Caltrain Centralized Equipment Maintenance and Operations Facility
Centralized Equipment Maintenance and Operations Facility | |
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Alternative names | CEMOF |
General information | |
Status | operational |
Address | 585 Lenzen Avenue |
Town or city | San Jose |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37°20′22″N 121°54′35″W / 37.33944°N 121.90972°W |
Groundbreaking | October 2004 |
Construction started | July 2005 |
Completed | September 2007 |
Opened | October 13, 2007 |
Cost | 2004: US$140,000,000 (equivalent to $225,835,095 in 2023) |
Owner | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |
The
History
Planning for CEMOF started in the late 1980s under Caltrans; up to that point, light maintenance was being performed at yards in San Francisco and San Jose, and heavier maintenance required transporting equipment to Roseville, a trip that took two days each way.[4] The only maintenance pit was in San Jose, just a single car length long. All locomotive maintenance was performed in Oakland, and wheels were resurfaced at an Amtrak shop in Wilmington, Delaware.[5] Consolidating operations into a single facility was estimated to reduce annual costs by $425,000 to $530,000 for transportation.[4]
Work on the USD $140 million project began in October 2004, with USD $105.8 million coming from federal funding and USD $8.2 million from state funding.[1] The construction phase of the facility lasted approximately three years; preliminary work completed in 2005 included relocation of existing rail lines and utilities, a 1,800-foot long (550 m) wall to attenuate construction noise, and a tunnel to link the maintenance facilities with the east yard. Work on the new buildings and facilities began in summer 2005.[6] On September 29, 2007, Caltrain held a grand opening ceremony.[3] The first shift of maintenance and operations crew did not move into the new shop until October 21, followed by the second and third shifts in November. The last component of this yard, the fueling storage and station,[7] was completed in Spring 2008.[1]
To accommodate maintenance requirements for the new
Description
Caltrain's CEMOF replaced an old 22-acre (8.9 ha)
The Train Washer is an automated washing machine that cleans the exterior of half of Caltrain's fleet each day or at least twice a week, up from twice a year before the facility.
The Shop Building contains a
Daily repair tasks are carried out in the Service & Inspection Area, consisting of an outdoor facility with two pits each 800 feet (240 m) long and 6 feet (1.8 m) deep.
The train maintenance facilities are separated from the east yard area by active railroad tracks, so a 250-foot long (76 m) tunnel was built to facilitate employee movement under the active tracks.[1] Work on the east yard area, which contains the Loading Dock, Central Control Facility (housing railroad dispatchers and controllers), and modular buildings for conductors and engineers, began in June 2006.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "CEMOF: Centralized Equipment, Maintenance and Operations Facility: Fact Sheet". Caltrain. Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ Manekin, Michael (December 5, 2006). "Maintenance complex nearly done for Caltrain". Oakland Tribune. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014 – via HighBeam.
- ^ San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the originalon 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ a b Rail Passenger Development Plan, 1988-93 Fiscal Years (Report). Department of Transportation, State of California. March 1988. p. 97. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b Cotey, Angela (July 2007). "At Caltrain, running electric multiple units is a key component of the agency's long-term growth plans". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b "CEMOF Chronicle: Summer 2006" (PDF). Caltrain. Summer 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "CEMOF Chronicle: Fall 2006" (PDF). Caltrain. Fall 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ "Caltrain CEMOF Committee Update" (PDF). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. August 8, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "CEMOF Chronicle: Fall 2007" (PDF). Caltrain. Fall 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the originalon September 8, 2014.
External links
- CEMOF Project main page
- "Caltrain Centralized Equipment Maintenance and Operations Facility". Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- paulneym (29 September 2007). "San Jose Caltrain CEMOF". flickr. Retrieved 27 March 2017.