Caltrain Electrification: Stunning Time-lapse of Electric Train Journey from Utah to the Bay

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  • Follow Caltrain’s newest electric train on a relaxing cross-country journey as we ride from the Stadler facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, across the Sierras, to its new home in the Bay Area, California.
    Learn more about the features and amenities of the new electric trains at www.caltrain.com/electrictrains.

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  • @piepieninja
    @piepieninja 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    lofi trains to relax/study to

  • @ncard00
    @ncard00 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    Please release a real, normal speed cab ride/view video of the entire electrified route with the new trains, in both directions.

    • @jmm5994
      @jmm5994 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Theres a few TH-camrs that have done so on the diesel units (includes the electric infrastructure)

  • @micksam7
    @micksam7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    FYI to other confused viewers: This is the trainset being towed from it's assembly point at Salt Lake City to the Bay, not under its own power but from a Diesel engine. There's no electrified lines from Utah to Cal yet.

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The Southern Pacific had plans to Electrify everything from San Francisco to Salt lake City back in 1912 including what would become Caltrain

    • @archstanton5973
      @archstanton5973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "yet"? Trust me: Union Pacific has NO plans WHATSOEVER of electrifying the Overland Route.

    • @archstanton5973
      @archstanton5973 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "yet"? Trust me: Union Pacific has NO plans WHATSOEVER of electrifying the Overland Route.

    • @stickynorth
      @stickynorth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly most railways did and its still a superior technology... Perhaps the government should create an electrification matching fund to get these projects done! @@IndustrialParrot2816

    • @Andreshms3
      @Andreshms3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WAS just about to comment this question, THANKS for answering ❤

  • @pqhkr2002
    @pqhkr2002 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I saw these trains when I was passing by SLC early this year. It was right by the south side of I80.
    When I saw them I was thinking these trains looks familiar, but then realized, what the heck, Caltrain's new EMU?

  • @osmanhossain676
    @osmanhossain676 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I always want Caltrain Electrifications and California High-Speed Rail in California and I always love Caltrain Electrifications and California High-Speed Rail in California.😮

  • @bbundridge
    @bbundridge 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Caltrain, can you share the deets on the setup? Our wee little railroad is purchasing a couple cars out soon and it would be a hoot to document the trip like this!

    • @caltrain
      @caltrain  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      We placed a GoPro Max in the trailing cab car and had it set to take images every 5s in timelapse mode. The camera had an external battery plugged in to keep it powered during the multiple day journey. The images were reframed and compiled in After Effects. Hope that helps!

    • @bbundridge
      @bbundridge 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@caltrain thanks a ton! I'll be sure to tag you in it when we do the move 😁

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is an amazing video which shows you even in its small way the spectacular scenery this railway passes through! I just wish it was double-tracked, electrified and higher speed! 125 mph/200 kmh all the way! I dream of an inter-connected North American higher speed railway network one day! Electrified and double-tracked from state to state, province to province!

    • @lalakerspro
      @lalakerspro 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you must be very confused. these are electric train cars being delivered to the sf bay area. they will never run in this area.

  • @CWINDOWSsystem32
    @CWINDOWSsystem32 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:33 Huh, I never knew that there was a street-running section of track in Oakland. Probably because I've ever only taken Capitol Corridor to Emeryville and taken the bus to SF. Maybe next time I'll take CC to Oakland and take the ferry across the Bay.

  • @shand1366
    @shand1366 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Would be cool to see it with a small map overlay showing the route and progress.

  • @osmanhossain676
    @osmanhossain676 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yes and yeah of course Caltrain Electrifications and California High-Speed Rail in California.😮

  • @adrianbrandt
    @adrianbrandt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Next time try positioning the camera so it looks straight down the tracks, which would make for a much more interesting watchable video … the side view makes the image & location continuity quite poor at this particular frame rate. Despite that, it appears the route shown in this delivery is via UP’s Feather River Canyon route and not Donner Pass. Also, the video cuts off very shortly after passing under the Warm Springs BART station pedestrian overpass. Why not edit out any excessively long pauses and show the complete trip over to the Caltrain line or to CEMOF?

    • @lalakerspro
      @lalakerspro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would have thought they would use the coast line to SJ and not the warm springs sub

  • @barbarakilpatrick3859
    @barbarakilpatrick3859 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    12:54 saint gregory church 😷

  • @coleallen3895
    @coleallen3895 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Same route as the Amtrak California Zephyr!!

    • @lalakerspro
      @lalakerspro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe, we dont know for sure since it was a timelapse

    • @coleallen3895
      @coleallen3895 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lalakerspro actually, I took a closer look at the video by slowing down the playback speed - they did travel over the CZ’s route between SLC and Winnemucca, then again between Roseville and Emeryville/Oakland, but between Winnemucca and Roseville, they used the former Western Pacific line via Feather River Canyon. It was the route of the original CZ prior to Amtrak, but today, Amtrak uses the former Southern Pacific line between Oakland and Winnemucca (the ex-WP is used between Elko and SLC, but between Winnemucca and Elko, Amtrak uses two sets of UP tracks that are physically distanced apart from each other and used to be separately owned by both SP and WP. The ex-SP is for westbound trains and the ex-WP for eastbound trains, both are now UP owned)

    • @lalakerspro
      @lalakerspro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seems like after emeryville (where CZ ends), they used the niles and warm springs sub to get to san jose@@coleallen3895

  • @KooShnoo
    @KooShnoo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤️

  • @railsand
    @railsand 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    can we get a video of it arriving and departing a station?

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's not running under its own power its being towed

    • @railsand
      @railsand 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IndustrialParrot2816 when it gets up and running…?
      that was kinda implied

    • @IndustrialParrot2816
      @IndustrialParrot2816 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@railsand oh there are plenty of videos of them testing the trains are the energized sections

    • @claudea9037
      @claudea9037 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      th-cam.com/video/SKHo3fItsTM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2fFk_QTiUw7kGU62 here is video from the Stadler train arriving and departing in Switzerland. Caltrain will have the same train (more or less, but the basic things are the same) 👍

  • @harrisjpal
    @harrisjpal 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hay stupid idea, but could we just have the bombardier coaches with pantographs and run them as emus?

    • @samisillanpaa3108
      @samisillanpaa3108 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It wouldn't really make sense; you'd have to retrofit them to somehow fit all the power and motive equipment into already existing railcars, which are also already about 20 years old (some older). Given the design of the bombardier cars, you'd probably lose some seating space and/or make maintenance much more difficult and expensive. And then of course given the age, they'd be retired sooner than these new trains will. So while theoretically possible, there's a lot of reasons (including others I didn't mention for the sake of brevity) that it's genuinely better and likely cheaper long term to buy new, purpose built EMUs rather than try to retrofit the existing equipment. Not to mention that Caltrain just doesn't have enough Bombardier bi-levels anyways for the level of service they provide.

    • @harrisjpal
      @harrisjpal 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We could have a mid life refurbishment

  • @barbarakilpatrick3859
    @barbarakilpatrick3859 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    cvs has your california contract please return it😷

  • @kl6361
    @kl6361 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    when will the aem 7 go to service

    • @lalakerspro
      @lalakerspro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never, aem was only meant for testing, but they arent going to use it anymore

    • @kl6361
      @kl6361 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lalakerspro😢😢😭😭😭

    • @kl6361
      @kl6361 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lalakersprowhat are they going to do to it

    • @MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer
      @MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kl6361Probably use it as a maintenance vehicle or something.

  • @barbarakilpatrick3859
    @barbarakilpatrick3859 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    recology5:22

  • @barbarakilpatrick3859
    @barbarakilpatrick3859 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😷