. Also originally San Diego Metropolitan Transit System would have the owners of UTA Trax's SD-100's however they couldn't afford them in the late 80's so UTA decided to purchase the remaining SD-100's in exchange that San Diego would be first for whichever train Siemens would make. So when the S70 Avanto was created aka our 3000's UTA forfeited purchase for San Diego to receive 12 S70's however 3012 was eventually scraped for parts.... Hmu if you have any questions.

[@larailfan1714]

I also have a UTA Trains video, you should see it.