tour of Amtrak superliner sleeper car California Zephyr 

I work for Amtrak (Coach mechanic), we try very hard to keep our passengers safe and comfortable.

I love the dominance of warm coloured lighting everywhere. Perfect for an environment where you wanna feel comfy. Those trains are awesome. Basically hotels on rails.

Rode California Zephyr all the way from Chi to SF many times in the 90’s. Wont do it again until theyve made SIGNIFICANT maintenance improvements. The velcro curtains wont stay shut bc velcro is ancient. The seats unfold flat at night to make a bed, but my seat wouldnt stay latched down, causing it to go back up into a seated pisition in the middle of the night and me to fall out. Car attendant rarely there. They are supposed to put your bed together for you and considering my tickets were always at least $800 one would expect that service, but I found myself having to change the seats into a bed myself because nobody ever showed up in the car. Fixtures in the roomette falling apart. Toilets didnt work all the way from Galesburg Illinois to END OF THE LINE once. We went 3 days with plugged up toilets that ppl were still using because nature calls, but no way to flush them. The train ran out of water because the water holding system leaked all over the tracks. They refilled the water in Galesburg but didnt fix the problem because it wouldve made the train much too late. The reason the toilets stopped flushing was because there was no water to flush them with. We were using bottled water to bathe. It was totally nasty.

thanks for the tour. it's been YEARS since I rode the train. great experiences had by all.

A wonderful tour of hallways and lights.

Loved this video on lights. I've always enjoyed lighting videos which feature lights and lighting. Just havin fun here.

Brought to you by the letters H and B, along with lights and coffee 😊 Fun little video.

I used to travel alot between seattle and Albany oregon, miss Amtrak. Thank u!!!💖

Which type of sleeping car on the California Zephyr to Chicago Illinois from emeryville california,and lake shore limited to New York City

The title of this video should be Amtrak; Hallways and Light Fixtures.

When i rode this train in February, my roomette was 14 as well. great location

Our trip is in five months. We already had a bad experience with AMTRAK going to New Orleans in coach class round trip, we don't want to make that mistake again.As is, there is a significant difference between "roomettes" on the superliner compared to the viewliner that we noticed which changes our level of comfort.Simply put, I want to relax and not deal with nasty Amtrak staff as much as possible along with enjoying the view.

I,m going to ride the Amtrak this summer to Houston and now I can't wait!

If there was a burned out light on this train, this guy informed staff of the outage. Trust me.

When I was living out in Fresno California I went with my Special Ed Class to San Francisco on Amtrak. I’m now living on the East Coast here in Florida I lived here since 2003. I pay $15.99 a month for RU-vid premium so when I put my phone on sleep mode the Audio still plays. February 20th 2019 is my next Billing date for RU-vid Premium.

We have traveled on Amtrak many times and always enjoyed it. We have been on the Zephyr quite a few times. We hope to take Amtrak down to Florida next year to catch a cruise and return home on Amtrak from Seattle when our cruise ends. It is much more relaxing than flying and you get to meet some nice people while on the train.

The H on the door doesn't mean "handicapped". AMTRAK labels it's large rooms with letters. Numbers are used for the small roomettes.

Thank you for this tour!

My Granddaughter talked me into a trip to California on Amtrak. I enjoyed the trip because l could go to back to stretch my legs and really relax in my seat.

Great video, I travel by Amtrak when I travel long distance. The train is my very first choice when I travel long distance, I have rode Amtrak 26 times since 1/31/1974. My very first Amtrak ride was on the Silver Meteror from Richmond, VA to Wilmington, DE. I have rode the Sunset Limited 8 times, the Pacific Surfliners when they were called the San Diegans 7 times, the Texas Eagle 5 times, the Coast Starlight 3 times, the Crescent on 9/19-20/2012 from New Orleans, LA to Wilmington, DE & the Cardinal from Wilmington, DE to Chicago, IL on 10/3-4/2012. I'm planning to ride on Amtrak at a future time from San Diego to Oxnard, CA round trip on the Pacific Surfliner. My days of flying are only between Los Angeles & Manila.

