Thank you so much for posting this. I'm taking this very train this coming Monday & I'm also travelling by myself. I cannot wait to be on it. So looking forward to the journey!! Been waiting my whole life for a ride like this....
Same here! I took the California Zephyr in 2010 from Chicago to San Fran stopping in Colorado and Utah. Phenomenal scenery -especially from Co Rockies and on. I can't wait to do the SW Chief in the near future! This video gets me pumped! :)
I will probably be travelling by myself too because no one in my family knows what real fun is. I'm getting on the Zephyr one way or another. Southwest Chief is looking good too.
I enjoyed your video a lot . Without sounding too critical, 30 minutes of Chicago was a bit much. It's great to see videos such as yours promoting travel on Amtrak. Thanks!
I have been on this trip a few time's. first trip in 1983 from kelso washington to minot nd. with family. i have been on trips all over for year's and your trip here is one of the best i know on youtube. thank you and keep it up. if you want to know more of my trips look me up on facebook.
Oh wow, brings back wonderful memories, I took this ride in August of 2012, first time ever on a train, I am so hooked on them now, would love to do it again.
You really did a wonderful job with this, Metroktransit. I've been wanting to take a cross country train trip and you've convinced me that this one would be a good one for me. Thanks for all the effort you put into this.
The only choice for long distance travel for me in the United States & Canada is by Amtrak in the United States & ViaRail in Canada. Train travel sure beats driving, taking a bus and the hassles of flying. It is the best way to see the country.
I got to ride on this train 13 years ago (hard to believe it's been that long ago) from Naperville, IL (the first stop outside of Chicago) all the way to LA. Fun time.
The Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles all the way on the Santa Fe tracks. You will spend almost two full days and two nights aboard the Amtrak Superliner train. As you travel west the trees get fewer and fewer, to there are no trees at all. While you won't get there in a hurry, you will see the US along the way. Before the railroads it took months to do the same.
And if you were to continue the cross country train trip, it is another full day from Chicago to New York City on the Lakeshore Limited, with Viewliner sleepers and Amfleet coaches, not a Superliner. Three full days to cross a continent, not a short overnight trip on the Caledonian Sleeper train in the UK.
It's actually partially on former CBQ tracks, from Chicago to Galesburg, IL. That's because both the SF and the CBQ's tracks ran through Galesburg, but the CBQ's route is slightly shorter
thanks for uploading your video. I'm planning to travel from Los Angeles, CA to Chicago, IL very soon!!! Not sure yet if I'm going on plane or train but this might be a good choice.
I went from Chicago to Seattle earlier this year. I also passed through a lot of sparsely populated land. I wondered how people came to live in these 'empty' quarters. What do they do? BTW- Liked your video.
My Wife and I rode this train from CHI to LAX wice and loved it both times. However, reinstating the New Orleans to Orlando would be great! Boarding in Orlando and getting off in LAX and vice versa would be fantastic - albeit less expensive. I wish that CSX would quit blaming Amtrak for the disastrous wreck ofthe "Sunset Limited" because it was not Amtrak's fault. The fault lies on the tugboat helmsmen who couldn't read a radar scope and shoved a load of barges into a bridge support and knocked a section of track out of line.
the ticket fair how much to cost you from Chicago to los angeles ? all i know you need atleast 3 days trips to reaching anyway this is awesome video thank you for your best work i appreciate that and chicago have a very huge and large train station that is incredible
LiaMaKaChauHai It changes day to day, and how early you purchase, just like the other forms of travel. Coach fares are considerably cheaper than sleeper fares. Check out Amtrak's website.
So when is ANYBODY going to re-open the Sunset Limited route? I'd buy a 15 day 8 segment USA rail pass in a heartbeat if that section of line was opened again.
*****, On September 22nd 1993, the bridge over the "Big Bayou Canot" in Louisiana suffered a catastrophic collision with a barge. 8 minutes later an Amtrak train derailed on the bridge killing 47 and injuring 103 others.
