Amtrak 785 blows through Carlsbad Village with Horn Show

[Dragunov1Bros]

Yah, my grandparents live 30 seconds from a railroad track and passenger trains are frequent. So, when we were waiting for a train to come, an Amtrak blows through there, rocking the car.

[dwkcamman611]

Geez!!! They really do haul through there! Very Nice!

[jfsa380]

the swayin' is what ya get when you run the double deck flat fronted superliners front first.

[coashddjj2]

Wow. I didn't know you could drive one of those things from either end.

[jfsa380]

@coashddjj2

only special surfliner cab cars, not big brother Superliners

[Amtrakify]

the K5LA on this video sounds great on cabcar 6951. It might have been the train wash at San Diego Santa Fe Depot Station that helped it sound clear and loud.

[Amtrakify]

What was the cabcar?

[deidelson]

@Amtrakify 6951.

[ekoslosky]

Weird bell

[GlobalRailfan]

They always honk like that because there are two consecutive crossings and that little ped one at the platform. "OK Dan?" haha nice video

[deidelson]

Yeah I know they are doing the crossing sequences.

[Amtrakify]

Amtrak southbound 796 the pacific surfliner that goes from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, the engineer is always like lying down on the horn button through El Capitan Beach CA.

[deidelson]

Why there and not anywhere else?

[Amtrakify]

What do you mean?

[deidelson]

Why in El Capitan Beach specifically?

[Amtrakify]

I've been there in the summer and in the fall to see concerts and go camping and I've always heard Amtrak #796 do that when it goes through there.

[deidelson]

796 goes from Goleta to San Diego. I wonder why 796 specifically and not any other train. Are there a lot of crossings there?

[Amtrakify]

There aren't very many crossings there but 796 engineer is a horn blower. Haven't you noticed?

[deidelson]

No becuse I live in San Diego and 796 comes through in the middle of the night. That would be fun if I could head out late and catch it though.

[Amtrakify]

Yeah, It would be cool if I could go out and look at

a train in the middle of the night. I'm 12 as well

[nvidea8400gs]

Why do american drivers always really ride the horn, it must make living near the track insufferable. I'm a spotter in the UK, and i'm lucky to even get 2 tone's from a Class 43, let alone anything else. Anyone thanks for the post.

[Amtrakify]

I'm your age.

[AmtrakCrescent]

Very cool! They were moving! 5*****!

[Amtrakify]

I'm your age diedlson

[deidelson]

no my mom did. still i was only 10 then.

[Surfliner6908]

How old are you now?

[deidelson]

12. 13 next July

[Surfliner6908]

Cool im turning ten 10 in like, 5 days

[web123456788]

hey dan its daniel from the club

[TrickyEmu]

That should be the usual speed. Then I would consider to take the train from San Diego to L.A.

[Trainking922]

DAMN SLOW DOWN

[FastDashEight]

I love it when big things fly through small spaces

[hawleywe]

@FastDashEight that's what she said

[MarkConductor775]

kickass horn show!

[decline2state]

"90 MPH speed limit through here, most Amtraks make every bit of it too."

Yet I see trackside signals, which are not permitted for trains going 80 mph or faster (the engineer can't see them clearly enough). Are they used by slower moving freight trains?

[Jaanfo]

They're permitted... Heck, the 150 MPH Northeast Corridor has wayside signals! What is required to surpass 79 MPH is an automatic train control system working in tandem with the signalling system. In the case of the Surfline, a large swath of the San Diego sub is equipped with Automatic Train Stop, allowing it to exceed 79 MPH. That said trains cannot exceed 90 MPH unless they are equipped with in-cab signals, which the Surfline does not have (yet), bet even then we'd still have wayside signals

[Jaanfo]

Wanted to add that if properly equipped with Cab Signalling, and rails maintained to the proper specification, the Surfliners were designed to operate at up to 110 MPH. The hope is one day to shut the NIMBYs up and upgrade the line between Laguna Niguel and Santa Ana for 110 MPH operation.

[MrZkr123]

@Jaanfo could u imagine the surfliner route, being able to handle up to 150mph?

[wanjchowden]

we need high speed trains , if you think thats fast... your crazy.... lol

[weevil28]

Nice video!I caught 785 at Leucadia Blvd. in Encinitas on the same day.Were u waiting 4 a Coaster?Please reply back as soon as u can.

[CSXkid22]

wow, he blew through that station fast!!!!

[Jaanfo]

90 MPH speed limit through here, most Amtraks make every bit of it too.

[mallmaven]

Sweet Horn

[ggspin12]

those are FAST crossing bells!

[nssd70m2]

Dang ,thats fast!