San Carlos Caltrain Station Southbound
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 134Arr 9:02:30 PMDep 9:03:30 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 136Arr 9:33:39 PMDep 9:34:39 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 138Arr 10:02:30 PMDep 10:03:30 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 140Arr 10:32:30 PMDep 10:33:30 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 144Arr 11:32:30 PMDep 11:33:30 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.
Class 2 reflective vest. Not for trespassing — for legitimate trackside viewing on public sidewalks and parking lots near busy lines, so the engineer sees you and you don't get a friendly 'move along' from BNSF police. Looks the part too. ($10-$20)
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Budget gateway scanner — under $30. Program the 97 AAR channels yourself (CHIRP software is free) and you have a real working scanner for the price of dinner. Most railfans owned one before they upgraded. ($25-$35)
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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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Nearby railfan spots
Curated viewing locations within 7 miles of this station.
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Nearby community sightings
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