tour of Amtrak superliner sleeper car California Zephyr
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- This is a complete tour of an Amtrak superliner sleeper car on the California Zephyr during early November of 2015. This includes night views which show that the train is surprisingly well lit at night. We really enjoyed our trip on this train from Chicago to Emeryville in early November of 2015. The ride was very smooth. Will take Amtrak again for sure.
I work for Amtrak (Coach mechanic), we try very hard to keep our passengers safe and comfortable.
Vic B
I've traveled the ca zephyr on multiple occasions. Sac to Glenwood Springs being the most notable. Some where in Utah I proposed and she said yes!!!!! Since then we've traveled all the way to Chicago, only because that's that was the end of the line. For us the experience, the fellow travelers and the staff just can't be beat. Emeryville to Chicago on the Zephyr will restore you faith in humanity.
And you guys do a fabulous job with equipment that's getting older and older and budgets that are smaller and smaller despite the increasing needs for maintenance that come with such aged equipment. I was actually impressed by what good shape our train was in overall considering its age. You guys keep the lights working and tend to all sorts of details. I for one really appreciate your hard work and I thought the condition of our train was a great testament to the hard work you and other Amtrak people put in day after day. I could see that the staff was working hard because it showed in all sorts of ways. I loved the guy at the bar on our train--he was so enthusiastic about his offerings. It was great to hear such enthusiasm for one's work. Thanks for all your hard work and everyone else at Amtrak. Keep up the great work.
You guys do an amazing job!!
I love Amtrak! Can't to take a sleeper car to Chicago.
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.
I agree totally. Trip the entire way from Chicago to Emeryville was a delight, food included. Can't wait to go again.
A wonderful tour of hallways and lights.
Signs! Don't for get the goddam signs!
Some say hes still walking circles in these halls to this day
@@jty9631 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He never showed where the floors were though!
J Ty Great One!!😂
Loved this video on lights. I've always enjoyed lighting videos which feature lights and lighting. Just havin fun here.
As opposed to the videos on non lighting with no lights or lighting... lol
thanks for the tour. it's been YEARS since I rode the train. great experiences had by all.
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. Really appreciate it.
Brought to you by the letters H and B, along with lights and coffee 😊
Fun little video.
Thanks so much.
I used to travel alot between seattle and Albany oregon, miss Amtrak. Thank u!!!💖
Thanks so much. I so miss Amtrak and Viking Cruises and just going to a museum and most of all being able to leave one's house and not be worried if you encounter or speak to anyone you or they could die as a result. I just get so sick and depressed when I think how much Covid has cost so many people and for what? My depression about Covid is why I've posted so few videos this year and taken even fewer.
When i rode this train in February, my roomette was 14 as well. great location
For lack of swaying, this is great. For scenic viewing, upstairs would be better but so glad you enjoyed it. We certainly did.
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.
Thank you for this tour!
You're so welcome. Thanks so much for taking the time to say something. I really enjoyed the trip and it was a labor of love taking and posting this video. Am getting ready as we speak for a second European river cruise and will be posting tours of our ship and the cities we're going to visit.
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.
So glad you enjoyed your trip. I really enjoyed mine and hope to repeat it during the summer when hours of daylight are longer.
I,m going to ride the Amtrak this summer to Houston and now I can't wait!
Hope you will enjoy your trip as much as I did this one. This was one of my best trips ever--rates just below my river cruise in Europe.
sleeper cars well worth the money!
Totally agree. When it's safe again for people to mingle in indoor spaces, hope to take sleeper train again if any are still running by then.
Could you have maybe shown more shots of room numbers?
ecstasyofgold888 no shit
And lights.
And close ups of exit doors and stairs, riveting.
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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 suggest going with the roomettes. Our total cost for 2 all the way from St. Louis to Chicago to Emeryville with all meals was $645 for both of us. Don't know what Viewliner tickets go for. Roomette is tiny but you do get decent rest and can have privacy during the day if you want. Good luck with your trip.
Well, let me just say that coach class wasn't all that nice either.
For $3200., I took the wife to New Orleans in 2015 and it was miserable.
Two nights in a chair that did not recline, racist coach service attendants, no use of any rest rooms due to the fact that they were out of water and clogged up and we when a train stop came to stretch our legs, the attendants only told us. Said there was 30 minutes on the platform, once we started for the station, the train was already on the move!
You want to see irate!
I lodged several complaints. I also earned guest rewards to use the VIP lounge, we were told to get out or be escorted by transit police!
