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BART C1 Car 335 (Chopper Hum)
updated
An out of service train heading to Daly City, right behind a Red Line train.
October 2025
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Additionally, there are now double the number of 8 car peak commute-only trains on the Red, Green, and Blue Lines. Previously, there were x2 trains 8 car trains per line, which have now bumped up to x4 8 car trains. These temporarily replace 6 car trains used offpeak.
With a fleet of over 1000 D and E cars, there are plenty of spares to use for these longer trains.
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0:00 Boarding at Windsor
0:15 Entering Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
1:54 Crossing the border
3:35 Exiting the tunnel
4:40 Passing by Mariners' Church and going to Downtown Detroit
5:39 Tunnel bus in Detroit
6:05 Tunnel Bus receipt
Port Coquitlam bus 3326.
Cummins C Gas Plus 280 hp engine
Allison World B400R5 5 speed transmission
0:00 1501 on the J
0:38 1526 on the J
1:54 1550, 1544 on the M
Atlanta, GA
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Here are those 8 car trains and Road Manual operation in late May 2025.
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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
CAF opened a new plant in Sacramento to complete final assembly and testing of the cars. At the time, CAF won a series of contracts across the US including WMATA and PAT cars.
They are a bit heavier than the original Siemens 100 series (47 tons vs 38.9 tons), a bit longer (84 feet vs 79.5 feet), with more complex brakes and propulsion systems. The CAF cars have sliding doors, more standing space.
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Here’s a ride on 1007 on route 66 to Milpitas, boarding in downtown San Jose, which I think was the only one in service during that day - making it the oldest bus in service.
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0:00 1503 and 1505 on the L to SF Zoo at Montgomery
0:37 1503 and 1505 on the L to SF Zoo at Forest Hill
1:04 1498 and 1533 on the L to Embarcadero at Forest Hill
1:36 1510 on the J at Embarcadero
2:02 1542 and 1518 on the N to Ballpark/Caltrain at Montgomery
2:36 1542 and 1518 on the N to Ballpark/Caltrain at Folsom
3:14 1522 and 1548 on the M to Balboa Park at Montgomery
3:56 1522 and 148 depart with Not in Service 2147 at Civic Center
4:29 1540 and 1513 on the M to Embarcadero at Civic Center
4:45 1540 and 1513 on the M to Embarcadero going into the Muni Metro Turnback
4:58 1510 on the J to Embarcadero at Montgomery
5:34 Riding 1510 on the J to Embarcadero, crossing over to the westbound track
7:22 Riding 1505 on the L to SF Zoo
8:34 Riding 1498 on the L to Embarcadero
11:11 Riding 1518 on the N to Caltrain/Ballpark
14:28 Riding 1513 on the M to Embarcadero
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The first of these cars entered service by November 2024 and as of yesterday, 4599 is on the Hayward Test Track and will enter service soon. Here are clips of them in late 2024 to early 2025.
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Consist Log:
527/522, 523/528
511/512, 509/508 and later 511/512, 515/516
521/530, 529/520
0:00 Intro Slide
0:14 508/509, 512/511 at Wilshire/Vermont
0:43 511 departs 7th St/Metro Center
1:10 521/530, 529/520 at Pershing Square
1:43 527 at Pershing Square
2:16 527/522 depart Vermont/Beverly?
2:31 516 departs Wilshire/Vermont
3:03 512, 515 depart Pershing Square
3:22 516/515, 512/511 at Westlake/MacArthur Park
4:00 528/523, 522/527 at Wilshire/Normandie
4:39 511/512, 515/516 at Westlake/MacArthur Park
5:12 Riding on 516
7:32 Riding on 520
8:48 Riding on 521
10:59 Riding 527
12:58 Riding 522
15:13 Riding 523
16:36 Riding 528
18:46 Riding 527
20:08 Riding 511
24:20 Riding 512
25:27 Riding 515
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All of these clips were filmed in January 2025.
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These cars were part of a joint procurement with Sound Transit (Sounder) and NCTD/SANDAG (Coaster) for bilevel coach/cab cars.
To my knowledge, Sound Transit has ordered 3 cab cars and 8 coaches, NCTD/SANDAG has ordered 3 Cab cars and 8 Coaches, and SJRRC (ACE) has ordered 5 Cab cars and 12 Coaches, plus exercised an option for 4 more coaches. The goal of the joint procurement was to lower the cost per car (economies of scale) and provide the following service expansions:
Coaster – Ordered to support SANDAG 2050 Revenue Constrained Regional Plan, increased service level to 30 minute peak and 60 minute off peak (42 daily trains).
ACE – Ordered to lengthen trains up to 10 cars per train.
Sounder – Ordered for the Sounder S Line
The new cars have an aerodynamic cab, new lighting, upgraded door and HVAC systems, and structural changes related to Crash Energy Management.
0:00 Platform Destination Sign Message
0:21 Gracie automated announcements
0:31 South Hayward Train at Bay Fair
1:03 Now boarding at Bay Fair. This is a Green Line train to South Hayward.
1:48 Approaching Hayward
2:07 Announcement
2:51 Departing Hayward
6:38 Arriving at South Hayward
7:01 Attention, this train is going out of service.
7:27 Sweep and departing South Hayward for Hayward Yard
7:41 "South Hayward train now boarding, platform 1"
8:10 Orange line Berryessa train
8:51 Passing by the train at Hayward Yard
9:13 Passing by another Green line train at Hayward Yard
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1:39 Arriving at Montgomery
2:24 Departing Montgomery
2:48 Arriving Powell
3:52 Departing Powell
4:48 Arriving Civic Center
5:40 Departing Civic Center
6:02 Arriving Van Ness
7:15 Departing Van Ness
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Car 1210 is one of the HO scale fleet.
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This first look will be supplemented by a detailed review for all the car types and a brief look at the BART Models (Athearn drive) and Walthers cars that came before Rapido’s car.
Note the dynamic brake grid wasn’t crooked as delivered – I damaged it while removing the carbody. Will fix it soon.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Box, parts, paperwork
6:42 The car itself
9:17 Undercar equipment
12:42 Car interior, cab, and truck
15:26 Display case and custom background
15:55 Conclusion and looking ahead
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A long 9 car out of service train from Hayward Yard heads to Richmond Yard.
3028, 4179, 3020, 3214, 4331, 4424, 4251, 4054, 3229
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