Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Now stored out of service, here are some clips of the Sacramento Regional Transit UTDC fleet (300 series). The UTDC SLRV cars were originally designed and built by RailTrans Industries of the Can-Car Rail facility, Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were built for Santa Clara County Transit and served as the original fleet of that system from opening day in 1987 to their replacement by the KinkiSharyo LRVs in the early 2000s.
After replacement, they found new lives at Sacramento RT and UTA.
Sacramento RT leased 21 of them in 2003 and they arrived on the property in 2004. Early plans called for the UTDC cars to be used in the operation of the South Line Phase 2 service and the augmented peak hour service in the Northeast Corridor. RT later purchased them outright. They sat for quite some time and were refurbished by Siemens with a contract awarded in 2012. The cars were renumbered in the 300 series and entered service around 2015/2016 on the Blue Line – and apparently were too large for the Gold Line. Also to note, the cars ran in trains of up to 3 cars instead of 4 since the UTDC cars were 88.5 feet long, contrasting to 80 feet long on the U2As. SacRT retired the cars in 2020/2021 and they have sat around the system in the years since. The hope is to have one of these cars preserved.
UTA leased 29 of them, arriving in 2004, and later purchased them outright at a cost of $250k per. The cars were renumbered 1041-1069, with some recieving retrofits and others not. They were in service by 2010. They were retired by 2016 and auctioned in 2017.
Apologies for the shaky and zoomed in video - this was before I had a gopro. This is the only footage I have of these cars in service.
Both systems renumbered their cars so there isn’t a direct 1:1 formula. However, for the sake of posterity, here is the complete roster and respective VTA, SacRT, and UTA numbers.
VTA Number (800s) Disposition Sac RT Number (300s) UTA Number (1000s)
801 SLC 1049
802 SAC 301
803 SAC 302
804 SAC 303
805 SAC 304
806 SAC 305
807 SAC 306
808 SAC 307
809 SAC 308
810 SAC 309
811 SAC 310
812 SAC 311
813 SAC 312
814 SAC 313
815 SAC 314
816 SLC 1042
817 SLC 1050
818 SLC 1051
819 SLC 1052
820 SAC 315
821 SAC 316
822 SLC 1053
823 SLC 1054
824 SLC 1045
825 SLC 1055
826 SLC 1056
827 SLC 1057
828 SLC 1046
829 SLC 1041
830 SLC 1058
831 SAC 317
832 SAC 318
833 SAC 319
834 SLC 1059
835 SLC 1047
836 SAC 320
837 SLC 1060
838 SLC 1061
839 SLC 1062
840 SLC 1063
841 SAC 321
842 SLC 1043
843 SLC 1044
844 SLC 1064
845 SLC 1065
846 SLC 1066
847 SLC 1048
848 SLC 1067
849 SLC 1068
850 SAC in 2001-Then UTA 1069
Now stored out of service, here are some clips of the Sacramento Regional Transit UTDC fleet (300 series). The UTDC SLRV cars were originally designed and built by RailTrans Industries of the Can-Car Rail facility, Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were built for Santa Clara County Transit and served as the original fleet of that system from opening day in 1987 to their replacement by the KinkiSharyo LRVs in the early 2000s.
After replacement, they found new lives at Sacramento RT and UTA.
Sacramento RT leased 21 of them in 2003 and they arrived on the property in 2004. Early plans called for the UTDC cars to be used in the operation of the South Line Phase 2 service and the augmented peak hour service in the Northeast Corridor. RT later purchased them outright. They sat for quite some time and were refurbished by Siemens with a contract awarded in 2012. The cars were renumbered in the 300 series and entered service around 2015/2016 on the Blue Line – and apparently were too large for the Gold Line. Also to note, the cars ran in trains of up to 3 cars instead of 4 since the UTDC cars were 88.5 feet long, contrasting to 80 feet long on the U2As. SacRT retired the cars in 2020/2021 and they have sat around the system in the years since. The hope is to have one of these cars preserved.
UTA leased 29 of them, arriving in 2004, and later purchased them outright at a cost of $250k per. The cars were renumbered 1041-1069, with some recieving retrofits and others not. They were in service by 2010. They were retired by 2016 and auctioned in 2017.
Apologies for the shaky and zoomed in video - this was before I had a gopro. This is the only footage I have of these cars in service.
Both systems renumbered their cars so there isn’t a direct 1:1 formula. However, for the sake of posterity, here is the complete roster and respective VTA, SacRT, and UTA numbers.
VTA Number (800s) Disposition Sac RT Number (300s) UTA Number (1000s)
801 SLC 1049
802 SAC 301
803 SAC 302
804 SAC 303
805 SAC 304
806 SAC 305
807 SAC 306
808 SAC 307
809 SAC 308
810 SAC 309
811 SAC 310
812 SAC 311
813 SAC 312
814 SAC 313
815 SAC 314
816 SLC 1042
817 SLC 1050
818 SLC 1051
819 SLC 1052
820 SAC 315
821 SAC 316
822 SLC 1053
823 SLC 1054
824 SLC 1045
825 SLC 1055
826 SLC 1056
827 SLC 1057
828 SLC 1046
829 SLC 1041
830 SLC 1058
831 SAC 317
832 SAC 318
833 SAC 319
834 SLC 1059
835 SLC 1047
836 SAC 320
837 SLC 1060
838 SLC 1061
839 SLC 1062
840 SLC 1063
841 SAC 321
842 SLC 1043
843 SLC 1044
844 SLC 1064
845 SLC 1065
846 SLC 1066
847 SLC 1048
848 SLC 1067
849 SLC 1068
850 SAC in 2001-Then UTA 1069
