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- This is Part 1 of a 2-part Train Odyssey that begins with AMTRAK's "City of New Orleans" from Chicago to New Orleans, and continues in Part 2 with AMTRAK's "Crescent" from New Orleans as far as Philadelphia.
As part of the same overall trip, I will have separate videos on various attractions.
The food looks great to my eyes... i'm 75 and enjoy your videos.
So do I. I'll soon be 75 and I'm planning my first Amtrak long-distance rail trip in the not-too-distant future. 😃
I understand Amtrak trying to save expenses, but the hot meals are part of the attraction of train travel. Glad to see another train odyssey from you!
Unfortunately Amtrak can't afford to pay dishwashers $30 an hour union wage when restaurants are balking at paying dishwashers $15 an hour. Nor can Amtrak afford to pay cooks $30 an hour union wage, above what Gordon Ramsay pays his chefs at his five star restaurants. With the new Amtrak CEO being a former airline CEO, don't be surprised that train food is going the same way as airline food. Box lunches, box dinners, and continental breakfasts. Just be happy Amtrak is feeding you something, forget about the former diners of famed named overnight hotel trains... Maybe Amtrak will bring back on the Empire Builder the Idaho Star. A loaded baked potato...
@@ronclark9724 Maybe next Amtrak will shrink coach seating just like it was done with commercial airlines so in order to eliminate a car or two.
It's a concerted effort to run people off from Long Distance trains. contact your Congressmen (OK, OK, AND Congresswomen) and complain. This guy Anderson is doing more to kill AMTRAK than - well, I can't think of anything worse.
@@The_DuMont_Network Unfortunately the airline executive in charge of Amtrak presently is CORRECT whether you like it or not. Simply put Amtrak can't provide Denny's coffee shop hot diner meals anywhere near their price with the huge railroad union wages. Nor will the passengers pay $40 for a $10 Denny's meal... The economics cannot be ignored...
@@ronclark9724 Rather than kill a seriously wounded patient, cure the ill. He is trying to cure diarrhea by playing with the toilet. If you have observed the waste and outright mismanagement of the dining car operation, you will see why it is not profitable. No, you're not gonna get 4 star meals. But if the system were outsourced to someone who knows how to do fast food well, you would see an improvement.
Alas, AMTRAK's hands are pretty well tied with some archaic Union work rules which seem damn near impossible to fix.
We don't need china, silverware, glass and the rest. The current plastic plates, cups,drinking vessels and stamped tinware work well. No dishwashing needed.
The portion controlled Cryovac precooked entrees are pretty good. Superior to the glop served by the airlines in the rare occurrence you get food on an airplane. Onboard heated vegetables, heated preprepared breads, instant hot cereals, pre prepared sandwiches all worked well and were tasty.
Perhaps if the crew didn't keep back the steaks and expensive entrees for themselves, were charged for their meals (discounted, of course, as in any restaurant), and were managed properly, things would be better.
Maybe his game is to get rid of the Dining cars and personnel, wait a while and bring it back in a new version, outsourced management and labor. But I doubt it.
Take a look at some of the newer diner/snack bar combos. The snack bar portion is NEVER used in combination with the Diner.
How about utilizing this one car as the combo Diner/Snack bar, rebuild the View cars with either more seating, maybe some Roomettes or a new econo version of a Roomette. You could probably eliminate one car, create some more revenue, and please more customers?
Nice job with the video as usual. Riding the trains sure brings out the worse of the country. The only thing that blows more than that train whistle are the sirens in New Orleans. But another adventure I watched end to end. Thanks for the ride along.
Joe, I wish I could have anticipated how many viewers would misconstrue the actual train activity from the snippets I included in this video. As it is, I have already explained the actual horn situation at length several times in the comments. In short, the train does not blow the horn as much as this video makes it seem.
As for your comment about 'riding the rails brings out the worst in this country', well.....all I can say is that is clearly a kneejerk, uninformed, inaccurate statement.
@@youtuuba I think you misconstrued my comment. I was referring to the out-of-date, abandoned industrial areas that so often are found in any city near rail lines. And, I would like to remind you that you too commented negatively referring to a dilapidated house next to a well-kept property. And, also the deteriorated terminal in (I think) Bermingham Al. got more than a few seconds of your video and you were not enjoying the architecture. Let's face it, train riders just don't get the amenities of other modes of travel. But, once again, I enjoy your videos. Watch them from end to end but I'll admit I don't read all of the comments. I'll be more careful with my mine.
