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Under contract to [[TransitAmerica Services]]. Operates between Gilroy to San Francisco. Has local trains (stops at all station) and Baby Bullet, express trains.  
'''Caltrain''' is a commuter rail service operating between San Francisco and San Jose, CA. It is governed by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board ("JPB"), and service is operated under contract by TransitAmerica Services.


==Locomotives==
==History==
Service on the San Francisco-San Jose corridor began as early as 1863, operated by the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad (later by [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]) under the name "Peninsula Commute". Ridership began declining after 1945, and by 1977 Southern Pacific was looking to discontinue the service.


==Passenger cars==
To preserve the service, local communities began to subsidize SP's operations; in 1980, Caltrans began contracting directly with SP to subsidize the service. Caltrans purchased new equipment for the service in 1985, and the service was rebranded as CalTrain. The JPB was formed in 1987 to directly manage the line.
 
From 1985 to 1992, the service was operated by SP under contract and owned by Caltrans. From 1992 to 2012, the service was operated by Amtrak under contract, and owned by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board maintains ownership of CalTrain, and since 2012, the TransitAmerica Services, Inc. (TASI) operates the service.
 
==Fleet Roster==
===Locomotives===
====Active====
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet number(s)
!Fleet Number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Engine<br>Horsepower
!Gearing<br>Top Speed
!HEP Generator
!Notes
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 503-504|503, 504]]
|
|1974
|[[Electro Motive Division|EMD]]
|MP15DC
|
|
|
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[Union Pacific Railroad|UP]] 1290, 1289.
*Used in work train/yard switcher service.
*503 retired by March 2024
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 900-919|900-901, 904-906, 908-909, 911-913, 915-919]]
|[[File:Caltrain 913-a.jpg|128px]]
|1985
|[[Electro Motive Division|EMD]]
|[[General Motors Electro-Motive Division F40PH series|F40PH-2CAT]]
|
|
|[[Caterpillar|CAT]]
| align="left"|
*Overhauled by [[Alstom]] in 1999.
*HEP generators converted to [[Caterpillar|CAT]] generators.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 900-919|902, 903, 907, 910, 914]]
|[[File:Caltrain 907-a.jpg|128px]]
|1985
|[[Electro Motive Division|EMD]]
|[[General Motors Electro-Motive Division F40PH series|F40PH-2]]
|
|
|
| align="left"|
*Overhauled by [[Alstom]] in 1999.
*HEP Generators retained to original gear drive from the engine.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 920-922|920-922]]
|[[File:Caltrain 920-a.jpg|128px]]
|1998
|[[Motive Power Industries|MPI]]
|[[General Motors Electro-Motive Division F40PH series|F40PH-2C]]
|
|
|[[Cummins]]
| align="left"|
*920 wrapped for Operation Life Saver.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 923-928|923-928]]
|[[File:Caltrain 926-a.jpg|128px]]
|2003
|[[Motive Power Industries|MPI]]
|[[Motive Power Industries MPXpress series|MP36PH-3C]]
|3600 hp
|
|[[Caterpillar|CAT]]
| align="left"|
*Purchased for Baby Bullet service.
|}
 
====Retired====
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet Number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Engine<br>Horsepower
!Gearing<br>Top Speed
!HEP Generator
!Notes
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 500-501|500, 501]]
|
|1959
|[[Electro-Motive_Division|EMD]]
|[[General Motors Electro-Motive Division GP series|GP9-R]]
|
|
|
|align="left" |
*Sold to Motive Power Resources in late 2012.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 505|505]]
|
|1978-81
|[[Budd_Company|Budd]]
|[[Budd SPV-2000|SPV-2000]]
|
|
|
|align="left" |
*Track Geometry car.
|}
 
