I was stuck on a train for 40 HOURS!!!

[@JamesCarmichael]

When a trip takes so long it's literally historic travel.

[@Michael1M6]

This guy is a legend! Not only wanting to visit the museum but to share it with his audience! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

You were lucky you weren't in the Granville train disaster in Sydney Australia in 1977 some survivors were trapped for a couple of days.

[@sleepymanjones8745]

*y e s*

[@johntrimble9081]

"Up to this point in the trip everything was going pretty smoothly" spoken like a true historic traveler. We all know what comes next....

[@KateLove21]

You were a first class passenger on this disaster, lol.

[@danielueblacker9118]

not sterrige..... 3rd class as on the Titanic.... this Gentleman is a pleasure to listen to.

[@iaev2500a3]

Business*

[@onbored9627]

Imagine they locked the coach people in their cars lol.

[@KRISTIANITY_]

I was expecting that right when you were about do drift off in the bunk bed, the train was gonna hit an iceberg.

[@jasonrarick4649]

different sinking feeling....

[@daa589]

Are there enough lifeboats aboard? Um, you actually just hop off the stairs.

[@seardadsdasd]

Or an ice-MOUNTAIN

[@2ndofficercharleslightolle878]

Sam is such a good guy he is so kind and he travled across america just to see a Titanic museum hes so good

[@JoeNaeem]

This guy is a comedic legend .

[@matthewbbenton]

Having worked with the public, I can absolutely guarantee that at some point, somebody on that train demanded to have their car unloaded so they could drive the rest of the way.

[@Videocipher]

Myself having also delt with the public ...I concur that most definitely did happen

[@ConcertShutterbug]

Because keeping people immobilized for 40 hours is soooo reasonable....?

[@jacksons1010]

@@ConcertShutterbug There is no way to unload the cars other than at the endpoints.

[@ConcertShutterbug]

Well since at Florence they certainly COULD have safely allowed people off the train to stretch their legs or have a smoke! I wonder if Coach passengers (for whom this must have been hell) were fed or were made to purchase? And those snarky announcements by the sadistic conductor -- lucky that passengers didn't tear up the train out of frustration.... There was an unaffected track and the Auto Train was being passed by trailing trains... Could it not have been backed up to the crossover and moved to the clear track??

[@matthewbbenton]

@@ConcertShutterbug I assume there were many other trains backed up on that track, so they couldn’t just back up and unload everyone. It’s like being stuck in a traffic jam on a highway. Let’s hope those poor coach passengers were fed - I have to think they would have been. This whole story is amazing because my worst travel experience was flying out of Florence - or trying to. Long story short, after two days of mechanical issues with the plane, the airline literally hired someone to drive me to Charlotte. Florence is like the Bermuda Triangle of domestic travel!

[@geethaa2672]

23:59 hey it is the same day of which the rms lusitania sank

[@hollykacz1958]

Always plan an extra day on Amtrak because they share the track with freight trains and you never know if you are going to be late so always plan to be late by at least a day. And that way if you’re early, you are glad but if you are late, you are prepared and bring extra toiletries and extra snacks and just expect to be late. We were on a train that was 18 hours late going from Washington state to North Dakota and we just enjoyed being on the train because we love trains. It worked out well and they brought us extra food and extra coffee and extra pop and whatever we wanted and I cannot give them more credit than I have because they were wonderful.

[@Jan_Heckmann]

I was waiting for the Part, where the Train hit the Iceberg all of the Time!

[@falcon664]

I've taken the Auto-train with no problems. Nice trip. I did have a roomette, same as you. I can't imagine 40 hours in Coach with a load of people, including kids, all stuck on their way to Disney World. Must have been awful. Always, a roomette or compartment!

[@danielueblacker9118]

Your comment is perfect I agree totally. Some people reacted as if it was the fires of hell opening up. I had traveled on the Auto train had a room with the bathroom and shower... Sam had a hunch and changed from Coach what a good move for sure.

