As an interactive living history museum, the San Francisco cable cab system is pretty conducive to shooting full line videos. However the last time I had been inclined to shoot cable car line videos was before I had purchased my mountable GoPro and it getting a second set of videos, including a first set of the somewhat underwhelming California Line. The weather wasn't entirely cooperative so the videos on the Bay-Taylor line had to be taken in a slight rain, but the Hyde-Beach line turned out much better. If you missed the static photography from this trip you can find that here.
We start with the MUNI California Line running from Market to Van Ness and back. It actually took me two takes to get this due to an outbound camera malfunction and you can see the rather backlit first take returning from Van Ness, here.
Here we have the rainy morning trip on the Bay-Taylor (Mason) line from Market to the Bay St terminal near Fisherman's Wharf and back.
Finally, to complete the trifecta of MUNI Cable Car lines, here we have a round trip on the Hyde Line under markedly better early morning conditions. This route is the most popular with the tourists as it stops at the top of Lombard St.
Hope you enjoyed the ride. Next time join my for an inside look at the disused PRR GWYNN tower.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
19-05-20 PHOTOS: T Third Bis
Back in 2008 I rode the MUNI's new T-Third light rail line when it was new. Fast forward 11 years and numerous San Francisco trips later I realized I did not really have a good photo survey of the T-Third line and made it my objective of my 2019 stay. Of course when one is in San Francisco for a week there are many different transit oppurtunities to take advantage of and therefore this set will also include trips along all three cable car lines, the L Taraval to the Pacific ocean and walks along the E Embarcadero.
The full set of photos can be found here (mirror) and stay tuned for a second video post covering the Cable Car lines.
On the first day of my trip, traveling from San Jose Airport I got off Caltrain at Bayshore and transfered to the T Third at the Arleta station. Breda LRV #1464 was on hand to take me downtown.
Passing Breda LRV #1529 at Armstrong Ave.
Passing by a New Flier XT40 Oakdale-Palou station. All stops on the T-Third provide for level boarding.
There is a level crossing with the San Francisco Belt Railway immediately before the Islais Creek Brawbridge.
Breda LRV #1457 at the southern Metro East yard lead junction.
New crossovers and platforms were being constructed to support additional traffic to the equally new Chase Center area, future home of theGolden State Philadelphia Warriors.
Arriving at the Embarcadero terminal station I caught new Siemens LRV #2022 running behind my Breda LRV #1464. These are scheduled to replace the Breda LRVs by 2027.
MUNI California Line Cable car #57 sitting at the Market Street terminal.
To collect my Three Day tourist pass of shame, I had to travel to the ticket kiosk at Powell. Since my times MUNI ticket was still good, I caught the St. Louis heritage PCC #1050 running on the F market. Note any PCCs with the "school bus" style drop windows are former SEPTA cars.
The operator of Breda LRV #1433 is getting a quick job briefing at the Embarcadaro terminal.
On Day 2 I set out to shoot video on both directions of the MUNI California Line. The video mount was hands free so I was also able to get some stills like MUNI #58 sitting about a block east of the Anglican cathedral.
MUNI California Line cable car #49 sitting at the Van Ness terminal.
The full set of photos can be found here (mirror) and stay tuned for a second video post covering the Cable Car lines.
On the first day of my trip, traveling from San Jose Airport I got off Caltrain at Bayshore and transfered to the T Third at the Arleta station. Breda LRV #1464 was on hand to take me downtown.
Passing Breda LRV #1529 at Armstrong Ave.
Passing by a New Flier XT40 Oakdale-Palou station. All stops on the T-Third provide for level boarding.
There is a level crossing with the San Francisco Belt Railway immediately before the Islais Creek Brawbridge.
Breda LRV #1457 at the southern Metro East yard lead junction.
New crossovers and platforms were being constructed to support additional traffic to the equally new Chase Center area, future home of the
Arriving at the Embarcadero terminal station I caught new Siemens LRV #2022 running behind my Breda LRV #1464. These are scheduled to replace the Breda LRVs by 2027.