===Passenger cars===
====Active====
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet Number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Model
!Seating Capacity
!Notes
!Notes
|- align="centre"
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain t 112-118|112-118]]
|[[Caltrain 112-118, 219-226, 229-230|112-118]]
|[[Image:Sounder 116-a.jpg|100px]]
|
|2002
|[[Bombardier]]
|[[Bombardier BiLevel|BiLevel]]<br>Cab cars
|114
| align="left"|
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
*Ex-[[Sound Transit#Sounder|Sounder]] [[Sounder 101-118, 201-240|112-118]]; purchased in 2002.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 119-120, 231-236|119-120]]
|
|2008
|[[Bombardier]]
|[[Bombardier BiLevel|BiLevel]]<br>Cab cars
|114
| align="left"|
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 164-182|164-165, 167, 169-173, 175-182]]
|
|1997
|[[Bombardier]]
|[[Bombardier BiLevel|BiLevel]]<br>Coaches
|149
|align="left" |
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
*Ex-[[Southern California Regional Rail Authority|Metrolink]]; purchased in 2015.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 112-118, 219-226, 229-230|219-226, 229-230]]
|[[File:Caltrain 230-a.jpg|128px]]
|2002
|2002
|[[Bombardier]]
|[[Bombardier]]
|[[Bombardier BiLevel|BiLevel]]
|[[Bombardier BiLevel|BiLevel]]<br>Coaches
|144
| align="left"|
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
*Ex-[[Sound Transit#Sounder|Sounder]] [[Sounder 101-118, 201-240|219-226, 229-230]]; purchased in 2002.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 119-120, 231-236|231-236]]
|
|
*Cab cars
|2008
*Purchased from [[Sound Transit]] same numbers.
|[[Bombardier]]
|[[Bombardier BiLevel|BiLevel]]<br>Coaches
|140
| align="left"|
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 3800-3851, 4000-4020|3800-3825]]
|[[File:Caltrain 3801-a.jpg|128px]]
|1985
|[[Nippon Sharyo]]
|Gallery<br>Coaches
|142
| align="left"|
*Equipped with luggage area.
*Overhauled by [[Alstom]] between 2000-2002.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 3800-3851, 4000-4020|3826-3835]]
|[[File:Caltrain 3830-a.jpg|128px]]
|1985
|[[Nippon Sharyo]]
|Gallery<br>Coaches
|108
| align="left"|
*Converted to bike cars in 2011.
*Overhauled by [[Alstom]] between 2000-2002.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 3800-3851, 4000-4020|3836-3851]]
|[[File:Caltrain 3836-a.jpg|128px]]
|1985-1987
|[[Nippon Sharyo]]
|Gallery<br>Coaches
|148
| align="left"|
*Overhauled by [[Alstom]] between 2000-2002.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 3852-3865, 4021-4026|3852-3865]]
|[[File:Caltrain 3855-a.jpg|128px]]
|1999-2000
|[[Nippon Sharyo]]
|Gallery<br>Coaches
|120
| align="left"|
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 3800-3851, 4000-4020|4000-4020]]
|[[File:Caltrain 4012-a.jpg|128px]]
|1985
|[[Nippon Sharyo]]
|Gallery<br>Cab cars
|97
| align="left"|
*Overhauled by [[Alstom]] between 2000-2002.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain 3852-3865, 4021-4026|4021-4026]]
|[[File:Caltrain 4021-a.jpg|128px]]
|2000
|[[Nippon Sharyo]]
|Gallery<br>Cab cars
|78
| align="left"|
*[[File:Wc15.JPG]]
|}
====Retired====
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet Number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Seating Capacity
!Notes
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain RDC cars|400-403, 406-407, 410-411, 413, 415, 425, 428]]
|
|1952-53
|[[Budd Company|Budd]]
|[[Budd Rail Diesel Car|RDC]]<br>Coaches
|
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[Virginia Railway Express|VRE]]; purchased in 2000.
*Née-[[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]].
*Demotored and converted to trailers in 1970s by [[Morrison-Knusden]].
*Sold to [[Grand Canyon Railway]] in 2005.
|- align="center"
|[[Caltrain RDC cars|1400, 1406]]
|
|1952-53
|[[Budd Company|Budd]]
|[[Budd Rail Diesel Car|RDC]]<br>Cab cars
|
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[Virginia Railway Express|VRE]]; purchased in 2000.
*Née-[[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|MBTA]].
*Demotored and converted to trailers in 1970s by [[Morrison-Knusden]].
*Sold to [[Grand Canyon Railway]] in 2005.
|}
===Electric Multiple Units===
====On Order====
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Seating Capacity
!Notes
|- align="center"
|TBD
|
|2022
|[[Stadler Rail|Stadler]]
|[[Stadler Rail KISS|KISS]]
|
| align="left"|
*19 7-car trainsets.
|}
{{San Francisco Area Agencies}}
[[Category:California transit agencies]]

Latest revision as of 21:30, 23 March 2024

Caltrain is a commuter rail service operating between San Francisco and San Jose, CA. It is governed by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board ("JPB"), and service is operated under contract by TransitAmerica Services.

