[5/1/26 Transit Talk Highlights] [Pic 1] SacRT is currently accepting comments by May 30th on the discontinuation of bus route 33 as the Dos Rios light rail station nears completion this upcoming summer. The bus route will be discontinued sometime after August 15th assuming the light rail station is completed on time.
[Pic 2] According to SacRT, their Long-term transit plan includes a potential light rail extension to Roseville. Kinda surprised SacRT is considering this since I thought Placer County was off limits for them, but it'll be interesting to see if this comes to light.
[Pic 3] While the answer is somewhat shaky, SacRT claims to have designated trains for Golden 1 Center events after they end. SacRT has stated before they've wanted to have 15-minute late night service or aforementioned special trains for these events. Something interesting to note is that the questioner asks about trains operating more frequently at less than 15 minute headways, which sounds good, but then you remember that SacRT sometimes struggles to keep trains on time so for example 12 minute headway trains would be absolutely chaotic for them to maintain lol.
[Pic 4] SacRT was asked if they would use the abandoned tracks in Folsom and SacRT surprisingly didn't outright say no, atleast on a long-term basis. This could mean that SacRT is considering a Folsom light rail extension from Historic Folsom to atleast the Folsom Pointe shopping center along East Bidwell St/Placerville Rd between Iron Point and the Hwy 50 underpass. This would use the currently abandoned PSVRR tracks in Folsom.
[Pic 5] SacRT has been securing funding for traffic signal preemptions on their light rail and bus system. As SacRT hasn't fully planned it out, these preemption locations currently do not have a release timeline yet.
[Pic 6] SacRT is anticipating the Green Line to reopen this summer, however the actual opening date is reliant upon the completion of the surrounding street construction area.
[Pics 7 & 8] SacRT's low-floor modification plans for June/July include Broadway, 4th Ave/Wayne Hultgren, City College, and finally in July, 8th & O's westbound platform which would be completed 9 months after it was supposed to reopen. These follow the stations that are getting low-floor work this month between May 7th to 22nd, Florin and Meadowview stations.
SacRT plans to release their Short-term plan in July, with board approval following shortly after. Will be interesting to see what is included in there.
As mentioned before, the light rail extension to the airport will start off as a Bus-Rapid Transit system due to the high costs of that light rail project. A proposed new bridge along the American River is the big thing that is keeping the cost of the light rail extension at $2 billion. The BRT would use the preexisting I-5 freeway bridge.
[Pic 9] Low-floor train service is still scheduled to be released onto the blue line in late 2027. We'll see what happens as this date approaches.
Apr 14 **Important Message Below** [Pic 1] A look at SACRT 422 in the Swanston Yard, first time I've seen it on this side. Looks like SacRT took a corner bumper piece, either it was damaged in its accident, or more likely it was used to repair 401 for its accident.
Apr 17 [Pics 2-4] SacRT left 408 and even 410 oddly enough in the Historic Folsom storage track so I got better pictures of it since I took it at night originally.
[Not Pictured, Rant-ish] So today while filming 408 in the storage track I also filmed a bus, FSL 1616 on the F10. For the first time ever since I started doing this hobby, I got questioned by the bus driver why I was filming in a stern tone. I explained to him I do this as a hobby and it basically ended with him saying just don't film in the bus because of privacy reasons. Let's break down the situation. So first things first, it should be common sense not to intentionally film random people or office buildings. However, I've filmed buses arriving basically at my feet and never has a bus driver complain to me about it. And I film these vehicles on PUBLIC property, it's not like I'm filming random people's cars (this is why I don't film SacRT Go buses or school buses since I consider those more private-ish btw). Probably because most of them know I'm filming the bus and/or train and not them specifically. Remember I've been doing this consistently for 8 months now (some footage I haven't released yet) and filmed on and off before then, and I've NEVER had a problem with drivers before today. Next thing is the no filming inside buses thing. First thing I'll say is I am not the first person to film inside public transit vehicles and upload them to youtube lol. I can understand the privacy argument, and is why I don't film on crowded buses or trains since that's basically walking into a potential death trap. But when I do film, I do my absolute best not to get peole in my shot as it's not my intention. So now you're wondering, what does this mean for the channel? Well first thing is that light rail vids are unaffected as I typically just film out the window or film on the outside. Don’t have problems with personnel there. With bus videos, outdoor vids should be unaffected and if I have to I'll probably blur out the driver by request, but reminder that I film the BUS, not you. As for bus ride videos, if SacRT or whatever transit agency tries to go after me, you'll have to go after people who have done it before me kuki. I do have bus ride videos in storage that I haven't uploaded yet, I was planning to edit the video with text for street runnings and whatnot, but I will blur faces in videos since I have no intention of filming people, it's about the freaking ride. I'm also getting better at pausing during recordings so I'll do that when waiting for boardings and whatnot. Remember through all of this, Railfanning, Busfanning, etc are a PRIVILEGE, not a right, so there could be a day where I'm forced to stop doing content for this channel even though I have the passion for it. Anyways, I want to thank all of you for supporting me for the past 7 months now (time flies lol) and thank you all for 248 subs! Thank you for watching :).
