My childhood home was only two blocks west of the Caltrain line, and I remember growing up listening to the trains passing by. I think that's what sparked my interest in trains from a young age.
Neil Vodden started out in 1944 for the Roundhouse in San Jose, CA. He's an Engineer who droves SP 4-6-2 No. #2472 until the early 1990's between San Francisco, CA & San Jose, CA commuter service.
I can still remember taking Caltrain to work from the Townsend Station to South San Francisco from 1990 to about 1994. I will always cherish those years when I lived my dream of seeing America by rail. I really miss the sounds of the train bells and horns.
Watching this made me realize how far you’ve grown. In your older videos about specific locations, you’d cut straight to the case. Now you have a fantastic selection of music and great knowledge about these rail lines. I’m so glad to have watched this channel grow from 2016 to now!
I went on the Caltrain a few weeks ago. It was something I had always wanted to do since my Dad showed me a video of a few Caltrain trains entering and departing Redwood City. Great video Mike!
I grew up in The Bay Area and used to hang out at the Southern Pacific Roundhouse. I remember SP SDP45s, GP40-Ps and GP9s pulling the old Harrimans and Gallery coaches. Man, the area has changed!
The video I have been waiting for so long. Thank you Mike, you always deliver the best! I hope there will be more of CalTrain in the future! Also glad you got a shot of the Shark Tank as well.
Thanx for the great videos. A great memento of the system before it goes full electric. You'll be surprized how fast your memory will fade one they start.
Nice one. I even got a N scale CalTrain 925 along with 2 bombardier bi level cars. My favorite CalTrain set is the MP36 and the bombardier bi level cars.
Good job Mike interresting video! I did not know that electric trains will be coming soon! Stadler trains are great quality; i know very well their first works in north Switzerland.
5:4512:0613:5122:04 One of my definitive Favorite JPBX Units, 119! That Cab Car has an awesome Leslie 2-Chime and a great Roof-Mounted E-Bell! It'll be sad that I can't see that unit in the main area anymore, along with its even greater brother, 120, once the Electrification kicks in.
You found some great vantage points, Mike. Congratulations! It could use some audio limiting for the loud train horns. Caltrain is special to me. I grew up near the California Avenue station.
Great video Mike Armstrong! When the time comes, I would love it if you can try and film Caltrain after the modernization program because then it will have the new Stadler trains. It is also important to note that last year, Caltrain had passed a dedicated funding source measure so that it can continue operations without the dependability of other agencies.
Nice job Mike!! When you go over to see the Caltrain route again. I recommend you to either catch the 255 or the 240. That enginner is really good with shave and a haircuts and hornshows. He might give you a quick chat when he is boarding passengers.
The information about train numbering is now outdated. On August 30, 2021, they adopted a new, more confusing train numbering scheme: * 1xx is still weekday local * 2xx is now weekend local * 3xx, 4xx, and 5xx are three different patterns of limited stop services * 6xx is special/holiday * 7xx is the new Baby Bullet number series
This was interesting. I grew up literally a stone's throw from the San Francisco/Bayshore area. Our backyard faced east across Bayshore Blvd., and had it not been for the Schlage Lock buildings, we would have been able to see the train tracks from the bedroom windows! Never had occasion to ride the train, sad to say...
I lived in the San Francisco Bay my entire life and have actually never been on any mass transit system here like BART, CalTrans, MUNI, and even the street cars.
A question, please - what do the small, two-digit numbers on the cab's engineer-side rear-view mirrors mean (time stamp 12:51, 19:47 etc) ? I rode the line for years but never noticed those before. Great video. Thank you for posting.
It's time to extend Caltrain to Southern California (Los Angeles and San Diego) from city of San Francisco. It's really inconvenient to catch Coast Starlight either cross the bay at Emeryville or travel down to San Jose. In other words, one travels to east of the bay Oakland/Emeryville (Amtrak Coast Starlight) and one travels west of the bay to San Francisco (Caltrain). Also, it will be really nice Amtrak to extend California Zephyr to downtown San Francisco rather than end at Emeryville (next to unattractive UP rail yard).
My childhood home was only two blocks west of the Caltrain line, and I remember growing up listening to the trains passing by. I think that's what sparked my interest in trains from a young age.
Estos son los trenes y vagones qué le han donado a la Municipalidad de Lima... Gracias Porky
Ojala las haga funcionar el inepto de porky, hasta ahora solo humo hay.
@@funkycrime21y si los hace funcionar ¿ pedirás disculpas?
@@kevinq2837 🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣
Parecen casas rodantes, se ven demasiado bien!
@@ayrton6579Sin duda.. pero aca hay rojos que prefieren su chosicano
CalTrain has always been unique to me! Their rolling stock, horns, and routes! It's been my dream to railfan it some day, I hope it's worth it, Mike!
It really is unique...
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Caltrain has been one of my first railroads that sparked my railfan experience.
Me too
@@northerncalirails2008Me three.
Great video Mike! CalTrain is one of my favorite commuter railroads, so I'm glad you did a video on it! Thanks!
