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Enjoying Completely Empty, Less-Comfortable Capital Corridor Cars back to Sac

Capital Corridor train #744 arrives into  Santa Clara-University–(20 Photos) a few minutes late. I board one car that’s crowded and walk back to the empty last car just behind the locomotive as we depart at 6:00, 4 minutes late. The conductor comes and scans my ticket, asking “Are there two of you?” When both of my […]

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Taking a Late BART Train to Millbrae via the Airport to Just Making Caltrain to Mountain View to Finish the VTA Light Rail and the Amtrak/ACE Santa Clara Stations

Bay Area Needs, Introduction: For my day in the Bay Area I debated just riding BART around a bit (for under three hours, the maximum time your allowed to ride on a single fare) to finish some things before heading into San Francisco to enjoy the evening before taking the bus to a Capital Corridor […]

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To Oakland via the San Joaquin, riding the Ex-NJT Comaro Running an Hour Late

Introduction: The biggest thing on my list to do while in the Bay Area is to ride the California Comets. These cars are ex-NJT Comaro Cars, that are now on basically their third lives after the state of California bought them to try and alleviate a massive car shortage their currently having. These cars run on […]