[@oliversherman2414]

You're an absolute legend for going through something as annoying as being stuck on a train for 40 hours. Well done

[@geethaa2672]

12:25 Sam : OMG!! What happened, we have stopped at around 11:30 or 11:40. Sam : Am I in the Titanic!!!!

[@cjcostas2510]

Stopped in the middle of the night? Sounds like the Titanic! The train hit an ice berg!

[@Mikhail-Tkachenko]

Train on the water boat on the tracks

[@grapefruitjuice9473]

@@Mikhail-Tkachenko went to the station took a boat downtown

[@renerpho]

Imagine being stuck on a train, having just woken up in the middle of the night, only to be told to put your life jackets on.

[@michaeleuefueno3517]

Awesome Sunrise.🌅😎🎉👍

[@rogers.5153]

Sam, I commend you on your patience and fortitude. I am a recent subscriber to your channel and want to relate to you a similar experience I had but not as bad as yours. In the summer of 1979, I moved from western South Dakota to the Bay Area in California for college. By fall I was a little homesick and decided to fly home for Christmas. I had a great time with the family and then it was time to go. I got on the plane in Rapid City and flew to Salt Lake City, all was well. I didn't have to change planes so I sat while passengers disembarked and the new passengers boarded. Finally we took off. So far I had been on the plane for 4 hours. 2 hours or so later, we arrived in San Francisco and we couldn't land due to fog. So we circled to see if the fog would lift. It didn't. We continued to circle. And circle. And circle. We circled for 2 hours. Then they announced they were going to land us In Sacramento and they would bus us into San Francisco International. So off we went to Sacramento which took maybe an hour. 9 to 10 hours after boarding, I was able to get off that airplane. Then I had to get on a bus and ride for another 2-3 hours to the airport in SF. This was the age before cell phones so I had no way to contact my friends that were supposed to pick me up. Thank God they were there waiting for me!

[@onbored9627]

I'm just imagining HT coming out of his sleeper car fully rested, showered, after watching some netflix and laying down to go to the dining car and goes "Man, this is awful!" and the coach passengers just riot after sitting in a chair worse than an office chair for 40 hours straight with no cigarettes breathing in the musky stench of 200 unbathed adults and the stench of unchanged baby diaper. Omg, lol.

[@mrkipling2201]

I was stuck on a train for 4 hours between Lewisham and London Bridge in South East London, England in 2018. The worst thing was the lack of information from the train staff, letting us know what was happening. It’s normally a 10 minute journey!! Apparently the electrified rail became faulty and stopped working.

[@scottrichards5213]

Glad u got there safely but what a experience u had. I like your haircut sam

[@danielueblacker9118]

In the real world where people are attacked, killed this is are you kidding me.... Sam is a wonderful person point of view try talking to a Military person who had been in combat...... shame. People stuck in seats and if the car was full, yes a big headache. Someone attending a funeral that is stress.

[@wjcraig78]

At least you were not stuck on a sinking ship.

[@jimilives484]

Positive from a negative - that's a beautiful sunrise

[@boomaglev7859]

that kind of Amtrak train is an auto train. I believe that there's a short yard that it will load up its passengers with using the superliners then will hook up to the Amtrak autoracks and will then begin the journey. the locomotives are 2 p42DC's which will generate 8500 horsepower which is more than enough to get the train moving.

[@MelanieP7M]

My son and I went to that museum in March. Loved it!

[@ilokivi]

Well done Sam for booking a sleeper compartment. Evidently many were not so lucky. A better approach to customer relations practice, would be to make an announcement to passengers about delays at the earliest reasonable opportunity. Even if Amtrak isn't at fault for the derailed freight train, its assumption that no need for an update was necessary and mixed response to contingency planning may put off anyone on that train from using it in future.