Here it is a year later, we're going to try it out again.
i agree the attendants are racist. one attendendant refused to put my bed down. very hard to sleep. food is microwaved. never again
+feet I had a black waiter, a Russian sleeping car attendant, and a Canadian café car attendant none of them which seemed racist at all....
I love the California Zephyr.
So did we. I hope to take the train again during the summer when I'll have about 4 or 5 more hours to get video of the countryside with it being light with the longer days then as compared to the short winter days when I took this trip.
The title of this video should be Amtrak; Hallways and Light Fixtures.
Jan lol um, yeah lol
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.
I took the same hot smelly ride to Navy boot from New York to Orlando Florida in July of '77. Ancient sleeper car with no AC. I couldn't wait to get to boot camp. Lol
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 TH-cam premium so when I put my phone on sleep mode the Audio still plays. February 20th 2019 is my next Billing date for TH-cam Premium.
I love TH-cam Premium. Can't believe I didn't do it sooner.
What does your having youtube premium have to do with this video?
@@jonnyg6001 At first, I thought it must be code. Then I realized they're both dead serious.
There is no doubt now; each bedroom is definitely numbered.
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.
Interesting. I had no idea that would have been the case in the 1960's. Thanks for the interesting historical tidbit.
Awesome this makes me want to ride the Amtrak train
I am very glad to hear that. My purpose in making and posting the videos I did of this Amtrak trip was to show what it was like to take a long distance train ride on Amtrak and how nice the facilities are. This was our second long distance trip, and by far the longest (Chicago to Emeryville), and because we enjoyed them both so much, we are strongly considering taking a third trip sometime this year. Hope you will end up taking one sometime.
The H on the door doesn't mean "handicapped". AMTRAK labels it's large rooms with letters. Numbers are used for the small roomettes.
If there was a burned out light on this train, this guy informed staff of the outage. Trust me.
Why are you so impressed with the numbers on the bedrooms?
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.
Thanks for the constructive comment. I have heard that before and am trying to do better in the future.
I've ridden that. Very enjoyable and the food is great. Kinda a lousy video. I loved chilling in my roomette
Yes. It is still one of my favorite trips. Hope to take Amtrak again, even this route during the summer when there would be much longer daylight.
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.
Thanks so much for the kind words. They're always so much appreciated. I'm jealous you get to travel on Amtrak so much because I have really enjoyed the few times I've gotten to do it. I wish I could convince my wife to travel by train more. Have only traveled on CA Zephyr, Southwest Chief and Missouri River Runner recently, but aim to travel again soon. Hope Trump doesn't eliminate Amtrak like he's proposing. Thanks again for the kind words.
Christopher O'Rourke In all of your Amtrak travels have you encountered any bedbugs or other vermin?
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!
May just do this trip San Diego to Vancouver. I can't drive long distance any more.
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!
This was one of my best trips ever anywhere. Rode it all the way from Chicago to Emeryville. Highly recommend if you have the time. Incredibly scenic and enjoyable in virtually every way. Staff was super friendly and to me it seemed like they enjoyed making people enjoy the ride in every way they could.
Where's Emeryville
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.
Completely agree. I hope to convince my wife to take another long distance Amtrak soon. Thanks for the comment. The flying part itself is not all that bad usually, but all the hassles at the airport and how early you have to get there now and the risk of being invasively searched (as a senior citizen even) just makes me want to avoid flying anywhere if at all possible.
"I'm just reading" then hides the bottle lmao
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 take it you wanted to see more details of the roomette and features that it has such as lights, sockets, storage areas, how the beds turn down, etc. Gotcha. Hope to take another train trip this year and will try and get some more details. The roomette is so small that there isn't a whole lot to see but I will get more of it next time. Thanks for the suggestion.
Albert Von Richthofen there is alot of videos they show the roomettes and sleepers many of them are just rooms no halls no shower or bathroom videos so this was nice to see Amtrak hasn't changed went from Chicago to Portland Oregon back in 1994 planning a trip with my son this summer the roomettes are cute and good for my son and I. it was crazy seeing the sliding doors between cars almost lost the top of one of my fingers it slid so quick...... so working with the public so many people are nasty and rude if something isn't going your way don't take it out on the worker more then likely its beyond there control. even if they make notes things are not gonna get fixed at a snap of the finger. it this line of travel has irritated you so much that you filed complaints and already have it set in your head that its going to be horrible then your trip will be horrible your gonna search for anything negative down to the attendant didn't smile big enough. I suggest Greyhound travel. maybe flying or take your own vehicle so you can have full control of your travel experience.
John Edwards great video thanks for the door at 3:44 memories and great travels with my Grandfather. thank you!