Apr 16 [EDITED 9:06 PM] [Pics 1-5] Today at around 5:15 PM a car was hit by a train at Mills Park Dr. **UPDATE** This accident injured 2 people and killed one. Prayers for those involved. Although it's another day of Sacramento drivers making stupid life-threatening decisions that result in death...
[Pics 6 & 7] A close look at the damage on 408 at Sunrise station as it heads to the Historic Folsom storage track. There were already trains in the sunrise storage track which is why it didn't stop there.
[Pics 8 & 9] 408 paired with 410 in the Historic Folsom storage track. 421 can be seen here too.
Word on the street is that 130 had mechanical issues and was likely taken out of service. Sad but somewhat expected if true.youtube.com/shorts/_5TxPi4aCO...
Apr 8 [Watt/I-80 Platform Construction] [Pic 1] A look at Watt/I-80 West's new platforms which look to be about complete.
[Pic 2] Watt/I-80's platforms which look to be complete but I couldn't tell because I couldn't get any closer to it.
[Pics 3 & 4] The Watt I-80 Southbound staircase ground floor looks to be untouched during the project. Kind of disappointing since it seems this contractor likes to procrastinate on their work at the Watt/I-80 transit center since parts like this area and the unfinished bus shelters on top.
[Pics 5-7] A look at the Watt/I-80 Northbound staircase, it seems only the wood strucure and some step work has been completed at this point, this is about 4 1/2 months after it closed.
[Pic 8] A closer look at U2a cars 131 & 105 that were stored back in September 2025 at the Watt/I-80 tail track which seem to be in the 'graveyard' state.
[Pics 9 & 10] Because of the rainy weather we are having this upcoming weekend, it looks like the low-floor contractors sped up their work to meet a new deadline of tommorow, April 10th. Because of this, the bus bridge in this area will end 3 days earlier and work at Marconi/Arcade will start a day earlier on the 13th.
I originally passed by here on April 1st on foot but it ended up being a waste of my time since the only thing that I saw was some cut trees(which could've been done well beforehand) and concrete bases around the light poles that were broken apart likely for this project.
SacTransitFan
[5/1/26 Transit Talk Highlights]
[Pic 1] SacRT is currently accepting comments by May 30th on the discontinuation of bus route 33 as the Dos Rios light rail station nears completion this upcoming summer. The bus route will be discontinued sometime after August 15th assuming the light rail station is completed on time.
[Pic 2] According to SacRT, their Long-term transit plan includes a potential light rail extension to Roseville. Kinda surprised SacRT is considering this since I thought Placer County was off limits for them, but it'll be interesting to see if this comes to light.
[Pic 3] While the answer is somewhat shaky, SacRT claims to have designated trains for Golden 1 Center events after they end. SacRT has stated before they've wanted to have 15-minute late night service or aforementioned special trains for these events. Something interesting to note is that the questioner asks about trains operating more frequently at less than 15 minute headways, which sounds good, but then you remember that SacRT sometimes struggles to keep trains on time so for example 12 minute headway trains would be absolutely chaotic for them to maintain lol.
[Pic 4] SacRT was asked if they would use the abandoned tracks in Folsom and SacRT surprisingly didn't outright say no, atleast on a long-term basis. This could mean that SacRT is considering a Folsom light rail extension from Historic Folsom to atleast the Folsom Pointe shopping center along East Bidwell St/Placerville Rd between Iron Point and the Hwy 50 underpass. This would use the currently abandoned PSVRR tracks in Folsom.
[Pic 5] SacRT has been securing funding for traffic signal preemptions on their light rail and bus system. As SacRT hasn't fully planned it out, these preemption locations currently do not have a release timeline yet.
[Pic 6] SacRT is anticipating the Green Line to reopen this summer, however the actual opening date is reliant upon the completion of the surrounding street construction area.
[Pics 7 & 8] SacRT's low-floor modification plans for June/July include Broadway, 4th Ave/Wayne Hultgren, City College, and finally in July, 8th & O's westbound platform which would be completed 9 months after it was supposed to reopen. These follow the stations that are getting low-floor work this month between May 7th to 22nd, Florin and Meadowview stations.
SacRT plans to release their Short-term plan in July, with board approval following shortly after. Will be interesting to see what is included in there.
As mentioned before, the light rail extension to the airport will start off as a Bus-Rapid Transit system due to the high costs of that light rail project. A proposed new bridge along the American River is the big thing that is keeping the cost of the light rail extension at $2 billion. The BRT would use the preexisting I-5 freeway bridge.