[@onbored9627]

Dude that's ~2.5 times, or 250% of the time you were told when you purchased your ticket. I would have asked for my money back. Something like this makes me never want to take a train haha. I can't imagine the # of negative reviews they got and how many potential customers they lost/lose when things like this happen. Passenger train industry here in the states is on life support, so this kind of thing is just one more nail in the lid.

[@Pisti846]

Good thing you didn't lose your hotel room when you didn't check in on time.

[@debbiel7659]

Sam We really enjoyed this video of your trip!! It was SO funny, informative, and interesting! Thank you So much Sam, we Love all your vids!!

[@hollykacz1958]

If you want to be on time, take a plane. Train travel always has problems so plan on being late and then you will not be aggravated and this is what we learned. Traveling from Washington state to North Dakota several times in a 25 year period and we were never upset if we were late because we always had an extra night at the hotel before our relatives came to get us so we knew we would be late, so always plan on being late if you take a train.

[@shaund9759]

I work for Delta. Honey, next time I’ll give you a buddy pass and just fly! But seriously, I was in south Florida 2 weeks ago and the rental cars were OUTRAGEOUS!!! Glad you eventually made it!

[@IronhorseRailProductions]

What's even better Is today is National Train Day. XD

[@joribremer5260]

Watching other train “travelers” yt channells , i think a sleepers train travel is on my list to do sometimes :)

[@startrekstartrek601]

12/15 am Sam: train is going well and I hope it will be good. Train: cqd cqd cqd Mail train hey what's going on Train: HELP

[@Jenzo1982]

This is a nice video. I am from germany and i like the trains here an in europe. The highspeedtrains like the ICE or the Eurostar and TGV. But we have car and nighttrains too. You are in so many towns in europe in a few hours. But a dream from me is a trip by a train vom New york to San Fransico and back. Greetings from Bremen Germany

[@twujstara8066]

I'm from poland and there is also few highspeed trains, regional trains and overall they have high comfort of travel except polregio (they are shit trains). So greetings from Wrocław Poland

[@Jermster_91]

The conductor was trying to talk to all the Karens.

[@Vichedges]

Try spending two days on a Greyhound sometime. Or try traveling by train without a sleeper car. I used to make the trip from Indiana to North Dakota fairly often on a train and it often got stuck or was delayed.

[@viridiscoyote7038]

The cost of rental cars spiked because many of the rental agencies sold off their cars as the pandemic was ramping up. Now there's minuscule supply as demand approaches pre-pandemic levels.

[@atomicenergysociety6038]

So sorry this happened to you Sam. Glad you did actually make it to Florida.

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

Back in 2001 I rode an Amtrak sleeper from San Francisco to Chicago, to Washington (did the Smithsonian), to Orlando (did Disney World) then back to La. It was a fantastic trip except for 2 things, no meal in your cabin, you HAD to go to the dining car and be seated with other people. Sometimes the company you were seated with were nice other times you ate your meal with arseholes. But the worst thing was the incessant horn blowing. In first class you're at the front of the train and that's where the damn horn is. During the day it wasn't bad but trying to sleep at night...GEEZ !! The stewards were always nice, though none of the trains I rode on encountered any issues like this. I'd love to go back to the US one day and do the same trip again, despite the constant horn sounding.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

That's terrible! I've been stuck in Bangkok Airport for 12 hours and that was bad enough. I can't imagine this 🥴

[@davidbakko3872]

Loved hearing about the crazy adventure you had

[@Deadpool784]

My brother used to take Amtrak from North Dakota back to Wisconsin, and he constantly had problems with them

[@paulavallone9296]

Wow, what a adventure! So glad that you made it on the passenger surviver list at Amtrak! I would have really been worried if you heard a string quintet playing 🎶 "Nearer my God to thee" 🎶 LMAO! 🤣 Well hey I hope the rest of your trip is smooth sailing! Have a great time and enjoy TITANIC Orlando! Looking forward to your video from museum there! Safe travels home too Sam, I hope the trip back will be pleasant and uneventful. 😎

[@delladeathtrip]

I completely understand the rules concerning shift changes, but this series of mishaps compounded by multiple crew changes reminded me of the Tenerife disaster! I’m sure it wasn’t a great experience, to put it mildly, but it could have been worse. Love your videos, by the way! Keep up the great work!

