NEW Amtrak California Siemens Venture Cars! ~ The Future is Here!

After many years of sitting and collecting dust in the ACE Stockton Facility, the new Siemens Venture cars are finally in revenue service as of December 21st, 2023! They did many test runs up and down the valley between Bakersfield, Sacramento, and Oakland. Back in 2019, the Venture cars made their very first appearance testing down to Fresno and back to Oakland. After that, they found numerous problems with them so they just put the cars in storage. Then, in the latter months of 2023, it was finally ready to be tested again. The first two clips of the video is the delivery train taking the cars from the ACE facility and deadheading to Oakland. The next clip is a P42 leader on the set! The NPCU cabbage car had PTC problems and wasn't able to lead so they slapped a good ol' Genesis in front of the cabbage. That train made a trip from Oakland to Bakersfield, up to Sacramento, back down to Bakersfield, and finally back to Oakland. Luckily I was able to catch the P42 leading in daylight as the other test trains ran mostly during the night. Then the rest of the video are just my catches of the new Venture set making its rounds on the Amtrak San Joaquins. It's pretty cool to see an old "F40" with the new, modern equipment. Until the Venture cab cars come... Anyways, I hope you enjoy this video! Thanks for watching! 👍🏼 ©️ All rights reserved to Central Valley Railfan 8311