Peninsula Corridor: San Francisco – Gilroy route

[ElphabaWS]

New (expanded) route announcement: https://train-simulator.com/going-to-gilroy/

[luifeldur]

New Route Expansion and the Caltrain EMD F40PH-2CAT and NS Cab Car
The F40PH-2CAT

And Cab Car

[dr1980]

Very cool! I love commuter rail and urban / industrial switching so this should tick both boxes for me.

[Brickrail782]

Definitely hyped for this, but I wish that we were getting F40PH-2Cs.

[buzz456]

Definitely hyped for this, but I wish that we were getting F40PH-2Cs.

Some people are just never satisfied.

[SomeRailfan]

Personally, I'm more excited for the San Francisco pier district than the Gilroy extension. That opens up an opportunity for operation of SF Belt Railway's alco S-2's!

[Peter749]

I wonder if this 'Extension' will install a new instance of the complete route
Like the North Jersey Coast Line & North Jersey Coast & Morristown Lines and the Bristol - Cardiff & Bristol - Swansea routes

Peter

[ET44C4]

The new stock included looks quite nice. I am also excited about the switching opportunities available in the extension.

[luifeldur]

Missing the cabin view now

[NStrains]

Personally, I'm more excited for the San Francisco pier district than the Gilroy extension. That opens up an opportunity for operation of SF Belt Railway's alco S-2's!

Yes I am with you 100% on that!

This shows why starting at the 11 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VOnTZKSSgM&t=1s


EDIT: I linked the wrong video earlier.

[OpenRailer90]

Definitely hyped for this, but I wish that we were getting F40PH-2Cs.

Some people are just never satisfied.

There is a reason the F40PH-2CAT was selected over the F40PH-2C. According to the official CalTrain site (http://www.caltrain.com/about/statsandr ... leets.html) more -2CATs are on the roster while only 3 -2Cs are present.

I wonder if this 'Extension' will install a new instance of the complete route
Like the North Jersey Coast Line & North Jersey Coast & Morristown Lines and the Bristol - Cardiff & Bristol - Swansea routes

Peter

Based on past experience it is very likely.

[ex-railwayman]

Definitely hyped for this, but I wish that we were getting F40PH-2Cs.

Some people are just never satisfied.

[JohnS]

Oh this is going to be real nice.

[NStrains]

It mentioned in the article it will be out as a stand alone route, just like they did with the Morristown add-on.

[JohnS]

I wonder if it's still the whole route plus the addition as a stand alone do I still need both installed? Can't I copy the scenarios from the shorter route to the bigger route? Then remove the original smaller route to save hard drive space? Sounds like I have some experimenting to do.