[@Chihayamoon]

I’ve been a train before and I’ve been in a sleeper car and it is really good though I slept on the top bunk and let me tell you when you sleep on the top. They actually buckle you in the bed has a seatbelt and they do this, just to make sure that you don’t fall out of the bed.

[@Mikhail-Tkachenko]

I lived in Daytona Beach for nearly 4 years. Aviation school, best days of my life.

[@Napp28]

You my dear man are amazing, not to mention patient. ONCE on a Via-Rail train from Windsor Ontario - Toronto, the train lost power about 45 min from Toronto. I knew this would mean a huge delay. I took matters into my own hands, exited the train (with my 8 yr old niece in hand) .. Two American passengers decided to follow me and us 4 walked about 2 km to the nearest town, called a taxi and took that into the city splitting the cost.

[@Fuzzycatfur]

I went to the Titanic Museum in Orlando in 2012 as a side activity from Universal Studios, it was awesome, glad to hear they're still there and not destroyed by a hurricane or something.

[@MRKatzz]

I have travelled a lot with the train in the Netherlands over the years. My longest delay in a train was for 45 minutes. I was in that train for 45 minutes already. So i was in that train in of total 1 hour and 30 minutes. This is extrodinary long for a delay in the Netherlands and happens not much. I always thought this was very much but this was nothing compered to your situation with 40 hours delay. Much respect for being calm in that situation for so long! Also nice video!! :D

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

I'd rather be stuck on a train for 40 hours than stuck next to a whiny or badly spoiled child for 30 minutes. Last month, I flew from the Bay Area of California to Nashville. My flight was very early (5 AM); so, I arrived to the airport at around 3:15 AM and planned to sleep on the plane. The plane was filled with parents and children flying to Disney World in Florida. During the flight, a child behind me kept kicking my seat....for the ENTIRE flight. He even said, "Wake up. Wake up. Wake up" several times when I would doze off. His mother saw all of this too (because I tried to get her attention). Her response at the end of the flight was to apologize. She said, "I don't know how to control him."

[@tomkeuffer7407]

Perhaps the mother should stop spoiling him, hence, taking him to Disney world. Kid probably gets away with murder

[@renerpho]

Amtrak would have told you that you should have taken the flight the day before.

[@Hollywood115F16]

I live close to that museum! When you get there, ask about the power ranger that was there on Halloween 😁

[@NicAnsuini]

Love this little travel vlog!

[@joemotes]

Hi Sam, I know you probably not going to get to my comment, but here I go, your experience was definitely hell, I travel a lot by train, usually from Fort Lauderdale, my home town to Jacksonville, also GA, and SC, by cabin just like you. But I'm a model train collector so I do love trains. I was once is the same situation with a train derailment ahead of my train, and yes, mine also CSX, stuck on the train for about 12 hours, yikes :-(, they finally cleared the derailment, now this probably happened to you and you might not have been aware, derailments do cause rail damage, so they probably had to repairs the rails, which in somes cases takes a couple of hours. I also had a great cabin stuart who actually kept me posted more than the conductor had. Now in my case, I had a USMC shirt on and he happened to have served also in the MC and I was one of 6 passengers in my car which was great for personal service. Sam I really like this video, keep up the good work.

[@UAPReportingCenter]

Thanks for sharing

[@DardanellesBy108]

I’ve ridden Amtrak countless times but finally got tired of all the delays and rude staff in the station and on the trains. I’m surprised you even got an announcement about your delay. Amtrak is terrible about communicating with passengers. --- Riding trains in other countries is awesome. Japan was my favorite, the Shinkansen is dope!

