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Exhilarating narrated Caltrain twilight ride RFW on Baby Bullet  

Retired Railfan Horn Guy
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The weather cleared up nicely later this day, allowing us to get this beautiful and fast twilight ride on a Baby Bullet train #711. The sky looks lovely as we speed north passing many other trains. Narrated and all stations, interlockings, and passing trains with engine numbers are identified. These trains move right along at 79mph making limited stops to SF in a little over an hour. (Note. I lied at 31:34. I will be traveling out there once more in late July to get one more glimpse of the old Caltrain!!!!!!!)

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@caltrain_acefoamer907
@caltrain_acefoamer907 11 месяцев назад
Always a pleasure to hear whenever the third bell on some of Caltrain gallery cab cars p2s sounds
@vincentzablocki4930
@vincentzablocki4930 11 месяцев назад
Thank you for posting these front view rides. As always, very interesting. Enjoy and be well, Vincent Zablocki
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
I had a lot of fun out there. Aside from the F 40s, that was my main reason for going out there
@con17guitar
@con17guitar 11 месяцев назад
I understand now the significance of this trip. No more RFW once Electric service kicks in. Thx for all the Amazing videos.
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
Our pleasure!
@nealgordon3712
@nealgordon3712 10 месяцев назад
Hi retired rail fan I think I've seen this before but I look for my comment and don't see it. But as I said before a wonderful job and I love your explanations of each stop as well the history of most stops whether written or spoken keep up the great work and I'll be keeping an eye out for more of your train travels. Again I'm sure I've seen this before. Is there any chance you posted this twice?
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 10 месяцев назад
As far as I know that particular video was only posted once. I don’t recall taking down your comment but my apologies if I did.
@nickmorgan1690
@nickmorgan1690 11 месяцев назад
The EMUs look so good! Bring some new life to the rails!
@AaronJrBrundidge
@AaronJrBrundidge 11 месяцев назад
I wonder if Dovetail Games can remake the Peninsula Corridor extended to Gilroy, and using EMUs for Caltrain Electric on TSW4 or TSW5
@PlainBallCannotGame
@PlainBallCannotGame Месяц назад
56:34 The Toaster!
@Adamdaj
@Adamdaj 11 месяцев назад
It's a little weird seeing the Sun set over ocean instead of raising. Just getting out to California is on my Bucket List, especially to visit. LA. County Fire Station 127 aka 51 the home of Engine 51 and Squad 51.
@zazaranger5
@zazaranger5 11 месяцев назад
Same here! Station 51 KMG-365
@JonathanRockway
@JonathanRockway 11 месяцев назад
That guy at 13:46 was not as big a fan of the horn as some of us!
@MilwaukeeNorth418
@MilwaukeeNorth418 11 месяцев назад
What's cool about these P2s on the galleries they basically have gone bad but a few will come back to life fully if they go over a grade crossing. The reverb from the ground basically wakes up the second bell in the horn and you get that full effect of the P2. Such as what happens here. 24:52. The whole time prior you was just earing a single chime P horn. lol
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
Not exactly the quality of French impressionistic music 😀😀
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 11 месяцев назад
You should come out here and do another video more videos of Caltrain if possible
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
Doubtful before electrification
@jimevans6885
@jimevans6885 11 месяцев назад
Excellent video! Watched the entire trip and it shows you really did your homework! Sounds like we have exactly the same feelings regarding the terrible P2 horns and from your comments coming into California Avenue, sounds like you fully appreciated "How it Was" when SP was running the show. Sorry you were not here then to hear all the great variety of horns. Was also interesting in 1978 when we had the early Amtrak GE's with P5s for a while when SP needed many of the commute locos for freight. Just very few things I would of mentioned in addition to the great detailed info you presented. At Redwood City the Port line leaves the main heading east, but also, Dumbarton is where the important transbay freight line took off with connection to the east bay via Dumbarton Bridge. Tracks are still mostly there but no longer operational. Just south of San Carlos is a steep downgrade spur created to serve industries east of the mainline. Tracks were once level here and there were a few industries served by rail, but by the time Cal Train raised the ROW and built the costly 4% grade connection track, all the industries were gone. Big waste of public funding! Regards, Jim Evans, Five Chime Consultants
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
I couldn’t think of everything, but I thought of a lot already. Not too bad for a guy from the East Coast.
@bryantarailfan
@bryantarailfan 11 месяцев назад
I still have the peninsula corridor route on train sim world!
@joscallinet6260
@joscallinet6260 11 месяцев назад
I don't hear bells on the Long Island Rail Road - another difference out here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Caltrain relies on its trains' bells as much as on their horns. Thanks for giving us this great Baby Bullet sunset ride, RRHGuy!