MUNI California Line Cable car #57 sitting at the Market Street terminal.
To collect my Three Day tourist pass of shame, I had to travel to the ticket kiosk at Powell. Since my times MUNI ticket was still good, I caught the St. Louis heritage PCC #1050 running on the F market. Note any PCCs with the "school bus" style drop windows are former SEPTA cars.
The operator of Breda LRV #1433 is getting a quick job briefing at the Embarcadaro terminal.
On Day 2 I set out to shoot video on both directions of the MUNI California Line. The video mount was hands free so I was also able to get some stills like MUNI #58 sitting about a block east of the Anglican cathedral.
MUNI California Line cable car #49 sitting at the Van Ness terminal.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
17-06-20 PHOTOS: Bay Area
Since I had such a good time riding Amtrak's California Zephyr back in 2012 I followed that up by taking my father on a cross country trip in 2014 and after that went well I decided to do the same with my mother in 2017. As we have family in the Bay Area and she has a close friend in Denver, the Zephyr actually made logistical sense to transport us between two groups of people she had not seen in a while as well as from a scenic entertainment point of view. As usual, the time zone difference combined with an early flight would mean that we would have a day to enjoy San Francisco before traveling to Emmeryville to catch the Zephyr. We flew into Oakland, so the transport modes included BART and Caltrain with a hint of MUNI on the outward leg and then just BART and Caltrain to get to Amtrak.
You can find the full gallery of photos here.
Getting off the plane in Oakland, instead of having to take a special premium fare bus to connect with BART and the Colosseum station, one can now take the premium fare AirBART elevated people mover.
The line uses unmanned pods to transport passengers between the two endpoints.
The line was built by ski lift manufacturer Doppelmayr, because the Bay Area just can't get enough of cable cars. The power house is located in the middle of the line and uses two tow ropes per direction. Vehicles stop at the power house and change from one rope to another.
Westbound AirBART pod on the viaduct over Hegenberger Rd.
The Oakland Colosseum where the Las Vegas Athletics baseball team currently plays.
BART C car #2545 platformed at the BART Colosseum station.
While on BART I caught a Capitol Corridor train rounding the bend between Emmeryville and downtown Oakland. Power was being furnished by P42DC #43.
Cab of a C car showing the restricted forward view for passengers. The new rolling stock should substantially improve this situation.
My BART train at the Embarcadaro Station. Sometimes its easy to forget how large the BART windows are.
MUNI LRV #1460B on an N routing at the upper level Embarcadaro station.
Here is another MUNI N-Line LRV, 1508A, approaching the Branna St Station on the Embarcadaro.
Caltrain gallery cab car #4024 lined up at King St. Station with the rest of the trainsets ready for the evening rush.
Because the Bomber sets are mostly used for peak period express trains they tend to hand out at the terminals all day. Here we see sister coffin cab cars #117 and #116 standing next to eachother.
Power for the gallery trains consisted of F40PH-2CAT #904 and #909.
My train had its route lined up through the 4th St terminal interlocking.
That day the yard power at South San Francisco were a pair of GP60's, #1092 and #1096.
Caltrain Bomber cab car #116 at San Carlos.
Soon after I continued the streak when cab car #115 appeared on a northbound train. Note the former Metrolink coaches that have been leased by Caltrain to increase the length of their "Baby Bullet" express trains.
Caltrain MP36PH-3C pushing the long express train northward out of San Carlos.
Caltrain uses an interesting system of limited express trains, each of which serves a different basket of stations. Therefore to connect with BART at Millbrae, we had to catch a train from Redwood City. While waiting for our train a number of others passed through, some stopping and some not. Trains that did not stop continued through at the line speed of 80mph.
Our northbound limited express was powered by F40PH-2CAT #919, seen here departing Millbrae.
BART tries to provide an accross-the-platform transfer for northbound riders at their Millbrae Station. We would be catching a Red line train for a one seat ride to the Ashby Station.