[@DerpyPossum]

Still looks better than airport TSA.

[@georgehoward9216]

40 hours on a train? I did Toronto to Vancouver once. Three days and four nights! Much of that time was spent in the observation car/bar and it was a great way to see Canada 🇨🇦 Much more interesting than flying over it 🚂

[@pandyz2010]

You did an excellent job of making lemonade from the lemons. I would totally have been happy to have rented a sleeper car. Well done on making a vid from the adventure!!!😂😂😂

[@Yassified3425]

I use alot of high speed trains here in Europe and the meals are fresh over here. I was also surprised that the over night train looked like a normal train while over here we have the sleeper jet with large cabins.

[@danniandersen5858]

I feel like public transport in Denmark is really good, busses arrives within 2 mins of the planned time and trains are even more precise. Of cause delays do happen but it is rare and usually 5 minutes at most.

[@greygirl3168]

I took the auto train in the late 90’s. I was in a coach seat for 17 hours. I can’t imagine almost 40 hours sitting upright with very little privacy. Sounds like an interesting journey.

[@julien-francoiscollin9843]

The PA are so bad! He could have said "we didn't want to wake you up during the night" to explain why there was no announcements earlier.

[@paulwatts2192]

I could tell you some stories with British rail. I was in the Royal Navy in the 70s and we used the rail network for weekend leave.Had this down to a fine art, till my train got delayed by fright train. Got late for my connecting train that left. Had to stay in the sidings for the night fine get some sleep No. Fright trains do most of there work in the night, and I was shutting between lines all night. Got back on board ship for a 24 hour watch in the boiler room shattered.

[@tomar8210]

I like your new hair cut

[@jonnygt4769]

Love all the videos Sam! Would really like to see more adventure videos like this! I live in London and your right about how common taking the trains are in the UK. Every week day I’m on a train and tube to work haha! I agree with you about having a market for taking your vehicles with you on the train, let’s hope it happens! All the best! Keep up the great work!

[@danielueblacker9118]

Logistics-time-effort-money....profit...

[@laylaleannejepson7]

London is a nightmare so many trains, trams and tubes. Very busy. I'm from London and don't miss that part at all especially after seeing someone lying in the below the train. Southern England is much slower paced and less trains 🤣

[@goldencalflord666yt3]

You are amazing love watching your vids

[@danariusm.4283]

Oh you was in my state when you was stopped I’m sc. but I’m glad that everything did end up working out eventually.

[@PeriMedic1]

You made the correct move with the sleeper. But they are expensive! I've done Washington DC-San Francisco 2x, Sacramento-Chicago, and Fredericksburg VA to Fort Lauderdale. I'M DONE. Every trip took at least 150% of the time it is scheduled to take. I'd walk before getting on an Amtrak again.

[@WillzyFilms]

Wow, this is crazy! And also that museum sounds cool!

[@self-advocacychampions1117]

Video idea : The Sinking of the Impress Of Ireland

[@townhall05446]

I traveled overnight once on Amtrak and I overall liked it but on the return trip it was not so good. A few people loaded up the seat next to them with junk so nobody could sit next to them, one person loaded up TWO seats with junk and slept on the floor. Then there were the people who insisted on talking loudly at a distance, one person wanted to talk about prescriptions and her adult disposable diapers after they turned down the lights so people could try and sleep. I would highly recommend travel by train BUT get a compartment. Don't risk the kind of people you might end up traveling with. They are not all too great.

[@tjh8402]

Crazy to see that you of all people got caught up in this. I live in Central Florida and am a bit of a railfan so this incident was getting lots of attention. Sorry I wasn’t following closer when you were down here.

[@1rkofans]

I'm in love with this channel. Thank you from Indonesia!

