NEW Amtrak San Joaquins Venture Cars at Oakland Jack London

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  • @maestromecanico597
    @maestromecanico597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you very much for filming and sharing.

    • @spottingbythebay
      @spottingbythebay  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed!

    • @sebastianfloyd372
      @sebastianfloyd372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spottingbythebay Where’s The Siemens Venture Cab Car?

    • @sebastianfloyd372
      @sebastianfloyd372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spottingbythebay I Wonder If The Siemens Venture Cars Would Be Painted In the Paint Scheme Like The Siemens Charger SC44

  • @TheR4ndomG4m3r
    @TheR4ndomG4m3r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    1:56 That F40 NPCU looks so nice with the siemens venture cars

    • @vexv2k66_-3
      @vexv2k66_-3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      kinda but they look nice

    • @No-le9qf
      @No-le9qf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think they would match perfectly if the NPCU was shorter in height

  • @TaylorMMontgomery
    @TaylorMMontgomery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    F40s are just the perfectly designed locomotive. Looks good pulling pretty much anything.

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, come one, dude! I understand that you foamers like anything that is old, but the F40 is butt fugly. It's a brick with windows.

  • @Robbi496
    @Robbi496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sharp looking cars and they sure do not look like anything else on the Amtrak Roster!

    • @amtrak_121
      @amtrak_121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hate them

    • @jtkm
      @jtkm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amfleet cars are ugly, glad to see the Venture coaches. I mean rolling stock that is 40+ years old is simply unacceptable. They're more obssessed with the locomotives than passenger comfort.

    • @amtrak_121
      @amtrak_121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jtkm wrong! Anything that’s modern is ugly on trains like these! They need a retro style charm, which makes it feel more luxurious. Besides they need to care more about comfort if they want to have any chance of winning against airlines

    • @amtrak_121
      @amtrak_121 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jtkm Amfleet cars aren’t my favorite either, but at least they were built by Budd

    • @jtkm
      @jtkm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amtrak_121 Hey man, I still enjoy my vintage rolling stock. Amtrak destroyed all the progress the private companies made. Don't get me wrong, I love them Budd and Pullman cars built for streamliners like the Super Chief, El Capitan, Broadway Limited, Congressional, East Coast Champion. That was in the day when companies had to compete because one person many choices. Amtrak is a state owned monolpoly, like they gave a damn, you've gotta operate like a business if you want people to ride the train. One train a day frequencies plus old worn out rolling stock just doesn't make the cut. But I agree with the retro charm, we need the good old streamliners back, I would so anything to ride on the Broadway Limited or Super Chief.

  • @alexpelsor6841
    @alexpelsor6841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Those venture cars are gorgeous. Do you know when they might be put into regular service? I rode the San joaquins a couple weeks ago and was bummed to ride in old cars. I did see an SC-44 though so not all bad!

    • @jreichel1
      @jreichel1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you have the Comet Cars or the Superliners? I ask because yes the Comet cars are "old" but they were rebuilt several years ago at a cost of $2 million apiece. We've needed new equipment for a long time, that's for sure. I love the look of the Venture cars.

    • @alexpelsor6841
      @alexpelsor6841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jreichel1 they were superliners.

    • @jreichel1
      @jreichel1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexpelsor6841 I sure wish we could get new Superliners.

    • @gdrriley420
      @gdrriley420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jreichel1 Amtrak isn't sure what it will order for LD fleet but if its Bi levels the state may join them, or the state may order its own new design bi levels

    • @gdrriley420
      @gdrriley420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Last date we had was the first sets in Service around January of 2023. with 5 or 6 in service by the end of 2023

  • @MychaelHall24
    @MychaelHall24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When will those Venture Cars comes out?

  • @OldSchool-px1xk
    @OldSchool-px1xk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have been riding Brightline in Florida, so I know these cars, because they are quite the same. Comfort, noise level, seats, all good. Perhaps bi-level cars would have fit to the role better, but Rotem messed it up big time, when they got the order for the new California car.

    • @marka5478
      @marka5478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not Rotem. Nippon Sharyo.

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasn't Rotem. They have exited the North American Railcar business with the MBTA & SEPTA orders completed.

