Amtrak Roomette Overnight on the Northeast Regional Train 

Genius! 🤣

Ouch

(**Groan!**)

Oh this was damn good 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Delmond Devaux watch the first 23 seconds of the video then come back

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

As a fellow mariner, on sailboats and ships, train berths are fine. No leaks from the overhead or bad hatches, halyards slapping against the mast, or sails flogging during a sail change. They're not a quiet as a turbine steamship, but those are long gone.

The roomettes are very nice.....BUT....They've become "out of my price range". I go coach now. Curling up on two coach seats is not the most comfortable...but....the impact on my wallet is much MUCH less.

Easier and faster to drive!😊

Why the roommate are so expensive?

Indeed! I can't wait to see Jeb review trains from other countries especially the ones with JR.

Trains are the future. Back to the future that is. The fascination with highways, cars, and planes is finally dying. and hopefully the damage they have wrought too. The Earth can’t take their destruction much longer.

@@Toast0808 LOL

@@kvogel9245 what, you find reality to be funny?

He made me addicted, now trains are the coolest thing for me. Jebb!!

I'm skeptical that I could survive traveling in a small cell even by myself.

@@TowerofAboveandBelow 1

Lol, you're describing a jail cell.

These roomettes are a rip off. You pay 800 dollars or more. There's no privacy, you usually end up sharing it with a total stranger. Last week I purchased a coach ticket for 342. I asked about the roomettes, was quoted 1100. for one. I asked is it "private" she said not usually. For that price, I think it would be private. So coach it is. Be prepared, if you travel coach-- the restrooms are filthy! I was a custodian at a school district for 22 years, and these rest rooms were gross and unserviced. Good luck.

Lol seriously...uh honey sorry to disturb your movie but....

Do you recommend getting a roomette or seating for long trips? Any other tips?

@@MC-342 Haven't done a long enough trip yet to give you advice. I've been following Jeb because I'm hoping to do a Boston to CA trip early next year. Roomettes, depending on the cost, seem best to me because I'll be traveling alone which is normal. Happy traveling 🚉

I did a reclining seat from Champagne to Memphis. It was better than how I typically do on red-eyes, when I sleep like 2 hours.. I didn't need a roomette for that. Nor did I need the roomette the leg from Memphis to New Orleans, which is basically 6:45 am to 3:45pm.

Yes the cafe attendant was an extremely poor representation of any product and any company..

I was a fairly frequent passenger on the SWC between Chicago and ABQ about 5-6 years ago, taking 2-3 round trips a year. Service was always great!

@@StringerNews1 Happy to learn that you've enjoyed your travels abroad Amtrak. Thank you for riding with us!

Amtrak has no incentive to be better because they have no real competition on the rails.

@@theatremusician There IS competition for positions though. Because of the union though it's hard to fire people for having a shitty attitude. To some degree I think it's good that people can't be fired willy nilly (although a bunch got furloughed due to COVID), but I wish the union would self-police better to keep its membership on mission.

It's also pretty bad going into NY from New Jersey as all the lines merge to go into the Hudson tunnel. That tunnel project has been in their planning for years but only now does it look like it'll get funded.

Its called Metro North's shitty maintnence in plain english

Wow, these roomettes aren't like 50 years ago, seriously?

@@TheEnd-eg6wq Honestly, very little difference. The old ones never had a shower, always had a toilet, and I wouldn't have shared one with a medium-sized cat -- otherwise, pretty much the same story.

Try sleeping in the fo'cs'le of a sailboat underway at sea. Compared to that, a railcar roomette is a luxury, even for two. Both people can stretch out on clean, dry sheets with no likelihood of being thrown from their rack by a bad roll. lt's all a matter of what one has experienced for comparison.

@@frankmiller95 The way you compared/contrasted those two sleeping experiences was very effective! And your last sentence raises an excellent point and is applicable to so many things in life.

Unfortunately- people who ride it for work rather than leisure.