History

Service on the San Francisco-San Jose corridor began as early as 1863, operated by the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad (later by Southern Pacific Railroad) under the name "Peninsula Commute". Ridership began declining after 1945, and by 1977 Southern Pacific was looking to discontinue the service.

To preserve the service, local communities began to subsidize SP's operations; in 1980, Caltrans began contracting directly with SP to subsidize the service. Caltrans purchased new equipment for the service in 1985, and the service was rebranded as CalTrain. The JPB was formed in 1987 to directly manage the line.

From 1985 to 1992, the service was operated by SP under contract and owned by Caltrans. From 1992 to 2012, the service was operated by Amtrak under contract, and owned by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board maintains ownership of CalTrain, and since 2012, the TransitAmerica Services, Inc. (TASI) operates the service.

Fleet Roster

Locomotives

Active

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine
Horsepower 		Gearing
Top Speed 		HEP Generator Notes
503, 504 1974 EMD MP15DC
  • Ex-UP 1290, 1289.
  • Used in work train/yard switcher service.
  • 503 retired by March 2024
900-901, 904-906, 908-909, 911-913, 915-919   1985 EMD F40PH-2CAT CAT
  • Overhauled by Alstom in 1999.
  • HEP generators converted to CAT generators.
902, 903, 907, 910, 914   1985 EMD F40PH-2
  • Overhauled by Alstom in 1999.
  • HEP Generators retained to original gear drive from the engine.
920-922   1998 MPI F40PH-2C Cummins
  • 920 wrapped for Operation Life Saver.
923-928   2003 MPI MP36PH-3C 3600 hp CAT
  • Purchased for Baby Bullet service.

Retired

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine
Horsepower 		Gearing
Top Speed 		HEP Generator Notes
500, 501 1959 EMD GP9-R
  • Sold to Motive Power Resources in late 2012.
505 1978-81 Budd SPV-2000
  • Track Geometry car.

Passenger cars

Active

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Seating Capacity Notes
112-118 2002 Bombardier BiLevel
Cab cars 		114
119-120 2008 Bombardier BiLevel
Cab cars 		114
164-165, 167, 169-173, 175-182 1997 Bombardier BiLevel
Coaches 		149
219-226, 229-230   2002 Bombardier BiLevel
Coaches 		144
231-236 2008 Bombardier BiLevel
Coaches 		140
3800-3825   1985 Nippon Sharyo Gallery
Coaches 		142
  • Equipped with luggage area.
  • Overhauled by Alstom between 2000-2002.
3826-3835   1985 Nippon Sharyo Gallery
Coaches 		108
  • Converted to bike cars in 2011.
  • Overhauled by Alstom between 2000-2002.
3836-3851   1985-1987 Nippon Sharyo Gallery
Coaches 		148
  • Overhauled by Alstom between 2000-2002.
3852-3865   1999-2000 Nippon Sharyo Gallery
Coaches 		120
4000-4020   1985 Nippon Sharyo Gallery
Cab cars 		97
  • Overhauled by Alstom between 2000-2002.
4021-4026   2000 Nippon Sharyo Gallery
Cab cars 		78

Retired

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Seating Capacity Notes
400-403, 406-407, 410-411, 413, 415, 425, 428 1952-53 Budd RDC
Coaches
1400, 1406 1952-53 Budd RDC
Cab cars

Electric Multiple Units

On Order

Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Seating Capacity Notes
TBD 2022 Stadler KISS
  • 19 7-car trainsets.


San Francisco Bay Area Transit Agencies
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Alameda County Port of Oakland
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Rail
Region-Wide Altamont Corridor Express • Bay Area Rapid Transit District • Caltrain • San Francisco International Airport AirTrain • Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit
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