{"id":264554,"date":"2025-05-31T00:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/san-joaquins-new-venture\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T00:28:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T00:28:42","slug":"san-joaquins-new-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=264554","title":{"rendered":"San Joaquin’s New Venture"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Welcome Aboard San Joaquins Venture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On Friday before 2025 Memorial Day weekend, I took my first trip on Amtrak’s San Joaquins and rode my first new Siemens Venture Cars. \u00a0
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I took the trip from Martinez to Merced and back.\u00a0 <\/span>The southbound trip (#710) was equipped with Venture Cars, while my return trip on the northbound train (#713) used outgoing California Cars.\u00a0 <\/span>This gave me an immediate back-to-back experience comparing the two types. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I purchased my fully refundable ticket two days before departure at $52 roundtrip.\u00a0 <\/span>It was only $1 more (each way) over the non-refundable, non-changeable ticket, so I went with the more flexible option. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My train arrived at Martinez on time at 8:21 a.m.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Much to my excitement, it was led by an Amtrak California F40 Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU), better known as the “Cabbage Car”, CDTX #90218, named “Oakland”, in the classic Caltrain color scheme.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Even though she was faded and looked tired, I was excited to see the Caltrain F40 livery live on and pulling my train.<\/span><\/p>\n