SAN JOSE, CA - MARCH 27: Train wheels can bee seen at the CalTrain yard in San Jose. In the final days of the Obama administration, the Transportation Department agreed to spend more than $700 million on an electrification upgrade to the commuter CalTrain system in northern California. But on the day the agreement was set to be signed--Feb. 17--DOT balked, saying the White House needed to determine whether the initiative fit within the president's budget priorities. (Photo by Nick Otto for the Washington Post)
SAN JOSE, CA - MARCH 27: A general view of the outdated controls inside of a CalTrain engine. In the final days of the Obama administration, the Transportation Department agreed to spend more than $700 million on an electrification upgrade to the commuter CalTrain system in northern California. But on the day the agreement was set to be signed--Feb. 17--DOT balked, saying the White House needed to determine whether the initiative fit within the president's budget priorities. (Photo by Nick Otto for the Washington Post)
SAN JOSE, CA - MARCH 27: A general view of Caltrain as it makes it's way traveling between San Francisco and San Jose. In the final days of the Obama administration, the Transportation Department agreed to spend more than $700 million on an electrification upgrade to the commuter CalTrain system in northern California. But on the day the agreement was set to be signed--Feb. 17--DOT balked, saying the White House needed to determine whether the initiative fit within the president's budget priorities. (Photo by Nick Otto for the Washington Post)
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