G'day Snuffy! Wow!! Thats amazing (90+ degrees) in Los Angeles. Was noticing, when you get out to Oceanside the temperature drops to a nice (75 degrees). Note: The Sprinter system's DMU railcars are manufactured by the German carbuilder 'Siemens Transportation Systems'. Each car is propelled by two 440-horsepower Mercedes diesel engines beneath the floor of the passenger cabin. The maximum permissible speed of the trains is 55 mph. Each car seats 136, with room for 90 standing passengers; and on most trips, the transit district can couple two cars together. Through multiple-unit controls, the driver has control of all four diesel engines in a 2-car train. The car body is made of aluminum integral construction; the empty weight is 67 tons. Every car has three different braking systems. When running below 15 mph, the vehicle uses the regular wheel brakes (air brakes). When the train is moving above 15 mph, the cars are slowed by an engine retarder, not by the regular brakes. The third braking system is an electromagnetic track brake (using three electromagnets) located in the trucks (bogeys). When the train goes into emergency braking, all brake systems are applied at once. The initial fleet consists of twelve vehicles provided by 'Siemens' at a cost of $52.2 million. Cheers! :-)
I'm still a bit confused. I know that after some problems with the Nippon Sharyo cab cars Metrolink started leasing BNSF locomotives to run at the rear of its trains. So why is there just a cab car on the rear of the first Metrolink train?
With temperatures like this there should be a bumper crop of tomatoes around now! Great video, and I loved the double car Sprinter. Is there a series of these or was just the one very busy?
Nicely done. And I must say, those Sprinter trains look and sound funny. They're quite hideous compared to the normal stuff. I'm assuming it's like a light rail system, right?
G'day Snuffy! Wow!! Thats amazing (90+ degrees) in Los Angeles. Was noticing, when you get out to Oceanside the temperature drops to a nice (75 degrees).
Note: The Sprinter system's DMU railcars are manufactured by the German carbuilder 'Siemens Transportation Systems'. Each car is propelled by two 440-horsepower Mercedes diesel engines beneath the floor of the passenger cabin.
The maximum permissible speed of the trains is 55 mph. Each car seats 136, with room for 90 standing passengers; and on most trips, the transit district can couple two cars together. Through multiple-unit controls, the driver has control of all four diesel engines in a 2-car train.
The car body is made of aluminum integral construction; the empty weight is 67 tons. Every car has three different braking systems. When running below 15 mph, the vehicle uses the regular wheel brakes (air brakes).
When the train is moving above 15 mph, the cars are slowed by an engine retarder, not by the regular brakes. The third braking system is an electromagnetic track brake (using three electromagnets) located in the trucks (bogeys). When the train goes into emergency braking, all brake systems are applied at once. The initial fleet consists of twelve vehicles provided by 'Siemens' at a cost of $52.2 million.
Cheers! :-)
Nice K5LA horn on the Metrolink!
The Coast Sprinter reminds me of some of the trains that I rode in Great Britain.
The sprinters look so awesome
Nice video. That Sprinter is really cool!
Great video
Great video Snuffy! I liked all the footage you got.
Excellent video Snuffy.
good video and view
The Sprinter looks like the trains on the NJ Transit River Line.
I'm still a bit confused. I know that after some problems with the Nippon Sharyo cab cars Metrolink started leasing BNSF locomotives to run at the rear of its trains. So why is there just a cab car on the rear of the first Metrolink train?
Nice video
Well worth the effort SNUFFY!!
Can you find Conrail There? in Michigan They Have Conrail
With temperatures like this there should be a bumper crop of tomatoes around now! Great video, and I loved the double car Sprinter. Is there a series of these or was just the one very busy?
So they fixed the cab cars?
Nice Video Snuffy
Nice catch! I like the sprinters!
+maxrailroad thanks!
maxrailroad I like sprinters to but what sucks about sprinters is that they don't go to all parts of Southern California
Snuffy's Cat Productions why did the metrolink go south?
What is wrong with #457's horn?
Nicely done. And I must say, those Sprinter trains look and sound funny. They're quite hideous compared to the normal stuff. I'm assuming it's like a light rail system, right?
I was wondering, what is that @ 1:55?
A Coaster Sprinter.
+Parkles thanks for the info, I never seen that in my area. I'm not talking about in oceanside I live in Anaheim California
+SGT Ghost Coaster and Sprinter doesn't go that far. Metrolinks and Coaster end at the same place. Metrolink towards LA and Coaster towards SD
Oceanside is the half way point between San Diego and Los Angeles. Metrolink is the LA half and Coaster is the San Diego half
RIP Metrolink
caoster with sprinter horn
Das ist mir zu laut. Warum gehst du nicht etwas vom Bahnübergang weg?
whats up with the metrolink just staying in the middle of the tracks during the first 2 minutes of the video?
Thats where metrolink sits during the day till its time to go back to LA/ San Bernardino
California Rail Productions™ Ok thanks for the info :)
was that a p2 k5la combo in the first clip?
just pure K5LA
huh... sounded a bit odd compared to the normal k5las i usually hear
Haha the coaster at 5:00 sounds just like a sprinter
Nice atches Snuffy
1st
Good for you.