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- This is the first of two parts of my video documentary on AMTRAK's "Silver Meteor" train from Miami, Florida to Washington DC's Union Station. I am calling this trip "Train 3", and it is the third of three train trips on my "Train Odyssey 6" that also includes the AMTRAK "Capitol Limited" (Train 1) from Chicago to Washington DC and "Silver Star" (Train 2), from Washington, DC to Miami, Florida. So, overall there are six videos in this series.
As part of the same overall trip, I will have separate videos on various attractions, including a "Bridge Odyssey" for the Florida Keys, and a visit to the Florida Everglades National Park. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Yes, he is riding in a NEW Viewliner II sleeper car. If the car starts with 620 (numbers 62000-62049) than its an older Viewliner I built in the 1990's. If the car starts with the 625 (62500-62524) then is a brand new Viewliner II built between 2015 and 2021. They were only just introduced this year (2021). The 9810, 9811, 9812 on the Meteor and 9110, 9111, 9112 are the car assignment numbers. Since their is no way of knowing which car will be on a train in advance, Amtrak uses this system instead. The first two digits are the train number (91 - Silver Star, 98 - Silver Meteor) and the second two digits which type of car it is. The first coach on a train is 01, the second is 02 and so on. The first sleeper is 10, the second 11 and so on.
I also use this train a lot. Getting chemo as i watch this
Bless you
Bless you, been thru chemo about 12 yrs ago. It is not easy.
Best wishes for you and yours! 🙏🙏🙏
Stay strong and god bless you
@@susanboatman7913 I had chemo 12 years ago for ovarian cancer. Very grateful for good care from my family , doctor and staff.
I'm in 2024 and enjoy watching your train videos... and how you tell us about your various rooms.
I absolutely love your commentary as "we" roll along - it's like we're right there with you!!!
I took the silver star from nyc to Miami on my honeymoon back in 92 loved it also loved the way the train went down the middle of Ashland Virginia's
Don't know who told you the Viewliner II sleepers are refurbished; they are in fact brand new cars, currently deployed only on the FL trains. There are plans to do a gradual "soft refresh" of the VL I sleepers after all the VL II's have been put into service. An easy way to tell them apart is by looking at the undercarriage: VL II's have their undercarriage components enclosed in boxes, while VL I's are mostly exposed.
I enjoy your train odyssey videos. Thanks for posting.
There was once a third train on this route following the same route as the Meteor, but making more stops. The original name was the Silver Palm, but was later changed to the Palmetto. There was no first class or dining car on it. It was all coach. Nowadays, it only goes between Savannah and New York City. However, back around 2002 or so, I took it between Wilson, NC all the way to Miami to catch a cruise ship out of the Port of Miami and back. That was a long trip, overnight, to be taking all coach. Although, I did take the Cardinal from Virginia to Chicago and back in coach.
Actually the silver palm was equipped with a viewliner car and a diner I believe. It was taken off when there was a VL shortage in the Early 2000s. This was preceeding the truncation to Savannah. It was also different and took a different route through Florida, via Tampa, Ocala and Dade city. It ran as an all Coach train for a while but it did have sleepers up until around 04 ( I think).
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As I'll be making this trip next month, this video has been very informative, Thank you very much.
Very cool!
The train # for northbound Meteor is 98. Southbound Meteor 97. Southbound Star is 91; northbound Star 92. Hence your coach numbers.
The new Amtrak Station is located (Technically) at the Miami Intermodel Station (MIA, TriRail, MetroRail, Greyhound). However, the engineers miscalculated the station by 1,000+ feet and it's not being used. A brand new, albeit small, station just sits empty and abandoned. I do agree with the location of the Miami Station, rumor is that it was going to be redone and the extra amenities were going to be added; then 2020 came.
The train seems to be making good time through much of this area traveling near 80 mph. Florida is so flat and featureless it almost seems laser leveled.
Glad that you did this Amtrak route. It is on my bucket.
Also, need to do City of New Orleans and then on to LA.
I live just north of Milwaukee. Also, retired but in 1997.
He did a City of New Orleans video as well as the Sunset Limited.
He did the Texas Eagle combined with the Sunset Limited, but via San Antonio on the through schedule, not via Nawlins. He did the City of New Orleans in combination with the Crescent to Philly, I think.
Yes he did
It ends in NYC. That section about going to Boston is about connecting to another train going to Boston.