True story. Back in the early '90's. I worked for a short line railroad in Arkansas. The locomotives were from the '60's bought from a Canadian railroad and completely refurbished. I was an engineer. In the nose of the locomotives was a commode. You open the lid and there was about a 4 inch pipe that went below the train. You could see the ground, (ballast and railroad ties beneath you. Yes, that is where your shit went, right on the ground beneath you when you would do your business.

Can you stop and visit cities and monuments, and then hop on the next train?

I remember back in '75 taking Amtrak for a 250 mile trip. It took 14 hours. Antiquated transportation. Aircraft are safer and more economical by far.

Why are you so impressed with the numbers on the bedrooms?

There is no doubt now; each bedroom is definitely numbered.

are the beds more comfortable then on the viewliner? or is it just a bigger train? the viewliner beds are totally uncomfortable. i can hardly sleep in it.

What is a roomette? And what's the difference between that and a bedroom?

Amtrak inherited it's 1st bilevels from Santa Fe's El Capitan as part of it's heritage fleet. They loved them so much, they built the Superliner bilevels with bedrooms (El Cap was all coach) and equipped ALL pasenger trains west of Chicago with them as well as the City of New Orleans & the Capitol Limited. -but now, the Superliners are older than the heritage equipment they once replaced. So the BIG question for Amtrak now after 40 years of Superlning is: what's next?-rebuild or replace........."?"

Thank you for the effort but you move the camera too quickly, you are going to all this effort it would be better if we got a chance to take it all in.

This is a great tour of the room! I'm hoping to take a train ride across country soon. Do you know how long the beds are? Would someone 6'3" be able to sleep on it?

sleeper cars well worth the money!

This is like a house coach! I wanna ride this train! I mean it has everything! Unlike other trains, this one has a shower! Cool!

My question is, how is the food? Is it included in the cost? Is it like airline or cruise food?

It's a wonder the in cabin restrooms aren't more like a "wet bath" used in small campers. It's amazinig what can be doinf with fiberglass and molded plastic. I wonder how clean and sanitized they are? I would carry on a small container of Lysol.

Shower Looks not so clean. How is Amtrak in General with cleanliness and comfort?

well it would be nice if you didn't show off the hallway so much and really get into the nitty-gritty of the roomette as opposed to the hallways and other than that it seems nice

I love the California Zephyr.

I've asked the ? How much does traveling on Amtrak sleeper car for a night run for??

why wasn't there a more thorough look at the bedrooms? we got to see room numbers several times. why not the beds?

I was in your exact room but on the Empire Builder. I loved the location, even if the views may not have been as good as up top (much quieter due to less foot traffic and less sway of the train, and also close proximity to the bathrooms and shower).

I'm a rail-lover, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed your video of a full tour aboard Amtrak's sleeper car. Thank you! I own many rail DVDs -- and, granted, a few are awesome -- but none of them present details of the sleeping components of a long-distance rail trip. Someday, yes, perhaps after I've retired, I'll take those long, long-distance trips, such as Chicago to San Francisco aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr; Newark to Miami aboard Amtrak's Silver Meteor (is that the name of the train?); and, on VIA Rail Canada, the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff, and the CP train from Toronto to Vancouver. I plan on repeating my viewing of your videos because rail travel, while not for everyone -- as you commented here -- is so relaxing and, when there are scenic spots along the way, quite exhilarating! One doesn't need to wait until retirement, though, to take shorter, long-distance routes, such as the one aboard the Lake Shore Limited from Chicago to New York City (or vice versa).

Thank you for pointing out the lights on the stairs are for night time travel so people can see where they're going. I mean, who would have guessed????

That coffe just sitting in the halls there. Is that free for anyone to get? Or do you have to ask staff to get u?

"I'm just reading" then hides the bottle lmao

Awesome this makes me want to ride the Amtrak train

Could you have maybe shown more shots of room numbers?

I've ridden that. Very enjoyable and the food is great. Kinda a lousy video. I loved chilling in my roomette

I took this trip last July in the big bedroom..only way to go!

It wasn't really a tour, rather than an exuberant showing of the sleeper car and his fascination with the lights. I hope no-one else needed Dramamine like I did cause of the cameraship, and not cause of the train.