@@youtuuba wrong again Paul!
I was very excited to see a video from you, and I got to watch it immediately after you uploaded it. These video's are very relaxing.
your voice is so calming my guy, I love watching your videos, they are wondefully relaxing
Thanks for these! Way better than the 20 minute versions that other channels are putting out. You need the videos to be this long to get the gist of the trip!
Love you videos. Latin from the beginning of the details add have a safe and blush trip.
The reason the train is "backwards" at Union Station at 17:10 is the train backs down South to West to around 18th and Halsted, about a mile and a half or so and then goes forward across the South Loop on what is known as the St.Charles Airline over to the CN (old Illinois Central) Main Line to head South. There is no direct connection South to East.
Recently found your videos. The first ones were museums , now the train trips . I have enjoyed all of them . Thank you for sharing..
Thanks so much for these "Train Odyssey" videos. I love them so dearly!! ❤
Spot on. Good to see you have updated your Rand McNally road map. I got one from Amazon some time ago and use it to follow your trips. I'm using your videos to sort out what trips I want to take when I finally make it to America. Your commentary makes your videos live. Looking forward to seeing Part 2.
Wayne Hawkins, Part 2 is available now for viewing, as a pair of videos labeled Day 1 and Day 2.
You made my week by posting a new Train Odyssey!
His voice sounds like announcer and adman, from WVTV 18, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1970s-1980s Very excellent sir!!
He sounds like that economist Ben somebody from Ferris Bueler. I listen at night because his voice makes me sleepy.
So great to see another train trip video from you! I really enjoy these. Looking forward to part 2! Thanks.
I been on a Amtrak for a field trip to McComb Miss to Hammond Louisiana
Thanks for sharing this video! I haven't ridden the CONO yet and have always wanted to see a good video of the route.
I can't travel right now due to Covid-19 and have been viewing every Train Odyssey I can Find.
This guy does the best job of narrating the trip....he picks out very interesting details and I like
how he reports on his trip. I almost feel as if I am right there on the train with him. Since I
can't travel now, this is the next best thing to taking the trip myself!
I'm taking a trip from Texas to Chicago, September 3rd on Amtrak, if all goes well!
For those who have never been to New Orleans, one should get it into your heads for a hour around the city you are one inch above sea level. This video isn't lying...
Of course, it's not lying, having no political agenda.
So much flat land, much of it looking dry. Thank you for this video.
I drove to New Orleans from North Carolina so thanks for that info on the bridge being the longest in the world!!! I didn’t even know… I was terrified to drive FYI .. it wasn’t something I happily planned 😂😂😂 but once I got on hood I was ok, the entrance was very intimidating!
Ok, so you have inspired me to go on an adventure. I graduate with a masters in Innovations and Entrepreneurship in December and some friends and I have put a fund together for me to take a trip to Whitefish, Montana. There is a restaurant there called Jalisco Cantina and I've been to the one in Oceanside, California (I'm from there). So, that is my graduation gift to myself. I have been watching and falling asleep to your videos and now I think it's time I make my own video. Thank you for effort and time to make your videos.
I love your style of video. Loved the Key West ones!
Hello! I've just begun viewing and I have a wonderful feeling of anticipation. I love the way you narrate and show us the details and picturesque angles. I love that part of the Chicago River, but don't like the distance of the Metropolitan Lounge to the train -- however, I'd feel fortunate to experience all of it! This is a rail trip I will make, albeit leaving from NYC to go to New Orleans, and then, after a few days in N.O., taking the train to Chicago to spend a week.
I so enjoy your rail trips! Now, let me sit back, and take your exciting vid off "Pause" to let it "Play." I will take this journey through the end of Part 1 and will hop on over to Part 2. Thank you for another riveting ride through this wonderful country of ours!
This is such an awesome video. After listening to "City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie, it's like putting the pieces of a puzzle together. Of course I've heard the song prior to this video and have always known thst the City of New Orleans is a train, but I didn't realize how spot on he was in the some of the lyrics. For example, "the train pulls out of Kankakee, and rolls along past houses, farms and fields ", "changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee", etc.
Another great video, sir. Thank you.
I enjoyed this video. I've been a frequent rider on the City of New Orleans from Champagne to New Orleans since I was a toddler in the early 60's.
