Redwood City Caltrain Station Northbound
Caltrain, CA
Arrivals & departures
Next ~4 hours. Live trip updates from the operator's GTFS-RT feed where available; schedule-based otherwise. Delays surface as a red chip when the feed reports them.
- Caltrain 123Arr 6:02:48 PMDep 6:03:48 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 125Arr 6:32:48 PMDep 6:33:48 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 127Arr 7:02:48 PMDep 7:03:48 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 129Arr 7:32:48 PMDep 7:33:48 PMscheduledOn time
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Gear up
The starter kit serious railfans wish they'd bought day one. Each link earns us a small Amazon Associates referral — we only list gear we'd actually carry.
Reading a CSX road number off a passing unit at half a mile = magic. 10x42 is the railfan sweet spot — enough power, still light enough to hold steady. Nikon's PROSTAFF 3S is the standard recommendation: under $150 and the optics punch above the price. ($120-$170)
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Florida + Texas + Arizona + Southern California railfanning is unforgiving at noon. UPF 50 wide-brim with a chin strap so it doesn't blow off in the train slipstream. ($15-$30)
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Identify any modern diesel by its hood, cab, and radiator profile. Once you can spot the difference between an SD70ACe and an SD70M-2 at 400 yards, you've crossed the line into real railfanning. Kalmbach's editions are the standard. ($20-$30)
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Nearby railfan spots
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