San Diego Trolley & Amtrak Sta. 1988
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- May 7, 1988: On-board POV City Centre to Euclid on the "East" Line and 12th & Imperial to San Ysidro on the "South" Line. Dinner & big band in the Santa Fe station part of Railfair festivities.
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That operator in the beginning looked like he really loved his job, really was into it. I'm also surprised they had automated announcements in the trains in 1988 (although I guess I wasn't alive back then, maybe this was more common).
It's also interesting to see just how not built out downtown is, a stark contrast to how it is now.
Actually, they weren't automated announcements; this operator must have had some kind of announcer voice training. You can see him hit the mike switch before each announcement. Thanks for the comment.
@@vidwilzvids9587As per the documentation for the car, the units came with built-in cassette players for announcements, on top of the external and internal PA system. Might be that this one likes to do them himself, but they definitely had systems in place for automated announcements.
Great video, brings me back to my Navy days from '86 to '90. I used the trolley all the time.
WOW!! I live near Euclid Ave now and the landscape from then and now is so different!
Thanks for the comment.
Wow, that year I was born
Wow, I didn't know the trolley was in the street at the San Ysidro station and the Santa Fe station.
Outstanding!! Bringing back memories of riding that trolley!! I was stationed there from 84 to 87...and it brought it back thanks for this!!😊
Wow San Ysidro in the 80s amazing! Thanks for the vid
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.
And it streetran there at the time! 👀
I grew up with the U2’s and I actually had the privilege of operating one of those at the Rockhill Museum, where 1019 now resides. It was great to operate an LRV I grew up with! Hopefully I get signed off on it soon.
For those people who miss, these cars now are working in Mendoza city, Argentina. They must visit and remember when they used it. Nowadays is running a bit more of 10 miles and still working as new one!
Thanks for the good info! Were the cars repainted?
@@vidwilzvids9587 your welcome! Nono, are red and all is like when works in San diego, they have new prints that say Mendoza. You can search somo photos or videos "Metrotranvia Mendoza". Also you can search a video in english "San diego is getting new trolley cars, what happen to the old ones? "
MTS Didn’t want to scrap all of their U2s. Some of them actually still with MTS in the yard. 1001 is part of their historic fleet
these Trolley are still running in my city. Mendoza Argentina.
Google metrotranvia mendoza in images and you can see that they are still intact
Amazing footage!!
Glad you like it; thanks for the comment.
I miss the u2 cars! Last time i ever took one was when i was in 5th grade in (2014)
Seems like a lot of locals reminisce about the U2's. The replacements were more accessible for handicapped folks. Thanks for the comment.
Now they are running in Mendoza Argentina! Still working as a new
Since San Diego has maintained them well they can last another 15 years. Argentina has 18 original fleet LRVs. The US Federal Government provided funding for them to keep them running for many years to come
Same
Wow, the San Diego Trolley in the 80s looked more peaceful and safe compared to today. huge difference
It seemed "peaceful & safe" the last time I rode it a little over a year ago. Thanks for the comment.
My favorite part was hearing those old crossing bells. Back when it was real bells.
City college Station has changed a lot
Yea I remember it was alot different when I was a kid
@@joellemus8279 same here
Kinda crazy that the Trolley was revolutionary the trolley was back then, especially when you look at just how bare bones it is compared to what we have now.
this is gold
I miss those, pretty sure I have video of those somewhere in my old archives! Will try to find them and post them
That would be great. Thanks for the comment.
Nowadays are in Mendoza, Argentina. Still working
what a difference 35 years later
I never knew the brigde over 805 looked like that
Wow, That was Before The San Diego Trolley Yard And 12th & imperial was Under Construction And UTC.
very very interesting video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is an interesting system...even in those early days.
I remember riding in one of those articulated buses back in the late ‘80’s!
I think those were M.A.N.'s (German). Thanks for the comment.
Great catch!
Wow my grandma rode these
Ah, the nostalgia! Downtown before it became gentrified and overpopulated, San Diego Transit General Motors buses in the silver and blue, and I think the yellow ones were Chula Vista Transit.