I took a trip to Mardi Gras this year 2017 ( from Chicago to New Orleans ), and I booked the Bedroom going there and the Roomette coming back ( City of New Orleans Superliner train ). I may never travel coach on Amtrak again for long distance trips! It's just that a bedroom on a Superliner for a trip longer than one day will cost a pretty penny. Traveled alone, the bedroom with more space than a Roomette and the enclosed bathroom and shower, loved it! Not to mention that I didn't have to buy meals and got to board early!

Wish I had lots of money so I could take every Amtrak route there is. Would love to be a train buff for a time. Nothing though stops me from window shopping online with Amtrak and I discovered to get a deluxe bedroom for a summer trip it must be reserved months ahead of time.

Does the train move so much?

What does that cost? Looks pretty cool.

All those stairs going up and down reminds me of going from one end of an aircraft carrier to the other end. Where are the stewards at? I heard they can get you beds ready at night and set them back up for day use. It's a lot different than from the 1959 film "Some Like It Hot" with the great Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. I think I like the train better from "Some Like It Hot". Great video.

Yes, I saw the room number and the hall and the stair lights. You are obsessed with the lights.

Are the roomettes all the same size on theZephur?

This was fun, thank you. The next time you film this would you show is the view out of the windows?

slow your filming down, pan more slowly. i wanted to enjoy this but ended up with a headache instead.

Did you smellll it?

In three weeks i going from slc to truckee on this same train california zepher yup i even did it two years ago i getting excited to do it again

I’m so minimalist that I’d be happy to live there.

Very nice, but I got a little motion sick from the constantly moving .

Hey Amtrak Mechanic...why was a crap stuck at the bottom of the door on the H bedroom???

Car???

I was very quiet? did you say the first room was for a disabled person? I would have liked to see that! huggssilky

is family room bigger than this?

It's interesting how many video tours of the sleeping cars say 3 bathrooms when there are only 2.

Man I'm going on Amtrak tour. Playing music in various places around the country, riding the train. Should be fun. Anyone ever been on the Empire Builder? The one that goes from Chicago to Seattle?

Gezzz how long is this train ride? 2 stories! Damn I love America.

I would love to travel by railroad someday. But what concerns me is doofuses behind the wheel who try to "beat the train" at railroad crossings, and any damaged track that can cause the train to derail.

Been on that train a few times but never in the sleeper. Always had to get the cheap seats, but on a superliner, those aren't too bad.

Great tour 👍🏼

You are a Fanatic...

Did not show the Sleeper bedrooms, only the roomettes

"Amtrak superliner room numbers comprehensive review"

Sleeper car?

June 14th i wait at amtrak station for train at 1 35am i have slept in sleeper car use toliets not shower noway to many use those.showers leave em a mess.

Handicapped bedroom on the 2nd floor?

It looks small and dirty. And why all the cardboard garbage cans sitting out in the way?

In your home or hotel they are rooms. On a train they are compartments.

Restroom?? For a toilet? Is that normal?

how much?

Great video of the hallways........the rooms, not so much. What about the full cabins, not just a roomette?

Does have shampoo and bar soap and wash cloth and bath towel

This is what the shower looks like. These are the doors that you enter the train through. lol. Yeah, we get the idea mate. It just seems a shame you seem to think you need to explain to people what doors and showers are. Didn't watch more than the first 2 minutes because I was afraid my brain would start melting.

Where is the bar?

It's pronounced "Zeffer," not "Zoofer." But thanks for the tour; I've always wondered what the hallways, light fixtures, and signs on an Amtrak were like.

If I was on that train, I,d get lost.

I wish he would zoom in on the room numbers a little better... really hard to make out on camera...

cmon man!!! you spent more time walking up and down the stairs then showing the "Bedroom"

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Thumbnail photo: Out the window looks like clouds (weeds or snow maybe?) More like an a large airline window instead of train.

His room mate is getting drunk lol

Never did see a sleeper room....

I been an Amtrak for a couple of days

Thanks

He showed nothing - a bit to pre-occupied with the lighting.

Nothing like that on the east coast. Whats even sadder is this is a FAR cry from what is available in the rest of the world.

If you has spun the camera more and did some additional aggressive panning, it would have made the video completely unwatchable.

Ok why only show the roomettes