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I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I hope the comparisons are helpful!

Here's what I found on-line: "With the majority of their diesel fleet retired, Caltrain offered 19 diesel locomotives and 90 retired silver gallery cars for sale. The municipal government of Lima, Peru, agreed to pay $6 million for the fleet to support a line between Lima and the district of Lurigancho-Chosica." So it's not quite a donation, but a very good price for so many locomotives and passenger cars. And yes, this would be the type of passenger car that slated for this transfer.

Exactamente y como podemos ver y oir en la narración con subtítulos, son de lo mejor que nos puede pasar.

Yes

Víctor, let me tell you. Those, are very beatiful trains.

I'm not sure, but it sounds like they may be.

Of course

But, as a result, we have the opportunity to enjoy a nice old train on a beautiful rural line! The currently used SD85's are more modern, and I suspect a bit less endearing. In any event, the upcoming hybrid trains from Newag should spell the end of SKPL old DMUs on many non-electrified lines in Poland.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I'm glad you liked it; you took the train right in time, as the service is currently moving to SD85 DMUs, and, in the future, to modern Newag hybrid train sets.

I'm glad you liked it!

Thanks for watching!

Paint schemes are always subjective, but I'm very glad that you like this one, and the service as well.

Great, sounds like you enjoyed the trips on the SMART train! And I am looking forward to the extension to Healdsburg, when this service will become even more unique, and hopefully the extended trip time will entice an enterprising entity to restart the bistro service on-board the trains.

Thank you for your feedback. Are you enjoying your commute time on the SMART train? And is the little on-board cafe open again? This is definitely one of the more unique commuter services in the US, and I hope that it continues to grow and increase ridership.

@@BordRestaurant I actually somehow never noticed the cafe before lol😭 Sadly I don't think its back

Glad you enjoyed it! I hope to use the Nightjet New Generation trains on many future occasions; it is indeed a huge step forward.

I cheat a bit, as I was born in Poland but left the country at a fairly young age. Some of the language skills have stuck.

Correct!

It wasn't something that I expected... 😀

I guess it's a matter of perspective. 1,000,000 qualifies as a large city, so 100K not so much... Thanks for your comment and I will try to select my adjectives in a more relative way. 😀

Chill out :):)

​​@@BordRestaurantMogłeś powiedzieć że średnie. 100tys to nie mało.

Must be very convenient for these quick trips to the city.

Excellent, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Thanks for this information; I guess the bi-levels provide more than enough capacity.

Dziekuje, i zapraszam na nastepne!

Thanks for this additional information. I'm really looking forward to riding the Stadler electrics in the near future.

Great, thanks for pointing these out. When I'm back to report on the Stadler electrics, I'm going to plan a stop at each of these interesting stations.

It's quite metallic, true, but offers a nice glimpse at the history of American commuter rail. Still, I'm very much looking forward to the Stadler electrics taking over these services.

Glad it was helpful!

And I'm very glad that non-peak hours schedules are maintained on this service. Perhaps this is why the ridership is good on the weekends, as people get used to having the train when they need it.

Yes, which is what I experienced in Odawara, and that wasn't even the highest frequency, based on the published schedule. The operation between Tokyo and Shin Osaka, in terms of trains per hour, is more services than a typical metro in the US. Fabulous!

My feeling is that the Nightjet is the better overall. I have not traveled on the EN, which is a Hungarian train with their equipment and staff. I'm sure that it would be just fine, but, if you get the Comfort Couchette on the Nightjet, that would be the best option. These have recently been introduced after extensive refurbishment, feature only four beds, and have a bright and modern interior. Plus, you get a small breakfast, which I'm not sure you'd receive on the Hungarian EN train. When traveling this route, either side is great for some fantastic scenery in the early morning, in both Austria and Switzerland. The train reverses direction, I believe in Feldkirch, Austria, and after that you'll be in Switzerland and have the best views on the right side traveling towards Zurich, with beautiful lakes and mountains as backdrop; great way to have that breakfast, looking at wonderful eastern Switzerland! One thing to mention is the cost. Nightjet has increased their prices significantly since last December. And while it's still possible to get a low price ticket (or four), it's more difficult as you near your departure date. From this perspective, then, the Hungarian EN might be less expensive.

Thanks for this clarification. I have a review planned of the Bombardier bi-levels in the near future, although not for the Caltrain fleet. I rode the Utah FrontRunner train from Ogden to Salt Lake City, which uses the same bi-level, and enjoyed it very much.

And a lot easier on the budget... :-)

crazy how this is real, San Francisco is part of the bay, but Oakland is a lil worse than SF, your car steps foot in there you’re going to get robbed, if you end up going there eventually, leave everything open, doors, trunk, EVERYTHING but take your belongings with you, they won’t matter since everyone who lives/visits there usually carry’s there suitcases around bc of that.

@@maho_nishizumi_tigertank Not even close. The trains that stop everywhere are 1 hour and 30 minutes to SJ. Nowhere does it take 4 hours

@@maho_nishizumi_tigertank lmfao it’s an hour and a half if it makes all stops to SJ, and to Gilroy it’s like 2 hours, stop spreading misinformation😂

@@maho_nishizumi_tigertank That's definitely not true, even in the SP days trains took 47 minutes from San Francisco to San Jose.

The JR line that goes through this station is the Sobu Line, and the arriving train is the Sobu Line (Rapid).

The connection is definitely long, but doable, if you plan ahead with enough time.

What specific details may I provide? In general, the compartment is arguably (or was until recently) the most spacious sleeping car space in a regularly scheduled intercity overnight service. There are two beds, with the top one folded away for single use, a fairly large table with two chairs, a full en-suite bathroom, and good space for luggage. The headroom is naturally limited by the curvature of the roof, but that is compensated with an open feeling affected by the four panoramic windows. The new Nightjet Comfort Plus cabins in the just introduced trainsets (Wien/Insbruck-Hamburg), offer more space and are, of course, state of the art, but for the last three decades, the Deluxe compartments as depicted in the video were the best. By the way, a Slovak private operator has purchased a large batch of these same rail cars from Deutsche Bahn and intends to return them to service on their own trains as well as leased to other operators. It will be interesting where and how successful that en-devour will be. I plan to have another video posted of the double-deck Deluxe compartment in the near future, and then a full review of the new Nightjet sleeping car compartment later on this year.