San Diego County’s Coaster Commuter Train is in the process of overhauling its entire fleet. In 2020, North County Transit District, the owner of the railroad, received 5 brand new SC-44 Charger locomotives, built by Siemens Mobility, to replace the original fleet of 5 F40PHM-2C locomotives. That same year, NCTD began a project to refresh every passenger car owned by the railroad. The new Chargers and first four overhauled cars, resplendent in a brand new paint job, entered service on February 8th, 2021. Throughout the rest of 2021 and into 2022, NCTD continued refurbishment of the 28 car fleet. In October of 2021, North County Transit District began a new Coaster schedule featuring 15 weekday round trips and 10 each Saturday and Sunday, in an effort to provide more consistent Coaster service throughout the day. With the new schedule in place, the railroad must use a total of 5 train sets instead of the previous 4. As a result, all trains were shortened to 4 cars in length while several cars were out of service for their overhaul. NCTD also brought the two F59PHI locomotives back into service as spare power. Let’s travel to San Diego County in early 2022 to see Coaster trains as they operate during this major transitional period for the railroad.

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