In 1984, The California Department Of Transportation (Caltrans) Purchased 20 New F40PH-2 Type Diesel Electric Locomotives From EMD (Electro Motive Diesel)
For The Caltrain Commuter Rail Service, These Locomotives Along With Bi-level Gallery Style Passenger Cars Took Over From Equipment That Had Been Owned And Operated By The Southern Pacific Railroad Between San Francisco And San Jose. For Nearly 40 Years, The F40s Hauled Passengers Up And Down The San Francisco Peninsula Receiving Only 1 Major Overhaul In 1999, In 2017, Caltrain Broke Ground On A Major Project To Electrify The Corridor As Far South As Tamien Station In San Jose And Replace All Diesel Powered Trains With Brand New Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) Train Sets Built By Stadler. With Infrastructure Upgrades Completed, In 2023, Caltrain Announced That The Diesel Hauled Trains Would Be Replaced With The New Electric Equipment In September Of 2024. With The Debut Of The New Trains, All Of Caltrains Original Equipment From The 1980s Was Slated For Retirement. Lets Give One Final Farewell To The Original 20 Caltrain F40 Locomotives, We’ll Go Through Every Unit From 900 Through 919 In Numerical Order. As Part Of Their Overhaul In 1999, Several Of These Locomotives Received Separate Caterpillar Diesel Generators For Passenger Car Electricity And Were Given The New Model Designation Of F40PH-2CAT. This Was Done By Extending The Locomotive Body Over The Rear Walking Platform To Make Room For The Diesel Generator, In Our Exploration Of The Caltrain F40 Fleet, I Will Make Note Of Which Units Received This Modification By Providing The Model Designation Alongside The Individual Locomotive Number And The Special City Name Given To Each F40. Now Without Further Delay, Lets Take A Look At The Caltrain F40 Fleet. NOTE: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS CLIPS I DONT OWN BECAUSE I DONT HAVE AND LOST FOOTAGE OF IT, SO I HAD TO SCREEN RECORD IT FOR A VIDEO, SORRY!
