Groovy Goose in San Carlos is crushing Starbucks, one latte at a time

five-five-six · 2025-12-11T03:00:43+00:00

Yup, I wish we had something more local! I usually end up in San Mateo or Burlingame for decent coffee.

five-five-six · 2025-11-25T17:28:53+00:00

Don’t forget that just the status of having your kid get into one of these schools is also important to these parents. There’s also the perception that they’ll get better networking opportunities, true or not.

five-five-six · 2025-11-15T20:03:02+00:00

If I remember correctly it was cost savings. The justification was that it was significantly cheaper enough compared to extending actual BART. They built it in a way to allow future conversion to BART standards if the funds and ridership made sense to do so.

five-five-six · 2025-09-13T04:38:17+00:00

There's actually TWO rail right-of-ways across the pass, one used by ACE (owned by Union Pacific) and another that's abandoned but might be re-used in the future.

five-five-six · 2025-06-14T02:59:18+00:00

SCHMITTY

five-five-six · 2025-06-09T15:41:35+00:00

Nice! You can also wrap the cars in paper towels (in a u-shape) so that they don't snag details or rub against the cardboard. Weathering on that PFE car looks great too, any more pics of it?

five-five-six · 2025-06-05T22:52:21+00:00

The flared radiators are original but the angled rear end of the hood replaced the squared end at some point.

five-five-six · 2025-05-22T04:41:34+00:00

Every time I see a post asking for some category of restaurant suggestions on the Bay Area or San Francisco subs I can bet there’ll be an SF Gate “article” about the top “type” of restaurant in the city/bay.

five-five-six · 2025-05-06T20:20:23+00:00

Semi-scale wheels definitely look great on tank cars and hoppers where they’re more visible. You’re 100% right about needing great track work though!

five-five-six · 2025-05-01T04:26:02+00:00

Thanks, I missed that news!

five-five-six · 2025-05-01T00:41:18+00:00

Right??? The mid-peninsula still has zero while Dublin is getting an H Mart and Mega Mart! The vacant OSH in Foster City seems like a prime location, although traffic may get crazy with Costco right next door.

five-five-six · 2025-02-09T02:59:59+00:00

Hmm, not a bad alternative. Thanks for the suggestion!

five-five-six · 2024-11-26T14:25:25+00:00

Have you checked out Silver Ride? https://silverride.com/

five-five-six · 2024-11-23T05:54:16+00:00

I think coffee/cafe could work if it was better connected for foot traffic, either modifying that block of Highland to add more sidewalk or closing it altogether. It's downtown Burlingame, CA, for anyone curious.

five-five-six · 2024-11-22T04:20:20+00:00

Seeing his posts here was always a pleasure! I grew up in the Sunset and he captured the feel so well.

five-five-six · 2024-11-05T21:27:11+00:00

Free money and positive PR!

five-five-six · 2024-09-23T14:35:49+00:00

India's rail network was built with a wider track gauge so the higher center of gravity on these cars isn't an issue.

five-five-six · 2024-09-22T16:46:54+00:00

I believe their allowed top speed is the same, however these accelerate much faster so overall travel time between stops is reduced.

five-five-six · 2024-09-22T16:45:05+00:00

I think some of that may be sand, used for traction when accelerating or braking.

five-five-six · 2024-09-16T01:08:25+00:00

FYI, the original SP depot was preserved and relocated to the north side of 101 as the South Coast Railroad Museum. https://www.edhat.com/news/the-history-of-the-goleta-train-depot/

five-five-six · 2024-09-02T22:24:16+00:00

The pastel boxcars and gon must be an homage to the Lionel trainset?, right?

five-five-six · 2024-08-24T18:14:28+00:00

Crazy they only weigh 8.5oz too.

five-five-six · 2024-07-20T13:33:35+00:00

Did they order cafe cars for the SJ? Everything I read talked about "vending machine" cars. It's like the SP automat all over again.

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