  • @andrewchuang8433
    @andrewchuang8433 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bi level Surfliner coaches cannot be retired I hope they don’t get replaced

    • @adventuresofamtrakcascades301
      @adventuresofamtrakcascades301 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, these Venture cars are ONLY specifically for use on the San Joaquin, as the name suggests on the top middle of the cars. The bilevel cars are not going anywhere

  • @gloria6229
    @gloria6229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also SD60Es #7034 and #7035 are on their next run on the Office Car Special (OCS).

  • @skier7378
    @skier7378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Awesome video 😁😍 love it😁☺

  • @Jeragon186
    @Jeragon186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why are the headlights on instead of the marker lights?

    • @spottingbythebay
      @spottingbythebay  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m not sure but they always do that for some reason, from the California Cars to the PHIs

    • @Jeragon186
      @Jeragon186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spottingbythebay Oh! I never knew that! Must be some new SOP?

    • @GamingRailfanner
      @GamingRailfanner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jeragon186 its so its brighter, apparently many drivers can't see the marker lights

    • @Jeragon186
      @Jeragon186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GamingRailfanner That makes sense too

  • @jreichel1
    @jreichel1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice. I'm a subscriber.

  • @senorspahrtan
    @senorspahrtan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do all the SC44’s for CalTrans have the spoiler installed?

    • @spottingbythebay
      @spottingbythebay  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, this is temporary till the California cars retire

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @octa 5501 No, the Siemens Ventures are all going to the San Joaquins. The San Joquins will retire all of its Horizon cars and their Bilevel California cars will go to the Capitol Corridor and the Surfliner. Some bilevels might stay on the San Joaquins but it will eventually be a Railjet-like intercity service with all Siemens rolling stock.

  • @jetssup
    @jetssup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THIS IS SO SO SO C00L!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

  • @kurumafox
    @kurumafox ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope they will bring this to the capitol corridor route

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the Ventures are only going to the San Joquins for now. But the CC and the Surfliner will get the San Joaquin's newer bilevels.
      But eventually they might upgrade all the California state routes to them.

  • @sebastianmunera5470
    @sebastianmunera5470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great catch for a Caltrans F40ph NPCU

  • @MetroNorth203Productions
    @MetroNorth203Productions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Siemens venture cars are good. Like it! Just like the horizon and amfleet cars

  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great catch!

  • @jeremiahjefferson4271
    @jeremiahjefferson4271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this

  • @pashon4percushon
    @pashon4percushon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey you caught #146 that's a popular number on Athearns HO scale engine because its a non-DCC one and therefore sold at a low price, i have three of them

  • @CaptainJeau
    @CaptainJeau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That scoop on top of the charger needs to be taken off it’s looks very stupid now.... also I got a question, the paint scheme on the passenger cars are not really the same on the engines yes the colors are the same but everything else is not... so are they going to repaint the engine to match the coaches?

    • @spottingbythebay
      @spottingbythebay  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Captain Jeau The scoop is a mod (modification) mainly for the California cars specifically on chargers for Amtrak Cal. Once they’re gone it’s an easy removal. Regarding the paint that’s a good question, the scheme on the chargers now are for the CC, so once CC gets their venture cars it should match but now with the SJ cars I’m not sure. All I know is that CC and SJ use a variety of different engines to operate so it’ll be a little while for everything to match. If you look up on google, search up Amtrak Capitol Corridor new train cars, you can see the concept/proposed on images and there are a few articles on it.

    • @Jeragon186
      @Jeragon186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spottingbythebay Oh sheesh! I thought California is too broke to afford two different schemes

    • @Honeydwarf85
      @Honeydwarf85 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jeragon186 Where did you get the idea that California was broke?

    • @Jeragon186
      @Jeragon186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thatguyontheinternet Aren’t we always broke?

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spottingbythebay The California Cars will be staying for the Capitol Corridor. Some, if not all California Surfliners will leave for the Surfline.

  • @tankman_tv9332
    @tankman_tv9332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will the NCPU’S be replaced as well?

  • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
    @centredoorplugsthornton4112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That means they're in revenue service, correct????

  • @TheRailwayDrone
    @TheRailwayDrone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Uhh, why is there a railway with giant trains in the middle of a city street like it's a tram????