Good Question. Maybe they think that it might happen again. With the number of people that died and the amount of effort it took to rescue them maybe they don't want to.
Took this train and a few connecting ones on a trip from Arizona to Philadelphia. This one To Chicago was nice. Had the roomette (On all trains) both coming and going on the SW Chief. Took the Capitol Limited ot of Chicago which was a joke consideration the 6 hours worth of delays. Took the Hoosier back from Philly to Chicago, No water pressure in the shower and a car attendant who disappeared the entire trip after we started out. I've been taking the train since 2005 and they seem to get worse every year. I might add here that coming out of Chicago the SW Chief started having a braking issue and held us up in Kansas City for 5 hours. People in coach were getting restless and one passenger got so angry with the delays by the time we got to Albuquerque they had to call the police to get him off and we delayed another hour and a half. I am afraid to fly so the next long trip, I think I'll drive. I'm used to it.
AZCARick I prefer a train ride. Just plan to get there a day early, or two before you need to. Then the delays won't bother you. The same on the return trip. The freight railroads own the tracks outside the northeast corridor, and they dispatch their freight trains with more priority than Amtrak. Even when I fly I have had delays and flights cancelled at the last minute for maintenance and weather issues. The newest Superliner sleepers are twenty years old, some are over thirty years old. Considering their age, Amtrak does a very good job keeping them clean and operational. The latest I have arrived is one day on a return trip. The latest arrival getting there was 16 hours into Los Angeles, both trips with the Sunset Limited.
Personally I don't care about all the highways. I am not driving. I am (supposedly) enjoying a train ride and am only interested in the scenery Of the train ride and the cities and towns and villages the train goes through
ron hawkins Its usually the fullest leaving Chicago and approaching Los Angeles. During the summer months and winter holidays the trains fill up. Unlike the airlines, trains have linear routes, with passengers hopping on and off the train traveling different distances. Of course flying is much faster, but riding a slow train and driving a bit faster than they train take a long time, at least on a train you are traveling while you are sleeping.
Please let the crew do their own annoucements re: how they will go around the train get dinner reservation-it all sound so phony and uncomfortable as the written speech goes and not how people really talk-the repeated "make my way through-over and over is so boring. Don't let them get on and attempt to be funny-they are not esp on TX Eagle-we do not need to hear about someone going to IC whatever that is and unless an announcement really affects us we don't need to hear it-meal times, next stop ok but nothing else. It wakes sleeping babies and adults and if we are making calls -the phone hears the blasted announcements and reacts to it and screws up the call. more later=just drastically less messages please.
Thank you so much for posting this. I'm taking this very train this coming Monday & I'm also travelling by myself. I cannot wait to be on it. So looking forward to the journey!! Been waiting my whole life for a ride like this....
Same here! I took the California Zephyr in 2010 from Chicago to San Fran stopping in Colorado and Utah. Phenomenal scenery -especially from Co Rockies and on. I can't wait to do the SW Chief in the near future! This video gets me pumped! :)
I will probably be travelling by myself too because no one in my family knows what real fun is. I'm getting on the Zephyr one way or another. Southwest Chief is looking good too.
I enjoyed your video a lot . Without sounding too critical, 30 minutes of Chicago was a bit much. It's great to see videos such as yours promoting travel on Amtrak. Thanks!
I have been on this trip a few time's. first trip in 1983 from kelso washington to minot nd. with family. i have been on trips all over for year's and your trip here is one of the best i know on youtube. thank you and keep it up. if you want to know more of my trips look me up on facebook.
Oh wow, brings back wonderful memories, I took this ride in August of 2012, first time ever on a train, I am so hooked on them now, would love to do it again.
Thank you for giving me the visual of what is like to ride the Southwest Chief. I always wanted to go to Los Angeles via Amtrak train.
Great video. I now know what to expect if I ride the Southwest Chief. Thanks bro
You really did a wonderful job with this, Metroktransit. I've been wanting to take a cross country train trip and you've convinced me that this one would be a good one for me. Thanks for all the effort you put into this.
