Passenger Trains > 7/31 Siemens Test Train at Knightsen

San Joaquins test train #978 for the new Siemens Venture Cars, passing Delta Road in Knightsen at 10:36am

Jarrod DellaChiesa
Oakley, CA

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I like the looks of these cars. Hopefully they stay clean looking unlike the Horizon cars.

Posted from Android

How many seats in each car? How does the low level seating capacity compare to the bi-level seating capacity?

cabsignaldrop Wrote:
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> I like the looks of these cars. Hopefully they
> stay clean looking unlike the Horizon cars.
>
> Posted from Android

Are they going to be as "efficient" as the bi-level train set and are the stairs to board on the single level train set going to be acceptable to Californians that have been without these for so long?

Its a couple of steps and on that route you have the commets anyway, will be nbd

Posted from Android

jp1822 Wrote:
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> cabsignaldrop Wrote:
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> > I like the looks of these cars. Hopefully they
> > stay clean looking unlike the Horizon cars.
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> > Posted from Android
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> Are they going to be as "efficient" as the
> bi-level train set and are the stairs to board on
> the single level train set going to be acceptable
> to Californians that have been without these for
> so long?

There's been a single level trainset on this route for a couple years now.
So it shouldn't be much of a surprise.

Smart looking train. If it looks as attractive as the Brightline trains on the inside, it will be a winner. They could ditch the "San Joaquins" decal. A little tacky.

cabsignaldrop Wrote:
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> I like the looks of these cars. Hopefully they
> stay clean looking unlike the Horizon cars.
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> Posted from Android

The Horizons were always sort a brushed Aluminum look. They were never very shiny and the Aluminum took on a oxidized look fairly quickly.  And Amtrak painted them in Platinum Mist which never aged well. The Siemens look like stainless steel. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/01/20 15:19 by GettingShort.

Imagine them in revenue service, radomly mixed with Horizon, Amfleet, and ex-NJT Com-Arrows !

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> Imagine them in revenue service, radomly mixed
> with Horizon, Amfleet, and ex-NJT Com-Arrows !

That will some trick since they're semi-permamently coupled.