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
Oh, we have bells on our railroad. Cab cars and locos have them
@joscallinet6260
@joscallinet6260 11 месяцев назад
@@3985uprr The Long Island Rail Road doesn't clang them all the time at every station and road crossing the way Caltrain does its bells. That was the difference I noticed between the two commuter railroads as I was watching your CalTrain video: that ever-present "kerthunk-kerthunk-kerthunk" sound from the cab-car's under-floor bell-ringing mechanism as your train entered and departed all stations. Caltrain is very safety-conscious. I think the difference in bell use lies in the fact that all of Caltrain's platforms are at track level rather than high platforms, and so ringing the bell is mandatory. Chicago's Metra relies on bells a lot too, for the same reason - it's all low platforms.
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
@@joscallinet6260 I noticed also that Caltrain is solid on the horn. They blow full grade crossing signals.
@jamesrunyon856
@jamesrunyon856 10 месяцев назад
@@3985uprr😊😊😊😊
@jamesrunyon856
@jamesrunyon856 10 месяцев назад
@@joscallinet6260I
@scottyerkes1867
@scottyerkes1867 11 месяцев назад
Awesome Railfanning!! Those Bullets really are fast!! Thanks Tim👌💚
@bradfordtownley9363
@bradfordtownley9363 10 месяцев назад
That approach into the city looks ripe for security/trespasser issues
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 11 месяцев назад
Nice to see you in California to document the final days of diesel powered Caltrain commuter service
@caltrain_acefoamer907
@caltrain_acefoamer907 11 месяцев назад
More like final months
@lanochelanochedelcuervo3895
@lanochelanochedelcuervo3895 10 месяцев назад
Nah mp36 will be running
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 10 месяцев назад
@@lanochelanochedelcuervo3895 I agree out of the engines on the Caltrain roster MP36PH locomotives are the newest and still got 20 more years of service on them they’ve only been around since 2006 they’re still fairly new plus the company that makes them offers replacement parts in case they break down
@lanochelanochedelcuervo3895
@lanochelanochedelcuervo3895 10 месяцев назад
New but they suck when 928 came back from being overhauled she alot of issues and when employee from Alstom would come and fix the locomotive would break down the next day
@Bowfinger10
@Bowfinger10 8 месяцев назад
Excellent video! A few questions: what's the top speed on this corridor? Is this the "shared" corridor that the California High Speed system will use when completed? If true, that seems like a great way to slow those trains down, haha
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 8 месяцев назад
They do 79mph. Not sure if they would use the same track.
@DennisL22
@DennisL22 9 месяцев назад
I’ve really enjoyed your Cal Train series….especially the narrative. I grew up in your “ home away from home Millbrae”. From the age of about 5 to 13, I lived maybe 300 yards from the tracks on the east side about two thirds of the way up between the Millbrae station and Center. As kids we loved watching and listening to those steam engines. We also got the treat of seeing the Southern Pacific Daylight pass by every night…..and if we were up later, we would see /hear The Lark. Sure miss those days but, I guess it’s still better that I remember them! Thanks for bringing back those memories.
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 9 месяцев назад
I had fun doing it. I love seeing the F40 and listening to them rev up and I just love those rail fan windows. I just had to make a transcontinental trek out there to see that one last time. I’d like to think my narratives on Caltrain made a big difference because I hadn’t seen many other Caltrain videos with narratives. I tried to provide as much detail as humanly possible.
@loocpoc
@loocpoc 11 месяцев назад
The first shots out of the station remind me of the lower level of DC Union Station. Any chance you saw the AEM-7's?
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
Saw them several times
@dragonpullman23
@dragonpullman23 8 месяцев назад
What was the number of the cab car and what engine was powering this train?
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 8 месяцев назад
Don’t recall
@aaronmiller5012
@aaronmiller5012 7 месяцев назад
Is it true that even when the electrification is completed, Caltrain will still have some diesel trains that go to Gilroy since that section of the tracks are UP owned?!
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 7 месяцев назад
That is true.
@aaronmiller5012
@aaronmiller5012 7 месяцев назад
@@3985uprr 👍
@harrychest4303
@harrychest4303 11 месяцев назад
Why does the engineer turn his headlights off at some Points?
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
So as not to blind an oncoming train
@hongs8867
@hongs8867 11 месяцев назад
Thanks for the great video with narration much appreciated
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
Glad you enjoyed it
@warrengibson7898
@warrengibson7898 11 месяцев назад
Consider a trip to ride the EMUs next year.
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
That seems highly unlikely but who knows
@ryanstevens2722
@ryanstevens2722 11 месяцев назад
I recall riding this route in 1988 from Sunnyvale to SF. I was surprised that it was several blocks to Market Street. Now the Bay Area is a 3rd world slum except for a few super wealthy folks. So sad
@3985uprr
@3985uprr 11 месяцев назад
I still enjoyed myself there though. Like every big city it has its bad areas, but where I was I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
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