A change in the rails | The Caltrain EMUs - YouTube (OT)

Only 118 years late :

This electrification was first proposed in 1906. Then the SF Earthquake, the 1907 financial panic and the floods that created the Salton Sea got in the way.

The 1907 financial panic and demand for rail to repair Salton Sea flood damage also prevented the Key Route - officially the San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Rly - from building its extension from Oakland to San Jose.

Tony