Caltrain passes san bruno at 79MPH

[rocketman5989]

holy shit, thats fast

[sideslide23]

@rocketman5989 if you want to see how fast, check out the Amtrak Acela, the Acela is the fastest train in the U.S. it can reach 150 MPH.

[rocketman5989]

@sideslide23 im pretty sure that was 80mph

[MrZkr123]

i wish they could do 90. I know the engine is capable of speeds close to 110mph last time i looked it was 108. Hopefully soon they will be able to

[MrZkr123]

i wish they could do 90

[sideslide23]

@MrZkr123 they'll eventually will if they get the high speed rail system otherwise Caltrain will be gone forever.and you'll have to take the BART or the Bus.

[byron979]

rip anthony fasho

[wirerail]

That wasn't even close to 79MPH.

[ejcolard]

do those kids live with you

[trainfreak101]

haha ... no ...

[CMRSclub]

no horn or anything to warn people as fast as its going??

hahah the little kids in the background "holly crap!!!"

[hoorider13]

Nice camerawork!

[funintegras]

cool

[NadrewErvel]

RIP Anthony Rea, he was killed at these tracks.

[terminatorfan1]

How did you know that it was going at 79 MPH?

[trainfreak101]

79mph is the track speed speed at this area. ...

[Danapeople]

yep

[fjcaron]

Northbounds reduce to 60mph for the curve under I-380, southbounds are accelerating out of the 60mph curve.

[trainfreak101]

Yea ... they reduce speed about 10 seconds after they get out of the station

[fjcaron]

I used to wait till I got between the crossing and detector at 11.2, that is if the train I was running had really good brakes or not, otherwise I would start earlier. Another technique was to use just dynamic braking, of course you needed to start braking early as well. There are only a handful of restrictive curves on Caltrain, the curve at 7th & Townsend (25mph), 16th St (40mph), Bayshore (65mph), Sierra Pt (70mph), San Bruno (60mph) and Millbrae (75mph).

[fjcaron]

@trainfreak101 I used to wait until I was between Angus and San Mateo Avenue to slow down on a baby bullet, then stand on it to get down to 60, with those newer train sets it is possible, older ones no you start earlier.

[jsunflyguy]

79 is the max speed on FRA track with out automatic train protection.

[terminatorfan1]

i see.

[andrewkim110]

Hey, that's where I went this Summer. Yep I rode Caltrain and Railfan the San Bruno Station. Nice shot of the baby bullet express.

[Danapeople]

that happened to me at millbrae, but i didnt know it wasnt going to stop, ill send it to u

[amtrak905]

Is there a whistle ban in this area?

[trainfreak101]

nope... just a empty station, i guess the engineer was just lazy...

[amtrak905]

wow cant even honk for a crossing

[Danapeople]

lol