Redwood City Caltrain Action 12/12/16

I was in downtown Redwood City on business recently and had my video camera with me. I decided to take a few extra minutes after completing my transactions and get some shots of Caltrain in action. The Redwood City station is a busy place in the mornings since it’s a transfer point. People get off the limited stop trains and switch to ones that that take them to their destination.

[@caltrain_903YTchannel]

I have more than 5 years watching this video and yeah nice video and I subscribe

[@TheCaltrainator903Trackside]

Ah yes, my childhood station. I used to watch the trains over there at the station when I was younger (2014-2016)

[@calpeninsularailfan]

YEAAHHH!!! Best vid ever! High five!

[@TentativeDan]

That's interesting seeing those trains zipping around backwards. Not used to that lol! Why do they do that?

[@ShoresRailfan]

The locomotive stays on the southbound end of the train so they don't have to uncouple it and turn it around. The engineer on northbound trains sits at the controls in the front end of the passenger car.

[@TentativeDan]

Huh interesting. Now I know. Thank you for responding!! Great :)

[@caltrain_acefoamer907]

Also they are called cabcars or control cars