[@TwistedTattoo.WarShorts]

Thanks for sharing this Sam legend 👍 Amazing Sunrise 🌞

[@southernbyways2513]

Sam, doesn't the conductor remind you from someone from the Titanic. "You are a passenger and I am a bloody ship's officer!"

[@HistoricTravels]

Hahaha officer Lowe

[@crs2385]

''If you guys aren't happy you should've traveled a day sooner''. Jezo does the PA guy think we all have heinsight? lol

[@cliftoncoles6451]

I'm sorry you had such a bad Amtrak experience. I am planning a trip for the fall, and the last think I want to hear about is 40-hour stops. Did your room have a toilet? Some (all?) of the roomettes do, but I couldn't tell if you had one. That would have been an added convenience when stuck on a train. Love your videos!

[@wintergirll]

“😬Yeeeeeeaaaah thats not good…” 😂

[@bobneyland5772]

Are you planning on driving back to West Virginia or take the train again? I have been to the Titanic Experience in Orlando several times. Very nice experience. Happy travels.

[@eviln10t9]

Hey historic did you remember that Lusitania sank on Friday may 7th?

[@comradecallahan3582]

The first step of your all over the world trip! Keep staying motivated because one day trust me you’re gonna be in Belfast walking on the Decks of the S.S Nomadic!!! 😃😁

[@comradecallahan3582]

Even though it was a hard trip, at least you made it to the museum!

[@comradecallahan3582]

Ohhhh and you said that you were gonna make a titanic museum video???? That’s gonna be awesome!

[@laylaleannejepson7]

How exciting. The closest Titanic museum to me, is Southampton. I've been lots if times. Would love to go to Belfast 🙂

[@comradecallahan3582]

@@laylaleannejepson7 Oh that’s cool

[@laylaleannejepson7]

@@comradecallahan3582 yeah it's a nice visit, definitely! X

[@Thatsactuallyreallycrazy]

I'm so sorry

[@Robloxity_News]

*I KNEW CSX HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS!* The problem is Amtrak does not own the tracks so they have to deal with this stuff. Most of the time it is most likely just waiting for a freight train to pass but this makes things worse.

[@mariselojeda0810]

This reminded me of when i used to ride the travel buses with my mom, from Bella Vista to Corrientes or Buenos Aires, we were travelling back from Buenos Aires to home when the bus stopped, i don't remember what it was but maybe it was a flat tire or the bus just ran out of fuel, we stayed there for about 2.5 hours or so.

[@emcity24]

Bruce Ismay would've been yelling at the conductor, "When can we get underway dammit!"

[@CJODell12]

“This is most unfortunate, Captain” “How long is this likely to delay us?” - Ismay from “A Night to Remember”

[@shantellerossi8744]

You poor guy! I would've ripped my hair out long time ago. I would have been very very cranky. Props to you for keeping your cool

[@lilolebob]

As someone who works on Ft Belvoir, I driven past the Lorton station many times. And I wondered if I could take the auto train to visit family up North. Nope. And after hearing this story H3ll Nope! Thanks for answering that question, Sam.

[@gazs4731]

I've heard the same comments from another senior conductor on a delayed Amtrak service travelling from Chicago to New York. Our train finally arrived 69 hours late

[@reenabearkitty]

I like your glasses! How come you don't wear glasses more often?

[@denise4949]

sam u all on the train went thru soooo much wow anyway love your videos i thought i knew alot about titantic but you've got all ofus beat-- what you know is way more than we do--all thehard work youhave done to bring what you know to us thank you soooo much!! also if you had been on the titanic and had no idea it was gonna sink-whatever class you would have been in without prior knowledge of the sinking-- what do you think you would have done?? let us know in future videos thanks much love from south carolina !!!

[@No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan]

40 Hours, sorry to hear that Sam. Listening to the radio yesterday, they announced not to travel by train in the UK due to major disruptions. Never been stuck 40 hours but 4 once and managed to get the very last train by the skin of our teeth. So didn't get to my girlfriends house till gone 1am. Wish I lived in the USA.