Spruce Moon, it is not that things were not going "my" way, as you so illustriously put it. Sorry, but placing my wife or myself in harm's way was not part of my vacation, nor was it a coincidental accident that an Amtrak staff worker hit my wife.
The employee was racist and of violent nature, both qualities I personally disapprove of.
Furthermore, if I "did" have a personal vehicle to drive, I would have taken it, but since I live aboard my yacht, I have little need for a car. Hence the reasoning for taking the train as opposed to my personal helicopter, much cheaper and LESS WORK...
I am not a control freak neither. I just expect to be treated with respect.
People spend lots of hard earned money to take a train ride or trip. They pay their way, so therefore a little bit of dignity could be afforded.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe society as a whole has become completely impersonal towards one another and just don't care.
That's fine by me too. I can always revert back to being a negative heartless combatant if this is the case.
I took this trip last July in the big bedroom..only way to go!
How much was it to do that? We never considered that because we assumed it would be too much. Thanks.
"Amtrak superliner room numbers comprehensive review"
Never did see a sleeper room....
Which type of sleeping car on the California Zephyr to Chicago Illinois from emeryville california,and lake shore limited to New York City
In the case of our train, the train in the video, it was a double decker Superliner. I believe the ones east of Chicago are single level cars, not doubles.
This was fun, thank you. The next time you film this would you show is the view out of the windows?
I have posted a great deal of the trip out of the window. Check out my other videos. They show a lot looking out the window during this trip.
I’m so minimalist that I’d be happy to live there.
Yes, I saw the room number and the hall and the stair lights. You are obsessed with the lights.
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).
Thanks so much for your kind words. So glad you enjoyed the video. I sincerely hope you get to take a long distance rail trip sooner rather than later. This trip was one of the best trips enjoyment-wise I've ever taken anywhere although my wife probably wouldn't agree with that.
AngelOfTheNight2007 you enjoyed this? He didn't really show anything other than the signs. This video was horrible
If I was on that train, I,d get lost.
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.
Very nice, but I got a little motion sick from the constantly moving .
Sorry to hear that. I can tell you for certain that the motion level is way, way, way lower in the lower level as compared to the upper. Next time you go, if you go again, request a lower level berth. The motion will be way less than in an upper berth. You wouldn't think 10 feet would make that much difference but it does. It makes an astounding amount of difference.
slow your filming down, pan more slowly. i wanted to enjoy this but ended up with a headache instead.
Thanks so much for the constructive reminder. My wife actually tells me all the time to pan slower and she is apparently right on this point. Have actually signed up for a video technical skills course which I hope will cover all sorts of issues like this so I can make videos that are easier and more enjoyable for people to watch in the future. Thanks again for taking the time to make a constructive criticism. Hearing what one has done wrong stated in the right way and with the right attitude is one of the very best ways to learn how to do better in the future, and that is my goal. I want my videos to be as technically and substantively as good as possible. My sister is a professional in this trade but we haven't shared as many tricks of the trade as might have been expected. Hope my course will help me avoid issues like the one you identified. Thanks again for commenting.
Very sorry you got a headache. Will confess that watching some of these myself has the same effect. Am trying to avoid that in the future, but it's thanks to people such as yourself that I was alerted to the problem in the first instance, so thanks again.
yes. the up and down fast movements made me dizzy. I could not enjoy the actual amenities.
@@jasperedwards81 THANK YOU, FOR TAKING THE CRITICISM, WITH CLASS. I AM NEARLY BLIND, AND, I WANT TO GO ON A TRAIN ADVENTURE. YOUR VIDEO WAS TOO ZIPPY, FOR ME, TO FOCUS. ARE THERE ANY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE AREAS?
You are a Fanatic...
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
Yes, I can't wait to do this again, hopefully during the summer when the days will be much longer.
P.S. Good luck with your trip.
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.
Unfortunately, you do have to plan ahead with Amtrak. Sure hope Trump doesn't eliminate Amtrak's long distance routes.
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).
Glad you enjoyed the location. It's one of those things where there are advantages and disadvantages both ways. Main point is you had a nice trip. I'm glad. I hope to do your train sometime myself.
Shower Looks not so clean. How is Amtrak in General with cleanliness and comfort?
Sorry for the delay in responding. Have been out of town. To answer your question, in general, we found Amtrak to be extremely comfortable and as clean as anyone would want. I don't know what you're picking up on in the video regarding the shower, but I didn't notice anything from a cleanliness standpoint that bothered me. The only lack of maintenance that I've seen is not cleaning the outside windows and outside of the train as often as one would like and one of two lights in our roomette didn't work on one of the settings. Other than that, considering how old Amtrak's equipment is, I think it is remarkably well maintained overall.