People that hate on Amtrak for being too good

It gets delayed a lot

@@x-90 freight owns the tracks and ignores the 1971 laws that say Amtrak is to have priority at all times

@@x-90 at least the trains with sleepers on them coming from south of dc. All the NEC only trains (Acela, NE Regional) are on time over 90% of the time

@@arun120977 Self improvement is a journey worth taking. Rather than just being content with acting on primate urges.

@@arun120977 Foolish person, THEY ARE" NOT" Government Employees. Amtrak is Subsidized by the government, as is EVERY OTHER PASSINGER RR in the US.

I would have yelled back in the same tone.

Not only that - the tiny room, beds, sink, the big box of a tiny breakfast. I can’t call that service - or welcoming any paying customer. 😔

How it should be: "I'm sorry sir, but the Cafe is not open yet. Please come back at XX o'clock when I'll be all ready for you!" Amtrak: "Get out! I'm not open yet! Go!" (Snaps fingers and points)

Disgraceful

You should report that cafe attendant for being rude, like you said that is fail

@@beckygriggs7827 I've never had that problem.

If I was in a viewliner I, I'd rather go to the coach bathroom than use the one in the room.

Agreed

Not curt but rather uppity. For Amtrak it is difficult to fire those losers because of union tactics.

Don't take everything so Literally. I find it difficult to believe that any Amtrak employee would YELL at a passenger.

@@jttraina4516they don't really yell. It's just those loud obnoxious vocal cords of theirs couple with "I have power"

@@jttraina4516 In my case when I did not show my business class ticket to the cafe car guy in time he clearly raised his voice and showed a good amount of anger. It's not like he screamed but I thought it was an overreaction.

@@Mardasee Guessing hospitality training also goes against their tactics.

I as a single woman who booked a roomette on the CA Zephyr back in the late 70's worked perfectly for me. I think it might have been not so perfect with 2.

On the toilet! Well, that is the final destination of the items in the breakfast box.

A couple of times in business class they told us to show our ticket in the cafe car for a discount. I made the mistake of waiting until after I placed my order and then showed the ticket, and then I got yelled at. I thought it was a simple mistake but apparently this is a big hassle for them. I was embarrassed though and probably should have sent feedback to customer service after the trip.

One time when I took a train from DC to NY, the cafe car did not open until about Aberdeen MD. Do the math.

For me, I’m fine with one day of bad sleep, if it’s more than 1 day then I do fee jet lag

the Vermonter is amazing. I always got on in Essex and went down to Philly to visit grandparents. unfortunately that time has passed but with other family still in the Philly area I hopefully can still take the Vermonter. it is one of the best routes

Convenient… for one Traveller! Yet, too small/tiny room!

They stopped doing the sleeper service a few years ago and just brought it back thanks to more funding again. When I say just brought it back I mean like 06/03/2021.

BYOB. Problem solved.

Can't wait to ride overnight on what could be the first Seattle-San Diego, Philadelphia-Chicago, Chicago-Dallas, Boston-Atlanta, or San Antonio-Miami High Speed Rail line by 2045. Will be a very comfortable alternative to flying when that happens.

Metro doesnt have trains to Dulles yet, so youd have to take a highway bus.

@@Jobother -ronald reagan airport Yellow&Blue metro lines

Just to be precise in this situation, at 1:33 Jeb mentions DCA, which is Reagan National; not IAD/Dulles.

Same here. I never used the _en suite_ toilet. And with hours of sitting, it's nice to take the short walk to the loo.

@@StringerNews1 You'll be happy to know that the new cars do not have the porta potty in them so you have to share with the rest of the train.

@@cgchilds8470 Porta Potty? What are you talking about?

I find that having a toilet next to my head when I sleep is dictating. I don’t know why the designer where thinking! My opinion.

My gf poop smells like roses. But she hates mine. I guess she doesn’t love me

We couldn’t afford it either, but then I got an Amtrak credit card. Except for gas, if I need a card, I use it. It knocks the price of a trip down or sleeper for the price of coach!

