Amtrak HD California Zephyr #5 Part 2 CHI to Emeryville

[@billy98102]

absolutely wonderful video!..better than any train travel video I've seen..I wish it were available on DVD!

[@RodBourne]

Thank you

[@grebnellok]

Thank you for a wonderful video. I just returned two weeks ago tomorrow from a train ride from Florida to Reno and back. Did not have a video camera, so thanks for the memories. We had the same consist on 29 & 5 and the entire crew on 5 was awesome. Return on 6, same for the crew except the dining car crew left much to be desired. I got to shave , shower and eat breakfast at Helper as we were there 2 hrs. waiting on a Sunday morning for track repair (broken rail). Can't wait to do this again.

[@atlanticcoastexpress]

Excellent! I felt as though I was sitting there with you enjoying the trip. Thank you veriy much for the fascinating video.

[@RodBourne]

thanks ... Check out my Empire Builder video ..draft cut is up on you tube... updated version sometime next week will be up

[@christopherbaumann3235]

At about 37 seconds I heard an ATT cell phone boot up! I had to look and make sure I wasn't sitting on mine. Super Video!!

[@RodBourne]

+Christopher Baumann check out the rest of my videos on my channel here....kzbin.info

[@sammy7068]

went on this train last year was soo pretty thank you for sharing

[@RodBourne]

Just went out for four days and flew back to Philadelphia ... Glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@divox9pqr]

Nice video of your Zephyr trip Rod. It definitely is on my bucket list....think I'll do a roomette.

[@RodBourne]

+Rodney Brown Roomette was great ! Denver - Salt Lake best part of trip..

[@tyrese3745]

+Rodney Brown Me too, this late April.

[@RodBourne]

enjoy Christopher Howell

[@tyrese3745]

Rod Thanks a lot

[@cebgr1]

I will be on Amtrak in April to Richmond CA great video

[@atlanticcoastexpress]

Will do! I hope to ride on the Empire Builder and The Canadian again...but it's a long way from England. But despite this I'll be there if I can! Thanks again for the excellent videos. Come and enjoy our trains sometime - there are many to choose from. Regards. Rob.

[@Crosshead1]

Rob Mannion you’re a lot closer than I am in Australia but I just rode the California Zephyr from Emeryville/San Francisco to Chicago. What a fabulous trip. The scenery along the way was just spectacular; the Sierra Nevadas, the Book Cliffs of Utah, Glenwood Canyon, the Rockies and even the endless corn fields of Iowa. And the train itself was extremely comfortable. I may have to do it again, perhaps in winter for a contrast.

[@nanba25]

Thanks for sharing, it's great It remembers me of my 2008 trip on the Coast Starlight, from Seattle to Sacramento, there was no comment aboard, alas I see that just like me, you have some focusing issues when zooming through the window ; maybe some day, camera makers will provide us a button to instantly force the focus to infinite, as we had on many cameras of the 70s

[@prettyeyes1752]

always great train adventures , My other home is in Buckeye AZ is there a Amtrak from DC to AZ one time they said , the Amtrak only goes to New Mexico

[@RodBourne]

The Southwest Chief goes thru Flagstaff traveling from LA to Chicago...

[@prettyeyes1752]

Rod Bourne Thanks so much for your family adventures I am always on board and a fan of all the music I have great soft jazz play list too

[@prettyeyes1752]

Ready for your you and families next adventures

[@christopherbaumann3235]

Excellent videos Rod!!

[@RodBourne]

+Christopher Baumann Thank you

[@BNforever2009]

Nice video and train trip. Never been west of Denver on this train but plans to do that in 2016. Next year, Its The capitol Ltd from Chicago to Washington DC and then The silver meteor from Washington DC to Greeville, SC and then from there down to Miami, Fla.

[@kellogg170]

Thanks for the video very cool.

[@tyrese3745]

It sure as hell beats flying. It's Eco-friendly, there's lots to see in America, and even the food is great.

[@RodBourne]

+Christopher Howell I wholeheartedly agree, of course....

[@RodBourne]

+Christopher Howell Check this out......kzbin.info/www/bejne/goKsfJ9oeJmko8k

[@dejohn913]

Cool Amtrak Agents Pretty Much Throughout The Entire Trip. Nice Vid. 5 *****

[@RodBourne]

thanks

[@dejohn913]

rodmanb294 You're Most Welcome.

[@RodBourne]

Thanks for the kind comments....

[@composerlecturer]

Great memories for me. We got off in Sacramento for my wife's 50th high school reunion. But, of course, I've been to SF many times, just never by train. Thanks for the two videos. Glad you''re back safely. Or have you stayed in CA?

[@alonzowhitaker9957]

This will be my first time going across the country on Amtrak next week California.

[@tyrese3745]

I'm heading out to 'frisco on Train #5 five weeks from this Thursday and in a Roomette, too.

[@BNforever2009]

at 1:13.25 is my cousin Cathy , working on the diner car, she is the supervisor on the diner car.