[Pic 9] Low-floor train service is still scheduled to be released onto the blue line in late 2027. We'll see what happens as this date approaches.
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Apr 14 **Important Message Below**
[Pic 1]
A look at SACRT 422 in the Swanston Yard, first time I've seen it on this side. Looks like SacRT took a corner bumper piece, either it was damaged in its accident, or more likely it was used to repair 401 for its accident.
Apr 17
[Pics 2-4]
SacRT left 408 and even 410 oddly enough in the Historic Folsom storage track so I got better pictures of it since I took it at night originally.
[Not Pictured, Rant-ish]
So today while filming 408 in the storage track I also filmed a bus, FSL 1616 on the F10. For the first time ever since I started doing this hobby, I got questioned by the bus driver why I was filming in a stern tone. I explained to him I do this as a hobby and it basically ended with him saying just don't film in the bus because of privacy reasons. Let's break down the situation. So first things first, it should be common sense not to intentionally film random people or office buildings. However, I've filmed buses arriving basically at my feet and never has a bus driver complain to me about it. And I film these vehicles on PUBLIC property, it's not like I'm filming random people's cars (this is why I don't film SacRT Go buses or school buses since I consider those more private-ish btw). Probably because most of them know I'm filming the bus and/or train and not them specifically. Remember I've been doing this consistently for 8 months now (some footage I haven't released yet) and filmed on and off before then, and I've NEVER had a problem with drivers before today. Next thing is the no filming inside buses thing. First thing I'll say is I am not the first person to film inside public transit vehicles and upload them to youtube lol. I can understand the privacy argument, and is why I don't film on crowded buses or trains since that's basically walking into a potential death trap. But when I do film, I do my absolute best not to get peole in my shot as it's not my intention. So now you're wondering, what does this mean for the channel? Well first thing is that light rail vids are unaffected as I typically just film out the window or film on the outside. Don’t have problems with personnel there. With bus videos, outdoor vids should be unaffected and if I have to I'll probably blur out the driver by request, but reminder that I film the BUS, not you. As for bus ride videos, if SacRT or whatever transit agency tries to go after me, you'll have to go after people who have done it before me kuki. I do have bus ride videos in storage that I haven't uploaded yet, I was planning to edit the video with text for street runnings and whatnot, but I will blur faces in videos since I have no intention of filming people, it's about the freaking ride. I'm also getting better at pausing during recordings so I'll do that when waiting for boardings and whatnot. Remember through all of this, Railfanning, Busfanning, etc are a PRIVILEGE, not a right, so there could be a day where I'm forced to stop doing content for this channel even though I have the passion for it. Anyways, I want to thank all of you for supporting me for the past 7 months now (time flies lol) and thank you all for 248 subs! Thank you for watching :).
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Apr 16 [EDITED 9:06 PM]
[Pics 1-5] Today at around 5:15 PM a car was hit by a train at Mills Park Dr. **UPDATE** This accident injured 2 people and killed one. Prayers for those involved. Although it's another day of Sacramento drivers making stupid life-threatening decisions that result in death...
[Pics 6 & 7]
A close look at the damage on 408 at Sunrise station as it heads to the Historic Folsom storage track. There were already trains in the sunrise storage track which is why it didn't stop there.
[Pics 8 & 9]
408 paired with 410 in the Historic Folsom storage track. 421 can be seen here too.
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Word on the street is that 130 had mechanical issues and was likely taken out of service. Sad but somewhat expected if true.youtube.com/shorts/_5TxPi4aCO...
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Apr 8 [Watt/I-80 Platform Construction]
[Pic 1] A look at Watt/I-80 West's new platforms which look to be about complete.
[Pic 2] Watt/I-80's platforms which look to be complete but I couldn't tell because I couldn't get any closer to it.
[Pics 3 & 4] The Watt I-80 Southbound staircase ground floor looks to be untouched during the project. Kind of disappointing since it seems this contractor likes to procrastinate on their work at the Watt/I-80 transit center since parts like this area and the unfinished bus shelters on top.
[Pics 5-7] A look at the Watt/I-80 Northbound staircase, it seems only the wood strucure and some step work has been completed at this point, this is about 4 1/2 months after it closed.
[Pic 8] A closer look at U2a cars 131 & 105 that were stored back in September 2025 at the Watt/I-80 tail track which seem to be in the 'graveyard' state.
[Pics 9 & 10] Because of the rainy weather we are having this upcoming weekend, it looks like the low-floor contractors sped up their work to meet a new deadline of tommorow, April 10th. Because of this, the bus bridge in this area will end 3 days earlier and work at Marconi/Arcade will start a day earlier on the 13th.
I originally passed by here on April 1st on foot but it ended up being a waste of my time since the only thing that I saw was some cut trees(which could've been done well beforehand) and concrete bases around the light poles that were broken apart likely for this project.
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