Roof of BART car #1593 seen here at the Ashby station. While the Emmeryville Amtrak station was theoretically within walking distance, the 1-2 mile distance would have cut the connection too close so I just called an Uber. Technically the connection point between BART and the Zephyr is the Richmond Station.
A Southbound Amtrak Capitol Corridor train is scheduled to arrive right before the Zephyr pulls in. This was being powered by a typical Amtrak California F59PHI (#2010), however behind it was brand new SC44 Charger #2104.
These units were being run in tandem in case there was any sort of failure that might delay a revenue train. You can see how short in height the new units are. I suspect that the cramped interior will lead to maintenance issues that will ultimately impact reliability.
In our last photo today we see Amtrak California cab car #8307 departing the Emmeryville Station.
Next time tune in as we take yet another Capitol Corridor trip between the Bay Area and Sacramento.
You can find the full gallery of photos here.
Getting off the plane in Oakland, instead of having to take a special premium fare bus to connect with BART and the Colosseum station, one can now take the premium fare AirBART elevated people mover.
The line uses unmanned pods to transport passengers between the two endpoints.
The line was built by ski lift manufacturer Doppelmayr, because the Bay Area just can't get enough of cable cars. The power house is located in the middle of the line and uses two tow ropes per direction. Vehicles stop at the power house and change from one rope to another.
Westbound AirBART pod on the viaduct over Hegenberger Rd.
The Oakland Colosseum where the Las Vegas Athletics baseball team currently plays.
BART C car #2545 platformed at the BART Colosseum station.
While on BART I caught a Capitol Corridor train rounding the bend between Emmeryville and downtown Oakland. Power was being furnished by P42DC #43.
Cab of a C car showing the restricted forward view for passengers. The new rolling stock should substantially improve this situation.
My BART train at the Embarcadaro Station. Sometimes its easy to forget how large the BART windows are.
MUNI LRV #1460B on an N routing at the upper level Embarcadaro station.
Here is another MUNI N-Line LRV, 1508A, approaching the Branna St Station on the Embarcadaro.
Caltrain gallery cab car #4024 lined up at King St. Station with the rest of the trainsets ready for the evening rush.
Because the Bomber sets are mostly used for peak period express trains they tend to hand out at the terminals all day. Here we see sister coffin cab cars #117 and #116 standing next to eachother.
Power for the gallery trains consisted of F40PH-2CAT #904 and #909.
My train had its route lined up through the 4th St terminal interlocking.
That day the yard power at South San Francisco were a pair of GP60's, #1092 and #1096.
Caltrain Bomber cab car #116 at San Carlos.
Soon after I continued the streak when cab car #115 appeared on a northbound train. Note the former Metrolink coaches that have been leased by Caltrain to increase the length of their "Baby Bullet" express trains.
Caltrain MP36PH-3C pushing the long express train northward out of San Carlos.
Caltrain uses an interesting system of limited express trains, each of which serves a different basket of stations. Therefore to connect with BART at Millbrae, we had to catch a train from Redwood City. While waiting for our train a number of others passed through, some stopping and some not. Trains that did not stop continued through at the line speed of 80mph.
Our northbound limited express was powered by F40PH-2CAT #919, seen here departing Millbrae.
BART tries to provide an accross-the-platform transfer for northbound riders at their Millbrae Station. We would be catching a Red line train for a one seat ride to the Ashby Station.
Roof of BART car #1593 seen here at the Ashby station. While the Emmeryville Amtrak station was theoretically within walking distance, the 1-2 mile distance would have cut the connection too close so I just called an Uber. Technically the connection point between BART and the Zephyr is the Richmond Station.
A Southbound Amtrak Capitol Corridor train is scheduled to arrive right before the Zephyr pulls in. This was being powered by a typical Amtrak California F59PHI (#2010), however behind it was brand new SC44 Charger #2104.
These units were being run in tandem in case there was any sort of failure that might delay a revenue train. You can see how short in height the new units are. I suspect that the cramped interior will lead to maintenance issues that will ultimately impact reliability.
