ACE Trains San Jose California 2022
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ACE, or Altamont Corridor Express, is a passenger rail service that travels between Stockton and San Jose, California. Currently, the railroad is undergoing a number of changes, with the introduction of new Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotives and a brand new paint scheme. New Alstom built bilevel passenger cars are also on the way. In this video, we will take a look at a selection of ACE trains in the year 2022. We'll see some of the older F40PH-3C locomotives as well as the new charger locomotives as they carry passengers to and from Silicon Valley.
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You guys can kill me if you want after saying this but I actually kinda like the new livery for the ACE. Great video anyway!
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
It's a neat livery! Thanks for watching!
@Whydoineedthisbro
Жыл бұрын
I personally like them both they both look super clean
@greaterhoustonrailfan
Жыл бұрын
It just needs a *little* more couler
@notarotomwithhair5637
Жыл бұрын
It looks ok I guess
@TSJoe
Жыл бұрын
I gotta agree with you that new livery is looking very fresh
Amazing video with ACE Trains. 🙂👍🏻❤️💖
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
The production quality with this is through the roof!! 💯
Great video! Yeah, ACE has been undergoing changes since around 2020 I think. It’s cool seeing the mix of new SC-44 locomotives, while also good still seeing the older equipment of F40PH-3Cs and cabcars. More recently, ACE came out with new ACE CEM Cabcar 3310, which has a K5CA, not really a favorite to me. But still, in general, no equipment lasts “forever”, so I think it’s understandable ACE, like other services, upgrades their equipment.
@rebooted.jupiter_
Жыл бұрын
underrated comment
@TealGuy
Жыл бұрын
@@rebooted.jupiter_ yea
@coolleo149
Жыл бұрын
You know ACES F40PHs looks exactly like the NCTD Coaster ones that were gone last year
@natesmainlinevids
Жыл бұрын
A number of people would rather want K5LA’s, but I think that’s overthought. Maybe a K3LA would best to hear instead.
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks! Transition eras are always interesting because you get to see a mix of different equipment and paint schemes. I look forward to seeing the new cab cars next time I'm in the area. It would be neat to hear some of the older K5LAs on the new cab cars.
Those NF and ST K5LA’s are beautiful! Easily some of the best we have left in all of the USA.
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
They sound great!
Wow! These trains are nearly identical to the NCTD Coaster, except ACE hasn't gotten rid of the F40s yet. Great video!
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, they do look very similar!
5:59 the sound of 3102s fouled K5LA Doppler and its traction motor howl blended in nicely
@IvanaAinsleyFisichella
2 ай бұрын
3102 Will Never Retire
@CommuterRailProductions
Ай бұрын
1:53 tell me that doesn’t sound like 1057
LONG LIVE TRAINS ! !
Fantastic video Mike
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@HarborSubHughley
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 you are welcome
Awesome video Mike! I’m a HUGE fan of those modernized ACE coaches!
Mike this video gives me great evidence of how fully rebuilt the good old F40PHs are! Glad you also got a chance to catch the Amtrak Capitol Corridor too!
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah, that was a neat catch of them meeting ACE!
It's Nice To Hear Those Awesome Horn Again ! !
I saw these trains in a video of yours from 8 years ago when I met you
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
That's very possible! I filmed ACE a number of times over the years.
Nice to hear those beautiful horns again!
Another great video! Greetings from Germany :)
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you and greetings!
I PAINTED THAT SAN JOAQUIN 💥 IN 1998 🎯🎩... I MOVED BACK TO BOISE AND BOISE LOCOMOTIVE 🚂 SADLY LOOKS LIKE A GHOST TOWN... THOSE ENGINES ARE MASSIVE 💪 I WASN'T A BIG FAN OF THE COLOR CHOICE OF PURPLE GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE 🤣 BUT I LOVED THAT ENGINE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TRUCKS 💯💪🤩💖
@CoasterFan2105
11 ай бұрын
That's really cool! Did you work on the Coaster locomotives too?
I’m not lying 🤥 so I live by that first part
Wow! The first time I saw these trains as a Child that made my childmood, they were as they are, but now WOW What changes they made to the trains 😃
Awesome video!
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Best KZread Video In The Universe, And I Love It A Lot
Put a thumbs up on my comment if you saw this Bart train 4:17
Ahh, I can finally get a close up look at ACE’s new paint scheme without having to look through a dirtied and tree covered window! Thanks Mike!
Happy Friday, Mister Mike Armstrong ! !
The way you capture videos are just Brilliant HUGE LIKE For Spectacular coverage
Certified Fresh Vanilla Cakes For Very Very Stupendous
Great video Mike! :)
I Like Ace commuter train Including New Ace Siemens Charger With New Paint Scheme
Excellent shots! I love the K5LAs on ACE.
