Ben Wang

Ben Wang

Airline, airport, lounge, travel experiences.

Caltrain EMU at Santa Clara

Caltrain EMU at Santa Clara

TexRail Arriving Grapevine

TexRail Arriving Grapevine

BART Oakland Runbys

BART Oakland Runbys

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  • @rob5894
    @rob58947 күн бұрын

    Flexible dinning is disgusting and an abomination to decency.

  • @TheRailwayDrone
    @TheRailwayDrone10 күн бұрын

    LOVE it. Glad to see some advanced commuter trains in America outside the NEC. Would the pantograph perform better aerodynamically if the pointed end were facing the direction of travel, or does it even matter?

  • @MatecaCorp
    @MatecaCorp11 күн бұрын

    The rate of acceleration is incredible!

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts7 күн бұрын

    Agree! The electric trains should bring the same level of running time savings as subway type systems.

  • @rodolfobelbo152
    @rodolfobelbo15215 күн бұрын

    this video make me hate Alaska Airlines

  • @rrrogster
    @rrrogster16 күн бұрын

    I always choose another airline for business class - if I have a choice. BA is bare bones and nickel/dime. Really sad.

  • @kmslegal7808
    @kmslegal780819 күн бұрын

    I have a similar flight on China air business class from Hanoi to Taipei. I'm concerned about getting out from my window seat to the aisle to get to the restroom. Its a terrible layout but only 2 hour 30 minute flight

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts19 күн бұрын

    Agree. 2-2 Business Class layout is certainly not very “premium”.

  • @b9bot148
    @b9bot14821 күн бұрын

    Inside these trains will have all the comforts and conveniences of Amtrack trains which for commuters will be a big plus.

  • @user-nx6qr1mt6f
    @user-nx6qr1mt6f23 күн бұрын

    Beautiful! I worked on a Convair 240 at OpaLocka A&P/IA

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts22 күн бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @shreejay.parmar
    @shreejay.parmar24 күн бұрын

    Now we have got some good horns. I would have hate it so much if they have used same diesel locomotives style horns on these units like they did with everything else such as Amtrack ACS-64

  • @YshellMarte
    @YshellMarte29 күн бұрын

    I love trains❤

  • @LeeAviation
    @LeeAviationАй бұрын

    5:04 No way 😂

  • @MinkieWinkle
    @MinkieWinkleАй бұрын

    a few months ago, British airways has started refurbishing the 787 cabins. they look really sleek now, The a350 comes from factory with it, the 777 fleet had started being refurbished a couple of years ago.

  • @airpicts
    @airpictsАй бұрын

    I look forward to fly on the new product sometime in the near future!

  • @ArtamStudio
    @ArtamStudioАй бұрын

    lol booing Dufty! 🤣 9:30 goodbye and thank you, toot-toot 😘😭

  • @Mkaela90
    @Mkaela90Ай бұрын

    You have to book your ticket way in advance if you want full flat.

  • @airpicts
    @airpictsАй бұрын

    Looks like Full Flat is very popular!

  • @ryanridder4576
    @ryanridder4576Ай бұрын

    I believe the Coast Starlight has never detoured Tehachapi since September 2019? I hope it does again because I would hope to see one there in person since I’ve never seen one there and would be extremely lucky if I got to ride one over Tehachapi! It’s only needed when it’s regular route is closed due to trackwork though

  • @weloveannanetrebko
    @weloveannanetrebkoАй бұрын

    It is unacceptable to give passengers the 787-9 business class seats - disgustingly old and embarrassing. They should retrofit all old business class cabins. It’s 2024!

  • @airpicts
    @airpictsАй бұрын

    Agreed! People need to vote with their wallets. If people continue paying for an inferior product, then there is little motivation for airlines like to BA to move quickly.

  • @brandonandrews7666
    @brandonandrews7666Ай бұрын

    I was on that inaugural flight as well! Was someone from the points guy sitting next to you?

