Riding Amtrak's LAKE SHORE LIMITED for 19 Hours: CHI to NYC (part two)

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Hello friends! Welcome to part two of my train journey across the United States from San Francisco to New York. Join me as I travel for a whopping 80 hours across the country by train. In part one of my journey, I boarded one of North Americas Most Scenic Trains - Amtrak's California Zephyr. This three day sleeper train took me from San Francisco, across 7 different states, covering almost 4,000 km, eventually leaving me in Chicago. You can watch that here - • 80-Hour Train Ride Acr...
In todays episode, I take a brief transit Chicago's beautiful Union Station. Here, I enjoy five hours in the Metropolitan Lounge, before boarding the second train of my journey, The Lake Shore Limited.
I’ve once again booked the 'cheapest' sleeping accomodation for my 19 hours onboard, also known as Amtrak's Viewliner Roomette. I'll show you exactly what the experience is like, from start to finish! Let's check out the dining, my roomette and the amenities, such as the on board shower! All while passing some of the prettiest shorelines of the USA - Lake Michigan, the Mohawk River, and the Erie Canal!
Let's go!!
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@robrussell5329

As you leave Chicago and head east, you are basically travelling back in time. Back through America's industrial (and economic) centers of a hundred years ago. What we now call the "Rustbelt." Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, PA, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany. These cities were once the centers of American industrial might (plus Detroit, Akron, Pittsburgh and a few others.) But they now look their age, as many of the factories have been long shuttered, replaced by imported product. But that route takes you through what was once America at its finest.

@diabeticnomad

Oh east coast why do you have to be so rude?!

@sethamtrak

In 2019 Amtrak rolled out "Flex Dining" which is prepared ahead of time and served in a bowl. The western long distance trains (Coast Starlight, Empire Builder, California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, and Sunset Limited) have returned to traditional onboard dining. The Lakeshore Limited is one of the trains that have not returned to fresh cooked meals.

@lawrencewestby9229

I did an Amtrak rail journey back in 2019, all in roomettes. I started in West Palm Beach, Florida traveling overnight to Washington DC. After a long layover in the lounge (it was raining) I took the Capitol Limited overnight to Chicago. The layover in Chicago was several hours before boarding the Empire Builder that would take me to Portland, Oregon (the train splits in Spokane with half going to Seattle and half to Portland). I then stayed in Portland for two nights before taking the Coast Starlight on a two night journey to Los Angeles. I stayed in Portland in case the train had major delays, as it ended up we were a half hour early. To get home to Florida I took a cruise that went through the Panama Canal to get from L.A. to Fort Lauderdale.

@chloeandludvig

Thank you SO much for tuning in to watch part two of my journey across America by Amtrak train. Someone in the comments asked if this train was late or ran on time... and I completely forgot to share this in the video! I'm happy to announce, The Lake Shore Limited ran perfectly on schedule!

@johnhawks5035

Not my favorite journey. Cheers.

@narissabond6133

You are now my favorite channel on train travel. Your personality is so pleasant and you don’t complain about lack of services. You seem to take everything in stride. We could all learn lessons from you in traveling. You seem genuinely happy about your journey. Enjoy!

@cyndyjohannsen1856

There is a wonderful book, "USA by Rail", by john Pitt. It tell you a little something interesting about each tow along any of Amtrak's routes, gives you estimated time between towns and includes history of the rail lines. It also includes information about Canadian routes. Love the book. We take it on our many rail journeys.

@CCxKiller13

amtrak government employees lol

@francisbtube

I have no idea how “the designer” and I say that loosely ever got approval from the board that putting a toilet right next to a bed where people would be sleeping was a good idea. We’re they just sadists wanting to fleece people from their money. Every passenger that rode that route since they were introduced should have boycotted those roomettes until Amtrak renovated the compartments. Which I’m sure they would have done pretty quickly if no body booked them. (I’m not talking about you Chloe just the hundreds before you when it was new.)

@daraghmorrissey

Enjoyed these two videos. I'm from Ireland but moved to the US a few years ago and its on my list to do a train journey across america. The older I get, the less I like air travel and domestic travel in the US is very stressful. Its encouraging to see that the trains look clean and the food is good and that you got some sleep.

@radiodude1976

I'm a little surprised at the lack of announcements of notable places you passed on this trip. As a near-lifelong resident of Upstate NY and railfan, here are a couple notable items I noticed from your video while crossing Upstate:

@aaronthomas2851

Jesus, quality from zephyr to the lake shore is drastic. Strange. 😮

@damonmpangborn9829

I took a round trip Amtrak from New York penn station to Delray Beach in a roomette. It was amazing and I loved every minute. Because of your video I have decided to treat myself for my 50th birthday next year on the exact trip from NYC to San Francisco on a roomette.

@kbaker96

Part of the stop in Albany is also switching to an Engine that is duel power. It runs off of diesel until you enter the tunnels in NYC. There it is required to run off of the electric 3rd rail. The Empire service that runs between Buffalo and NYC uses these Engines from end to end so there is no need to change engines in Albany.

@Super_Chief

I watched the first part of this video too. Both videos were very good. You hit the nail on the head when you guessed that most of the eastern Amtrak routes are indeed just a way of getting from point A to point B. The Amtrak Superliners going cross-country are much more apt to point out sights of interest. I’m not too sure I would jump on the bandwagon about filling up your water bottles on Amtrak though. Even though almost all Amtrak passenger trains utilize both potable and non-potable water systems onboard, it is pretty recognized that fresh water holding tanks on Amtrak are not serviced very often and can be a great place for bacteria. 🤢 I am 65 years old and have been traveling via Amtrak since they have been around in the 1970s. So, if you ever have a question about anything train related, feel free to ask me, I might have an answer for you! 😉