I'm glad you enjoyed this glimpse of San Diego 30+ yrs ago. I appreciate your comment.
San Diego is many things, overpopulated is not one of them
Están ahora en Mendoza, Argentina
24:04 "Is JIm around? The one that killed that guy on Iris." I cant help but think that was a tweeker asking that random unsuspecting lady, I guess some things just never change on the trolley.
I haven't got a clue what that was all about.
I find it neat that the San Diego trolley had their own signals at intersections. The Kansas City streetcar, which started running in 2016, obeys normal traffic lights except at Union Station where it changes direction
12:07 nice to see a single car! I've usually seen the San Diego Trolley trains in pairs or trios
20:24 if there's a box car still there, does that mean diesel freight trains still ran on this track?!
The first single car at Euclid Sta. was chartered by a railfan group. That line to Euclid had only been operating for a couple of weeks at the time. The San Diego & Arizona Eastern ran diesel-powered freight operations over the system at night. Thanks for the comment.
That’s my favorite year
I find it cool that on google maps, the wide ties for the gauntlet are still visible today, long after it became double track.
I haven't ridden that line since the gauntlet was double tracked. What year was that?
vidwilzvids it's been double tracked as long as I can remember. Late 90s?
Where was that gauntlet at?
On the East Line where it crosses over the 805 freeway between 43rd St. & 47th St. Station. Like James Patterson noted if you zoom in on Google Maps' satellite view you can see the long ties that carried the four rails of the gauntlet before the bridge was widened. The gauntlet was protected by block signals. A local told me that it also had a trip circuit and that the gauntlet was longer than the bridge to allow for a worst case scenario.
And to think those U2 tram cars are now retired or in museums. One even went to the OERM.
I think they had to phase those out to get low floor/handicap access cars as a condition of funding.
And several were sold to Mendoza, Argentina and currently are in service there.
There are two at the OERM and two at the WRM. Vidwilzvids the reason I was told they had to retire them was due to a number of reasons. Firstly they could not easily equip them with on board security cameras as well as the fact that the U2 cars could not MU with the newer cars. Also MTS was working on swiching over to low floor cars so the SD100 cars which came out in the 1990s will likely be retired in the next 10 years given they like the U2 are high floor.
@@Robotechnology101 There's no reason why you can't install cameras to any vehicle. I feel when they stop using the SD100's they will not be retired, and instead likely sold and used elsewhere.
@@macmaniacal unfortunately the SD100s are currently being retired
Miss the u2😥😪
Thanks for the comment.
Hey thanks for filming
Now they are in Argentina, Mendoza city. Still working as new
This is so strange to see. I've grown up around Frankfurt in Germany, which is where their German cousins ran up until 2015 I believe. This cab is completely different to the German one and nowadays door 1 by the cab folds outward for a wheelchair lift...
The Frankfurt variant had the stairs filled in (similar to Calgary) to allow for high floor platforms. The doors by the joint were also eventually refitted to remove the middle bar and have them moved to the side, for better wheelchair accessibility.
Many American LRV properties had to adopt to better accessibility in order to receive Federal funding. Thanks for the comment.
They all folded outward regardless of the lift
@@blue9multimediagroup No, the fold goes inward. I should know, I've observed the patented _Duewag folding door_ extensively for animating a model of them for a simulator project.
So there was no 25th? Damn those people where shit out of luck.
How much was the fare? I remember paying 1.75 for trolley on 24th St, and using that same ticket for the bus that took me all the way back home to South Park back in 97
It was a $1.25, then $1.50, then again $1.75. After that it sky rocketed to regular day pass $6.00 & premium day pass $15 (express service). They raised it again to this day but I forgot the price.
Wow
Thanks for the comment.
2:35 Sounds like the driver loves his job
Everything on this video looks way newer than 1988. Downtown certainly doesn't look like that anymore though!
The date is accurate; the Euclid station stop was the end of the "East" line until it was extended the following year. As for downtown, I'm glad they kept the Santa Fe station and included the PCC trolley loop.
OMG, 0:55 Tuck Miller !!!!
the train is departing please stand cleear
san yisdro trolley station is completely unrecognizable
Wow