On 4/18, I took a ride out to San Jose to explore Caltrain. Since I got a Gallery set returning to San Francisco, I got to film the whole ride through the front window.
This station is... 0:00 San Jose 5:10 Santa Clara 11:20 Sunnyvale 15:30 Mountain View 21:51 Palo Alto 27:38 Redwood City 31:15 San Carlos 34:00 San Mateo 35:45 Burlingame 39:20 Millbrae 43:30 San Bruno 53:00 22nd Street 57:25 San Francisco
When EH Harriman (yes THAT EH Harriman) acquired the Southern Pacific in the 1890s he'd planned to turn the entire Peninsula corridor in to a 4 track ROW kind of along the lines of what the Pennsylvania RR was doing in its "Broadway Corridor" between New York City and Maryland in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Railroading in the San Francisco Bay Area may have been VERY different if Harriman had achieved his goal.
I want to personally thank you for doing this cabride video; most of the other fanrailer's are in high school and can't do any new videos until the summer. Personally, I've wanted to see a video from Menlo Park into San Francisco. I really love seeing how much of the overhead catenary system has been completed. So again, thank you for the excellent video!
Lived in the bay area for 60 years than retired and left due to very high taxes and everything else the place has turned into one big cash cow. P.S miss the trains we used to ride them as kids to San Francisco when it was a safe place and very clean.
Station Timestamps: SAN JOSE 0:00 San Jose Diridon 3:31 College Park SKIPPED SANTA CLARA 5:10 Santa Clara SUNNYVALE 9:27 Lawrence SKIPPED 11:20 Sunnyvale MOUNTAIN VIEW 15:30 Mountain View 18:28 San Antonio SKIPPED PALO ALTO 20:18 California Ave SKIPPPED 21:10 Stanford SKIPPED 21:51 Palo Alto MENLO PARK 24:21 Menlo Park SKIPPED REDWOOD CITY 27:37 Redwood City SAN CARLOS 31:15 San Carlos BELMONT Belmont out of the video SKIPPED SAN MATEO 32:00 Hillsdale SKIPPED 32:42 Hayward Park SKIPPED 34:03 San Mateo BURLINGAME 35:47 Burlingame 37:57 Broadway Weekends Only SKIPPED MILLBRAE 39:40 Millbrae Transit Center SAN BRUNO 43:32 San Bruno SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 46:25 South San Francisco SKIPPED BRISBANE 49:43 Bayshore SKIPPED SAN FRANCISCO 53:00 22nd St. 57:25 San Francisco 4th & King
The bell is constantly ringing to warn people at the station that the train is approaching the platform . Caltrain's speeds can reach up to 79 miles per hour but normally travel between 50 and 70 . Once electrification is finished , the new trains will have a maximum speed up to 110 .
I like your video except for one thing you need to put the name of the station up on the screen. You're lucky if you sometimes catch a signs with the name of the station on it.You can't understand the conductor.