Agatha Cristie and a rail adventure. what a jump off point....
I stepped onto the train after a rough night in the lounge. Passenger scurried up and own the lane to board the train and find the sweet respite of the imagined journey. How can you not start or continue with less than that.
Thanks for the cue re the two books. Just downloaded The Long Way Home into my Android Kindle reader. I've always been fond of the 314s, too bad they were before my time. Almost like AMTRAK.
AMtrak is booking about half the Transition Sleeper for the public. The rest are crew dorms.
i recently drove into downtown chicago right during rush hour like when you filmed this. it was a ghost town. we did not see 1 person walking around.
Thanks for posting another one!
this was a neat trip, made the trip many times from Chicago to Hammond, LA, gave me quite a few chuckles on the pronunciation of the LA towns and cities, missed going thru Pontchatoula though
@2:44:05 in my observation Amtrak pads the very last stop sometimes by an hour or so. I think they are trying to improve “on time” performance or ratio to final stop. Another thing is it may pad schedule to more closely assure scheduled connection or at least so passengers on a delayed train don’t cause the connecting train to depart late.
@@rhallanger challenger, AMTRAK most certainly builds extra time into their schedules, and not just at the end. If there happens to be no delay during a stretch of the route, they just wait at the next station until the scheduled time of departure.
The only way I'd take long Amtrak trips is with traditional dining car dining and an en suite bedroom with room service options.
Am i the only one that google maps the small towns and take a walk around them?
Whenever a train goes around a roundabout in order to back into the station. It is called a wye. And to pronounce it. It sounds like you are saying why.
At 1:47:10 you passed a plant that had been used to process peanuts, which they were growing in the area a couple of years ago. That's walking distance to my parents' house.
God, what a never-ending series of horn warnings for grade crossings. I thought about muting the audio, but I do like to hear what you have to say. Oh well. . .
train ride first with comfort, then good food, then destination experience. the train is what brings them to the destination first. That has to be an exemplar experience. Then is has to be the food which you cannot buy at the local gas station or drive through. Then the accommodations at the end. You have to have good connections. to make the journey worthwhile
I rode this route back in June 1994 back when it still ran the original route from Memphis to Jackson via Batesville, Grenada, Winona, Durant and Canton before the Illinois Central sometime in 1996 downgraded the line (called the Grenada District, boy I recall it being very rough with the jointed rail 90 percent of the route) and Amtrak had to move to its current route via Marks, Greenwood and Yazoo City. I'll need to check out the new route sometime.
That's Louis Armstrong, he did not like to be called Louie.
Money, MS ( 1:23:41 ) is where Emmit Till was killed. He rode to Mississippi on the 1950's version of the City of New Orleans.
Have the conductors ever indicated having any kind of problems wish wildlife while traveling through wildlife preserves???
Michael McGregor, your question is so open ended as to be unanswerable. Maybe, possibly, at some time the conductor of an AMTRAK train might make some kind of comment about wildlife.
Don't mind Paul, He's a bit of a grumpy bean sometimes and a close family friend of ours.
Very interesting.. Some of my family came from that area of east of Greenwood MS.
24:15 Chicago
37:46 Day 2
42:47 Memphis
1:13:40 Marks
1:35:09 Greenwood
2:02:06 Yazoo City
2:19:51 Jackson
2:35:21 Brookhaven
2:37:35 McComb
2:43:37 Hammond
3:00:45 New Orleans
Thanks for the caption about those green windows - it was eldritch!
And thanks for getting Sam Elliott to narrate. Awesome!
One thing - PLEASE get that cough checked out
I'll be on this train sometime after New Orleans opens up again.
Good morning America. How are ya? Don't ya know me? I'm your native son. I'm the train they call the city of New Orleans. I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
@ 1:50:44 Where you think he's saying fal-found, to me I hear South Bound. Sounds clear as a bell to me...maybe the computer is just a Southerner so it's easier for me to understand, lol. I see just out of Yazoo City you figured that out. I can hear the S's plain as day...perhaps it's all those years of living in a congested city that has plugged up your ears :) The town I currently reside in has more livestock than people, Canton, Indiana, but it's still larger yet then where I'm originally from. Hico, Tennessee probably isn't on any map, but it's about midway between Puryear, Cottage Grove, Jones Mill and Whitlock in Henry County. The County seat is Paris which is comparable in size to Yazoo City. The County seat here in Washington County, IN is Salem which is about half the size of Paris, TN. @ 2:42:13 in Amite, that's pronounced as Ay-Mitt. A comedian I used to listen to named Jerry Clower is from Amite County, MS up by McComb in Liberty, MS though he spent his adult life in Yazoo City. Here's a story of his where he tells how to pronounce it before he tells the story is you'd like. th-cam.com/video/ev0li6_fFfo/w-d-xo.html Hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed "riding along" with ya.
