#CalTrain deputy director Joseph Vincent Navarro found #guilty of misappropriation of $40k in public funds for conspiring with contractor during pandemic era and converting #Burlingame train station office into secret personal residential getaway with private gym.

Navarro, who now lives in Pennsylvania and previously told the #MercuryNews that his criminal charge was “overstated” and that he did nothing wrong. His co-conspirator #contractor had built himself similar living quarters inside the #Millbrae Cal #trainstation and plead #guilty, turning States #evidence against Navarro.

Navarro , whose attorneys claimed it was not a #secret , that he had given the key to his secretary, allowed his girlfriend to stay there, and the conversion was done with knowledge of his supervisor, still faces sentencing under judge's discretion which could range from actual #prison time, to more likely #probation.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/30/caltrain-secret-apartment-station-trial-jury/?share=c2oarcethlscruenanuo #GiftLink #SharedStory #PaywallLift

Just noticed today that the electric Caltrain trains are 7 cars long. I seem to recall that the diesels were 5 cars long. Am I misremembering, or are the trains longer, the cars shorter, or both?

#Caltrain #transit #SanFranciscoBayArea #SFBA #SFBayArea

Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/16/electric-trains-are-quieter-more-reliable-than-diesel-new-study-finds-theyre-healthier-too/

#Caltrain #TransitTooter #ucberkeley

Last pictures from today's batch of scans.
This is CalTrain's South County Connector that runs from San Jose to Gilroy, the last holdout of the old diesel trains. It runs out into the country so it's painted with agricultural designs, especially garlic.
The picture with just one train car distinguishes the train from the sky much better than the shot of multiple cars. I took a look at the negatives, and actually, in both cases, there really isn't very good separation. Somehow in one picture the scanner is doing some nice enhancements that helps, so it comes out better than I can take credit for.
I think the lesson here is that that I should have used a yellow filter.
#FilmisnotDead #120film #FilmPhotography #CalTrain #SanJose

Wondering if those Caltrain railcars could be sent to Oregon if they haven’t left for Peru already. #amtrak #Caltrain

Some freight cars seen from the #SouthSanFrancisco #CalTrain station, still lettered for railways that haven't existed (as independent companies) for 40 years. MoPac = Missouri Pacific, CNW = Chicago North Western

@transbay I saw a #CalTrain fare inspector deal with a fare-dodger yesterday. He was a repeat offender and gave her a bunch of attitude. Asshole. So that was one time I made sure to express my appreciation.

#RedwoodCity has a new free public toilet at the #CalTrain station.
You can't just go in. You need to have a card, or scan a QR code, or send an SMS for access. The SMS way didn't work but the QR did. So it's smartphone only, unless you have the card.
I suppose if you trash it your access will be blocked or something.

Sehen kann man das auch beim #Caltrain, der von San Francisco nach San Jose durch das Silicon Valley unterwegs ist. Mit dem Lockdown ging es bergab und die ganzen letzten Jahren konnte der Zug nicht mehr an die alten Werte anknüpfen.
Offenbar scheint das Thema Home Office im Silicon Valley eine teifgreifende lang anhaltende Wirkung zu haben. Oder die Leute hatten ihr Auto schon vorher in der Garage stehen und haben sich das Bahnfahren abgewöhnt?

Rainy day but the #CalTrainBikeCar is still the place to be.
#CalTrain

@emma ...and also for folks having full-volume phone calls on #sfmuni and also when they're on #caltrain, and also just walking down the street, and and and

Welp, I gambled with what a forecast of light showers in March in #sanfrancisco looks like, and now I'm sitting on #Caltrain halfway to soaking wet with a less friendly-looking bike ride on the other end...

California is making it's budget -- ask your reps to fund transit!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-transit-support-our-communities

#SFMuni #SFBART #Caltrain #ACTransit #VTA #SamTrans

On SB #CalTrain 112 and we just hit someone, between PA and Cal Ave. So service is going to be messed up today.

Does anyone know if there is a convenient way to get a map of "all #sfmuni vehicles near me"?
Because sometimes you would just need to walk over a block to get on a parallel line, and that could be the best option.
Or if you get off #CalTrain at 4th & King, and want to get downtown, you have a lot of choices. And you might just want to get on whatever's coming first, but the stops are in different places.

Found out the hard way you're supposed to pay for parking at San Bruno #CalTrain even on weekends.
And there's a service fee to pay the ticket online. If they wanna wait for USPS to bring them a check, then so be it.

Here's why #CalTrain was messed up this morning. (You can see a bit of work on the overhead starting about 3:10).

https://www.kron4.com/video/multiple-lanes-closed-on-101-in-south-sf-due-to-crash-fuel-spill/10494228/

I've figured ever since electrification that something like this was going to happen eventually (I was more expecting a fallen tree) and then we'd find out how on the ball they are about getting things fixed. Getting overhead fixed in a couple of hours is not bad, really.

#Catenary #Overhead #CalTrainEMU #Oberleitung

Highway 101 crash causes major Caltrain delays
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/highway-101-crash-delays-caltrain-20191857.php

#Caltrain #SFGate

Tidying up my workspace I found some *really* old "#CalTrain connections", a newsletter they used to put out on trains.
Is there still a party car? Partycar.com now redirects (with a securty warning from Firefox) to https://sf2g.com/partycar.html which doesn't look like it has been updated for a while.