steve_relei
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Baby Bullet Trains a Hit Here is an article from SFGate.com about the new commuter train service between San Francisco and San Jose.
Those mp36's can't hurt. I think the idea is great. It may even cause economic development, if an employer can have a garunteed workforce able to arrive reliably ontime.battalion51 said:The Baby Bullets definitely look like a nice little train. I love the paint job on it, I know the cars are similar to other agencies areound the continent, but something about that design makes the trains look really sleek.
Well, actually to be honest the 36's have caused maintenance a lot of problems. They are controlled so predominantly by computers that when something goes wrong, maintenance cant simply find a compartment, open it, and discover the problem. But rather they find a compartment, open it, and find a computer. This is how the guys at maintenance at San Jose explained it to me. The engines themselves are great when they are functioning properly. They load quickly and are very smooth.engine999 said:Those mp36's can't hurt. I think the idea is great. It may even cause economic development, if an employer can have a garunteed workforce able to arrive reliably ontime.battalion51 said:The Baby Bullets definitely look like a nice little train. I love the paint job on it, I know the cars are similar to other agencies areound the continent, but something about that design makes the trains look really sleek.
I think Cal Train is being a little bit cautious about increasing the number of expresses for some obvious reasons. First of all, right now it is almost a 50/50 chance that when an express is ready to go out on its run, it will start up smoothly, so Cal Train does not want to put on even more pressure for these trains to run on time before they have all the bugs worked out.efin98 said:Have the expresses helped ease the cramping on the other lines enough to possibly increase the number of expresses?
The Newark Sub meets the line to the Peninsula at a point just north of Santa Clara Tower (north end of the CalTrain station). There is a railroad museum there and they maintain the tower which is inactive. Last time I went there which was in March or April, they had a model train exhibit there along with tours of the tower. We saw 11, and one of the Capitols coming into San Jose. A fun place to visit on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.AMTRAK-P42 said:Fortunately, Cal Train does not have to deal with any Amtrak traffic on its line from San Jose-San Francisco, except for about the last 3/4 of a mile into the depot at San Jose when the line from East Bay joins up with the CP Coast line, but it never causes any problems. In terms of freight traffic, UP rarely sends freights north of San Jose on the coast line, but it does happen. The freights usually will run early morning or evening time and shoot right through up to the south San Francisco yards.
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