Watching trolleys and light rail run on city streets seems 'normal'. It is amusing to one unfamiliar with trains on city streets, to watch this video! It feels like I am watching the equivalent of an ocean liner slowly making its way down the local river.
Great video lad, the horns gave me the chills but I love them, they better not make that crossing a quiet zone or I swear to god those locals will get it from me! I'm still taking a while to get comfortable to those grim boring ugly chargers replacing the p40s, f40s and f59s but aside from that negative impression, everything is spot on;) ps. Ok, the chargers aren't all that bad, I don't mind modernising and all but still, I'm more of a classic kind of guy, I'm still riding these trains regardless of what locomotive I get;)
@Anthony Cooper Street running is rare here too. Most are short segments on freight branch lines. The only 2 passenger ones are Jack London Square, relocated form a dedicated ROW in 1993, and the South Shore Line through Michigan City. Quite a few more existed, but mostly disappeared with the interurbans.
@@AVeryRandomPerson The South Shore street running line in Indiana is no more. Buses have temporary replaced trains that ran on 11st while a new line is being built.
Thank you! I lived in the Bay Area for some time and was just trying to describe (topic of Jack London came up) to someone how I loved that trains are on street next to cars and pedestrians in this area. Hard to explain but found and shared your link. Now I’m also absorbed in it :) Love the energy of this area and the trains are part of that.
Freight cars really get around. A real treat is when you get an old reporting mark from a railroad that doesn't exist anymore. Couple of months ago I saw a Seaboard System gondola on a Pan Am Railways train in MA.
DiscothecaImperialis theres two active lines, one for passenger which we currently see and the other for freight, that third line is dead, been that way for years
After this coronavirus Pirates is over me and my mom and my friend and his girlfriend are going to Oakland Jack London Square after coronavirus is over
i hope they dont run these at night, it would be really dangerous as it would be harder to spot the train and youd be disorientated from the very loud horn
It must be so annoying to live or work near this track. I'll never understand why trains in America must use their horn so much and also that bell. Its so unnecessary
ZAWIstudio, Drivers are required to blow their horns when a approaching a level crossing unless in a quiet zone. Normally 2 long, 1 short, 1 long repeated 2 times.
There's something so cool to me about seeing a train on street level. I guess that's why I love streetcars and lrts so much lol
Watching trolleys and light rail run on city streets seems 'normal'. It is amusing to one unfamiliar with trains on city streets, to watch this video! It feels like I am watching the equivalent of an ocean liner slowly making its way down the local river.
That is a very apt analogy.
yea nice catches catching these corder Amtrak California trains and up trains too
No quiet zone here!
it should not be a quiet zone
I love videos of those big double-deckers running street-level. Imagine seeing that in New York City or DC.
This place has changed a lot since I was a child. I love Oakland and JLS. So many memories here.
Great video lad, the horns gave me the chills but I love them, they better not make that crossing a quiet zone or I swear to god those locals will get it from me! I'm still taking a while to get comfortable to those grim boring ugly chargers replacing the p40s, f40s and f59s but aside from that negative impression, everything is spot on;) ps. Ok, the chargers aren't all that bad, I don't mind modernising and all but still, I'm more of a classic kind of guy, I'm still riding these trains regardless of what locomotive I get;)
Shane Walters yah I don’t know how I feel about the chargers either .
Chargers are nice and modern and all, but I'll truly miss the throttling engine noise and the "puorp" compressor sounds on GE/EMD's power.
@shanewalters2565, I also hate chargers and I am pissed that they replaced the P42s, F59s, and Dash 8s here in norcal
Excellent video, seems kinda weird seeing trains on the street as we don't have that in the UK. Great work, well done Michael 🤓💙
@Anthony Cooper Street running is rare here too. Most are short segments on freight branch lines. The only 2 passenger ones are Jack London Square, relocated form a dedicated ROW in 1993, and the South Shore Line through Michigan City. Quite a few more existed, but mostly disappeared with the interurbans.