John Edwards I believe the question was aimed at the fact that most things public are not maintained very well. My personal issue is bedbugs (which is an epidemic in this country now) and other vermin.
phantomcruizer there's no bedbugs on the train and it's not an epidemic. No such epidemic has existed for a long time now.
Kandi Klover; as much as I'd like to believe you; how do you know there are no bed bugs on an Amtrak? Some of the nicest hotels in NY have had bed bug problems, simply because they multiply like horny rabbits, and they are very hard to get rid of. I check every bed in every hotel I stay in before putting my suitcase on the bed.
grandpa 1 Okay well in that case bedbugs could be anywhere, if it can make it in the nicest of hotels I'm pretty sure it can make it's way on am Amtrak, the key is maintenance and prevention and how well the company is at doing both
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?
Thanks so much for the kind words. I didn't measure the beds, but they sure looked long enough to accommodate a person of your height. Enjoy your trip. This was our second long distance trip and we really loved it. Am hoping to convince wife to take another one this year. Again, thanks for your kind words. It's always appreciated.
All the dimensions for each room can be found here:
www.amtrak.com/onboard/onboard-accommodations-for-all-your-needs/sleeping-accommodations.html
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.
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.
I can't say for sure, but they are probably almost exactly the same. I really can't imagine them being different between the 2 types of cars. I will say that I can totally empathize with you though, because my wife also has trouble sleeping on the train. Next time we may try a full size bedroom and see if that makes any difference. I can sleep just fine though, even in the upper berth due to the motion of the train although I will admit the upper berth is a bit cramped even for small person like myself. Can't imagine how a large person would do in the upper.
I always sleep great on Viewliners, and I slept great on my upper-level Superliner Roomette. That said, there isn't as much space on a Superliner Roomette upper bunk than that of a Viewliner Roomette.
Can you stop and visit cities and monuments, and then hop on the next train?
Thanks
You're so welcome.
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????
Thanks so much for your nice words. This is another one of these where my wife said nobody cares about the lights on a train at night and I said, well, you never know, maybe there will be some people who would feel more comfortable taking the train if they knew it was well lighted at night. Thanks again for taking the time to say something. Much appreciated.
You're quite welcome :)))
You're so welcome. I was actually amazed by how well lit the train was at night. If anyone falls or slips, it won't be on account of lack of lighting. Amtrak really does a nice job on this. Will be interested to see how European or Asian trains compare in this regard if I ever get the chance.
In your home or hotel they are rooms. On a train they are compartments.
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.
I honestly believe there is way more danger in simply driving to the grocery store or going shopping than taking a train trip and having a serious accident. Fear of accidents is not a real reason not to take train trips in any objective sense of how dangerous is the activity actually. But different people fear different things and that's okay too--a fear need not be rooted in reality and many fears are not.
His room mate is getting drunk lol
No wondering why...
Great tour 👍🏼
Thanks so much for taking the time to say some kind words. Much appreciated.
You're very welcome
What is a roomette? And what's the difference between that and a bedroom?
Roomette much smaller and much less expensive.
cmon man!!! you spent more time walking up and down the stairs then showing the "Bedroom"
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.
Nah- finished my first trip in a sleeper car yesterday, and I can positively tell you after 25 1/2 hours inside the train I will never go back to riding coach again....
shariys1 not good father .u know
All should be comfortable 4everyone
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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.
It's interesting how many video tours of the sleeping cars say 3 bathrooms when there are only 2.
Most people are forgetting the downstairs bathroom
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.
This was intended for people who either can't see it for themselves or who want to see basic things like this before traveling. Lots of people have viewed this. Sorry you didn't like it, but apparently a lot of other people have. Don't really understand your complaint or the need to criticize. And you're totally right, if you hate it after 2 minutes or even less, by all means stop watching. No one is forcing you.
why wasn't there a more thorough look at the bedrooms? we got to see room numbers several times. why not the beds?
Great video of the hallways........the rooms, not so much. What about the full cabins, not just a roomette?
well, that showed us nearly nothing
Did you smellll it?
There wasn’t enough lighting!!
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.
I think the stewards do still do that. I'm pretty sure they did for us. Thanks for the kind words and so glad you liked the video. FYI, my wife didn't think anyone would watch this when I was making it.
He showed nothing - a bit to pre-occupied with the lighting.
Gezzz how long is this train ride? 2 stories! Damn I love America.
