Great video, but be nice if you could keep subtitles up just a bit longer.
@revised33
5 жыл бұрын
You can always pause it
@miketallica665
11 жыл бұрын
Temp walkway was still there in November when I arrived in 2012... Amtrak is still my favourite way to travel!
@Tremolux59
12 жыл бұрын
OK, so when are you going to double track the main line and raise track speeds to 100 mph? Both the GE and EMD locos can do 100. Capitol corridor is just too damn slow. The worst is San Jose to Martinez, way too slow. Street running through Oakland is insane, elevate the tracks. Turns are too sharp (slow) on either side of Fremont.
@k.m.slattery6263
Жыл бұрын
Great video Gary! To think the platforms (or some version of them) had been in service for 90 years amazes me.😊👍🏼🚂
@ScottishWoman24
Жыл бұрын
My dad worked at the old SP yard. Seeing it brings back fond memories. I miss my dad.
@DardanellesBy108
11 жыл бұрын
Heading out there for the first time in a long time. This video was helpful. The changes don't look like too big of a deal. Thanks for taking the time to make the video and post it.
@fakecumberland
6 жыл бұрын
I rode a train from Sacramento to San Jose a few days before the cutover. Nice to have been part of history that way.
@Tremolux59
11 жыл бұрын
Bill, I'm not talking about Sacramento, I'm talking about downtown Oakland where there is plenty of room for the ramps up on both ends.
@smitty195
12 жыл бұрын
At the end of the video, it says temporary walkway until October. Where does that walkway go to?
@Wingnutcaseman
12 жыл бұрын
Now I'm lost. I thought the purpose of the relocation was to shift rail tracks to a new, fixed high level bridge over the river a quarter mile or so north from where it is now. Why go to all this trouble if they're retaining the current moving bridge?
@Randoman35
4 жыл бұрын
To get rid of the sharp S-curve on the east side of the station.
@PowerPawsNW
12 жыл бұрын
And now we're pretty much back to a near alignment with the old (1880-1926) CPRR Arcade Depot alignment...not exact, but very close. The new line sits almost on top of that period's "freight main" bypass that was just south of the Arcade Depot structure.
@295g295
6 жыл бұрын
The station tracks had been connecting to the "freight main" at 7th Street & D Street from 1926 - 2012 ?
@joshmeister4449
11 жыл бұрын
How many of the Old SP shops are still there now?
@thesierrastandard7281
5 жыл бұрын
Alot of the core buildings are still surviving. Sadly the roundhouse was demolished in the late 1950s to make way for diesel repair shops. The California State Railroad Museum, right where Gary was filming this, is extending their museum over to the shops.
@nathanschmidt4889
Жыл бұрын
@@thesierrastandard7281 I bear sad news in that regard. All plans to convert the old Boiler Shop and Erecting Shop where the collection of the museum is currently stored into a fully functional museum of their own have been abandoned. The structures are in line for a full restoration, however, to further maximize the use of the buildings. Plans would be to rebuild the tracks in the boiler shop and use them as excursion equipment winter storage, while the erecting shop bays will house the non operational exhibits. Much to be done, but the good news is they aren't going anywhere. With the onset of Project Railyards, all of the six remaining structures will be reinforced and repurposed for public use, ensuring the survival of the beautiful structures that were instrumental in Sacramento's history
@philo5227
6 жыл бұрын
Gary, I was born and raised in Sacramento, 60's-80's; still have family and friends there. I live in SoCal now. Planning to retire to Sacramento in a few years. I love your stuff! Keep it coming.
@michaelmorgan7893
4 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to have been there, and tried to work a deal to get a couple of the old Safetran Unilens II searchlight signals when they came down.
@ivanoffw
5 жыл бұрын
Are they planning to have passenger cars that have a lower floor than the current rail cars? I noticed near the end that the platform height was well below the floor of the cars.
@SierraRailway
12 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Its not often you see something like this, much less film something like it. I'm a little sad to see the realignment done, as I've only ridden down the track in front of the station twice in my whole life. But, its great to be able to see something like this. It looks like the realignment is on schedule for completion just in time for the 844's visit to Sacramento next month!
@robertgift
11 жыл бұрын
Good ideas! MONEY! Who can afford the co$ts of elevating the track at this time? The construction process also affects businesses. May even cause businesses barely succeeding to fail. How can they widen turns?
@DardanellesBy108
11 жыл бұрын
Follow up FYI...was there today, everything is done, no temp walkway, and I like it lots better than the old station. We now have information on several large screens instead of nothing at all as before.
@Tremolux59
11 жыл бұрын
I know it takes money. Elevating the track through Oakland, in lieu of street running, would increase train speed through the area as well as public safety, and reduce traffic congestion. Costs could be shared with Amtrak, UP, Caltrans and City of Oakland. Re the turns, the worst offenders are on either side of Fremont as the train cuts over from the east bay line to Niles Junction. Seems there is enough real estate in both those areas to increase the turn radius.
@PowerPawsNW
12 жыл бұрын
I need to edit myself! Now that I see by the closeness of the new tracks to the Sac Shops perimeter fence, the new main is right on top of the Arcade depot's principal passenger platforms...
@harrisonofcolorado8886
4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this when I was a kid!
@steventheamtrakanimeelevat7791
4 жыл бұрын
Cool horn action at 1:37
@pokesomi
12 жыл бұрын
um as I recall going up through donner pass is a lot of single track
@BubbaBouy
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the view Gary. Come on now, we know its you SP. Ah yo yo yo !
@Narpets2112
11 жыл бұрын
elevating the track is really not an option as the grade would be too steep going into the yard and the numerous freeway overpasses would also be a problem as the would have to either brought down to ground level or raised even higher. Given that two of those overpasses have just been replaced, neither is going to happen.
@GamingRailfanner
3 жыл бұрын
It really wouldn’t be an option, one of those freeways is I-5, a vey busy freeway
@michaelglass4701
11 жыл бұрын
cool
@ScottishNSRailFan
9 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video. It was nice to see Amtrak 2052, which is in my model N scale collection.
@Narpets2112
11 жыл бұрын
Great video. I have to get up there soon and have a look.
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