Caltrain has come a long way since hole-punched paper tickets. I last commuted on it ten years ago, but when it’s fully electrified, I’m going on a joyride.
Departure times for each station 0:00 San Jose Diridon 13:55 Mountain View 22:04 Palo Alto 28:40 Redwood City 36:33 Hillsdale 46:31 Millbrae 1:00:01 22nd Street
Good video, so much has changed from when I used to work on this line. I have some cab ride videos of Caltrain on my channel, feel free to check them out, they are from 2004-2006.
Thanks so much for commenting! I had already seen your videos, and I especially liked the 2003 one to San Carlos, and I found it really interesting! Seeing Paul Ave, hold out at Bayshore, old S. San Francisco, lower San Bruno, hold out Burlingame, bay meadows, and hold out old Hillsdale was really cool! I also liked how it was southbound filmed from the locomotive.
@@timectrl Oh very cool, glad you liked them, still have more to upload in the near future. Also found some old Hi-8 tapes to edit at some point in time as well, those are from 1990-92. Cheers!
@@straightto8 Wow! I really look forward to seeing those. I was wondering if you had footage of the Butler Road station, as it is really old and I wish to see how it looked and the platform arrangement.
@@timectrl No, the stop was long gone by the time I was starting to shoot photos in 1990, the Butler Road crossing was still there at the time. I honestly don’t recall seeing any photos of it, they are out there I’m sure. It was probably a small shelter made of wood like the one at Castro in Mountain View. That stop, when it was in use, at Castro was a flag stop, consisted of a small asphalt platform for about 1 car.
It seemed like the rail bed was unusually well maintained in comparison to other train rides I've viewed in other parts of the country. Does it seem that way to you?
Just to make sure and correct me if I’m wrong, that even though the electrification project is completed, some diesels will still be used for Gilroy on the UP owned track unless there’s a plan for electrification on that line and UP is ok with it.
I really enjoyed seeing how far the electrification has gone. Does the recording mount you used make the ride seem smoother? Because the ride seemed very smooth. Thanks for recording this. I did the ride in two viewings.
Appreciate your flagging all the closed stations -- but did you miss Butler Road? I didn't notice it, even on a second viewing (.7 mile north (SP west) of South San Francisco).
@@hornshowrailfan2554 People need to learn some common sense and have eyes to check if a massive piece of metal is coming their way. Especially on medium speed tracks
@@ThunderTiger0801 MURICA, WHERE NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE PROPERLY, AND WHEN THEY SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES, THEY BLAME IT ON OTHER STUFF, LIKE THE TRAIN FOR EXAMPLE
"baby bullet" is a caltrain service type, not a train. Search "Caltrain" on google to see pictures of the train. I will state again, it is not a bullet train, rather an express train
Nice Shot! That was a nice horn! Btw I was on the next baby bullet train 709, and I went from Mountain View to Palo Alto. Also, I subscribed and liked this video and watched the entire video.
This was Gallery Cab Car 4015, and we were an express "baby bullet" train, making stops at Mountain View (12:04) Palo Alto (19:56) Redwood City (27:27) Hillsdale (34:41) Millbrae Transit Ctr (42:55) and SF-22nd Street (58:36).
