This is Hikki, USA RAIL GUIDE. I visited all of the Amtrak stations in the U.S. by train, bus and car and also rode all Amtrak routes.
I am so excited when riding trains because I like to see and feel mechanical movements and physical contacts between two metal objects such as iron wheels and rails. For exactly the same reason, I believe that "Bearing" is one of the most beautiful metal objects (pairing of a metal nut and bolt is also beautiful).
Anyway, I frequently ride trains everywhere in the U.S., sometimes in Canada, too. So, lots of train and station videos will be shared with you.
Sleeper car rooms from $2305.???! If Amtrak were run by the Japanese, the trains would be CLEAN and on time! JapAmTrak!! 👏👏👏👏 Nice video! I find it amazing that you were awake and alert enough to capture and label every stop along the way. 😁👍
Miles In Transit needs to visit more of these stations! He's uploaded videos of visiting certain least used Amtrak stations, for certain states. Like Toccoa, GA, Gastonia, NC, Newbern-Dyersburg, TN, and Gilman, IL to name examples.
My parents and I rode on Amtrak in the 1980s from New Orleans to Wilmington, DE, to visit my aunt and family. It was 28 hours and a long ride. It was fun for the first time. It was wonderful memories.
I appreciate the info about the cities where the train stopped and photos/information about the stations themselves. That's not something I often see in this kind of videos.
The passengers on these Amtrak Thruway busses seem much more well-mannered (and drivers more friendly) than some of the Greynound videos that I've seen recently :-)
If the new Corridor Study pans out, the best outcome would be several Surfliner runs each day to SLO with coordinated transfers to Mid Coast Corridor trains the rest of the way to Emeryville -- perhaps even a crew change with the train itself continuing without the need to transfer.
Imagining, with the buffer in the schedule in case of delays, that the same amount of time spent on a train travelling via Palmdale and the Tehachapi Pass before continuing at Bakersfield -- would be more attractive.
FANTASTIC video! Sitting in Australia it is a marvellous lesson in American geography. Thank you very much. One question. What is the distinction between a “depot” and a “station”?
Not really much of a difference. From what I can find, depot is the building itself and station is the word for the location on the railroad. And historically there might have been a slight difference in freight service availability. But today a lot of people (including myself) use the words interchangeably.
Great video. Just the right amount of annotation. (Too much distracts from the views) Also great that you stuck with ambient sound instead of annoying elevator music
It's sad that dining car service has been removed from all overnight trains east of the Mississippi and when you order a cocktail, you have to mix it yourself...
We took it when it ran from LA to Orlando Florida that was a great trip back in the day we had a family room on the train. it cost back then $786. Now over $1,100.
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