Yes, I think I mentioned somewhere in one or more of this set of videos that the Silver Star & Silver Meteor originate/terminate at New York City, but that I was only going from/to Washington DC. As you said, there is a connecting train that continues from New York City up to Boston, but I might have accidentally given the impression at some point that THESE two trains go directly to Boston.
You can tell because the schedule from DC to Boston is written in a different color on the timetable. You have to start in Petersburg, Norfolk, or further north to be able to go direct north of NYC (i.e. to Boston).
Hi youtuuba. Thanks for your amazing train videos. Next fall I will be taking the Cardinal to Charlottesville, then the Crescent to New Orleans (with a road trip from Birmingham AL to Plains GA), then the Amtrak Vacations JAZZ BLUES AND ROCK package, which includes New Orleans Memphis and Chicago.
Greetings from Starved Rock Country.
Winter Haven used to host the spring training of the Boston Red Sox.
And some more awesomeness
That sleeper you were on is a new one I think they built 25 of them , it took them what seems like forever to finish them, that southbound train you passed at 1:13 I slowed the video down it was the silver meteor , it always has at least three sleepers and a diner a lounge cars and five or six coaches when the crescent has only four or maybe five the meteor is amtrak's longest east coast train behind the auto train
You do seem to take interesting journeys. Chris from England.
Love Key West, and the Keys in general. :)
Hope you are enjoying retirement. Looking forward to your next train trip video. Take care
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I directed my brother to this video, an AA pilot that always flies. Nice video. 👍
Eaglegards...
Regarding the operation at the Orlando station. The northbound trains generally stop with the engine just south of the SunRail station. This allows the engineer to get off, walk to his car in the parking lot, and scurry home. Nearby just outside the station is a hotdog vendor which you may have noticed. Although the passengers are cautioned not to stray from their car area, it is quite common for people to be left at the station waiting in line for a hotdog. Also FYI the station is within walking distance of several major hospitals which are on the station side of the track. Just beyond the station area on the left is the Amway Center which is Orlando's site for major sporting and concert venues. If you go through at night and sit on the left side of the car, the view of this is quite impressive.
Back in 2011 I took the train from Miami to Washington via Tampa. My memory of the Miami station was it was no better than a Greyhound bus station, and that is pretty low.
Reminded me of the station in Houston back in the dark ages when the Texas Eagle had a Houston section.
I solved your question about which train went the other way near Kissimmee. It was a two-locomotive train so therefore it was the Silver Meteor. The Star uses just a single unit. I don't know the reason unless the Star is a shorter train.
It’s cool that you show an atlas .
Last Sunset Limited got toJacksonville till 2005 Katrina storm disaster suspended service for seeing time. Allthougt LA - NewOrleans the original route part by Southern Pacivic remaining. Glory streamliner years with the City of Miami, South Wind and Dixie Flager running directly from Chicago to Miami !
Hi: The solution to the problem you had figuring out the exact route near Lakeland, Florida. On the Amtrak website, pull up the Train Status map. It shows every route across the country, and you can zoom in to look at any section of the route to get a very close idea of where the route goes.
Daniel Stober, you are correct, and indeed I was aware of this during the trip. However, so much of this journey was through areas where my smart phone had little or no data connectivity, so I was not able to peruse the AMTRAK zoomable detailed online maps. Instead, I had to do the best I could while narrating on the train, based solely on the AMTRAK route schedule said (which is rather confusing) and my automotive GPS, and sometimes the Google Maps app on my smart phone whenever that worked (but neither of the latter two have any information on the route details).
A lot of the details I added in the captions during editing DID come from the AMTRAK zoomable detailed route maps, once I was home again.
I am now working on my own Odyssey trip around the northern half of the U.S. on the discounted Amtrak USA pass. This is planned to be in between my July and August hospital appointments. All of the segments I will take have been covered as Train Odysseys. Need a good hotel not too expensive in Chicago close to Union Station if there is one. .
We stay at the Travel Lodge on E Harrison. Nice surroundings, close to Chinatown DimSum!
If you go to 'On Track On Line' one call pull up the rolling stock roster and find the car numbers and names of the Viewliners to see if your car is new(II) or rehabbed(I).
