Flying through the Heartlands on Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer! FTW to OKC in Coach | Amtrak
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Hello and welcome to Fort Worth Central Station, on the east side of downtown Fort Worth! Today we are going to be riding on Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer from here up to Oklahoma City.
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--- Train Information ---
Train Number: Amtrak Heartland Flyer #822
Train Consist: 3 Superliner Cars (2 Coach, 1 Coach/Cafe)
Locomotives: GE Genesis P42DC #72 (Leading) and #207 (Trailing)
Departure Time: 5:25pm
Scheduled Arrival Time: 9:27pm
Actual Arrival Time: 10:45pm
Est. Journey Time: 4hr 2min
Top Speed: 80 mph
Ticket Price: $31.00
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I just love how at 3:21 he says the conductor opened the doors and we can board even tho he literally slammed the door on all the other passengers XD
10:58 that guy is the same cafe attendant on the train i rode. Best trip ever. He gave me a shoutout because i loved his announcements lol
Thank you for the video I love in Oklahoma and wanted to take the heartland flyer to Texas for a weekend away. Very well inform and will done.
Thanks for the video and trip report. It looks like it serves the area well. I was glad to see it had a cafe car as Amtrak does not always have cafe cars on some shorter distance trains. I did notice as usual you were delayed by freight traffic on the trip. Too bad BNSF could not do a better job keeping this train on time.
I'm glad you enjoyed! I too was worried that there would not be a cafe onboard, especially considering that from the outside, there is no indication that the center car has one. I also wish that we would have had an on time arrival into OKC, but such is life when you ride with Amtrak.
@@LonestarTrips The freight railroad dispatchers know who puts butter on their bread. It isn't Amtrak...
Omg that café car announcement sounds so creepy and unprofessional!
Had I thought about visiting the café before that, this would have discouraged me instantly!
I also got the playing cards on my last short ride on Amtrak, they are cool.
POV: Lonestar trip reports in 9090. today were going to be hijacking a BNSF freight train and let's see how smooth the ride is. So we have a coal hopper here installed with 9990991 cafe and 91 passenger cars 62 sleeper cars and 122 baggage cars and we also have 10010 toilet cars :/ and that's all for today
😂 I love it! Although don’t tell BNSF about my plans… 🤫
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Hello. I've noticed that you did not mention Greyhound buses are also at Fort Worth Central Station. Only reason why I know is because in September 2021 I was en route to San Antonio, but due to trackwork at the time I had to get off in Fort Worth. While in the station, I noticed a Greyhound ticket & information window. At the time, I assumed that Amtrak had Greyhound buses set for continuation to San Antonio. That wasn't the case. There had buses from a private company for us.
I'm going to be riding on the Amtrak this Memorial day weekend!!
Awesome! Enjoy the ride, and safe travels!
@Lonestar Trip Reports Back at cha, man.
my favorite snickers chocolate on 11:51
I was on that train 2 weeks ago
Awesome! I hope you had a great time!
Nice video
When will the amazing future videos come and when will you do northeast corridor
BTW Nice Video do a full tour of the whole entire super liner train
I’m headed up to the northeast this week to get a TON of footage for the channel. Plus I have 13 videos coming from the Netherlands, including a German ICE, Thalys TGV, and NS International service, all in first class!
Okay=)
Just got the Phoenix on my plane today, had a nice but a tad boring time on the plane. Got hit by turbulence on the way on too
Glad to hear it! I flew through Phoenix a couple months ago, and I too had a boring flight. I filmed it in preparation for a video, but it just wasn’t very interesting, so I’ve shelved it for now. I might put it up in the future, but it’s very low priority.
207! The last p42 made for Amtrak
How full was the train? We have a trip planned but we will get on at the Norman station and I assume most people get on at OKC. We have 4 people and I want to be sure we can all sit in the same area.
I don't remember exactly how busy the train was, but it wasn't too bad. I'd bet you won't have too much trouble finding a group of seats together, especially considering you're getting on at the second stop.
Once again the hooks on the top of the seat table latch are for the aisle passengers charging cable.
I am a bit disappointed at the end you didn't notice the beautiful art deco former Santa Fe station in downtown Oklahoma City.... Apparently you were in a rush to get to a hotel....
There are plans in the works to extend the line to Wichita. No timetable is planned as to when.
There was only two coaches when I took the Heartland Flyer in November 2021.
As you would have noticed if you watched the Texas Eagle video he did before boarding this Heartland Flyer, Amtrak is in the process of refurbishing all of the Superliner fleet of rolling stock. The good news is Amtrak is expected to finish this refurbishing process by the end of 2024. In this process Amtrak will be RETURNING to service 12 wrecked Superliner cars...
10:42 And that's why I usually let one of my coworkers make the announcements over the PA whenever I'm working excursion service over on my road. Can't stand hearing the sound of my own voice, quite honestly. Lol
Just saw both parts of the Texas Eagle journey to come back to this video - I actually was wondering, is there any sort of penalty if you get off on an earlier stop then you're booked for? Or do you just have to tell the conductor/attendant/whoever that you're gonna get off somewhere else instead and everything's fine?
Ya know, I have no idea. I just figured that I had paid for my ticket from San Antonio to Dallas, and that if I got off earlier, choosing not to use the service I paid for, then so be it. That being said, it does NOT work from the start of a journey. For instance, you cannot board at a later station then you paid for, as Amtrak will cancel your reservation if the ticket isn’t scanned when it should have been.
I have traveled on the California Zephyr with a ticket to Emeryville many times. I usually end up getting off at Richmond.
Will you be taking any long distance train trips on Amtrak in the future?
Indeed I will! I'm already in the beginning phases of planning my next round of travel around the US for sometime next year, which will include travel on multiple Amtrak long distance routes, including the Sunset Limited, Coast Starlight, and Silver Meteor to name a few.
Are stairs accessible for larger people?
They're certainly tight, but they should be wide enough to accommodate larger individuals.
I had my share of trouble maneuvering my clothing and medical bags, but just “me” was OK.
Why do they need 2 P42DCs? It’s 2-3 superliners
It's got nothing to do with train weight and everything to do with train direction. It's not particularly easy for the Heartland Flyer to turn a locomotive around in OKC, so Amtrak operates two P42DCs, one on either end, to allow for trains to run in both directions.
Fair point, I didn’t think of that
@@LonestarTrips Amtrak has in the past used a cabbage F-40 locomotive... I guess its been retired...
What about luggage? I’m gonna have big bags.
When did you film this ?
This was filmed in late May of 2022.
Is it safe for a young girl going by herself?
Sounds like Amtrak from Portland to Seattle..??
Good video but use napkins to touch items inside the bathroom and doors. I hope you didn’t lick your fingers while eating that snickers.
I always keep hand sanitizer in my bag, so no worries about germs.
The bathroom is as small as the one on greyhound
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What?
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@@StudioSA15 I don't know what that means.
@@LonestarTrips I just said what it means stoopid