Man, good for y'all in the bay area. Here in Portland, Or, we are still stuck with singular older DMU units for our local heavy rail from Beaverton to Wilsonville (that doesn't even go into Portland proper) I want to take a trip to San Francisco once these are open to the public and experience modern heavy rail Y'all are doing it right down there!
@@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc Aren't they also planning on running some Stadler sets in service already next month? I think they mentioned that they'll be replacing a few runs of diesel trains with the new EMUs over the summer in lieu of a soft launch.
Doesn't it? In fact, if you observe Swiss railways on CZcams, you can definitely tell the similiarities between this train and many Swiss passenger trains! Not to mention that the train is of Swiss origin.
They've been testing them at speed for at least nine months. Most of the sets now are even past the 1,000 mile operational testing requirement to start carrying passengers. They will have some revenue runs over the summer with passengers before the full launch in September.
Fast, euro style EMU, but able to take advantage of the huge US loading gauge. I assume these passes are at 80mph unless they're also getting a bump in line speed for CalTrain?
@@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc Unsure what the service speed on the CalTrain spec KISS EMUs is, I know in Europe they're available with up to a 200km/h service speed. 80mph line speed is probably fine for CalTrain if they can sustain that speed between stations. They will certainly get up to speed a lot faster than the diesels
Lol, what are you talking about? A ton of regional and intercity rail in Europe is still diesel. Why are people trying to pretend that if Switzerland switched to electric in the 80s that means that all of Europe runs strictly electric rail? Where are you getting this crapola from?
Behold the Not-So-Baby Bullet \m/
Wow. Those new Caltrans trains are so big and beautiful and how fast they move are so incredible. I love them.
Man, good for y'all in the bay area.
Here in Portland, Or, we are still stuck with singular older DMU units for our local heavy rail from Beaverton to Wilsonville (that doesn't even go into Portland proper)
I want to take a trip to San Francisco once these are open to the public and experience modern heavy rail
Y'all are doing it right down there!
September 2024 is the start date. Keep an eye out for other Caltrain electric train announcements on their website.
@@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc Aren't they also planning on running some Stadler sets in service already next month? I think they mentioned that they'll be replacing a few runs of diesel trains with the new EMUs over the summer in lieu of a soft launch.
So pretty
Nice 👍🏼 job 😅
This looks like a European mainline
The train is of European origin, but the mainline is not.
You can find Stadler trains all over Europe now. Swiss design. Also in Intercity service.
Doesn't it? In fact, if you observe Swiss railways on CZcams, you can definitely tell the similiarities between this train and many Swiss passenger trains! Not to mention that the train is of Swiss origin.
Guessing they have started testing them as speed now
They've been testing them at speed for at least nine months. Most of the sets now are even past the 1,000 mile operational testing requirement to start carrying passengers. They will have some revenue runs over the summer with passengers before the full launch in September.
Fast, euro style EMU, but able to take advantage of the huge US loading gauge. I assume these passes are at 80mph unless they're also getting a bump in line speed for CalTrain?
Tracks are rated at 79 MPH maximum.
However, the bump in speed is somewhat likely.
@@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc Unsure what the service speed on the CalTrain spec KISS EMUs is, I know in Europe they're available with up to a 200km/h service speed. 80mph line speed is probably fine for CalTrain if they can sustain that speed between stations. They will certainly get up to speed a lot faster than the diesels
@@mrvwbug4423 they want to run it at ~165 km/h, (or 110 mph, I may have done it wrong). I can't wait until something closer to HSR is in my area.
@@nukedukem6 110 mph is about 180 km/h.
Welcome to the 21st century 😂
Lol, what are you talking about? A ton of regional and intercity rail in Europe is still diesel.
Why are people trying to pretend that if Switzerland switched to electric in the 80s that means that all of Europe runs strictly electric rail? Where are you getting this crapola from?
cal train should have triple tracked, high platforms and grade elimination from san fran to san jose. Still nice to see emu’s finally rolling.
So electric does not mean low noise…
It does, but not at stations and crossings.