@@AVeryRandomPerson The South Shore street running line in Indiana is no more. Buses have temporary replaced trains that ran on 11st while a new line is being built.
Thoroughly enjoyed your Vdo 😊
Welcome back after 6 months! ☺
Thank you! I lived in the Bay Area for some time and was just trying to describe (topic of Jack London came up) to someone how I loved that trains are on street next to cars and pedestrians in this area. Hard to explain but found and shared your link. Now I’m also absorbed in it :) Love the energy of this area and the trains are part of that.
nice👍 Thank you for showing the movie.
I wanna go there and watch trains🔥
Nice videos and great perspective.
Very nice compilation. Love the bird flying by.
One of favorite places to Railfan are here nice video
Great video! Quite a few quality K5LA horn shows in this one.
Great captures! Thumbs up from Finland,
Juha :)
Thumbs up from Estonia :)
I love trains
2:56 love how that's just an elevated subway for road use 😳
I love how there's a brand new Florida East Coast well car..... in flippin California of all places!
Freight cars really get around. A real treat is when you get an old reporting mark from a railroad that doesn't exist anymore. Couple of months ago I saw a Seaboard System gondola on a Pan Am Railways train in MA.
I remember this. Used to live here. Chinatown is Nearby. Loved Chinatown!
More trains. Yay!
I lived here for a bit. I love trains but they weren’t as cool hearing this all hours of the day
Cool video The track that is out of service and looks like its been severed, is it out of service for good?
Anyone know the max m.p.h. Through here? This seems like a railfan dream living in this area
Gamerboy71 that’s kinda fast for street running through traffic
B.N.S.F_MW 79 through Bakersfield to Oakland
I believe 15 mph when the trains are street running. Still pretty intimidating when heavy freight trains come through.
Yeah I prefer 25 - 15 mph
No its 15 Mph, 25 Kph, I was Wrong
I aways see these trains rolling through Stockton
Great video greetings from England
Fantastic video!!
Very nice video! 🚂👍👏
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@phillyslasher What makes you said that about these Units ?
What happened to the track of the right hand side? it seems not connected.
So only passenger trains can run here??
DiscothecaImperialis theres two active lines, one for passenger which we currently see and the other for freight, that third line is dead, been that way for years
I like the klaxon on the americans trains.
Nice shots
Somebody's got a new FX pack! Welcome to the 80s
After this coronavirus Pirates is over me and my mom and my friend and his girlfriend are going to Oakland Jack London Square after coronavirus is over
You got Pirates? “Shiver me Timbers” ⚔️
Imagine the 60 mph limit there.
A337Z _ it’s 45 mph rn it’s close
15*
Epic video!
Did the Espee ever have a stop here, or is this strictly an Amtrak/ Caltrans idea?
Back in the day, they stopped at 16th St. Station. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_station_(Oakland)
In German "trams" need a direction indicator light.
Where was this taken at?
I would google the phrase from the description "Embarcadero at Jack London Square in Oakland, California", and see what that gets you.
The clues in the description!
4:10 why is 8306 there
how can Joaquin go 4 coaches with a comet
If only we could go outside
CanadianCorn you can.
Train 🚂🚋🚋🚋🚋 con otro tren
8:42 i need 8308
i hope they dont run these at night, it would be really dangerous as it would be harder to spot the train and youd be disorientated from the very loud horn
Thay do, 24/7
It must be so annoying to live or work near this track. I'll never understand why trains in America must use their horn so much and also that bell. Its so unnecessary
ZAWIstudio, Drivers are required to blow their horns when a approaching a level crossing unless in a quiet zone. Normally 2 long, 1 short, 1 long repeated 2 times.
ZAWIstudio, everything you just said is wrong
The tracks were here before the road, horns and a bell is required
Allen
Train dew bagons 🚋