11/22/22 Railfanning Carlsbad Village Feat. NCTC 2306 Returning to service, NCTC 3001, Amtrak & More

In this video, NCTC 2306 made its return to revenue service after being OOS for 6 years. NCTD used 2306 as their PTC test cab for several years in Stuart Mesa w/ sand bags inside the coach to use as "people" to weigh the train down to test. Then NCTD decided to overhaul 2306 in the beginning of 2022 and now they gave LEDs instead of the regular Halogen lights that every other Cabcar has. With the new LEDs, when the ditch lights are activated, the lights stay on unlike on chargers where they shut off when one side of the ditch lights flash. 2306 did also unfortunately get a new raised letter K5LA and no longer has its old hybrid K5LA.
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[@DanielTheCSX1981Fan]

This will be a good premiere

[@GamingRailfanner]

2306: I lived!

[@MegaSquadVincent]

Awesome catch, I still love those amtrak coach engine horns, and 3001 still has an awesome horn

[@CSXFan5496]

Awesome video

[@railtechadventurer]

Nice video Brett. I was actually quite surprised that 2306 has came back. I think I like the sound of the K5LA it has, but the LED arrangement looks pretty weird compared to how the LED ditchlights on other stuff would flash for a very slight millisecond on one side. In terms of Coaster stuff though, I BELIEVE 5003 might have one of its bells starting to play an incorrect note or go dead.

[@Kaiserkalthesocalrailfan]

AWESOME

[@boneystark3434]

This will be good

[@luiselapostolfeliz2421]

Cabcar 2306 is back woo-hoo!

[@OceansideRailfan]

Sick video! Awesome meeting up with you for a little 🤙

[@CaliforniaRailfanner]

Sure was brotha

[@AmtrakCSXFan457]

2303 & 2304 haven’t lead in forever.

[@sebastianmunera5470]

2303 lead once this year and 2304 is being overhauled

[@ATSF5704]

Great video Brett!

[@iliketrains1233]

I wish 2306 still had that hybrid K5LA

[@conandsebcaliforniarailfans]

Went to Carlsbad with kash trying to catch 2306 but didn’t catch it and got called in by Matt

[@CaliforniaRailfanner]

You’ll have to go on a weekday, you have a better chance of seeing versus a weekend

[@UPandBNSFrailfan6907]

it wasn’t Matt

[@mateenkhoja6992]

The Dicthlights are very messed up

[@StudioSA15]

What timemis 2306

[@UPandBNSFrailfan6907]

it’s random

[@R262SubwayCar1]

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