Friendly advice: If the voice on your GPS annoys you, just go into the settings and either turn off the voice or mute the device. Either one is really easy to do :)
3:56 Miami
19:58 Hollywood
21:08 Fort Lauderdale
26:01 Deerfield Beach
31:18 Delray Beach
35:06 West Palm Beach
51:00 Sebring
1:03:45 Winter Haven
1:19:28 Kissimmee
1:30:25 Orlando
The train would make better time, especially JacksonvilleMiami, if it returned to the FEC tracks. That was the original "speedway" to South Florida.
That wouldn't do much for Orlando, which serves roughly twice as many passengers as Miami. Orlando is the busiest station in FL, except for the Sanford Auto Train station.
How do you power your GPS while on the train?
I know there are many cold natured people who love it, but Miami got old in a hurry for me. The train station reflects the "not on the Beach Miami" Enjoyed seeing internal Florida, the part with trees and smaller, pretty towns. Hope we all live long enough to see a high speed passenger rail system
Robert Jones, I am pretty certain that the US will not see widespread, or long distance, high speed rail in our lifetimes or the foreseeable future. It is just a pipe dream, huge cost and infrastructure hurdles to overcome, plus disincentives of lack of political will and public apathy. I think the only way it would ever happen is if widespread commercial avaition comes to an end due to overwealming environmental issues, or running out of suitable fuels for airliners, etc.
@@youtuuba Afraid you're right. I think someone is doing no more than planting a seed of thought
When are you going to be at tuba Christmas again? Some of the guys in Lindenhurst/mundelein were talking about it.
The Empire Builder crash Sunday three people were killed and a lot of injuries that happened in Montana God Bless the people that lost their lives and were injured coming from Chicago
Youtuuba, do yourself a favor and lose both the Kindle and the Garmin. Replace them with one (or more) hand-held tablets, and forever more avoid single-purpose electronics. I have 10", 8" and 7" tablets, all have a different primary use. The tablet has the Kindle app available in the app repository for your operating system of choice (I am an Android user). Google Maps knows about Amtrak.
Condiments. Another item for your backpack.
I used to think the baggage car was right behind the engine.
I’ve seen it there before.
It used to be, they change the consist around a few years ago.
Volume cut out at the end
Size wise, the New Orleans station is of comparable size. Miami is deplorable as a provider of incentives for the area. I’ve travelled several times to Miami for cruises, and arriving and departing from that station is awful.
Rodney Morgan Brown, I would estimate New Orleans terminal to be perhaps twice the size of the Miami station, probably even larger. But the ambience is about the same in both places. New Orleans seems much more attractive and less run down externally. New Orleans also has a small first class lounge, while it seems Miami does not.
ooh Viewliner II sleeper! awesome! Dining on Amtrak is a joke. you send all that money for a sleeper to get a boxed meal.
that used to be the highlight of my trip on the crescent from greensboro to nola , they've got these new cars it looks like they would want to harp on the best they have to offer , you can't get more laid back than traveling in a sleeping car
Like your back pack ,,what's the brand and model ? Fine videos you make ,thank you
brotherofthebear, my backpack is that leading brand that uses the red shield with the white cross in it. I think I bought it at an Office Max. But I have had this backpack a LONG time, and there is no point telling you a model number, if I even knew where to find it, because it would not be available anymore.
@@youtuuba thank you
As of May 3, 2022 -- 21600 subscribers and 33391 views. Interesting.
Viewliner 2 cars are made by CAF are newer
Back in the early 60's before Amtrak, a train called the Silver Meteor would zip through Denmark SC. Is this the same train?
Adeline Nicholas, it seems that none of the modern AMTRAK routes are quite the same of the older train routes they are named after. But a lot of the route might be the same. But certainly it is not the "same train".
@@youtuuba WRONG
What app do you use to pick up the engineers
Timothy Franklin, I don't 'pick up the engineers'.......If you mean 'how do I listen in on all the train's radio communications, then watch the video again where I talk about my radio scanner.
@@youtuuba The engineer loans him a personal radio from the train cab. He's connected in the business.
Did you know Miami has a train down there and it is supposed to be really good. Better than Amtrak. I saw a video on it. Simply Railway thinks it is better. It’s called Brightline. The engine is the SC44 Charger and they have different colors of trains. If you watch videos of trains in other countries they have different colors. Yellow, orange, red. The only color Amtrak has is the Pacific Surfliner that is dark blue. The rest are boring silver. It’s different to see the Southwest chief take one of the dark blue Surfliner car back to Chicago. One dark blue car and the rest boring silver. Next time you go to Miami. Check out Brightline. The ride was smooth. No bad tracks. Right now it’s short trips hopefully they will do long trips like Amtrak does.
