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A fill will be constructed on the old roadbed where the new tracks will be elevated to eliminate three grade crossings in Belmont and San Carlos.
December 31, 1997 |
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I'm not sure if a sign was necessary to tell people that the old platforms are closed (it's obvious enough, seeing as how the tracks are missing), but at least an arrow points toward the new platforms.
December 31, 1997 |
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This is what's left of the old platforms and right of way in San Carlos. This should be about twenty feet underground when the project is complete.
December 31, 1997 |
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Southbound Caltrain #42 pulls into San Carlos on the shoofly behind F40PH 907, the "Mountain View".
December 31, 1997 |
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Northbound Caltrain #57 parallels El Camino Real in San Carlos, about to cross Brittan Avenue.
December 31, 1997 |
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A westbound Caltrain commute pulls into Belmont on the shoofly. Note the retaining wall and "fill" on what used to be the old roadbed. Here construction of the retaining wall is nearly complete.
May 1999 |
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A workman flags a crossing in San Carlos for a westbound commute pushed by Amtrak F40 389. The train is passing another tall section of retaining wall.
May 1999 |
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Finally, the elevated section of track is in service and the shoofly is being taken apart. This is a photo of the new San Carlos station on it's first morning of operation. On the left, the original station building is visible adjacent to the fill on which the new tracks now sit.
October 1999 |
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The newly opened Belmont station sits atop the fill. The tracks in the foreground are the shoofly tracks, taken out of service just a few hours before this photo was snapped.
October 1999 |
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A view from the platform of the new Belmont station as train 246 cruises in for a stop. The steel structure with the little clock tower houses a stairway which goes down to ground level, as well as an elevator for persons with disabilities.
October 1999 |