17 hours is nothing! Lol, I’ve been in one for nearly 70 hours straight.

Cue up Arlo, son of Woody.

@@Cal90208 Wow that sounds like fun

I'd love to try that someday! But I do know that the roomettes on the Superliner trains are a bit different than this one on the Viewliner tho

@@Keither754 yeah there weren’t toilets in the roomette but for me it was very cozy

Superliners are rated only to 100 mph. Viewliners 1 is for 110 mph, but Viewliners 2 is for 125 mph. The reason is Viewliners on Trains #65/66/67 are oldest one, previously was in Cardinal. So they are little bit bumpy at speed over 100 mph.

@@JackArkitekt I'd really like to see Viewliner IIs on 65-67. Since they are built for higher speeds and are newer and thus could attract ridership for a new service (not to mention the lack of in-room toilets might be more tolerable for a short trip), they should put them on these trains.

@@thefareplayer2254 Viewliners type 1 sleepers built from 1992 to 1997, original design from 1988 Viewliner Cafe Car who also prototype for Viewliners type 2, what's actually improved version of previous type, built from 2015 up to now. They are too new to be scrapped (type 1). While wear and tear visible already, so it's better use them for shorter long distance, like Night Owl and Palmetto. Adding sleeper car makes them true long distance trains. Viewliners 1 type probably will be refurbished soon.. Railway cars designed for normal service life of 50-60 years. Amfleet 1 cars built in 1974-1978, will be replaced by 2029, but Amfleet 2 cars, built in 1980-1984, will be replaced by 2035. Btw Amfleet cars were tested for 150 mph speed, but FRA limited them to safe operation of 125 mph. Amfleet tubing design is from Metroliner who was tested in 1967 for 165 mph. Never certified for that speed, so limited to 135 mph initially, but then to 125 mph. They were designed as true High Speed cars, streamlined airplane design to reduce airflow to minimum, were beat even Bullet trains, but they lack Electric Engine, they were EMU and this created problems with their tractions, and create a long list of malfunctions, so Metroliner EMU sets were to be replaced by locomotive powered Amfleet, at this time US have obsolete fleet of Electric engines, and they were not designed for High Speed, and this result Swedish designed AEM-7 locomotive, who was limited by FRA to 125 mph. At same time France tested their TGV HS train at 187 mph... By European standards much lower than FRA they were allowed this to operate initially at 175 mph, then to 187 mph. Then Germany built ICE-3 train at 202 mph tested and certified at 175 mph. Then ICE-4 at 220 mph. ICE-4 was tested in NEC and failed FRA standards, then Acela was born, tested at 175 mph but certified at 150 mph by FRA, because it's shows discomfort ride at 165 mph. New Avelia Liberty tested in NEC at 172 mph, but certified at 160 mph by FRA, and not recommended to be use faster than 165 mph in NEC. Avelia Liberty failed some tests at speeds of 178 mph at Pueblo test track. But passed all tests at speed below 169 mph. With tilt and without it. FRA not recommend use this trainset without tilt on speed over 175 mph. I guess that even 250 mph Chinese trains will fail FRA test at 170 mph. They are too light to get survived at crush impact without structural damage at 80 mph. And this is minimum requirements for passing FRA tests.

@@JackArkitekt The track is not maintained well enough for those speeds. The power can get you to those speeds but comfort suffers on those rails.

I was on a cruise during a storm. Yikes ... all that rocking.

I wonder if they are at the "farting" stage yet?

No it doesn't, married 28 years tomorrow and still do not poop in front of each other.

That toilet is in the same place you may sit and eat. No way. that is nasty.

I agree…. Especially since you’re expected to sleep a few inches away from a toilet that thousands of strangers used before you. Disgusting 🤮

They're in the process of being removed on the Viewliner I's and the brand new Viewliner II's don't have them.

@@dynasty0019 exactly! You beat me to that comment 😂