Los Angeles - Flagstaff: Amtrak Train "Southwest Chief" in Roomette Sleeping Car 

I work for an Amtrak thruway shuttle that transport passengers from Flagstaff AZ to Williams, AZ to the Grand Canyon Railway and Southwest Chief 4 is my train i transport for. Alot of ppl get frustrated or angry because Amtrak is always delayed. But there is no need to be, make it part of your adventure!! And not once have they missed out on a connecting transportation because of the delays. Ppl just need to relax and enjoy!

An excellent video for anyone who loves passenger trains. Amtrak trains can run on both BNSF and UP. The Southwest Chief runs exclusively on BNSF because when Amtrak was created it replaced the Santa Fe's two premier trains, the Chief and the Super Chief. The only route change came when BNSF sold the original route between San Bernardino and LAUPT via Pasadena to be used for the Gold Line light rail. At that point the Southwest Chief started running through Fullerton. The Amtrak California Zephyr replaced the original California Zephyr that was a joint train operated by the Burlington (now BNSF), the Rio Grande and the Western Pacific (both now UP). I could be wrong, but I think that "Southern Transcon" usually refers to the former Southern Pacific (now UP) Sunset Route from LA to New Orleans, though the former Santa Fe transcon is the more Southerly of BNSF's two transcon routes, the other being from Chicago to Seattle or Portland. The original transcon from Omaha to Sacramento is now all UP. By the way, Amtrak did once have an LA-Salt Lake City train called the Desert Wind that ran via Las Vegas. Living in Pasadena in the 70s we could see both the Southwest Chief and Desert Wind after stopping in Pasadena travelling down the middle of the freeway where the Gold Line now goes.

What a terrific video my friend, I really enjoy your content, and most of all because I can feel your passion for traveling same as I have myself. Thanks for letting us join you on your travels. ^^ Greetings from Bangkok and Tokyo via Denmark. Thomas

I love the touch of using the russian tee cup on an american train!

Wow what a beautiful land! I love trains and no sleep compares to that on a train! Thanks for sharing ❤️👍

interesting travel experience 🤗

I am thrilled to see your Amtrak journeys… I was in Las Vegas recently and got a ride to Kingman AZ to board the Southwest Chief. I too wish Amtrak would go to LV… Thank you for your magnificent videos!

This is a very unique experience for those unfamiliar with modern US trains

Super video! Interesting train ride! Good job! Mega 👍👍👍😉

What a great trip.

re: locomotive bell. US practice is to use the bell when the train is moving within a railroad yard.

Wunderbar, vielen Dank!

Excellentes vidéos, seulement du visuel sans commentaires. On voyage avec vous, un grand merci.

Informative, interesting and well worth the view. Surprised to see dining car was built by Bombardier (Canada) and the "bombed-out" Metrolinx. Well done, can't wait to catch Part 2, thank you

Superb video! I have watched all your videos. Glad you got to take this journey!

Beautiful camera work!

Hello from cold Scotland in the UK. It's a cold January here and I'm snuggled up on my sofa watching this amazing video. Thank you so much for making these, it's like I'm able to be there and experience it. Fascinating. Hopefully one day I'll get to do this journey for real. Your trains look amazing, and the views 😮 wow I'm a new fan and subscribing ❤

I just took the Southwest Chief last week from Chicago to Los Angeles. Since it was 42+ hrs onboard I got a roomette and I have zero regrets. I really enjoyed the trip, the roomette, the staff, and the dining. Everything exceeded my expectations.

Mesmerizing Presentation 👌 Hearty Greetings from Hyderabad India 🇮🇳

Very nice ! 😎😎😎😎

Very nice travel video. There's actually a Flyaway bus from LAX to Union station.

There are 2 letter "R's" in San Bernardino.

My favourite country usa🎉.... California my favourite State...one day I will settled in los Angeles 😅😊

So nice !! I love deserts 🏜 ❤️ But,very unfortunately I am allergic to dust & it gets so bad whenever visiting deserts !! But,I'd love to make it to this trip ! I live in L.A.! A very nice video !! 👍👍🏜💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🚝💞

Great scenes, and I LOVED the "reading" commentary! As a note: please list nhe times in common times; most people Do not recognize the 24-hour time!

Nice video! Although the locomotive at 6:14 is the mp36ph-3c. I believe the only company using F59PHI in so-cal is NCTD Coaster in San Diego.

California Zephyr runs along the UP between West Oakland and Denver, and then along the BNSF between Denver and Chicago. Regarding passenger service between LA-LV, Amtrak used to operate the Desert Wind ( LA-Las Vegas-SLC )...but that got cancelled in the late 90s during the many budget cuts due to low ridership.

Very nice!!

Could you tell me where did you buy this led lamp or what kind of company it is? :D

I wanted to ride the train to Flagstaff this summer but I couldn't cus of work and school and with fall semester imma have to wait possibly till January when there's snow.

Really nice. Liked the Ukrainian cupholder and the announcements in Ukrainian. Nice touch, well done.

Excellent video!

17:29-silver car looks like a 1969 Dodge Challenger.

Awesome

Very nice vlog.