Yemassee, SC = YEM ah see. Put the accent on the first syllable. My office back in 2005 was not far from there.
Amtrak doesn't advertise this and no one else does either, but Yemassee could serve as the jumping-off point for Marine recruits headed to Parris Island and for folks headed to Hilton Head Island resort area in South Carolina. A bus runs between the two locations, but it runs only once per day in each direction, and no one advertises it.
And Kissimmee is kuh-SIM-me, not KISS-a-me.
You seem to attract dirty windows. AMTRAK penny pinching
Harry Stokes, yours is a rather nonsensical comment. Your two sentences are contradictory (if the windows are dirty due to AMTRAK "penny pinching", then by extension the dirty windows issue is widespread, and it makes no sense to suggest that I attract dirty windows, as if it mostly just affects the trains that I am on. And as for the accusation about AMTRAK "penny pinching", perhaps you have not been following the news in recent years....it is not like they had much of a choice.
I enjoy your videos very much, but every time you refer to the brand NEW Viewliner II Sleep
Frank Carter, did you forget to finish your comment?
Sleeper Cars as refurbished it's like 20 pieces of chalk dragged across a black board. You have been clinging to this false information for a couple of years now. Please listen to people when they tell you the cars your refer to as refurbished are in fact NEW CARS FROM THE CAF FACTORY IN NEW YORK STATE.
I hit send before I was though typing. Look again and you will see the conclusion.
@@frankcarter5051 , I want to believe you, but from my perspective you are just another voice telling me different and conflicting things. I have had a conductor on one of these trains telling me that some Viewliner Sleepers were refurbished while others were made new. A conductor on another train said they were all new (if the roomettes do not have toilets). Some rail-fan sites say (or at least said) that they were all refurbished. What am I to believe?
As it is, when I made my most recent trips in Viewliner sleeper roomettes, I reported the information I was given by AMTRAK employees. It is not like I can go back and change my narration after the fact, even if I was confident that I finally had the correct information.
As for multiple nails on a blackboard......obviously that is an exaggeration. I find that when trying to convince somebody else that they are mistaken, and should accept MY information as the truth, it is best to NOT color what I say with hyperbole.
You go rat through my home town of Fayetteville nc
Sebring: home of a famous sports car race
Edward Smith, yes, I knew vaguely about some kind of car race connection with Sebring, but since that subject is so far from my areas of interest, I did not mention it in the video.
@@youtuuba it’s an indication of the many ways your videos please and fascinate so many.
Don't take it for the scenery!
Cool Breeze, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; what you consider to be 'no scenery' might be perfectly nice scenery to somebody else. Still, as I opined in at least one of these videos, most of AMTRAK' eastern trains are much less 'scenic' than their western trains.
Through these videos and the great narration, I see and hear about places I likely will not get to. So I love every minute, regardless of the scenery.
Too bad they switched to airline style food
Kevin Childress, I would have to disagree with your statement that AMTRAK is serving "airline style" food. While it is not cooked by a chef in the bowels of a Dining Car, in fact AMTRAK has had precious little actual "chef prepared" food in many years. However, at least passengers could enjoy their "chef heated up and assembled on a plate" meals in a Dining Car atmosphere, with plates and other more civilized amenities. Currently, as I experienced the hot meals on this Train Odyssey, they were of good quality and variety, were "well heated" (not undercooked nor dried out), and tasty. If the same exact meal contents had been served on plates in a Dining car, I doubt if I could have told the difference between what AMTRAK used to serve during the years I have been taking their long distance trains. A pretty car cry from typical airline meals. That said, the menu was necessarily limited to types of meals that could survive the hours of storage followed by reheating with all parts of the entre coexisting in the same aluminum pan during that heating....so no AMTRAK steak, for example.
@@youtuuba You've got to try the chowder. Amtrak clam chowder is to die for. They use real clams.
Kissim- me (pronounced)
On time = What a miracle. I took this route north from Savannah to New York and it was 7 hours late out of Savannah. A tree supposedly fell across the tracks somewhere in Florida.