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Sacramento Regional Transit

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Description: Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) operates Siemens U2a light rail cars to the east and northeast. Local bus routes feature Gillig Phantom and Orion V. Pictures of stations and transportation facilities Vehicles: Gillig Phantom 40ft. GMC "New Look" Orion V Siemens

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Movie of outbound train approaching Iron Point. (4.9MB)

Movie inside train looking out as train approaches 4th Ave/Wayne Hultgren (8.4MB)

Movie inside train looking out as Approaches 16th St. (13MB)

Movie of southbound train on 12th St. crossing Q St. (10.9MB)

Movie of northbound train on 12th St. just past Q St. (6.9MB)

Movie of southbound two car train on 12th St. crossing P St. (10.5MB)

Movie of northbound train turning onto O St. (8.1MB)

Movie of outbound train turning onto near 8th & O St. (7.4MB)

Movie of southbound two car train on 12th St. at J St. This includes some busy street running and a train slowing for a street signal. (7.7MB)

Movie of southbound single car train at 12th & I. (4.7MB)

Long Trains...

Sacramento is a small city, yet somehow it convinced the state government to build it a light rail system (Hmm, wonder how). When the line was first build, there was a lot of long single track sections. The whole system was built for trains to run every fifteen minutes. When ridership exceeded expections, there was only one thing to do make the trains longer or run trains more frequently. The single track issue took care of the more frequent real quick. They just made the trains longer and longer.

It did not matter that there is mixed traffic running for the line. Four car trains were (are?) the norm during rush hour and probably will remain so for some time to come as there are still single track sections that would be very difficult to double track (Example: Bridge over American River).

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University / 65th Street Station (fleet 9335)
Aug 21, 1998

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