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@@munimathbypeterfelton6251 Funny, one would think engineers forget to stop here, I never did, but did happen occasionally. I blew through Atherton one might, didn’t realize it till we were halfway past the yard, lucky no one wanted on/off, lucked out, just had a longer dwell in RWC.

@@ethantlyu Retired Amtrak Engineer.

Now they do.

Just what’s up there, I put low res up on TO because of people stealing photos to use elsewhere. I do have hires images, I’ve been rescanning everything a little at time. TO also messed with the resolution on photos compressing them to load faster. I don’t blame you on not wanting to pay a membership fee, it’s up to $30 now, everything’s going up! I haven’t been on TO for years, I let the membership lapse.

@@straightto8 yeah I’d assume you’d be outta your TO acc by now but I was just wondering, thanks

@@straightto8 I lived right by the Dumbarton line and I wanted to show the photos people got like shed47 got to my parents and they’re just unrecognizable at this point.

@@Lorsterthe34st Eventually some of my photos will be on The Dome of Foam web site when I send some his way, also another retired Caltrain engineer.

Yes, this was during the Amtrak era, there was lots of $$ to be made at that time, that’s for sure. Now the pay is greater, jobs aren’t as lucrative, some are and some aren’t, though I hear from friends still working there about some of the choice assignments being lucrative. If I didn’t have to leave Amtrak due to my work injury, I probably would have just stood with Amtrak and work out of Oakland where I started. Yes, would be nice to see Amtrak get it back. I think they (JPB) were shortsighted when they retained TASI, but the worker bees don’t call those shots.

Yes, I’ve stopped at Paul Avenue several times before it closed at much was not more than 4-5 would get off. Broadway stopped there tons of times, Atherton too, and College Park.

Broadway isn't closed@@straightto8

I’ve worked with MofW dumping in the tunnels, all of them, #4 was the worse being the longest. Use to come out looking like a powdered donut, and covered with soot from the exhaust. We hated it, I use to get nose bleeds when we worked in them tunnels. Amtrak MofW crews didn’t screw around when they dumped rock, it wasn’t walking speed with them, it was jogging speed. The contractors I’ve worked with, some were good, some were bad, just depended on the equipment they were using. I was there on train crew for Bonanza, Ponderosa, CTX North and South projects.

They were stock piling ballast at the end of branch, and they were transloading it back into the JPBX or Caltrain owned ballast cars. They were doing that for a while, I guess it just depends on the project going on. I was out of there by 2009 so I don’t know what they have cooking now.

2000

Engineers aren’t responsible for announcements, that’s the conductors job.

@@straightto8 how come I didn’t hear any announcements from the conductor?

@@dannyluo2077 Because the engineers don’t make announcements as I said, engineer runs the engine.

@@straightto8 in the engine, can you hear the conductor’s announcements?

@@dannyluo2077 Nope, but in the cab control car, yes.

In time!

@@straightto8 All

I started with Amtrak in 98’, bounced between Oakland and San Francisco, when I got promoted to engineer it was on the commutes. And yes, I was there working when they were delivered new, blows my mind that they are 20 years old already and have been rebuilt (not all), I remember that new paint smell they had.

Cab ride stuff for now.

@@straightto8 does it go to Lawrence? If so, could you post it soon?

@@timectrl Oh it’s not going to be any time soon, sorry. But this year for sure, subscribe if you like so you’ll see update when the time comes. Cheers!

@@straightto8 can you take a picture of the station from the video and post in community section?

@@timectrl I’ll try later before bed.

Thank you sir! I’ve seen you on the chat with Constantine “Inside Russia”, he’s a good man, I enjoy his wisdom.

Bruh

Thanks, I have about 15hrs of video still to encode and edit, need another camcorder to transfer everything.

And, BTW, the old double pot still enjoys protecting our driveway every morning and night!

@@bryce2680 Nice, I would have put it out in my front yard had I kept it, but it’s in a good home. Hope you’ve been well.

Old vs new

Yea Right

6:50 is the closed and demolished paul avenue station!

Yup, I sat with myself since I was the engineer.

There was good gear around at the time, this was shot on a Sony or Canon camera, forget which.

@@straightto8 will you do more of the Bay area trains of 1998 and 99 vids? Please I'm a 90s fan and was born in 95

@@Railfan-uf9mw In due time, sub my channel and look for updates.

I was reading the information off the plaques they had with each display, a good portion had none. Feel free to offer any corrections.

No, got hurt, left for medical reasons.

A crossing being replaced.

@@straightto8 what street is that?

@@caltrain_acefoamer907 Chestnut.

@@caltrain_acefoamer907 All the crossings were done same way in RWC that year.

Not really, I would just go to specific stations for a specific train/shot, mostly upper Peninsula.

Have you got a caltrain Horn show in 2000

@@caltrain_903YTchannel I’m not into the horns, just what’s on the videos posted.

yours is awesome I found a San Joaquin 710 or 712 at Modesto a video I own but didn't recorded it from 2011

I have somewhere on my tapes is a night time run-by at Hayward Park of the Caltrain GP9’s and 30 empty coal cars that were being used for ballast, this was in 2000/01 sometime. Another run-by of the light power up at Bayshore, got the engineer to sound the horn, was a neat clip, hope to find them some day to share.

@@straightto8 like if you still been a conductor you allowed people like foamercalirails119 or me to do a cabride from the front of the train wood you allowed

@@caltrain_903YTchannel I was an engineer, and a conductor prior to that, and answer would be no.

Well cabcars 4000-4020 front is for the the see and record that and on 2 gen 4021-4026 how I know your not allowed because all the time this year like I when 3 times riding the train all I been allowed only not on 2 gen

I'm not taking about the inside of the driver cab I'm taking about the front of the Cabcar we're you can anything from the front

Kess and GiGi.

Are they still with Caltrain or did they go somewhere else

@@blazinjay85 No idea to be honest.

@@straightto8 ok was just curious, but keep posting more cab rides if you have, really brings back a lot of memories for me when I used to take trips with my dad.

@@blazinjay85 This is all for now, I have to get another Mini-DV player to download and encode the video.

Was a childhood dream job.

No, I was still a conductor. What’s special about 2001?

@@straightto8 nothing well the caltrain change of caltrain with there gallery cabcars 4000-4020 September-December 2001 and first time having the holiday train

Sorry it's because I want to know how f40s 900-922 K5LA sounded like as a new 1998 version but I know how 916 and 922 K5LA sounded like

@@caltrain_903YTchannel Ok….

@@caltrain_903YTchannel Only thing I ever noticed about the horns were the differences on the switchers, there was a P-3, and a UP type that was loud when it wasn’t clogged. And the P-3’s on the GP9’s, otherwise it was the same two-chimes, some louder than others, some with more or less reverb. Except the one time when I was a new engineer I had one of the Bombardier cars from Sounder that still had the 5 chimes, I got reprimanded for making too much noise too, lol. Otherwise I don’t know much about the horns.