3:31 I love hearing this sound, soon I will hear it in Modesto since I live 0.8 miles away from the UP tracks
Awesome
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
3105 horn is just PERFECT!!
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner For Very Very Excellent
3103 3301 and 3307 are top tier out there. Sweet footage! This is my 4th favorite passenger railroad from the westcoast🎉. Even tho 3102 is fouled, it sounds ok.
A phenomenal video, with very interesting passenger trains. Thanks also for the information about the train service. Filmed great. Thank you for showing me.
Interesting video clip! 👍🏻
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Very cool video of the ACE trains from your area of the country. We enjoyed watching and have a nice upcoming weekend.
The Ace SC 44 charger train locomotives 🚂 models are my favorite train 🚂 locomotives models because I like the designs colors and models itself and I always wanted to see ride or drive them it would be nice awesome amazing and fantastic
Great shots there Mike!
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I love trains
I'm so glad that the ACE F40PHs are still in service today. 🙂
@Dragonmasterjs
10 ай бұрын
I guess?
@sixfifty_sebb
8 ай бұрын
I think they will be around for a while, I heard that they’re repainting them and turning them into battery powered locos
I hope the ACE train will keep the F40PH-3C locomotives forever.
@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc
Жыл бұрын
Very unlikely. Yes, they are good, but what about their considerations such as operating costs, maintenance, and parts?
@easternroutemainlinevideos6823
Жыл бұрын
they seem to be in better shape the the Caltrain and Coaster ones. So I can see ACE keeping them for a while
@trainsareepiv
Жыл бұрын
@@easternroutemainlinevideos6823 I definitely agree with that
@sixfifty_sebb
Жыл бұрын
I think they’re planning on making the f40’s battery powered like metra. since they’re painting their f40’s their new paint scheme
@graphtonix6607
Жыл бұрын
@@sixfifty_sebb OK.
The video: Literally about ACE Amtrak California in that one scene: *Yea about that*
Nice video! It’s nice to see the different backdrops in each shot. Well done!
Outstanding video Mike!! Well done 👍
Happy "EARLY" Halloween, Mister Mike Armstrong ! !
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Kev!
the ace pant scheme for the f40ph locomotive looks like the coaster scheme.
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
It's very similar!
Great to have you back in the bay.
hey mike you should another video on amtrak p42dc as it is being replaced by the charger
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
There will be a bunch of P42s in my Empire Builder video which is nearing completion.
I like taking the ACE especially going through Niles and Sunol
My most favorite video out of all the videos 🎉
Great video of these trains in different places, really liked it
Nice video and thanks for capturing my home railroad
Nice
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I don't care for the new livery. I like the engines but not the actual cars that follow, nice video! Edit: when did they get chargers????
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! The Chargers started to enter service in 2020.
@Tested333
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 2 years ago!? Ace is Snea-ky!
So awesome!
Of all the ACE Train vids, you’re the only one to catch my wife at work, lol. She’s the PSA at the Fremont station on the 7/10 at night, at the end of the vid.
Great shots! The bridges (and everything else) out at Alviso are always hit and miss due to water levels / wind conditions. I do miss ACE 3016, wonder where she ended up.
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Alviso can be tricky, especially with all the construction work going on now. 3106 and 3101 have both been removed from service as part of the Carl Moyer grant program. Both have had their diesel engines disabled with the arrival of the new Charger locomotives.
@easternroutemainlinevideos6823
Жыл бұрын
they should ship them out to Texas to TRE.
@StudioSA15
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 :(
I went to San Jose for this summer and I see the Metra, ACE Trains and Caltrain
@lalakerspro
Жыл бұрын
There's no metra in San jose
@sixfifty_sebb
2 ай бұрын
you’re probably referring to Caltrain instead of Metra, Caltrain uses Gallery Bi level cars and Bombardier Bi Level cars like the one Ace uses
What a Horn Madness?!?!
1:20 That was nice.
I Love tráenos
I wonder if the ACE will ever consider electrification considering its proximity to the newly-built CalTrain corridor, alongside the soon to be finished HST project. Considering the San Joaquin's suffer from some of the worst air quality in the country, it would be a decent dent in emissions knocked off by the service, alongside additional benefits in timeliness and reliability. Of course, the big elephant in the room there is still the carcentric designs of many valley cities, with the freight traffic being all diesel, but hopefully those can be ameliorated in conjunction. I like the new livery, very "Old school Silicon Valley" like an old Macintosh or Cisco box.
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
There have been a lot of different plans in recent years for improving ACE service. The big project now is extending trains to Merced and Sacramento. They've also considered using alternative alignments through various sections to separate ACE trains from Union Pacific freight traffic. As long as trains run mostly on freight lines, I would not expect serious talks of overhead electrification. One thing that is being discussed is the possibility of converting at least some of the F40 fleet into battery units. It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next decade or two.