Great video Mike! Caltrain has always been interesting especially with the Electrification going on
Yes
CalTrain and Chicago’s Metra commuter trains are my favorites, I even play CalTrain on “TSW Train Sim World”
Neil Vodden started out in 1944
for the Roundhouse in San Jose,
CA. He's an Engineer who droves
SP 4-6-2 No. #2472 until the early
1990's between San Francisco, CA
& San Jose, CA commuter service.
When I was little in Redwood City, we would watch trains every day.
That sounds fun I always liked trains
Love these trains, grown up with them my entire life. Great videos, keep going!
I'm so happy that TSW has Caltrain - it's so cool having your hometown and a train you ride everyday be in a game lmao
I don’t ride Caltrain very often but I play mostly this on TSW
I can still remember taking Caltrain to work from the Townsend Station to South San Francisco from 1990 to about 1994. I will always cherish those years when I lived my dream of seeing America by rail. I really miss the sounds of the train bells and horns.
Vibing music and great historical shots, thanks for sharing Mike
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Watching this made me realize how far you’ve grown. In your older videos about specific locations, you’d cut straight to the case. Now you have a fantastic selection of music and great knowledge about these rail lines. I’m so glad to have watched this channel grow from 2016 to now!
I went on the Caltrain a few weeks ago. It was something I had always wanted to do since my Dad showed me a video of a few Caltrain trains entering and departing Redwood City. Great video Mike!
Thank you!
I grew up in The Bay Area and used to hang out at the Southern Pacific Roundhouse. I remember SP SDP45s, GP40-Ps and GP9s pulling the old Harrimans and Gallery coaches. Man, the area has changed!
Hey Mike, thanks for the visit
16:29 memories of Caltrain 919
Thank you for making this video. Caltrain is one of my favorite train lines in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I waited so long for this video
From 1992-2012 Amtrak California was the operator and some gallery cab cars were built in 2000.
now this, ive been waiting for this for quite a while! finally! nice video! i railfan the railine and its nice to still see em f40s still in service!
Another great video Mike!!!! I have grown to really appreciate the Nathan P2s now.
Fun Fact: Canadian Pacific 2860 came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1977
Yes, it did! They've had a number of unusual visitors over the years!
+CoasterFan2105, You're New UA-cam Video is the Best! And I Love It a Lot!! :-D
I have a DVD called "Southern Pacific By The Bay", released 1997 just after UP bought SP. It focuses on 1967-1997 mainly
@@CoasterFan2105 Keep up the good work
Jj
The video I have been waiting for so long. Thank you Mike, you always deliver the best! I hope there will be more of CalTrain in the future! Also glad you got a shot of the Shark Tank as well.
Great photography, like the high angle shots. Well done.
Great video as always Mike! Ahh that intro brings me back so much nostalgia from when I watched you back in the day
There's something about the sun in California. IDK how to describe it, but it just shines warmer.
Always good to get some history of a line as well as its future going forward! 😊 Thanks 👍!
It's cool to see this route after playing it alot on TSW. Looks like Dovetail did a really good job on recreating the route.
The Caltrain commuter train is my 4th favorite west coast commuter railroad
Great shots of some of my old stomping grounds. Rode Caltrain many a time when I lived there. Now all I have is SacRT.
Amazing videos of Caltrains! Very detailed and beautiful!
My favorite railroad company!
Wonderful 😊! Caltrain Commuter from San Francisco to San Jose for daily service and Tamien and Gilroy weekdays services.
Thanx for the great videos. A great memento of the system before it goes full electric. You'll be surprized how fast your memory will fade one they start.
When u was about 4-5 years old my dad would take me down to Redwood City station to watch trains and I still railfan The peninsula to this day!
The Caltrain commuter train is my 4th favorite commuter railroad
Quite like these commuter trains mike and great commentary from you mate
Demasiado pajas, los esperamos em Lima, gracaka porky!
Magnifiques vidéos avec le rêve en plus... Thank you 😍
Que gran emoción siento saber que esos mismo TRENES VAN A ESTAR AQUI EN LIMA PERU SERA UN LUJO GRACIAS 🫂 PORKI
YAAY! My home train!
Nice one. I even got a N scale CalTrain 925 along with 2 bombardier bi level cars. My favorite CalTrain set is the MP36 and the bombardier bi level cars.
Good job Mike interresting video! I did not know that electric trains will be coming soon! Stadler trains are great quality; i know very well their first works in north Switzerland.
Love Cal Train!
I like how your drop shadow colors match the color scheme of the trains!
5:45 12:06 13:51 22:04 One of my definitive Favorite JPBX Units, 119! That Cab Car has an awesome Leslie 2-Chime and a great Roof-Mounted E-Bell! It'll be sad that I can't see that unit in the main area anymore, along with its even greater brother, 120, once the Electrification kicks in.
I think that Caltrain will keep its MP36PH locomotives and Bombardier cars for service to Gilroy, until it's electrified
Great video photograpny and a few scenic spots in the concrete jungle.
Well, there's far more than "a few" scenic spots along the route.
Amazing job Mike Keep up the absolute amazing work
Thank you, Kenny! Will do!
