Railfanning Oakland - Jack London Square (Evening & Night Action w/ Street Running) - 12/15/19
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- Well folks, as a final farewell and ultimate conclusion to railfanning in Northern California, I decided to head out for one last outing and revisit a great railfanning hot spot. I personally couldn’t get enough of the action at Oakland - Jack London Square three months back and thought it would be worth returning to railfan once again, this time focusing on the evening / night action as my final NorCal video. I headed down to Oakland on this December Sunday afternoon and spent time at the farmers market as well as grab food prior to railfanning. As sunset approached, I decided to repeat my methodology and start filming at the south end at the Amtrak Station near Oak St. and gradually make my way towards the parking structure, up on the pedestrian bridge near Clay St. for a comprehensive view of the evening / night action here. Jack London Square is especially unique for its street running action not too common in the U.S., but also due to its waterfront location, trackside buildings, and proximity to Amtrak’s Oakland Maintenance Facility (OMF). That combined with JLS serving as a terminus for San Joaquin and some Capitol Corridor trains, as well as the daily Coast Starlight and Union Pacific freights, make for plentiful action throughout any day. In the end, whether it is the horn echoes, street running, tons of action, or awesome crews, Oakland - Jack London Square remains as one of the more awesome places to visit !
Train 1 : Amtrak Deadhead with F59PHI #2005 & NPCU #90218. This trainset came from the Amtrak Oakland Maintenance Facility (OMF) and will become Amtrak 718 bound for Bakersfield.
Train 2 : Amtrak 738 with SC-44 #2106, F59PHI #2008, CabCar #6962, & #8302. Note the 11-car consist to accommodate passengers attending the last Oakland Raiders home game at the Oakland Coliseum.
Train 3 : Amtrak 718 with NPCU #90218 & F59PHI #2005. Originally waiting for both 738 and 743 to pass through first, 718 is given clearance to depart immediately after 738 due to 738’s late arrival and to hold 743 outside of Jack London Square until after 718 leaves. Neat seeing the train articulation from this angle !
Train 4 : Amtrak 743 with F59PHI #2015 & CabCar #6963. Nice horn action !
Train 5 : Amtrak 715 with F59PHI #2004 & CabCar #8303. Nice, long horn action rolling through JLS ! 13:16
Train 6 : Amtrak 742 with CabCar #8310, #8306, & F59PHI #2011. Note the standing room only from passengers attending the San Francisco 49ers game at the Santa Clara Levi Stadium. Some nice horn action from this engineer upon departure as well !
Train 7 : Amtrak Deadhead with CabCar #8303 & F59PHI #2004. After concluding its trip from Bakersfield, the equipment and crew from 715 head for the OMF for the night. Awesome extra horn action from the engineer ! Great crew as well !
Train 8 : Amtrak 745 with F59PHI #2003 & CabCar #8308. This Capitol Corridor train is one of the few that terminate here on weekends. This trainset will resume as 746 back to Sacramento later in the evening. Friendly conductor !
Train 9 : Amtrak 747 with SC-44 #2107 & CabCar #8309. With the holidays approaching, I thought it would only be befitting to also include some Christmas tree shots; that being the 55' tall set up at JLS for all to see and admire !
Train 10 : Amtrak 744 with CabCar #8312 & SC-44 #2108. 24:33
Train 11 : Amtrak 717 with F59PHI #2007 & CabCar #6961.
Train 12 : Amtrak 746 with CabCar #8308 & F59PHI #2003. Nice horn action !
Train 13 : Amtrak Deadhead with CabCar #6961 & F59PHI #2007. Some nice horn action from this engineer as well !
Train 14 : Union Pacific ZG2OA-12 with C45AH #8217, C44ACCTE #6602, SD70M #4883, & SD70AH #3096. An unexpected, nice surprise, this intermodal appears not long after the Amtrak Deadhead move. Awesome horn action and echoes as it rolls through !
Train 15 : Amtrak 749 with P42DC #83 & CabCar #8313. Nice, extremely loud horn action from the engineer rolling into JLS ! 35:09
Train 16 : Amtrak Deadhead with CabCar #8313 & P42DC #83. Not long after arriving at its final stop, the trainset and crew from 749 deadheads to the OMF for the night. Nice horn action again from the engineer !
Train 17 : Amtrak 748 with CabCar #6963 & F59PHI #2015. This train is the northbound turn of 743 after arriving at San Jose earlier in the evening. Good horn action from this engineer as well rolling by !