    • @TheRailwayDrone
      @TheRailwayDrone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Chris Hoffman-Echandy wow, pretty interesting...and also dangerous.

    • @robk7266
      @robk7266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Too expensive to move them. Plain and simple.

    • @Honeydwarf85
      @Honeydwarf85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are lots of tracks like this in America

    • @mplsmike4023
      @mplsmike4023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because it’s super-cool that way.

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mplsmike4023 it’s super primitive

  • @chicago-l9125
    @chicago-l9125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They're very streamlined. Truth be told, they look a lot like cars or "carriages" on passenger trains in the UK, especially with those bolster-less air suspension bogies or trucks.

    • @robk7266
      @robk7266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That makes sense considering that they are actually train cars designed by a European company. They are not imported, but they are practically the same design used for cars in Europe.

    • @utaamtrak9584
      @utaamtrak9584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robk7266 I agree there based off the Railjet coches, they are almost identical.

    • @amtrak_121
      @amtrak_121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rob K they shouldn’t be that way! They need to look more like American cars! This is not Europe and they shouldn’t try to make it like that

    • @robk7266
      @robk7266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amtrak_121 why? You do realize that European trains are better in every way, right?

    • @amtrak_121
      @amtrak_121 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rob K no I don’t! The reason American passenger trains aren’t so popular anymore is because nobody cared about keeping the speed and reliability. But I’m sure that looks are important to! These cars are too modern and violate everything about American rail heritage

  • @TheAmtrakSpartan
    @TheAmtrakSpartan ปีที่แล้ว

    VENTURE CAR REVERSE SET?!

  • @willberestartingthischanne9984
    @willberestartingthischanne9984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice Video

  • @timmymak2023
    @timmymak2023 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At 1:41 that the one i have the recording of the Amtrak already

  • @ThePeninsulaRailfan
    @ThePeninsulaRailfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I subbed, stay awesome friend!

  • @amtrakfan2342
    @amtrakfan2342 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look back years for now and p42 leading trains will look ancient.

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It already does. It has looked ancient for over a decade. It's just that we didn't have too many modern trains to compare them to.

    • @amtrakfan2342
      @amtrakfan2342 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TohaBgood2 alright

  • @GamingRailfanner
    @GamingRailfanner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reverse Set

  • @gloria6229
    @gloria6229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Norfolk Southern ordered the same Venture cars from Siemens with the new SC-44s.

    • @TWF1003
      @TWF1003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't believe anything WTDX 1402 puts up.

  • @ThePeninsulaRailfan
    @ThePeninsulaRailfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You would think that the paint would match the SC44 Charger

    • @spottingbythebay
      @spottingbythebay  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! And the chargers are in the Capitol Corridor livery while the new cars are in the San Joaquins livery, meaning they’re both different. The Capitol Corridor cars will match the current Charger livery but it’s unknown how the SJ will match with the engines.

    • @ThePeninsulaRailfan
      @ThePeninsulaRailfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spottingbythebay I see, thx

  • @cats0182
    @cats0182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brand new coaches. Brand new locos. No cab car configurated coaches? Still have to old locos as control units? How quaint.

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, they just haven't built any Venture Cab Cars yet. 7 will be coming.

    • @AirchimeLTDproductions174
      @AirchimeLTDproductions174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As I've heard the Venture Cab car units are basically SC-44s in the form of a Cabcar I think it's quite unique, and really cool!

    • @MrWill1985
      @MrWill1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AVeryRandomPerson are those 7 all for Caltran? I know they are getting them when this ventures replace the Amfleet Is

    • @mr.conductorfromsts4204
      @mr.conductorfromsts4204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrWill1985 Amfleet I operated the NEC, and they’re also going to be replaced along with the Metroliner Cab Cars. The Siemens Venture rail cars with the cab car (ALC-42 Styled Cab)

  • @nolantherailfan5048
    @nolantherailfan5048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That paint scheme on those venture cars is 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 it looks so ugly

    • @TohaBgood2
      @TohaBgood2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting how the foamers always find something to hate about the Venture cars. It's almost like you are all biased against any new rail equipment you see. Interesting...

    • @adventuresofamtrakcascades301
      @adventuresofamtrakcascades301 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah