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54-813: Amtrak California ( reporting mark CDTX ) is a brand name used by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Rail for three state-supported Amtrak regional rail routes in California  – the Capitol Corridor , the Pacific Surfliner , and the San Joaquins  – and their associated connecting network of Amtrak Thruway transportation services. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) assumed operation of almost all intercity passenger rail in

108-674: A 2-digit code indicating the vehicle's register country . The registered keeper of a vehicle is now indicated by a separate Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM), usually the name of the owning company or an abbreviation thereof, which must be registered with the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) and the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and which is unique throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Northern Africa. The VKM must be between two and five letters in length and can use any of

162-408: A cab/baggage car). The agency also previously paid to lease and refurbish three Horizon dinettes (used as café cars). In November 2017, the California Department of Transportation announced that it would be ordering seven Siemens Venture trainsets through its contractor Sumitomo Corporation . The states had initially contracted Sumitomo, which in turn subcontracted with Nippon Sharyo , to build

216-483: A geographical feature of California. The Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins trains are the two routes most identified with the Amtrak California image, since they extensively use "California Colored" equipment. The other state-supported rail route, the Pacific Surfliner , uses a unique blue and silver paint scheme that is different from the other Amtrak California-branded trains. The NPCUs that operate on

270-461: A hyphen. Some examples: When a vehicle is sold it will not normally be transferred to another register. The Czech railways bought large numbers of coaches from ÖBB. The number remained the same but the VKM changed from A-ÖBB to A-ČD. The UIC introduced a uniform numbering system for their members based on a 12-digit number, largely known as UIC number . The third and fourth digit of the number indicated

324-685: A predecessor of the CNW, from which the UP inherited it. Similarly, during the breakup of Conrail , the long-retired marks of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and New York Central Railroad (NYC) were temporarily brought back and applied to much of Conrail's fleet to signify which cars and locomotives were to go to CSX (all cars labeled NYC) and which to Norfolk Southern (all cars labeled PRR). Some of these cars still retain their temporary NYC marks. Because of its size, this list has been split into subpages based on

378-488: A route between San Luis Obispo and San Diego via Los Angeles ; most trains only travel a portion of the route. It hugs the California coast for most of the route – coming as close as 100 ft (30 m) – providing views of the Pacific Ocean . With 2.7 million passengers in fiscal year 2013, it is Amtrak California's most heavily used service and the most used Amtrak service outside

432-507: Is 64.1 °F (17.8 °C). At the 2010 census Wasco had a population of 25,545. The population density was 2,710.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,046.4/km ). The racial makeup of Wasco was 12,579 (49.2%) White, 1,951 (7.6%) African American, 283 (1.1%) Native American, 180 (0.7%) Asian, 12 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 9,714 (38.0%) from other races, and 826 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19,585 persons (76.7%). The census reported that 19,825 people (77.6% of

486-513: Is along State Route 46 about 7 miles (11 km) west of town. Formerly a gas field, the region now mainly produces oil. Vintage Production, an arm of Occidental Petroleum , is the primary operator as of 2010. The Wasco Oil Field was discovered in April 1938, by Continental Oil Company . The Wasco Reserve (called the Reserves in their 2019 debut season ) were a professional baseball team competing in

540-637: Is subject of two different theories: (1) That it was coined from Western American Sugar Company ; and (2) that it was named by a resident from Wasco County, Oregon . Wasco is the site of the Fourth Home Extension Colony , founded in 1907 by the American Home Extension Association . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24 km ), all of it land. At

594-647: The Pacific Surfliner . Two additional locomotives were ordered in 2016. Amtrak California's routes typically use bi-level, high-capacity passenger cars, dubbed the Surfliner and California Car . All of the California Cars are owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Amtrak owns most of the Surfliner cars with some owned by Caltrans. The design of the cars is based on Amtrak's Superliner bi-level passenger cars, but several changes were made to

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648-607: The Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins are painted differently from the locomotives, as they are painted in the old " Caltrain " locomotive livery, with an Amtrak California and Caltrans logo on the sides. The single level cars, both the Comet cars and the Horizon dinettes, have three stripes closest to the boarding doors, orange, blue and green, which resemble the NJ Transit livery that

702-651: The Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency (LOSSAN Corridor JPA), respectively. As a result, the Amtrak California brand became less prominent in the websites and marketing materials. Caltrans still has a role in reviewing annual business plans submitted by the three JPA's. As of 2022 Caltrans is studying Amtrak service to the Coachella Valley . The Pacific Surfliner serves Southern California on

756-677: The Next Generation Bi-Level Passenger Rail Car , but a prototype car failed a buff strength test in August 2015. After the test failure, Sumitomo canceled its deal with Nippon Sharyo, and turned to Siemens to be the new subcontractor. The cars are being built at the Siemens factory in Florin, California and will be hauled by California's existing fleet of diesel-electric locomotives. California's trainsets will be used exclusively on

810-668: The Northeast Corridor , behind only the Northeast Regional and the Acela Express . It is also the oldest, dating to 1939 with the Santa Fe 's San Diegan . The train shares codes with Metrolink's Ventura County Line . The San Joaquins operates 14 trains (7 in each direction) each day between Bakersfield and Stockton . From Stockton, five trains from Bakersfield continue west to Oakland , while two trains proceed north to

864-459: The San Joaquin , Capitol Corridor , and Pacific Surfliner routes usually include between four and six cars, with one locomotive and a cab control car on the rear end. In 2007, Amtrak California paid for the repair of seven wreck-damaged Superliner Coaches owned by Amtrak in exchange for a six-year lease, intended to quickly add capacity on busy Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains. Four of

918-591: The TTX Company (formerly Trailer Train Company) is named for its original reporting mark of TTX. In another example, the reporting mark for state-funded Amtrak services in California is CDTX (whereas the usual Amtrak mark is AMTK) because the state transportation agency ( Caltrans ) owns the equipment used in these services. This may also apply to commuter rail, for example Metrolink in Southern California uses

972-474: The poverty line , including 35.3% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over. Source: One of Wasco's major economic activities is agriculture, specifically the growing of roses . Fifty-five percent of all roses grown in the United States are grown in or around Wasco. In addition to agriculture, oil and gas extraction is a significant part of the local economy. The large Semitropic Oil Field

1026-652: The 2000 census, according to the United States Census Bureau , the city had a total area of 7.6 square miles (20 km ), all of it land. Wasco is located on the floor of the San Joaquin Valley, at the intersection of California State Routes 43 , which runs north–south, and 46 , which runs east–west. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wasco has a semi-arid climate ( BSh , bordering on BSk ) with extremely hot, dry summers and mild to cool winters. The average annual mean temperature

1080-526: The 2000 census. Wasco is the headquarters of the Tejon Indian Tribe of California , a federally recognized tribe of Kitanemuk , Yokuts , and Chumash Indigenous people of California . The name Dewey was in honor of Admiral George Dewey , a hero of the Spanish–American War . The Deweyville post office opened in 1899, and changed its name to Wasco in 1907. The origin of the name Wasco

1134-504: The 26 letters of the Latin alphabet . Diacritical marks may also be used, but they are ignored in data processing (for example, Ö is treated as though it is O ). The VKM is preceded by the code for the country (according to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic), where the vehicle is registered and

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1188-514: The 3,971 households 55.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.3% were non-families. 11.6% of households were one person and 5.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.79 and the average family size was 4.07. The age distribution was 27.4% under the age of 18, 13.9% from 18 to 24, 39.4% from 25 to 44, 13.8% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% 65 or older. The median age

1242-559: The Amtrak California brand to bypass opposition from Union Pacific Amtrak California operates a fleet of EMD F59PHI , GE Dash 8-32BWH and Siemens Charger locomotives. These locomotives are owned by Caltrans and carry the CDTX reporting marks . Locomotives from Amtrak's national fleet such as the P42DC are often used as substitutes when the Amtrak California dedicated fleet of locomotives undergoes maintenance. The 22 Siemens Charger locomotives are

1296-462: The North American rail industry. Under current practice, the first letter must match the initial letter of the railroad name. As it also acts as a Standard Carrier Alpha Code , the reporting mark cannot conflict with codes in use by other nonrail carriers. Marks ending with the letter "X" are assigned to companies or individuals who own railcars, but are not operating railroads; for example,

1350-654: The San Joaquins service and will consist of seven cars each: four coaches with economy seating, two coaches with economy seating and vending machines , and one cab car (control car) with economy seating. The order includes 49 cars for California, formed into seven semi-permanently-coupled trainsets. Since Siemens Venture trainsets were originally designed to be used with high platforms, the SJJPA will modify all stations, adding two mini-high platforms (short lengths of high platform, each long enough for one door, with an accessible ramp to

1404-521: The United States in 1971. Service in California, as in most of the United States, was basic and infrequent. In 1976 California began providing financial assistance to Amtrak. Around 1990, the Caltrans Division of Rail was formed to oversee state-financed rail operations and the brand Amtrak California started appearing on state-supported routes. Prior to that, rail management and oversight at Caltrans

1458-657: The VKM BLS. Example for an "Einheitswagen" delivered in 1957: In the United Kingdom, prior to nationalisation, wagons owned by the major railways were marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway concerned; for example, wagons of the Great Western Railway were marked "G W"; those of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway were marked "L M S", etc. The codes were agreed between

1512-531: The acquiring company discontinues the name or mark of the acquired company, the discontinued mark is referred to as a "fallen flag" railway. Occasionally, long-disused marks are suddenly revived by the companies which now own them. For example, in recent years, the Union Pacific Railroad has begun to use the mark CMO on newly built covered hoppers, gondolas and five-bay coal hoppers. CMO originally belonged to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ,

1566-617: The afternoon commute to the small Sierra Nevada town of Auburn , returning in the morning. It is the fourth-busiest Amtrak route nationwide. Amtrak California also contracts for Amtrak Thruway bus services. In order to provide rail service in the Coachella valley, the Riverside County Transportation Commission, along with Caltrans are planning the Coachella Valley - San Gorgonio Passenger Rail service under

1620-551: The cars were painted to match the "California car" livery, and three were painted to match the "Surfliner" livery. Increasing ridership on the San Joaquin led Amtrak California to purchase 14 Comet IB rail cars from NJ Transit in 2008 for $ 75,000 per car. Caltrans paid approximately $ 20 million to have these former commuter cars refurbished and reconfigured to serve as intercity coaches at Amtrak's Beech Grove Shops . Caltrans has also paid to lease three Non-Powered Control Units (old F40PH locomotives converted to serve as

1674-563: The city can’t afford to demolish the camp and wants the rail authority to pay. Chief Executive Brian Kelly came to the city to discuss the issue in 2021. The town is featured in Episode 133 of California's Gold with Huell Howser , filmed in 2007. In the movie " Son in Law " featuring comedian Pauly Shore , the opening credit flyover shots and the opening graduation scene, were filmed in Wasco, CA and at

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1728-538: The design to make the vehicle more suitable for corridor services with frequent stops. One significant difference is that the Surfliner and California Car have two sets of automatic doors on each side instead of only one manually operated door on the Superliners, which speeds up boarding and alighting considerably. Additionally, Surfliner and California Car coaches are equipped with higher-density seating and bicycle racks to permit transport of unboxed bicycles. Consists on

1782-448: The first letter of the reporting mark: A railway vehicle must be registered in the relevant state's National Vehicle Register (NVR), as part of which process it will be assigned a 12-digit European Vehicle Number (EVN). The EVN schema is essentially the same as that used by the earlier UIC numbering systems for tractive vehicles and wagons , except that it replaces the 2-digit vehicle owner's code (see § Europe 1964 to 2005 ) with

1836-453: The independent Pecos League which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball . Their home games through the 2021 season were played at Wasco Athletic Park, sharing Bakersfield's Sam Lynn Ballpark for their 2022 final season. The Amtrak service, the San Joaquins , stops at the Wasco station , which has one platform next to the single track; the station building

1890-454: The information with other railroads and customers. In multinational registries, a code indicating the home country may also be included. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) assigns marks to all carriers, under authority granted by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board , Transport Canada , and Mexican Government. Railinc , a subsidiary of the AAR, maintains the active reporting marks for

1944-402: The longer low platform). Amtrak California utilizes a livery and logo that is different from the standard Amtrak colors. All state-contracted Amtrak Thruway and state-owned locomotives and passenger cars , with the exception of equipment used on the Pacific Surfliner route, are painted in the "California Colors" of blue and yellow. Each permanently assigned passenger car is named after

1998-451: The newest members of the fleet, joined between 2017 and 2021. The Chargers were parts of a multi-state order funded by a combination of federal and state money. Illinois Department of Transportation, acting as the leading agency, awarded the order to Siemens on December 18, 2013. Caltrans ordered the first six with the initial order in 2013, then exercised the option to buy 14 more locomotives in 2015 to replace Amtrak-owned locomotives used on

2052-419: The occupied units 2,680 (52.2%) were owner-occupied and 2,451 (47.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%. 10,486 people (41.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 9,339 people (36.6%) lived in rental housing units. At the 2000 census there were 21,263 people in 3,971 households, including 3,403 families, in the city. The population density

2106-557: The owner of a reporting mark is taken over by another company, the old mark becomes the property of the new company. For example, when the Union Pacific Railroad (mark UP) acquired the Chicago and North Western Railway (mark CNW) in 1995, it retained the CNW mark rather than immediately repaint all acquired equipment. Some companies own several marks that are used to identify different classes of cars, such as boxcars or gondolas. If

2160-405: The owner, or more precisely the keeper of the vehicle. Thus each UIC member got a two-digit owner code . With the introduction of national vehicle registers this code became a country code. Some vehicles had to be renumbered as a consequence. The Swiss company BLS Lötschbergbahn had the owner code 63. When their vehicles were registered, they got numbers with the country code 85 for Switzerland and

2214-614: The population) lived in households, 10 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 5,710 (22.4%) were institutionalized. There were 5,131 households, 3,143 (61.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,894 (56.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 992 (19.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 484 (9.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 478 (9.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 27 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 575 households (11.2%) were one person and 243 (4.7%) had someone living alone who