Train 18 : Amtrak 719 with SC-44 #2102 & NPCU #90225. Amazing from this perspective how bright the Charger headlights are ! Great, loud horn action from the engineer arriving !
Train 19 : Amtrak 14 (Coast Starlight) with P42DC #195 & #194. With the late night settling in, the northbound Coast Starlight makes its nightly appearance into Oakland.
Train 20 : Amtrak Deadhead with NPCU #90225 & SC-44 #2102. Immediately after Amtrak 14 departs, the trainset and crew from 719 head to the OMF for the night. With that folks, until the next opportunity, this marks the end to my NorCal railfanning series !
Thanks for Watching !
And I also see that #6963 got a #1 bell replacement again for its K5LA's former dead #1 Bell. love the new SC-44's!!! They look very nice with strobelights!
I just love 90218s horn
Same
36:28. The P42 sounds like a charger
Not only that the 8310 cab car sounds like the sismens charger as well!
@@HenryLikesTrainss I agree
Great video👍. And happy new year
Thank you ! Happy New Year to you as well !
Superb Video!
Thank you very much !
this is one of my favorite places in the world and these are some of my favorite trains in the world. thank you for this gift, i am crying rn
You’re very welcome ! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the video !
A fantastic video to end the year and decade, great work this year Brett! 2004’s horn is great! Happy New Year!
Average_ Joe Thank you very much ! I really appreciate the kind comments ! Happy New Year and a New Decade to you as well !
2004 sounded great before it retired. 😭😭😭😭
@@lucky_railfans_trains_2009 it still remains with the same horn as of today
Nice Video!
Rhett Ross Albert Thank you !
The Chargers are nice and all, but man I'm gonna miss those F59s when they leave the Bay Area/Central Valley. Heck I even miss the Surfliners.
You still definitely got time. The state owned F59s will still be around until at least 2023 since they were all just overhauled in 2012. Granted though, I myself do miss the Surfliner F59s as well. Gotta catch them while you can !
Thank you for all these video you are a king at railfanning videos
Rail Road Kid You’re very welcome ! I’m glad you enjoyed all the vids ! It has been a pleasure making the videos; as well as meeting folks, seeing the trains, and all the great crews along the way !
@@BrentNguyen46 Amtrak P42DC#195 Sounds A Bit Off Why
@@jonbowlerbowler7366 Likely a fouled horn.
Great Video!
Thank you !
Great stuff, Brent!
Thank you Tom !
This is one location I have to go to soon and you nailed it!!!
SDRAIL Productions Thank you very much !
I actually seen that exact same kind of train said the other day but it was six car and the locomotors were on the opposite side of each other
Man the 8310 cab car has a very cool sound with the e bell
Nice video Brent cool 💯😎❤❤❤❤
Thank you !
Great vide!!!!
Thank you !
first k5la is a beauty
The Union Pacific sounds really good with the graham white e bell.
Nice video!
Caltrain 907 Thanks !
good catches and video of these cordoor California trains, the coast starlight and the stacker close to Christmas
Thank you !
17:06❤
Cool 😎 video awesome have fun watching train spotting
Thank you !
Awesome Video
Thank you !
Excellent footage! I still remember my vist here back in 2010! Loved seeing these trains travel down the street! I wonder how many freights still operate through Jack London Square? Even when I went i felt like there was very little freight activity.
Tcostello105 Thank you ! It’s definitely worth revisiting for sure ! The freight action through Jack London Square is unfortunately very limited to only a couple freights a day. Mainly some intermodals, manifests, and locals, but usually no more than 10 freights a day at best as far as I am aware of. That, combined with the recent Precision Scheduled Railroading has made predicting freights all the more difficult recently.
@@BrentNguyen46nice video
@@Hired_49.-ri Thank you !
@@BrentNguyen46 mind if I use some of the sounds from the F40 leaving?
@@Hired_49.-ri Sure, I don’t mind. Please provide credit where it is applicable. If possible, definitely share me the video of it being used once you get it edited ! Would love to see it !
Cool Video man keep it up
Izaiah’s Trains Thanks ! And will do !
Have a good night
Izaiah’s Trains Thank you ! You as well !
Great vídeo, film in san leandro, alvarado street and decoto railroad crossing. I enjoy it toó. Me encanta
Thank you ! Glad you enjoyed the video !
@@BrentNguyen46 de nada, espero que puedan poner nuevos vídeos de San Leandro con los trenes de carga de allá. Your welcome
Nice Video
Thank you !