@trashrabbit69
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 Ah, that's true. Its definitely an uphill battle considering they use some of UPs busiest lines from coastline to the Corridor. I'm hoping at least the CalHSR projects can give them some opportunities for realignment, or at least push the railroad to put some money into the infrastructure. It's strange to see a commuter line have to use so many sidings and single-tracks.
@sixfifty_sebb
Жыл бұрын
hopefully they don’t end up going electric
Oh yeah baby yeah all aboard
Nice video
9:41
Some of those once awesome K5s have gone downhill a bit... 3305 and 3307 seem to be keeping up the classic strong narrow fronts that ACE is known for (and 3105 sounds like coaster 2303 which isn't good)
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
ACE 3105 was one of the later ACE F40s, delivered in the mid 2000s. Its horn was replaced a couple years ago with a newer K5LA. It sounds like not all the bells are sounding on the horn.
@eb_ic225
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 it also sounds heavily restricted like many horns now unfortunately, although that may just be because its fouled
better horns than caltrain
Люблю поезда
Cool videos, although I liked the other intro a lot
9:58 nice ACE train lol
Sehr gut
3308’s K5LA is still perfect
Are the ACE F40PHs going to retire soon?
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what the exact plan is, but I believe some are to be converted into battery power.
@dmvarearailstransprod22
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 I see and what is it exactly?
@StudioSA15
Жыл бұрын
@@dmvarearailstransprod22 yes aswell as being turned into F40PHM-4C
I hope they aren’t replacing the F40s and instead running both the F40PHs and SC-44s
@sixfifty_sebb
8 ай бұрын
they aren’t they only replaced 2
4:32 memories 😢😢😔😔
@StudioSA15
Жыл бұрын
They still have them
3:36 3102’s horn sounds like a K3LA
I Am Never Pressing The KZread Video Dislike Button Forever
0:22
0:21 I thought only metra did doubleheaders
@sixfifty_sebb
Жыл бұрын
no some trains do it like Amtrak And Caltrain
I’ve already seen them testing their new cab cars
@EthanRailfanProductions
Жыл бұрын
They are getting New CAB CARS?
@ternie6515
Жыл бұрын
@@EthanRailfanProductions yes they are
@sixfifty_sebb
Жыл бұрын
it’s been almost a year why haven’t they entered service
@EthanRailfanProductions
11 ай бұрын
there in testing@@sixfifty_sebb probably to make sure they work properly
They are big trains
I KNOW THIS TRAIN 🚆 after 2020 ALTAMONTE commuter express 0:12
those where perfect put coaches with wrong loco
11:47 Riding a skateboard onto a train platform not the brightest things to do as a train approaches
Ace rlly coulda chose a better paint scheme smh. I’ll give em credit for keeping their F40s tho! Also when will all their F40s be retired? Is it known?
@EthanRailfanProductions
Жыл бұрын
The possibility of their F40PH has a high chance due to their new SC44 Charger locomotives. They may end up like Coaster
@sixfifty_sebb
2 ай бұрын
they won’t be retired probably for another decade since they might turn them into battery powered since they’re repainting them to match that weird livery, they kinda would look better without the line in the middle
Amazing how's so well treated this locomotives and his composition even being passenger or fleet!! Here in Brazil even though being a huge country but we have disgusting politition! The care about train here is poor! No wonder i'm so prouded for this nation! The locomotives and all composition here is poorly threted! It means a massive shame!
👍
my ac what are you doing
San Jose….
331
*almond computer express*
What’s your favourite emd & ge loco
ace 3111 looks like amtrak pacific surfliner train.
@bebeprincessloca9355
Жыл бұрын
but nice ace trains.
@StudioSA15
Жыл бұрын
@@bebeprincessloca9355 bro there the same locomotives
@sixfifty_sebb
2 ай бұрын
they’re the same locomotives but without the fin at the back
At about 4:18, is that the BART going from right to left on the overpass in the background?
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is!
3310 ?
@CoasterFan2105
Жыл бұрын
3310 is still testing, so I wasn't able to see it unfortunately.
@StudioSA15
Жыл бұрын
@@CoasterFan2105 rip but I still can't believe ace fid this at first when I heard about it I thought it was a joke but every time a railroad gets a new livery = getting new locos or cabcars and cosster got a cem cabcars testing this winter
@TealGuy
Жыл бұрын
@@StudioSA15 *coaster*
@StudioSA15
Жыл бұрын
@@TealGuy yes
What is gonna happen to the ACE F40s?
@sixfifty_sebb
Жыл бұрын
Probably going to get overhauled and making them battery powered since ace is painting them their new livery
@easternroutemainlinevideos6823
Жыл бұрын
Interesting
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LONG LIVE TRAINS ! !
LONG LIVE TRAINS ! !