Thanks for posting this. We've taken the Lake Shore Limited from Springfield, MA to Chicago and ever since I've wanted to do some longer distance trips. I'm just curious - how far in advance did you book your trip to get a fare of $600? That's lower than I've been quoted for just a one way to Chicago and you're going about twice that distance. Thanks.
Nature Cams Channel, I booked both trains of this Odyssey around June for the late September trip. Cost depends on route, how full the train is already, and which day(s) of the week the trip is on.
Detector is saying southbound. Did you notice that one detector said train had 31 axles instead of 32.
Hi. Great video. Two questions: in the video, you have a radio scanner. Do you continue to recommend this one or do you recommend another one? Also, what's the paper/physical road atlas you're using in the video?
Esteban Farfan, I don't recommend any particular radio scanner, I just show what I use. I have a couple videos where I discuss scanners, so you might want to check them out.
As for the map, I thought I showed the cover in this video.....anyway, it is the classic Rand McNally Road Atlas of North America.
@@youtuuba Gotcha. Thanks. I'll check out the other scanner videos.
I'm taking the Chicago - Emeryville/SF train next week, so I ask.
Thank you!!!
Love Amtrak city of New Orleans and Amtrak southwest chief
Next time maybe you should try the food court at Union Station? I recall seen a Gold Coast Hot Dogs the last time I was there, my favorite Chicago style dog joint.
Microwave food won't cut it. You have to offer more fresh and enticing.
As of October 1 the dining car service wholly changed. only for sleeper passengers and limited menu which consists of 3 or 4 mediocre items served on plastic packaging like you got in elementary school and the food is pre prepped frozen dinners that you must go get from the attendant rather than table service like it has been since the birth of Amtrak.
and ticket prices did not come down, perhaps the board members of amtrak should have such dinners instead of steakhouses.
@@danielueblacker9118 its government thus common sense is nowhere in the mix
I find it interesting how in America train stations are often placed in the most unheard-of, rustic small towns out there (like Marks, Mississippi) whereas huge metropolitan centers like Las Vegas and Phoenix don't have any connection at all.
For all the snarky comments made by Europeans about US trains most German intercity high-speed rail routes don't average 80mph over their stretches (Osnabrück to Hamburg, 120 miles, is a two-hour journey)
Alan B'stard, I suppose the reason is that when Congress created AMTRAK to take over non-commuting (long distance) passenger rail service, they faced a combination of available freight rails incompatible with passenger rail safety and comfort, a lack of cities willing to erect new passenger stations or refurbish old ones, and the fact that statistics showed certain destinations probably would not be in demand of passenger rail service.
If one compares passenger rail in a country like Germany with that in the States, trains don't go to every city and town in either country. They stop at select destinations. The difference is that Germany, being a much smaller place with generally smaller cities, has relatively few major cities, while the US has many more cities of large size, and places like Las Vegas NV is actually a pretty small place, and is very well served by many low cost airlines, and getting there by rail would be very uneconomical.
JUST ALMOST LIKE BEING THERE. WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE MYSELF.
That train horn is doing my head in. Why in the world do they use it so often. Traveled a lot of countries and the US is over the top. Cool video though.
Stupid regulations as always, disturbing the neighborhood night and day. Sounding the horn at the approach of a station would make sense, but not when the train is running at high speed!
If the train driver is sounding the horn to warn vehicles on dirtroad crossings, they somewhat elude ordinary eyes, because there are none of them visible.
For main roads, there are crossing gates to stop the vehicles and red lights to warn them of an approaching train.