  • @airpicts
    @airpictsАй бұрын

    Yes! Zach was seated next to me.

  • @colleenconger5265
    @colleenconger5265Ай бұрын

    Have you ever been to the Polaris untied club?! Truly amazing!

  • @airpicts
    @airpictsАй бұрын

    Yes I have - and I agree! The new United Club is like a "lite" version of the Polaris Lounge. Nothing like the old United Club.

  • @renukashah3791
    @renukashah37912 ай бұрын

    My dad works for united airlines and in is my fave plane

  • @lashendawest7509
    @lashendawest75092 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! It was a great afternoon and I glad I can share the experience with everyone.

  • @ericsam2206
    @ericsam22062 ай бұрын

    Transfering back to China?

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Flight connections to/from China.

  • @leiag201
    @leiag2012 ай бұрын

    JC, it's about time. Seattle's Link train already has newly designed cars, and it's only been in service for ten years. Nixon's train was still in service???. That's ashame 🤣

  • @ArtamStudio
    @ArtamStudioАй бұрын

    Hilarious - if it ain't broke, why fix it? How often do you buy a new fridge?

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover2 ай бұрын

    pin: run 1st watched 8:55...

  • @bdfphotography
    @bdfphotography2 ай бұрын

    Technically AS can be an inaugural 😉

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    ;)

  • @videoguy100
    @videoguy1002 ай бұрын

    Which BART yard has the first ever FOTF car?

  • @evanstonbalce9588
    @evanstonbalce9588Ай бұрын

    Hayward yard

  • @NickFlightX
    @NickFlightX2 ай бұрын

    Great video, Ben! It was great to fly on the inaugural with you!

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Sunset4Semaphores
    @Sunset4Semaphores2 ай бұрын

    "Over the hills, and all along the way... we're building a dream for tomorrow..."

  • @KevinMeno2008
    @KevinMeno20082 ай бұрын

    First subway I ever rode was BART Green Line on the A/B fleet from South Hayward to Embarcadero Station in the early 1990s. Now, BART is 100% new Fleet Of The Future. Goodbye the classic BART cars '72-'24

  • @HIDLad001
    @HIDLad001Ай бұрын

    It’s no longer fleet of the future anymore, it’s just fleet of the present now lol.

  • @nim64
    @nim642 ай бұрын

    lol i was the one with the cat ears in the car you rode (14:21 bottom right)

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Yay! I like the shot of you guys seated with the Ride into History sign behind and when the Legacy train from the opposite direction swooped by 14:47.

  • @peraltarockets
    @peraltarockets2 ай бұрын

    Thanks, legacy fleet. Do good things in your next lives. Loving there's so many transit nerds in the Bay!

  • @-syphec-3600
    @-syphec-36002 ай бұрын

    I was in SF in early April and saw the ad for this while riding BART, wish I was able to be there for the last run

  • @ubahnlexi
    @ubahnlexi2 ай бұрын

    bye bye legacies, served well 🫡

  • @derekhellmann5509
    @derekhellmann55092 ай бұрын

    Wow what a great documyabout these cool old cars. And with that another piece of my youth is erased 😢

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @itz_catz_1714
    @itz_catz_17142 ай бұрын

    17:24 thats me in the bottom left 😂 RIP LEGACY TRAINS u will forever be remembered ❤❤

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Yay! Nice to meet you...remotely.

  • @wyorca
    @wyorca2 ай бұрын

    Ben Wang, intrepid recorder of transportation history! Some might say: The PlinyThe Elder of modern transportation.

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    ;)

  • @Perich29
    @Perich292 ай бұрын

    If you want to see the Legacy Bart train again, you could go to Universal Studio Hollywood and see it at stage 50, on the studio tram tour.