[@paulocoleta]

Perfeito, bela filmagem parabéns.

[@divox9pqr]

I agree Chris, even with the downgrade in the meal services for the western routes that is coming, there is still so much more to benefit you by train travel than flying.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

According to KZbin, I've now been on Amtrak's California Zephyr! weird how that works huh?

[@RodBourne]

Glad you enjoyed.....

[@composerlecturer]

I hate it when guides get it wrong. "Centennial" was written by James Michner, not Mitchell. I love the Zephyr: Rockies and Sierras on successive days. Can't be beat. We hope to do the Empire Builder next, however.

[@NickyD]

is there a long tunnel you past through on this route

[@rod7332]

YES… the Moffet Tunnel just after the climb out of Denver Westbound...

[@waynegill137]

Yes. 6 miles long.

[@coleallen3895]

Once while I was on the CZ riding in a sleeping car, I observed a live birth take place on the train, I’m not joking. Back in late March 2019, I was on the California Zephyr going from Davis to Glenwood Springs and on the train, there was pregnant 19 year old girl from SFSU traveling from Emeryville to Denver with her boyfriend. They normally fly home from college for holidays/breaks but because their due date was close (due date was April 5th and they departed on March 29th), they had to use the train since airlines do not allow women to fly in the last 6 weeks of pregnancy. During the ride at 1 AM, the girl’s water broke and the attendant for our sleeping car (Justin Woods, a young guy in his early 20s) volunteered to deliver the baby since he had seen how it was done online. The girl agreed and Justin did so in which he went into the first aid kit, got his gloves on, then squeezed himself into the roomette to have the girl push while he caught the baby when she was born. The baby ended up being born on the train - a healthy baby girl in a ROOMETTE!!! It was a fabulous story and the girl, her newborn and boyfriend were taken off the train by paramedics at the next railroad crossing (train was in a remote location between Elko and Salt Lake City at the moment which required a helicopter ambulance to meet the train). As it is, I observed the whole thing as I was holding the girl’s left leg as well as recording this with her boyfriend’s phone. I’ve wondered - if you are female, suppose this happened to you where you (or your wife/girlfriend) suddenly went into labor on an Amtrak train and the train was going across a remote location at the moment. Would you at all be able to tolerate giving birth unmediated, while crammed into a Roomette, on a bed that was not flexible (unlike in the hospital), on a train that speeding up to 90 MPH, the baby’s umbilical cord having to stay attached to you until you got to a hospital (no scissors/clamps on the train), and the person delivering your baby is an Amtrak conductor/attendant with no medical training or license of any kind??? Seriously, this girl was incredibly brave and was lucky that there were no complications, PLUS it only took 20 minutes for her to push the baby out (water broke at 1 AM, and the baby was born at 1:22 AM) What do you think of all this!!!???

[@grandparails8858]

Thanks for the videos. What type of scanner do you use?

[@RodBourne]

I use a BaoFeng UV-5R PLUS HANDHELD TRANSCEIVER--Cheaper than a scanner and real sensitive...

[@grandparails8858]

Thanks for the info.

[@jeremywilliams5675]

When can it be a good time to ride that train?

[@RodBourne]

I rode in late spring and it was great....

[@jeremywilliams5675]

I'm thinking about late spring like towards the end of May

[@tyrese3745]

+Jeremy Williams I'm going in late April

[@bovineking8927]

I did it mid-june

[@RodBourne]

If you like this you might like this one better !

[@RodBourne]

+Rod kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaOse4qhmd5-fck

[@NickyD]

+Rod 50:01 what tunnel is that

[@gaylenemorley916]

Oh yes june 15 2019 rode train 5 to emerville calif but got hurt in sleeper car thrd bed has a handle on seats to fix it into a bed my leg hit that handle when train jerk. My leg went into handle cutting leg now july 2 nd leg is still sore

[@michaelglass4701]

i love the silver lady

[@RodBourne]

Need to schedule another trip on #5 to record in 4K !

[@paulocoleta]

Meu sonho fazer uma viagem assim..rsrs

[@baronlocal8569]

min 46:18 , 1:24:20 , pt lista mea cu filmulete cu sosele langa calea ferata apr 2015

[@LelandRogers]

Isn't it interesting that they have to make an announcement to smokers not to throw their cigarettes all over the platforms. I'll bet they don't do that at their homes.

[@shirtshine73blitz]

I hope someone told that woman to get her feet off the window. How rude!

[@sammy7068]

shirtshine73blitz i ihave to agree lol looks like some onie did tho lol

[@xanadujohn79]

The Best part out of Chi town is the race track ...

[@tyrese3745]

It sure as hell beats flying. It's Eco-friendly, there's lots to see in America, and even the food is great.

[@prettyeyes1752]

thats the way I want to do it , I love to sit back and see the countryside ,

[@infiniteflyer2178]

i love trains and i love planes. Both of them have changed the world to the way it is now. Ya trains let you see the country side and thats great. But planes take far less time and they are more reliable.