The Engineer is operating under the GCOR, which specifies when applications of the whistle MUST be made. Whether or not there are warning signals, whistle application must be made at non exempt crossings unless it is in a "quiet zone" (see below). There is also a "whistle post", a sign about a mile before each crossing, at which point the Engineer MUST whistle in a specified pattern, Two Short, a Long, and must whistle constantly until his engine is fully across teh crossing. Couple that with the bell (automatically starts on whistle application), and the alternating ditch lights (the two lights you see left and right about midpoint on the nose.
You can Google GCOR, and railroad whistle (or horn) regulations.
There are "No Horn" areas posted in certain locations, approved by federal rules and local ordinances. All crossings in the area are duly marked warning of this.
Alphonso Zorro and yer there are still morons who ignore them signals.
New Orleans is very smart
Do today's rail enthusiasts call it the train's "horn" or the train's "whistle?" For some reason, I think of it as a train's whistle but now I'm thinking that "whistle" harkens back to steam locomotives. Boy! It sure seems like they blow their horns/whistles more often when they're rolling in Mississippi than when they're elsewhere.
Jamesdigiorgio, read some of the other comments on this video. I explained about the apparently high frequency of horn blowing.
I enjoyed your video but have a comment about the scanner. It's nice you turned it off at night but it would also be considerate if you would use ear or head phones at other times as some might not want to listen to that all day long.
Reggie Atwell, I only have the scanner in my room (Roomette) and the door is always closed except when I am passing through it. Nobody else can hear it. So I am being quite considerate of others in regard to my use of the scanner.
@@youtuuba Appreciate your reply but actually the walls between compartments are not soundproof and I have often heard the scanners when doors were closed in both compartments.
@@reggieatwell5246 , I cannot speak to your experience, but I am not a fool in this regard. I have done MANY tests on my various trips to be sure that my use of the scanner is not causing a problem. I have gone into unoccupied adjacent Roomettes to listen, O have stood in the aisle with the door closed to listen, I have asked people in adjacent Roomettes if they can hear my scanner, and beceached them to tell me if they can hear it, and I ask the car attendants to let me know if they hear ANY comments or complaints regarding my scanner. All of these tests have been negative.
My scanner volume is actually quite low, even though it might sound louder on the videos.
I also have noticed, when in my Roomettes, that unless people in adjacent Roomettes are being very boisterous, I can't hear much from them while in my own Roomette, as long as the train is moving, as train-in-motion sounds tend to mask what sounds DO leak past the walls.
So while I appreciate your comments, unless I get contradictory data I will continue with the careful and considerate methodology I have found to work well.
Those Metra cars seem to have odd interiors, can you elaborate on them. They're not like the interiors thst I'm used to on the T cars in Massachusetts.
These retro style cars can be found on other Metra lines. I was riding in one of them on the BNSF line not long ago.
Look it's the before times.
first minute almost looked like dupage county/west chicago.
The detector was saying "South bound".
James Harrell, yes, I finally figured that out and commented on it in the video.
Sorry - I texted this before hearing your correction on the video - and the woman making the announcements would be the Onboard Services Chief.
This video could have been shortened quite a bit by taking out miles of trees on the second day of travel, especially with so few stops (relatively speaking).
Yes, I could have shortened it a lot by trimming any number of things. But the vast majority of my train trip viewers want them this way. If I trimmed a lot of that stuff out, then my videos would be just like all the other short train videos, and those have a different audience. My goal is to make videos that give a good feeling for what it is like to take the trip for real, and if there are lots of long stretches if trees, then I am going to show enough of those to give that same flavor (but still vastly shortened compared to the real deal). Practically ALL of my videos are about the complete experience, with all the details and angles, and I realize that not everyone will appreciate that.
@@youtuuba ...okay. makes sense, thanks for the explanation.
I like your work. But, I think you should have taken a bit of cheese with your whine! Aside from that going through Mississippi was depressing. The poverty was so prevalent. The vast number of mobile homes, closed business everywhere. And you filmed this pre COVID. I run your videos on a very large LED tv. I can’t go where you do. I am a disabled retired Lt. Col. So finding you channel was a blessing. Keep up the good work.
How far ahead do you have to book to save maximum money on the fare?
jbaymanec, it is impossible to really answer that. These are daily trains that have virtually no scheduling changes over the years, so passengers can book many months in advance. AMTRAK offers the lowest price bucket on a given train until it fills up to a certain degree, and then they start increasing the cost. Cost also varies according to day of the week, with weekdays often being less costly than weekends. But nobody can say anything like, "If you book reservations three months in advance, you will get the lowest price".