Sleeper car?
Did not show the Sleeper bedrooms, only the roomettes
Does the train move so much?
I actually found it to be a vibration-less and incredibly smooth ride, much less swaying than in Southwest Chief.
Does have shampoo and bar soap and wash cloth and bath towel
What does that cost? Looks pretty cool.
About $1,500
Car???
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?
I haven't been on the Builder, but I've taken the California Zephyr (San Francisco to Chicago), which uses the same type of equipment. The views on the EB are supposed to be stunning, so you should spend a lot of your day in the Sightseer Lounge car (which has large panoramic windows and has snacks).
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.
I been an Amtrak for a couple of days
was there wifi
Jocelyn y Marcial Alejandre .......Yes, amtrak has wifi
Wow amazing DOORS, HALLWAYS & LIGHTING. Your title’s fucking misleading
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.
I know. I haven't actually taken a train myself in Europe or Asia but I know they are so much better, especially how new, fresh and clean they look in Europe and Japan--it just puts our's to shame here. But I know it's lack of money for Amtrak and not lack of effort. The train crew personnel we have encountered on Amtrak I feel were all trying their hardest to do a really good job for everyone on board.
Every time I've taken a sleeper overnight from New York to South Florida, I've loved it. I don't think Amtrak's East Coast services are any worse.
It looks small and dirty. And why all the cardboard garbage cans sitting out in the way?
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Thanks!
My question is, how is the food? Is it included in the cost? Is it like airline or cruise food?
If you get either a roomette or a bedroom the food is included and that is a major reason to choose one of those over coach. The ala carte prices are mandated by Congress and are a bit excessive. As regards the quality, I thought it was pretty good, some of it very good, and some just acceptable, but overall quite decent. We actually took another train, the SW Chief about 3 years before and I think the food was better on it. But the food on this trip, the Zephyr, was definitely better than most airline (outside first class) although not nearly as good as fine dining. If you're going long distance, given the ala carte food prices, it really makes economic sense to get a roomette or bedroom to avoid those ala carte food fees. The food was pretty good to very good depending on the item. I do suggest bringing your own booze if you get a sleeper because booze prices are excessive and they allow you to consume your own in your own room.
I've always been very impressed with the food. There are plenty of options, and I've never had anything bad. For lunch, I always have the black bean and corn veggie burger. This is gonna sound like I'm exaggerating, but it is legitimately the best veggie burger I have ever had. Additionally, those in sleepers can get room service at no charge.
I was very quiet? did you say the first room was for a disabled person? I would have liked to see that!
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Yes, I did say that. I would have filmed it but the door was closed at the time I made this. There was a time when it was open so I wish I would have gotten a shot of that. I can't honestly say now I remember what it looked like. The fact that it's on the lower level is probably one of the biggest attributes of it though.
Are the roomettes all the same size on theZephur?
Yes. All the roomettes upper and lower level are the same size. Bedrooms, which are only upper level, are much larger.
I've asked the ? How much does traveling on Amtrak sleeper car for a night run for??
It just totally depends on the day and time of year and probably other stuff. You really need to call an agent on the phone to get the best rates because when we looked online, we discovered a huge discrepancy (hundreds of dollars between just a single day difference in departure date). Total though for 2 all the way to Emeryville from Chicago in 2015 was under $650, and a key thing to keep in mind, there is no food charge for 3 meals a day with the roomette. So that alone makes up for a huge amount of whatever the difference in cost is.
It's actually the same price on the website, it's just that the agents can easily see the prices over many days, so it's easy for them to find the cheapest days.
Thumbnail photo: Out the window looks like clouds (weeds or snow maybe?) More like an a large airline window instead of train.
I wish he would zoom in on the room numbers a little better... really hard to make out on camera...
Restroom?? For a toilet? Is that normal?
Handicapped bedroom on the 2nd floor?
No. It's on the lower level. The Deluxe Bedroom is on the upper level.
ohbobpleez / My heart would give out on all those stairs!
My mother and my wife rode in a handicap sleeper on the way from San Jose to Albany, Oregon (while I sat up in the reading car). I was allowed by the cabin steward to join them after daylight. Their room had the whole width of the car, with a standup shower and sink on one side, which accommodated my mother's walker. Two beds were on the opposite side of the car. Not real fancy, but the cabin steward saw to their every need; including bring my mother's meals to her.
Ok why only show the roomettes
how much?
Back when we did it after carefully selecting dates with an agent in person, the total fare from St. Louis to San Francisco was under $650.
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?
Yes as far as I know.
Yes to which of the two questions?