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Or the Western Railway Museum. www.wrm.org/fundraising-campaigns/rapid-transit-history-center

  • @hotrail8295
    @hotrail82952 ай бұрын

    Nicely done, Ben! Missed running into you yesterday! I'm so das that BART could not keep a set stashed away after all this to trot out for future special occasions. There is a ton of history in these cars, never to run again.

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah, unfortunately BART didn't keep a set for special occasions. Though a set of A-B-C cars will be saved and on display at the Western Railway Museum.

  • @iJMultiplication
    @iJMultiplication2 ай бұрын

    Great turn out! They should save some for movie making. If they could increase safety at certain stations and parking lots ridership would definitely go up.

  • @evanstonbalce9588
    @evanstonbalce9588Ай бұрын

    Even if they have all that, it is no guarantee that ridership will increase.

  • @fambam2023
    @fambam20232 ай бұрын

    Hi Ben need to ask you if you seen a kid with a 49rs shirt. That was me on the 2nd train 1st car if you saw me

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    @fambam2023 - I went back and reviewed at my crowd clips and sorry - I did not catch you. :(

  • @fambam2023
    @fambam20232 ай бұрын

    @@airpictsok

  • @MarsAveSo
    @MarsAveSo2 ай бұрын

    that seems rare without being a full winter storm both LAX and SFO running other than normal Runway departure and arrivals.....

  • @andysmith6824
    @andysmith68242 ай бұрын

    Excellent as always, Ben! I will try to catch some video from Bayfront Park. Do you know the flight number or estimated time over the numbers? I like getting the taxiing shots as well, and I’m hoping that Hawaiian is still using the “A” Gates? I had to put everything on hold the last few years, but I try to jump in here when I see one of your videos. I don’t know if you recall, but I flew on a UAL brand new 787-10 from SFO to EWR, and back to SFO the next early evening. The trip was not the destination, it was the flight. 😁 I flew in what I would call Int’l First Class, but I think UAL called it Polaris Business. That confuses so many people, myself included. The cabin configuration on my flight is almost identical to HAL’s First. It was a very comfortable trip, and it all went without a hitch. Good luck! I’m sure it will be great! Aloha 🍹 🍍 🌺 🐠

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Aloha Andy! The inaugural flight will be HA12 on April 15th and is scheduled to arrive at SFO at 9:15 pm. Yes, they do park at Terminal A.

  • @daniellevu865
    @daniellevu8652 ай бұрын

    Good review, thanks!

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @ScottysAir
    @ScottysAir3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful video. Wow! The 787-9 is so beautiful aircraft. Hope you have a great day today.

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts3 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot, Scotty! I agree!

  • @marcuscheng2507
    @marcuscheng25073 ай бұрын

    I will be flying Zipair from on the last week of June 2024!!

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts2 ай бұрын

    Enjoy your flight!

  • @Faster_than_light_
    @Faster_than_light_3 ай бұрын

    What sort of country fried rubes clap and cheer when a plane takes off and land?

  • @jjstevenz
    @jjstevenz3 ай бұрын

    Birmingham Alabama KBHM needs Breeze

  • @airpicts
    @airpicts3 ай бұрын

    I am glad Breeze is trying out a lot of markets one normally don't think of. There is always a good chance...

  • @oriondonoho8822
    @oriondonoho88223 ай бұрын

    Shoowaaa I got some SAFTEY tips

  • @GlamorousTitanic21
    @GlamorousTitanic214 ай бұрын

    Consider it an honor that my only two flights in my life were on Virgin America. Dallas to Washington DC and back.

  • @tiramisu7544
    @tiramisu75443 ай бұрын

    you wouldnt want to fly on alaska especially after what happened

  • @wagnermartins3666
    @wagnermartins36664 ай бұрын

    Precisamos de um trem desse no Brasil 🇧🇷 ,os estados unidos tem ótimos trens , parabéns ao povo estadunidense !

  • @scottcampbell5478
    @scottcampbell54784 ай бұрын

    The last 747 departure was after the return from HNL, both without passengers