AMTRAK-P42
Conductor
I just recently went back home to where I used to live and of course I had to take advantage of riding good ol' Cal Train. I went train watching the day we arrived but was slightly dissapointed as none of the 12 trains I saw were the baby bullets. I decided to call it a night and went back to the hotel. The next day I decided to take the train into San Francisco. I went to the station just as the light of my train came into view. After a few minutes the train came close enough to notice that there was something different. I knew exactly what it was and to my delight, my train was a baby bullet set with P36 #924 doing the pushing. (see picture below). I climbed aboard for the ride to San Francisco. I was quite suprised by the very smooth ride. One thing I did notice is that the breaking on these cars was VERY noisy compared to anything I had ever heard on any previous commuter services. I thought it may have just been this car set, but later that day I found out it was not.
I spent a great day in San Francisco. It was a beautiful day, no fog, sunny, around 72 degrees. I took a cab back to the King Street Cal Train station to catch the 455pm train back south. As I walked in the station I noticed that there was also a 500pm train. I crossed my fingers that if I got really lucky, one of the two would be the OTHER baby bullet set. To my delight, the 500pm train was the other set. I walked down the platform with a big smile on my face and stepped aboard the first coach. About 2 minutes prior to departure I heard the bell of another Cal Train pulling into the station. I looked out the window to see the same bullet set I had traveled on earlier that day pulling in on the adjacent track. I knew we were about to leave, but I also knew that there was a high probablility I could get a photo of the two P36's side by side. I got the shot I had hoped for the whole trip about 1 minute before 500pm that day......
Overall I really like the new bullet cars. I was curious if anyone else had ridden the bullets yet and would like to tell me what they thought?
I spent a great day in San Francisco. It was a beautiful day, no fog, sunny, around 72 degrees. I took a cab back to the King Street Cal Train station to catch the 455pm train back south. As I walked in the station I noticed that there was also a 500pm train. I crossed my fingers that if I got really lucky, one of the two would be the OTHER baby bullet set. To my delight, the 500pm train was the other set. I walked down the platform with a big smile on my face and stepped aboard the first coach. About 2 minutes prior to departure I heard the bell of another Cal Train pulling into the station. I looked out the window to see the same bullet set I had traveled on earlier that day pulling in on the adjacent track. I knew we were about to leave, but I also knew that there was a high probablility I could get a photo of the two P36's side by side. I got the shot I had hoped for the whole trip about 1 minute before 500pm that day......
Overall I really like the new bullet cars. I was curious if anyone else had ridden the bullets yet and would like to tell me what they thought?