Thanks for the upload! I'm riding the Southwest Cheif in a few weeks!
I'm taking the Southwest Chief from Chicago to the Grand Canyon , in September, I love the Southwest Chief.
Thanks for the video, I'm riding from Chicago to LA Jan 1st to the 3rd so now I know what to expect :)
such a fun ride!
The only choice for long distance travel for me in the United States & Canada is by Amtrak in the United States & ViaRail in Canada. Train travel sure beats driving, taking a bus and the hassles of flying. It is the best way to see the country.
ty for filming and posting this! My gf and I are gonna do a trip on this route in the future sometime. This is a great preview! :)
These train ride videos are cool.
great video! thanks for filming and uploading metroktransit!
very nice video! Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Nice video :) Watched a documentary about this route in TV, just a few days ago, very interesting :)
I got to ride on this train 13 years ago (hard to believe it's been that long ago) from Naperville, IL (the first stop outside of Chicago) all the way to LA. Fun time.
Enjoyed the video... thanks for sharing.
The Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles all the way on the Santa Fe tracks. You will spend almost two full days and two nights aboard the Amtrak Superliner train. As you travel west the trees get fewer and fewer, to there are no trees at all. While you won't get there in a hurry, you will see the US along the way. Before the railroads it took months to do the same.
I've experienced it twice last year. I'm about to do it again in just 4 weeks from this Thursday.
And if you were to continue the cross country train trip, it is another full day from Chicago to New York City on the Lakeshore Limited, with Viewliner sleepers and Amfleet coaches, not a Superliner. Three full days to cross a continent, not a short overnight trip on the Caledonian Sleeper train in the UK.
I've done that three times.
It's actually partially on former CBQ tracks, from Chicago to Galesburg, IL. That's because both the SF and the CBQ's tracks ran through Galesburg, but the CBQ's route is slightly shorter
thanks for uploading your video. I'm planning to travel from Los Angeles, CA to Chicago, IL very soon!!! Not sure yet if I'm going on plane or train but this might be a good choice.
I went from Chicago to Seattle earlier this year. I also passed through a lot of sparsely populated land. I wondered how people came to live in these 'empty' quarters. What do they do? BTW- Liked your video.
Thinking of taking a train from Seattle to Chicago later this year :) curious to see these
Cool Video!! I must do this. It actually looks fun.
I heard your comments with a woman at about the 45 min. mark about flying. I agree , flying sucks!
My Wife and I rode this train from CHI to LAX wice and loved it both times. However, reinstating the New Orleans to Orlando would be great! Boarding in Orlando and getting off in LAX and vice versa would be fantastic - albeit less expensive. I wish that CSX would quit blaming Amtrak for the disastrous wreck ofthe "Sunset Limited" because it was not Amtrak's fault. The fault lies on the tugboat helmsmen who couldn't read a radar scope and shoved a load of barges into a bridge support and knocked a section of track out of line.
i love the southwest chief all aboard superliner baby its awsome baby dick vital voice
Danke fuer die Mitfahrt!
Hi guys did you like the amtrak'svideo
Very interesting video! Thanks a lot for showing this location!:D
the ticket fair how much to cost you from Chicago to los angeles ? all i know you need atleast 3 days trips to reaching anyway this is awesome video thank you for your best work i appreciate that and chicago have a very huge and large train station that is incredible
LiaMaKaChauHai It changes day to day, and how early you purchase, just like the other forms of travel. Coach fares are considerably cheaper than sleeper fares. Check out Amtrak's website.
voltei esqueci de parabenizar quem fez o vídeo ficou ótimo valeu
How long was your train ride?
Sorry.I thought I was on a video of Youtuuba when I wrote the above comment . My phone tends to jump from one video to the next unexpectedly.
Nephew works this train at the snack bar!!!! soft drinks, chips stuff like that!!!
When do you cross the desert? around what time?
Danke fuer die Mitnahme ;)
So when is ANYBODY going to re-open the Sunset Limited route?