In our last photo today we see Amtrak California cab car #8307 departing the Emmeryville Station.
Next time tune in as we take yet another Capitol Corridor trip between the Bay Area and Sacramento.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
14-06-18 PHOTOS: Bay Area Capitol Corridor
Once again it is time for my annual cross country Amtrak trip. This year was a big different because instead of moving on to the final Transcon route, the Sunset Limited, I instead went back to re-ride the California Zephyr, this time with a father in tow as a combined Father's Day / Birthday present. The method of travel worked as before, flying out via Southwest, spending a day in San Francisco, staying over at my Cousin's house and then setting off the next day from Emeryville.
Despite covering the same ground as my 2012 trip I managed to fill most of the gaps in coverage my first survey of the line suffered from due to my need to eat and sleep. I also have a better handle on the tendency for Cannon cameras to have a disastrously cool automatic white balance and I was able to shoot most of this year's run with the "flash" setting that brought the warm tones back.
Anyway you can see the first set of photos right here!
We begin on San Francisco's Powell St hill where, due to the MASSIVE line of tourists waiting to board the cable car my dad and I felt we should just walk to the place I had identified for lunch. Here cable car #19 passes us on the steep upgrade, however we still would have been waiting in line.
Inbound #18 car at California Ave.
After lunch we managed to squeeze onto a cable car and continued onto the end of the Hyde Line where cars 18 and 3 were waiting their return to service.
Car #28 waiting down by the turntable.
Alcatraz island as seen from the Municipal Pier.
East coast style sea gull.
It appears as if the Route 15 has been extended across the country somehow. Ex-SEPTA MUNI PCC #1055 in PTC colors.
PCC #1050 on the other hand is painted in the local colors of the SF Municipal Railway.
Seen here at the Embarcadaro with double ended PCC #1009.
Coming down the pike was Minneapolis-St. Paul painted PCC #1071.
Time was getting short so it was down to the Caltrain terminal where we caught a limited stops train to San Carlos. Here is a rear view from the railfan window showing the express portion of the run to San Bruno.
Gallery cab car #4006 departing San Carlos.
Cutting to the next morning here is the southbound Amtrak Train 14, the Coast Starlight, making a brief station stop at Emeryville with an odd mix of power including P40DC #809 and P32-8WH #505.
Despite covering the same ground as my 2012 trip I managed to fill most of the gaps in coverage my first survey of the line suffered from due to my need to eat and sleep. I also have a better handle on the tendency for Cannon cameras to have a disastrously cool automatic white balance and I was able to shoot most of this year's run with the "flash" setting that brought the warm tones back.
Anyway you can see the first set of photos right here!
We begin on San Francisco's Powell St hill where, due to the MASSIVE line of tourists waiting to board the cable car my dad and I felt we should just walk to the place I had identified for lunch. Here cable car #19 passes us on the steep upgrade, however we still would have been waiting in line.
Inbound #18 car at California Ave.
After lunch we managed to squeeze onto a cable car and continued onto the end of the Hyde Line where cars 18 and 3 were waiting their return to service.
Car #28 waiting down by the turntable.
Alcatraz island as seen from the Municipal Pier.
East coast style sea gull.
It appears as if the Route 15 has been extended across the country somehow. Ex-SEPTA MUNI PCC #1055 in PTC colors.
PCC #1050 on the other hand is painted in the local colors of the SF Municipal Railway.
Seen here at the Embarcadaro with double ended PCC #1009.
Coming down the pike was Minneapolis-St. Paul painted PCC #1071.
Time was getting short so it was down to the Caltrain terminal where we caught a limited stops train to San Carlos. Here is a rear view from the railfan window showing the express portion of the run to San Bruno.
Gallery cab car #4006 departing San Carlos.
Cutting to the next morning here is the southbound Amtrak Train 14, the Coast Starlight, making a brief station stop at Emeryville with an odd mix of power including P40DC #809 and P32-8WH #505.
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