[@victoriocanale2946]

Cool a double decker train 🚆!! I'm going on the Caledonian sleeper train for the first time on the 24th, I'm travelling via the Club Car so I'll get free breakfast, a toilet and shower in my room plus access to the restaurant which is practically a first class lounge. Only down part is I'll be in London for 7.10am so it will be an early start but going to the making of Harry Potter that day so I'll want to be up fresh. 40 hours sounds like hell on earth 🌎 Sam. What a shame 😔

[@nadiasvens]

It's so cool to See how travelling by train in the US works and looks like. It really seems a lot different then in europe. I really love travelling by train so this is very interesting for me. Thanks! 😊

[@britn617]

I used to take Amtrak when I lived in college all the time. It really is much more comfortable than an airplane (albeit also much slower). I used to live in Orlando for about 10 years, I visited the Titanic museum several times, as well as the "dinner show" they offer. That sleeper car is pretty cool, and that you can take your car! I am getting married in Orlando and I refuse to fly in case my luggage gets lost and something happens to my dress, so we plan to drive. I would love a relaxing train ride but I live in Nashville now so VA is a bit too far to make that feasible. Thank you for documenting your journey though! I am sorry it took so long! I don't want to sound all Karen, but I would have put in a complaint about the conductors attitude. But hey you have a story to tell 😅

[@ChampionsFC599]

Hey Sam, have you ever thought of riding the Pere Marquette 1225 train in Michigan or the real-life, "Polar Express" from the 2004 Christmas movie?

[@vsgeneal6248]

I thought it was Amtrak when I saw the headline. Similar story, DC to Orlando. We missed our 1st day at Disney World. I love trains, hope we can do this better.

[@IsaacNg28]

I was once stuck in a car for 6 hours but 40 hours is crazy

[@lyelmanalvarado5191]

6 hours? I been in a car for 10 hours!

[@IsaacNg28]

@@lyelmanalvarado5191 that must have sucked

[@lyelmanalvarado5191]

@@IsaacNg28 yea it did

[@johnwalters4792]

What about crapping and pissing.

[@Nugget_man7269]

@@johnwalters4792 botlles for pissing

[@ClearTrackSpeed]

Sounds like a drag, the crew for sure should have been less brash. What I appreciate is that you understand the inpredictablilty of train travel. I hope you take the train sometime again because as you painted for the first half of the video, 90% of Amtrak journeys are like that. Thank you for sharing your experience 😊

[@patrickrichmond9896]

Amtrak has 3 or 4 kinds of sleeping accommodations. You have the Roomette, which in my younger years, I called it the "economy" bedroom or the "Econo" for short. Then you have the "Deluxe" sleeper which is a bigger bedroom, where you even have your own shower! Then they have the family bedroom, and the fourth is the special bedroom which is reserved for those in wheelchairs or if you are a senior citizen and would have trouble with the steps. I love train travel. The railroad even was the main source of transportation that fed the passengers to the Titanic. The only downside to rail travel is that you have to deal with freight traffic. That is because on the east coast, that route is mostly owned by CSX. In Kirkwood, Union Pacific owns the track that runs by the Museum of Transport. And sadly, sometimes freight railroads likes to play games with Amtrak. Just like Bruce Ismay, the freight railroads would play games and probably lie about it.

[@jrd2102]

Just watched this one. I had a not so bad time this summer on Amtrak. The train from Chicago to DC was bad. The roughest train ride ever. The showers were inoperable and the sink in my room dribbled water the whole night. The food is not as good as used to be. They used to have an actual dining car with restaurant quality meals. Back in 2012 and the again in 2016. I had black Angus steak with baked potato. From what I was told the ones on runs out west from Chicago and St Louis still have those along with the observation car. I will only travel those routes from now on and if they get rid of them on those will travel Amtrak no more.