@@youtuuba I was trying to book over weekends, and after moving to tuesday, you already saved me $200. I am from South Africa, and this train trip has been on my bucket list forever. I have a friend that stays in chicago. Would it be cheaper taking the amtrak back from seattle of LA, or take a flight back to chicago? I will probably use that as home base for my vacation...
@@jbaymanec , I am confused. This is a video about the City of New Orleans train, but you refer to Seattle or Los Angeles and getting to Chicago, which the City of New Orleans train goes nowhere near.
So I assume that you are planning to to take the City of New Orleans, or some other train, and then somehow get a train that travels between Seattle and Chicago (that would be the Empire Builder train) or between Los Angeles and Chicago (that would be the Southwest Chief train or the Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited train). Travelling between the west coast and Chicago, if you are comparing coach seating for train and airline, the costs might be fairly comparable, depending on many factors. If you are comparing First Class accommodations for the same trips, you might find that the train is less expensive, by a considerable difference. If you are comparing First class train against coach airline, the airline is almost certainly less expensive. But by airline you will see almost nothing. But it will take a few hours instead of two or three days.
@@youtuuba I have watched all your videos. since it will be a once in a lifetime thing for me I prefer the longes route, which is chicago to Seattle, not?
with our exchange rate a ticket is very expensive. that is why I asked if once I reach seattle, will it be cheaper to fly back to chicago or take the train back? oh and the reason I commented on this video is I watched it last...sorry wrong spot....
@@jbaymanec , The longest AMTRAK route is the combined Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited between Chicago and Los Angeles, but the scenery is not very good. The Southwest Chief is also between Chicago and Los Angeles, and it is much more scenic, but not as many days. The Empire Builder is about as long, and has some nice scenery, mostly in the West, and it can go between either Seattle OR Portland and Chicago....the Seattle version has some nice mountains at the West end, and the Portland version has the Columbia River section at the West end, which I think is nicer scenery. If you take the Empire Builder between May and early September, you will also see the beautiful scenery around Glacier National Park (too dark to see this the rest of the year).
Can't you manually focus your camera? Watching the whole world out of focus because your camera is focusing on a dirty window just a few inches away makes this real hard to watch !If you can't manually focus your camera, get a better camera! You already got all the othe bells and whistles!!!
David Brewer, too bad you can't stand to watch the video. I have a manual focus camera but I usually use a pocket sized camera which takes good video but does not have manual focus. Not that it would help, because my vision is fuzzy enough that I would not trust manual focusing.
Also, I am not a professional videographer, and don't care to spend all of my vacation trip worrying about the videos. I make the videos for myself, and then take the extra time and effort to edit and annotate abbreviated versions of my trips so that others might benefit from them. You will note that my channel is not monetized and should be free from commercials. With that, I would expect dissatisfied viewers to be a little gentler in their criticisms.
The horns a dealing to much don’t you thing .?
fried green tomatos take out
Until Canadian National bought out the Illinois Central, the City of New Orleans ran parallel to US Hwy 51 and I-55 between Memphis and Jackson. That track is old and worn. Now, Amtrak uses the old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR line between Memphis and Jackson. At Jackson, it picks up the Illinois Central line, which it uses on down to New Orleans. Riding through the Mississippi Delta is sad these days. Old cotton and soybean fields lie abandoned, and trees are taking over. The small delta towns are dying out. Cotton no longer is king, sad to say.
Liked this immediately without even watching first
Ditto.
his videos i always do
Exactly right
Ever since I took and filmed the trip on the Carolinian train trips are even more soothing to me
Me too....
I was so excited to see another train odyssey....loving it so far
Used to ride that train to college in Carbondale. Back on Amtrak's original equipment they inherited from Illinois Central.
Money MS...omg your dry sense of humor...I love you brudda!
Waking up to this video being posted is making my morning coffee and cigarette much better.
I took the California Zephyr this summer to Mt. Pleasant,Iowa. I watched your CZ presentation many times and I felt like a seasoned train traveler thanks to your great information. Thank you!
I was sooo hoping that a new Amtrak video would be coming out soon.
Voilá!!!
