Western Railroad Discussion > Caliente Bullet trains

Who says California doesn’t have high speed rail? I caught these in Caliente yesterday. 
  This is my first stab at posting a video so please have patience. 
-Bill-

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I'm curious what the track speed is there.
Phil

Speed through here is 23 mph....

Had to think twice about where you were when you shot this.  Nice job, thanks for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/19 08:23 by ntharalson.

i liked it, tedious usually in real time

Heck only about 10 times the max speed for those curves but, fun to watch.
 

PSR

Wow, I had no idea...

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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Man, both a downhill runaway but also an uphill runaway!!! I liked it.

Talk about an efficient operation....:<)

In a few weeks you can stop and smell the wild flowers...

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

MojaveBill Wrote:
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> In a few weeks you can stop and smell the wild
> flowers...

Drove through yesterday and there was already some hints of color showing.

crazybill Wrote:
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> Speed through here is 23 mph....

it's been a while, but i THOUGHT the curve at caliente for n/b's was slower (15 mph?)?

66

Going for an early quit!

mapboy

The only thing missing is LIONEL lettered on the side!

goneon66 Wrote:
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> crazybill Wrote:
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> > Speed through here is 23 mph....
>
> it's been a while, but i THOUGHT the curve at
> caliente for n/b's was slower (15 mph?)?
>
> 66

On my simulator yes the NB is 15mph.

I love time lapse video. Post more please.

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goneon66 Wrote:
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> crazybill Wrote:
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> > Speed through here is 23 mph....
>
> it's been a while, but i THOUGHT the curve at
> caliente for n/b's was slower (15 mph?)?
>
> 66
I was going by the timetable that I have. Approaching the curve on 2 main tracks it is 30 then becomes 23 when it becomes single main. It might be posted locally otherwise but 23 mph pretty much rules the hill up to the Cable crossover.
-Bill-

Love it, and Fast is Funny!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

crazybill Wrote:
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> goneon66 Wrote:
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> > crazybill Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > > Speed through here is 23 mph....
> >
> > it's been a while, but i THOUGHT the curve at
> > caliente for n/b's was slower (15 mph?)?
> >
> > 66
> I was going by the timetable that I have.
> Approaching the curve on 2 main tracks it is 30
> then becomes 23 when it becomes single main. It
> might be posted locally otherwise but 23 mph
> pretty much rules the hill up to the Cable
> crossover.
> -Bill-

Per Los Angeles Area Timetable #4, June 14, 2010 it's 23 MPH between MP 335.4 (Caliente) and MP 359.5 (Tehachapi) Southbound and MP 336.0 and MP 359.5 Northbound.
There's a section of 15 MPH between MP 335.4 and MP 336.0 Northbound. 

PHall Wrote:

> Per Los Angeles Area Timetable #4, June 14, 2010
> it's 23 MPH between MP 335.4 (Caliente) and MP
> 359.5 (Tehachapi) Southbound and MP 336.0 and MP
> 359.5 Northbound.
> There's a section of 15 MPH between MP 335.4 and
> MP 336.0 Northbound. 
 This time table is a couple years older so 15 mph is probably correct.....
-Bill-