BART A car Cab Pod at WRM

The Western Railway Museum recently received another giant gift from BART – a spare A2 car cab pod.

My understanding is that Bombardier made a few extra pods “just in case” and they were stored at the Hayward Test Track for several years. One such pod became the “1972” cab pod on display at the 50th anniversary event and Final Run.

With the retirement of the Legacy Fleet, the pods were deemed spare and available for reuse. WRM paid to transport one of them from Hayward to the Museum and it arrived in late February.

The plan is to have this cab pod on display in the Laflin Park at a future date. Currently it is stored “out back.”

WRM also has the cab pod of car 107. This was removed from the actual car 107 in the early 2000s as part of the midlife rehab. The A2 pod is slightly different, with relocated HVAC vents, improved communication equipment mounts/holes, etc.