This Capital Corridor has Amtrak Baggage Coach
Awesome Video:) What a great way to end your adventures in NorCal. Returning to one of my favorite hotspots in the night!!!
Copper Cruz Thank you !
Why did 715 have a comet car? And how do the passengers get to the double decker from it
The Comet Cars (as well as the Viewliner Dining and Baggage Cars) have recently been added onto the San Joaquin trains to accommodate a recently implemented minimum count of 28 axles for proper activation of crossing signals. The cars do not actually carry anyone and are isolated from the bi-level passenger section.
Nice video Brent! Love Jack London Square. Hoping to go back later this year. Where are you planning on railfanning next??
Thank you Jacob ! Yeah man, it’s always worth visiting Jack London Square whenever you’re in the area for sure. I’ll be focusing on stations north of Los Angeles out to Chatsworth and everything in-between in the coming months; specifically the Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink Ventura County Line trains. There are also some stations I’ve visited before on the Surfline that I anticipate on revisiting mainly because they’ve had major renovations and changes since I last railfanned there.
Cool man. Let me know if you ever hit up carlsbad village or Poinsettia I live close by there
Yeah man, definitely. I met you once very briefly in Downtown SD sometime before 2015; can’t remember exactly when though. But yeah, I’m down. I’m actually looking to return to Carlsbad Poinsettia considering all the changes that have occurred there. I’ll hit you up the next time I’m down there for sure; likely within the next couple months or so.
Yeah I think it was New Year’s Day 2015 or maybe the day after New Years that year. You can always find me on Facebook and Instagram if you want to message me there
Why is all trains running in the roads? It looks like that we’re in the tramway
The only answer I have is that that's how this stretch of railway was built. It used to be much more common, too.
This is where the rail line was originally placed about 150 years ago. It is still here and in the street because:
To one side is the ship channel between the cities of Oakland and Alameda.
On the other side is the downtown of Oakland with skyscrapers and all.
The line can't be depressed in a tunnel or trench because there are two auto tunnels that run at right angles to the tracks that connect Alameda with Oakland.
There are long term proposals to move the passenger trains underground but it will require electrification of the lines and a tunnel under the center of Oakland. We are talking billions of $.
I’m going on train 701 to sacermemto on the 2nd
Have fun! (;
Nice ! I took 701 not too long ago, but hopefully there won’t be too much fog on your trip, haha. Have a great trip !
I’m taking 704 back to Fresno i think 701 turns into 704 so I’m on the same train
The bells a that one crossing have been replaced again.
2:06 that was close
Awesome video Brent!! As always!! Awesome K5LA from 2 out of my 3 Favorite Cabcars CDTX #8313 & #8310. If #8311 had been in there it would have been even better!!! :)
Thank you very much !
That Sacramento-bound Capitol Corridor is very long...I think I counted 11 cars? I've never seen such a long one!
I've seen one with eight cars before
Are you ever going to be recording in Oakland again and where are you going to be heading to?
I saw a lot of the trains that you recorded come through Stockton to
I’ll likely visit Oakland again the next opportunity I have to visit NorCal. I’m returning to my hometown in SoCal as a result of changing work assignments, but it also allows me to continue my railfanning series of Amtrak stations throughout California at locations I haven’t yet filmed. I appreciate your viewership and your recollection of my Stockton videos ! Definitely some great action out there too.
Why does 2007 have a baggage car?
Those cars are used to accommodate a recently implemented minimum required 28 axle count for proper activation of crossing signals on the host railroad (BNSF).
What’s your next spot your going to railfan?
I’ll be focusing my attention on stations north of Los Angeles out to Chatsworth and everything in-between in the coming months; specifically the Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink Ventura County Line trains. There are also some stations I’ve visited before that I anticipate on revisiting mainly because they’ve had major renovations and changes since I last railfanned there. I’m also compiling a list of requests from viewers towards future railfan outings as well; so any and all suggestions are welcome !
Why do all the F59s have one working marker?
Some actually do have two working marker lights. When Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) ordered the F59PHIs, the locomotives numbered 2001-2009 that were built in 1994 only have one marker light. (The other red light being an emergency light). The locomotives numbered 2010-2015 that were built in 2001 do however have two working marker lights in lieu of the emergency red light present on the previous F59PHIs.
@@BrentNguyen46 I didn't know that. In what situation would the emergency light shine?
Randoman35 Usually the light would come on following an emergency, such as an emergency brake application or no air. The light blinks similar to a strobe light.
Nice video!
Thank you !