Re intercity from LA to LVNV, I believe the private carrier Brightline (operates now in Florida) have won the right to build such a high-ish speed line, from just outside LA. It will, of course, be years in the making. Also, since you showed the menu, it's clear that your appetizer was the Mexican souffle! As to the "provodnik" not making your bed, did you try using the call button? I do believe they have to make up your bed if you request it.

Saw a classic ‘69 Cadillac Coupe DeVille convertible pimpmobile right where you saw your classic.

At 17:28 the car is a 1972 Dodge Challenger.

Bravo DOC7,bel video LA - Chicago, Please Toronto - Vancouver ? is possible...tank you...

Thankyou Video !!! I hope Wellcome Japan and ride Shinkansen Super Expreaa !!! And...Enjoy WWW

We want too this travel.

I wouldn't say double track is all that rare in the US. Data filed with the Surface Transportation Board indicates that Class 1 railroads own 16,000 miles of road with two or more main tracks.

Airplanes definitely a quicker but its not a bad way to travel with all the accommodations to relax sleep dine,work, with using Internet phones,and to be able to walk around at your leisure

The US needs more double-track lines, obviously. Maybe if there is a recession, this is how the government can help improve the economy like in 1939.

The silver car looks like a late 1960s Camaro by Chevrolet.

According to 24:56 There will be a high-speed-train betwen La and Las Vegas in the future. They are planning on it.

Rode the City of New Orleans from Chicago to New Orleans

Thank you for the content. I leave on train 4, Friday in a sleeper.

All of America started speaking Ukrainian now? There were any babushkas selling hot barshch at the stations? :P

The reason to why your train has as two P42DC or combined P40DC P42DC formation is that The Southwest chief needs that power to climb I-25 Raton Pass and I-15 Cajon Pass Railroad Tracks. Otherwise Southwest Chief Needs to be pushed from the back end by a BNSF Helper locomotive at Cajon and Raton Passes. This is the same practice at Aachen Hbf Ronheider Rampe towards Liege DB BR232 218 363 pushes the train from the back then Separate once it reaches the summit of the route. Since SNCB NMBS HLE18 Alstom HLE21 27 13 lack the power to make Ronheider Rampe that changed with rework of 2007-2011 where SNCB NMBS HLE18 Siemens has enough power the make the climb over Ronheider Rampe. One more thing that Amtrak means to learn from its European counterpart ÖBB Nightjet is that the economy Class can be Placed in compartments something that American Sleeper trains lack. Followed by couchette and steam heated food Instead of using microwave on the restaurant carriage which are the viewliner II and Superliners

There is a direct bus from LAX to Union Station hourly.

Love your clips Coool Did i hear twice announcements in Russian at the loudspeakers??

Why do they need 2 big locomotives for 8 car passenger train? Are there steep parts in the mountains?

Sorry you didn't have any help from the Providnik😊

Hermoso tu video, como siempre, lleno de información que nos hace aprender. Por lo que entiendo, el camarero no te ayudó a hacer la cama: me extraña, sinceramente; las veces que he viajado siempre las hacen ellos. ¿Habrá cambiado la costumbre?

I thought the gold line only went to pasadena??

I’m in the Uk this is a wonderful video

I , Remember When They Had A Lounge Car Where You Could Get A Drink And Smoke. Gone , Are Those Days.

🚂🚂🚂💙💙💙💙💙👍

What was your favorite meal on this train? How many hours of uninterrupted sleep did you get on this train?

Interesting….you seems you’re from Europe that using metrics like km , military time and Celsius temperature that most Americans don’t use that system except Canada using most of international metric system and British still use Celsius for the weather but not using km for distance …England use the mileage system like us ….

America,speaking, ukraianian,

30:48 jaki sens ma ten wagon o tej porze z włączonym oświetleniem? Przecież nic nie widać... Na co ci ludzie się gapią? Na swoje odbicie w szybie?

7:40 Ukrainian voice station announcements )) wtf?!

President Bill Clinton stopped the train that ran from LA to Vegas to Salt Lake City to spite the Utahns who overwhelmingly voted against him at the highest rate in the nation. There was some project to bring back train service under the Brightline brand and California and Nevada issued $3.2 billion dollars worth of construction bonds but it's not clear how that's going or if it is still being built. Thanks Doc for another great video. I think that car was a current production Charger rather than a classic model but I wouldn't bet money on it.

Вот народ,одстаканники с гранёными стаканами у нас скопировали.

The reason why there is no train btwn LA and LV is that once one gets past the LA area, there is nothing but desert! The trains are capitalist, they need flow of passengers, they get none for most of that route! BTW it's KINGMAN, Arizona! not "Kingsman"!

Provodnik? Where are you from, comrade?

Where are you from?

Such an interesting travel experience but US trains are sooo expensive as if trying not to attract customers.

Yes, thank god the govt doesnt own the track, it would be impassable!

I wish the author had used feet and mph for units of measurement. This is confusing for Americans.

Amtrak has always been an embarresment. worst in the world. they never got it together. never investted in their own tracks. Even third world countries are having first classsystems. I have been on trins in Europe India Japan many years ao. They are light years of US back 40 years ago.

"Provodnik" 😆

33:47 What's the purpose of that green light on the vagon?