@@CoasterFan2105 no prob Mike
Very good video as always! I will miss the F40 locomotives! :(
TSW 2 has this route to from San Fransisco-San Jose and its pretty accurate
@Brian H Yea they rlly need to remake the route soon
yea and they need to add the new hillsdale station along with an accurate gallery car horn and accurate f40 horn since they reused the mp36 horn
Meanwhile me in Canada:
Yup these F40PH’s and P42DC’s are legit
*Siemens Charger:* I'm about to end this stock's whole career. Eventually
@@doctordothraki4378 yup
Caltrain has always been my number one favorite commuter service (mostly because of the sp owning it before)
Great Video
Gorgeous and cool footage Mike! 👏👌👍🔥
I don't care what kind of video it is I just like every single video from CoasterFan2105 lol.
I like how the Bombardier cab cars have ditch lights like the Siemens locomotives.
yeah, the gallery cars also have them as well with the F40PH-2C and the MP36PH-3C
I love CalTrain! and also great video cf2105
Nice Caltrain video
Thank you!
You found some great vantage points, Mike. Congratulations!
It could use some audio limiting for the loud train horns.
Caltrain is special to me. I grew up near the California Avenue station.
Ive seen Caltrain running when I was spending one night in San Francisco and also one day
when I was in Gilroy. It was Back in 2017
Very cool crew! 5:16
Interesting information. Great videos of various trains!
7:42 that reminds me of the metro link video that was 12 years ago
Caltrain bought metrolink cars back in 2015 due to overcrowding
Nice video
Thanks!
Nice video Mike. Hope to see you and meet you next time you come in SF
Great video Mike Armstrong! When the time comes, I would love it if you can try and film Caltrain after the modernization program because then it will have the new Stadler trains. It is also important to note that last year, Caltrain had passed a dedicated funding source measure so that it can continue operations without the dependability of other agencies.
Nice video!! Yay my home railroad.
Nice job Mike!! When you go over to see the Caltrain route again. I recommend you to either catch the 255 or the 240. That enginner is really good with shave and a haircuts and hornshows. He might give you a quick chat when he is boarding passengers.
Ong
Awesome video. (:
Thank you :)
Caltrain F40 ❤️
Hard to believe they're nearly 40 years old!
Love how it’s all F40ph’s
Great video Mike! I drive CalTrain a lot in TSW 2! I hope I can visit this railroad in real life someday.
Nice Video Mike
Awesome video, sad that I won't be able to catch the diesels for much longer.
The information about train numbering is now outdated. On August 30, 2021, they adopted a new, more confusing train numbering scheme:
* 1xx is still weekday local
* 2xx is now weekend local
* 3xx, 4xx, and 5xx are three different patterns of limited stop services
* 6xx is special/holiday
* 7xx is the new Baby Bullet number series
This was interesting. I grew up literally a stone's throw from the San Francisco/Bayshore area. Our backyard faced east across Bayshore Blvd., and had it not been for the Schlage Lock buildings, we would have been able to see the train tracks from the bedroom windows! Never had occasion to ride the train, sad to say...
cool footage!
Nice Video Mike! :) ❤️👍
I hope to see more about the CalTrain modernization, as well as another Cab ride from Gilroy to San Francisco
I miss commuting on Caltrain. That crossing chime is so familiar to me! Sigh.
I take a ferry boat to work now, lol.
How I envy you for having to "settle" for a ferry commute!
@@waynesimpson4081 it’s pretty rough in the winter though, lol
Awesome!
I haven't been on Caltrain in so long, yet I still live in the area 😐
Good shots 8
I want to see more of these Caltrain vids
caltrain is awesome
3:03 Killa volt? ⚡💀
Seems accurate
Awesome. :-D
I’ve heard of Caltrain, but I have never rode on Caltrain before.
I lived in the San Francisco Bay my entire life and have actually never been on any mass transit system here like BART, CalTrans, MUNI, and even the street cars.
You should take advantage of sf's unique public transportation, it can be much easier than driving depending on where you're going
12:45 thats 920s horn being quilled
You should do MBTA
I did an MBBTA video a while ago, but I might do more in the future!
I bet metra will try to get those f40s and mp36s.
A question, please - what do the small, two-digit numbers on the cab's engineer-side rear-view mirrors mean (time stamp 12:51, 19:47 etc) ? I rode the line for years but never noticed those before.
Great video. Thank you for posting.
Train numbers. All services are assigned a certain number for the train they’re running.
the old EMD and the old Nippon Sharyo, send them to Arizona, we could use them on the run from Phoenix AZ to Tucson AZ.
hello, nice to meet all you!
i hope when the f40ph-2c and dash 2 cat will not retired
It's time to extend Caltrain to Southern California (Los Angeles and San Diego) from city of San Francisco. It's really inconvenient to catch Coast Starlight either cross the bay at Emeryville or travel down to San Jose. In other words, one travels to east of the bay Oakland/Emeryville (Amtrak Coast Starlight) and one travels west of the bay to San Francisco (Caltrain).
Also, it will be really nice Amtrak to extend California Zephyr to downtown San Francisco rather than end at Emeryville (next to unattractive UP rail yard).
nice train