The diesel trains were officially retired in September to make room for the all-electric fleet. Since launching the new trains, Caltrain has noted a significant increase in ridership.

Caltrain is the San Francisco peninsula’s commuter rail, the oldest operating railroad in the western U.S. Over the next few weeks its old diesel trains will be replaced by new electric cars ...

California will be the first state to require that trains stop using diesel and other fossil fuels.

The bill would prevent the resale of decommissioned diesel-powered trains from California for continued use in another country.