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2268-583: The railways and registered with the Ministry of Railways , Government of India . Wasco, California Wasco (formerly, Dewey and Deweyville ) is a city in the San Joaquin Valley , in Kern County, California , United States. Wasco is located 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Bakersfield , at an elevation of 328 feet (100 m). The population was 25,545 at the 2010 census, up from 21,263 at

2322-727: The railways and registered with the Railway Clearing House . In India, wagons owned by the Indian Railways are marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway divisions concerned along with the Hindi abbreviation; for example, trains of the Western Railway zone are marked "WR" and "प रे"; those of the Central Railway zone are marked "CR" and "मध्य", etc. The codes are agreed between

2376-794: The reporting mark SCAX because the equipment is owned by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority —which owns the Metrolink system—even though it is operated by Amtrak. This is why the reporting mark for CSX Transportation , which is an operating railroad, is CSXT instead of CSX. Private (non-common carrier) freight car owners in Mexico were issued, up until around 1990, reporting marks ending in two X's, possibly to signify that their cars followed different regulations (such as bans on friction bearing trucks) than their American counterparts and so their viability for interchange service

2430-632: The state capital of Sacramento . Central Valley communities served include Fresno , Corcoran , Hanford , Lodi , Madera , Merced , Modesto , Turlock / Denair and Wasco . Delta / Bay communities of Antioch , Martinez , and Richmond are also served by the San Joaquins . Los Angeles is not served on this route due to the bottleneck of the Tehachapi Pass line, where the Union Pacific prohibits passenger train use due to freight traffic along

2484-582: The world's busiest single-track railway . The San Joaquins has operated since 1974. The Capitol Corridor route, operating since 1991, runs north from San Jose through the East Bay to Oakland and Richmond , then east through the Delta communities of Martinez and Suisun City , and the Sacramento Valley cities of Davis and Sacramento. One Capitol Corridor train per day continues east of Sacramento during

2538-416: Was 2,795.7 inhabitants per square mile (1,079.4/km ). There were 4,256 housing units at an average density of 559.6 per square mile (216.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 34.64% White, 10.27% Black or African American, 1.02% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 50.46% from other races, and 2.78% from two or more races. 66.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of

2592-408: Was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 183.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 230.6 males. The median income for a householder in the city was $ 28,997, and the median family income was $ 30,506. Males had a median income of $ 48,105 versus $ 18,697 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 14,228. About 24.3% of families and 27.5% of the population were below

2646-585: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.86. There were 4,370 families (85.2% of households); the average family size was 4.11. The age distribution was 7,351 people (28.8%) under the age of 18, 3,687 people (14.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,621 people (33.7%) aged 25 to 44, 4,593 people (18.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,293 people (5.1%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 28.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 160.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 192.5 males. There were 5,477 housing units at an average density of 581.1 per square mile, of

2700-473: Was demolished in 2021. Being on the route of the high speed rail project without a stop, Wasco city officials have expressed concerns that the Amtrak service might be discontinued. As of August 2020 , no decision has been announced. The construction has impacted the city and the costs for asbestos removal are in dispute in a labor housing complex that had to be abandoned and demolished. While paid relocation costs,

2754-634: Was established with the arrival of new rolling stock. In 1998, while still funded by the state, the management of the Capitol Corridor was transferred to the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), formed by local jurisdictions of the line serves. In 2015 the management of the San Joaquin and the Pacific Surfliner were similarly transferred to the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) and

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2808-564: Was impaired. This often resulted in five-letter reporting marks, an option not otherwise allowed by the AAR. Companies owning trailers used in trailer-on-flatcar service are assigned marks ending with the letter "Z", and the National Motor Freight Traffic Association , which maintains the list of Standard Carrier Alpha Codes, assigns marks ending in "U" to owners of intermodal containers . The standard ISO 6346 covers identifiers for intermodal containers. When

2862-628: Was part of the Division of Mass Transportation. The two divisions have since been merged into the Division of Rail and Mass Transportation. In 1990, California passed Propositions 108 and 116, providing $ 3 billion for transportation projects ($ 7 billion after inflation), with a large portion going to rail service. As a result, new locomotives and passenger cars were purchased by the state, and existing inter-city routes expanded. A more distinct image for Amtrak California, such as painting locomotives and passenger cars in "California Color" of blue and yellow,

2916-399: Was previously used on the Comet cars. Reporting mark In North America , the mark, which consists of an alphabetic code of two to four letters, is stenciled on each piece of equipment, along with a one- to six-digit number. This information is used to uniquely identify every such rail car or locomotive, thus allowing it to be tracked by the railroad it is traveling over, which shares

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