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There used to be a free shuttle bus from Millbrae Caltrain to SFO. I took it maybe once. I've seen a few Caltrain riders saying they were going to SFO, but where they'd be paying the $6 or so to ride BART. There's a fairly small airport in Santa Rosa, but it has scheduled passenger service...

Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve got public transit to the major airports. SFO has direct service via BART although there’s a pretty stiff surcharge. https://www.bart.gov/stations/sfia OAK sort of has BART service now through a cable driven shuttle from a main line BART station...

Sold as a complete set to Lima, Peru. https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrain-diesel-fleet-bring-passenger-rail-service-peru https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/caltrain-international-buyer-retired-diesel-fleet-19919903.php

I would point out that if you check in and have it routed for your final destination, there is no specific requirement for Amtrak to have it travel on the same trains that you'll travel on. If you check in early, your bags could theoretically go on an earlier train, although I don't believe...

Even weirder. Quite a bit was infill that was used to build the harbor area. They had tall buildings there including what used to be a Holiday Inn (now Hilton Garden Inn) and several taller office buildings (Watergate). Also condos. Then there was a restaurant at the end of the reclaimed...

I got curious about the location as it's the place that Tesla makes available for test drives. However, they have no people there and the key access is completely automated. And that hotel has been around for maybe 20 years. The first time I'd ever been there was for a business meeting in one...

I've spent a lot of time in Emeryville over the years. I saw the rise and the decline of the EmeryBay Public Market and used to watch a lot of movies at the now gone United Artists movie theater (demolished in favor of housing). I remember the train station when it first opened. And I...

They're calling it "Zero-Emission Multiple Unit". Their choice of acronym I guess. My cursory understanding is that it's battery powered, but that a hydrogen fuel cell charges the battery. Sort of like how a Chevy Volt is driven solely by the battery, but the gas engine will start charging...

https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2024/08/16/meet-zemu-san-bernardino-countys-zero-emission-passenger-train/74821083007/

This is for their Arrow Corridor service from University of Redlands to downtown San Bernardino. I looked it up and I think it's less than 10 miles. https://www.gosbcta.com/zemumediaevent/ ZEMU, short for Zero Emission Multiple Unit, is North America’s first self-powered, zero-emission...

https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/former-san-francisco-muni-boeing-vertol-lrv-sold.84691/

Sneaky, that Caltrain.

Apparently they've been testing the sets (Stadler EMUs) for months, but they'll be going into revenue service this weekend with two trainsets. They have't announced on what train numbers as they apparently don't want a crush of railfans crowding into these trains...

Railroads (both public and private) in the US have always had the power of eminent domain. But these days it's more expensive and perhaps harder to achieve. Part of the rights of way for the new California HSR line were purchased through at least the threat of using eminent domain. I...

I remember there was a restaurant that called itself "Harvey House" in Sacramento. It was in Old Sacramento across the street from the California State Railroad Museum but wasn't affiliated with it in any way. It wasn't open for long, but was trying to evoke that era with period uniforms. At...

I've been there with the family or just the kiddo. Never felt unsafe, but man it can get interesting. Have taken the Metro 460 a few times between Anaheim and DTLA. Three times going north and once going south. But I remember there being vagrants using the ART bus shelters to sleep. Never...

I remember the last time I rode on the San Joaquins there was no cafe service and we got boxes with snacks for free. They were supposed to be featuring items from California although I'm not sure if they all were. I grabbed two, but I don't think anyone really cared. However, that was RIC-BFD...

Depends on where. Certainly it's an uncomfortable feeling being around homeless encampments, but for the most part I never felt unsafe in LA because of it. I remember a few times going through Little Tokyo (Fugetsu-Do is amazing) towards Union Station or other Metro stations. Maybe a block...

Yeah. The CS was running late at Salinas once when I was there with the kiddo. It was still running late but I figured we needed to get there even though the estimated departure was going to be a while. I talked to a bus driver who said he had to wait, and the station agent who said that got...

These have been around for at least a decade. It's mentioned here from an old topic (mine strangely enough) from 2013. Apparently these were beta tested on the Capitol Corridor. There might have been an image, but it's broken. I remember by 2014 I saw them being used on Capitol Corridor far...