Ah. This video made me sad. I grew up near Memphis and went to college in Chicago, and loved taking the Panama Limited, which was the IC night train. (I guess Amtrak kept the City of New Orleans, which was a day train, because of the song.) The Paama was an all Pullman train. I could board the train at midnight in Memphis, go to sleep, and wake in time for a delicious breakfast as we went through the cornfields of northern Illinois before arriving at the old IC Station at 12th St. Going south, one boarded just before dinner, and it didn't seem like really going to sleep much before arriving in Memphis.
Thank you sooooo much. I love this kind long travelling videos, longer they are better they are (my minimum is 3 hours). Also i love watch freight train hoppers (can't tell who they are). Waiting part 2. Take care Man :-)
Vaughan, Mississippi is the place Casey Jones made infamous. It was on the old Illinois Central Railroad, now Canadian National owned trackage. My grandfather was John D. Steers, Fourth Officer on the Pacific Clipper for that troubled flight. Amazing book. He kept some of the best log entries of the entire crew and flight. Nothing like finding yourself halfway from home in a big airplane with no weapons at the start of world war II. Railroads don't follow traffic rules, they also do not stop for ambulances, police or fire trucks. I got a kick out of your concern for that school zone in Marks, MS.
Just downloaded the book. Looking forward to reading it tonight. I always loved those beautiful craft from the first time I read of them. Alas, I was born to late for the likes of them and for classic railroad travel.
It will be nice reading about your grandfather, a vicarious pleasure to which I look forward.
Please can you make more train trip videos Mr Train Odyssey your videos are clear very professional and gives me the opportunity to see places I will probably never get a chance to see
I loved this series, a I have all of them. I particularly enjoyed seeing Mississippi, specifically Yazoo City. My mother was born there in 1917 as was her mother. This video is my first time seeing the area! I enjoyed both The City of New Orleans, the Crescent and your commentary as always.
next time there go to als italian beef. theyre all over chicago. being a former chi town native, i have it shipped to tn lol. to get a taste of home.
In all your train travels, do you ever get the same train crews? Do they remember you? Have you ever gotten any feedback from Amtrak about your videos? They should give you an annual pass for all the free advertising you give them!
I really miss being able to open the upper part “Dutch doors” and leaning just a bit out the window. I understand the safety aspects of keeping the doors closed and locked. I never thought it was really all that dangerous. So long as the bottom half of the in-swing door was locked and secure. I’m sure that some idiot (or idiots) would eventually jump out or fall out or push someone out. It would be a classic “thinning of the herd” as per Darwin. Or as they say here in Texas, “Yer honor, that feller needed killin’.”
I still miss it.
Imagine what litter bugs would do.
So far, have only watched the first minute or so and already loving it. Spent 15+ years living in Evanston, IL, often riding the Metra into the city. Brings back so many wonderful memories just seeing that top level seating!
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Geezh, I've become a Youtuuba train foamer. .... :)
Youtubba, 10/27/19, of the vast array of things do, your coverage of the RR are the best.
Would it be possible for me to travel from New York to Seattle via Train, even if it involves changing trains, and the approximate cost?? Thanx, Merv.
I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing. Chris from England 🏴
I've taken this route to return home to N.O. from a job interview in Metro Detroit. It just so happened it was the weekend before Mardi Gras. Talk about a wild trip!
I rode it back in 1988 when it still had the heritage cars, including a dome car. It backed out of the station then too.
The start of the video, when you're on Metra. reminds me of Caltrain in San Francisco. That's a rough ride, with all the comfort of being inside a hamster cage. Things should improve, as the electrification project is complete, with new coaches.
The King Edward Hotel (in your Jackson shot) was closed for decades and was pretty much left to rot. But it was saved and is now a Hilton Garden Inn. That and Jackson's Union Station are absolutely gorgeous buildings. Union Station also houses the Greyhound terminal and is the meeting place for the local bus system, JTRAN.
When you were riding parallel to Lake Pontchartrain, your train was on the longest continuous railway curve in the world.
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You only begin to realize how low the area around New Orleans is after you have been there to see it with your own eyes. Not even one inch of elevation for miles and miles around New Orleans...
@@ronclark9724 i was down there one time on the west bank walking up a hill and i saw a boat passing by😃
Your Amtrak online video's are the best I have scene, I have watched most of (all) of them I think, thorough and actual. Keep it up! Mark
Mississippi has some pretty interesting city names. Loved Sledge, Savage and Sidon.
We took this trip both ways in july. Had ride a charter bus from Jackson, Miss to NOLA.