I'd buy a 15 day 8 segment USA rail pass in a heartbeat if that section of line was opened again.
*****,
On September 22nd 1993, the bridge over the "Big Bayou Canot" in Louisiana suffered a catastrophic collision with a barge.
8 minutes later an Amtrak train derailed on the bridge killing 47 and injuring 103 others.
Good Question.
Maybe they think that it might happen again.
With the number of people that died and the amount of effort it took to rescue them maybe they don't want to.
nudist0885
Because the bridge doesn't belong to Amtrak but to CSX Transportation?
nudist0885 The Bayout wreck has nothing to do with it. Katrina was the reason it was cancelled.
I am planning to go NY to Chicago on May 10. How can I buy tickets?
+Mahmud Hasan Khan Go to Amtrak.com. That's the easiest way.
where does it start and end?
when is part 3 coming out?
beautiful
nice video…..
Enjoyed that, what's the average speed.
+William Hall
100mph on straightaways, and 80mph average.
+xOogieBoogie3x ???? no.. 90MPH Max in some spots, 55MPH average
Where are you going to
real nice!!
Took this train and a few connecting ones on a trip from Arizona to Philadelphia. This one To Chicago was nice. Had the roomette (On all trains) both coming and going on the SW Chief. Took the Capitol Limited ot of Chicago which was a joke consideration the 6 hours worth of delays. Took the Hoosier back from Philly to Chicago, No water pressure in the shower and a car attendant who disappeared the entire trip after we started out. I've been taking the train since 2005 and they seem to get worse every year. I might add here that coming out of Chicago the SW Chief started having a braking issue and held us up in Kansas City for 5 hours. People in coach were getting restless and one passenger got so angry with the delays by the time we got to Albuquerque they had to call the police to get him off and we delayed another hour and a half. I am afraid to fly so the next long trip, I think I'll drive. I'm used to it.
AZCARick I prefer a train ride. Just plan to get there a day early, or two before you need to. Then the delays won't bother you. The same on the return trip. The freight railroads own the tracks outside the northeast corridor, and they dispatch their freight trains with more priority than Amtrak. Even when I fly I have had delays and flights cancelled at the last minute for maintenance and weather issues. The newest Superliner sleepers are twenty years old, some are over thirty years old. Considering their age, Amtrak does a very good job keeping them clean and operational. The latest I have arrived is one day on a return trip. The latest arrival getting there was 16 hours into Los Angeles, both trips with the Sunset Limited.
thanks! :)
i love the SOUTHWEST CHIEF in the fall
Where are you at
I'm going on amtrak to Orlando to the hotle courntryard
Where are you going
Not much to see, but a heck of a lot of it.
Nice train
Personally I don't care about all the highways. I am not driving. I am (supposedly) enjoying a train ride and am only interested in the scenery Of the train ride and the cities and towns and villages the train goes through
Train seems pretty empty!
ron hawkins Its usually the fullest leaving Chicago and approaching Los Angeles. During the summer months and winter holidays the trains fill up. Unlike the airlines, trains have linear routes, with passengers hopping on and off the train traveling different distances. Of course flying is much faster, but riding a slow train and driving a bit faster than they train take a long time, at least on a train you are traveling while you are sleeping.
I see it's takes hella days to get there.
then we could preview the ride.
Cool
cool
you should be paid to video your entire trip
Me 3
Derp derp derp derp derp derp derp derp
iam riding this train to cali yolo lol
I wish I could go on a trip with a girlfriend. 101
Please let the crew do their own annoucements re: how they will go around the train get dinner reservation-it all sound so phony and uncomfortable as the written speech goes and not how people really talk-the repeated "make my way through-over and over is so boring. Don't let them get on and attempt to be funny-they are not esp on TX Eagle-we do not need to hear about someone going to IC whatever that is and unless an announcement really affects us we don't need to hear it-meal times, next stop ok but nothing else. It wakes sleeping babies and adults and if we are making calls -the phone hears the blasted announcements and reacts to it and screws up the call. more later=just drastically less messages please.
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