🇺🇸5 Day Sleeper Train Journey Across America | New York to San Francisco (part 1)🇺🇸

[@StarchildMagic]

I knew our trains in the US aren't great, but that was inexcusable, especially for $1000. I do love seeing your reactions to new things, like the school buses and the french toast. Thank you for taking us all along on your travels!

[@TheConfusername]

Your astonishment and delight at the school bus sightings made me smile. Having ridden them all my school years, I never considered they might be an exciting novelty to someone else.

[@elund408]

and yet he ignored the man walking with his cross down the middle of the road. 🙂

[@Sobreposicion]

I'm Brazilian, that is, I'm also part of the American continent, and yet much of the United States is still mythological to other countries. In that bus scene I felt like I was witnessing a painting by Evgeny Lushpin or Linden Frederick. This countryside neighborhood aura is very beautiful, there is also a lot of that in Brazil, but in its own way. And our school buses are different haha

[@EdinMike]

To be fair being Scottish and moving to the states for a year or two I was kinda giddy when I saw one for the first time !

[@methridge]

Kinda like the famous red Solo cup.

[@triton2397]

Ngl mate, when I went to America for the first time I thought those school buses were only in movies and kids stuff; I had no idea they were like an actual mode of transport real people used imao

[@missOhdrey]

It's crazy how much cheaper and superior in every way the train trips are in Japan.

[@SFGal9]

When I see vids of capsule hotels / trains in Japan, I'm so embarrassed for the US. $1k for this ride here. Expensive. Gross/dirty/disgusting, emblematic of many things, customer service, morals, values, on and on...

[@izzieluv]

I think part of it has to do with how commonly it is used as a method of travel in each country. I could be wrong, but it seems to be a more common way to travel in Japan for just everyday type travel where as in the US it is more of a novelty and you take a train specifically to travel by train. Now I will say considering that it is a bit weird that they haven't upgraded more to make things nicer and more luxurious, but I'm guessing that has to do with revenue.

[@margaretstokely9016]

yes, we are being cheated here in the US.

[@thinkbeforyouvote]

@@SFGal9 You had me until the morals/values shite. Your soapbox agenda has nothing to do with this. It's corporate greed and the airlines crushing any hope of high speed rail in the united states.

[@StarboardPitotTube]

@@izzieluv Yeah about the upgrades on luxury multiple companies have tried that but they end up not being popular. You mentioned that people ride trains on a daily basis so the vast majority of riders are travelling for business, not for vacation. That being said a lot of Japanese transportation KZbin channels don't feature many of the higher-end tourist oriented trains that run in the countryside of Japan. JR Kyushu's trains are especially impressive in this regard!

[@larkmacgregor3143]

Since you were paying the most expensive room rate, you should have asked to switch to the ViewlinerII. There's no excuse for that pounding door. I'm glad the trip overall wasn't a total disaster, though. There's a reason why most Americans don't travel by train (and we totally envy your system). You could have flown to Chicago for a lot less $$$ - like for $86.00 non-stop one way on Delta. The remaining $914 would have bought you an amazing hotel room. Thanks for taking us with you; it was very educational!

[@sneedsfeed757]

Going on trains on journeys which can be done in 3 hours by plane is dumb

[@larkmacgregor3143]

@@sneedsfeed757 It depends on WHY you are going by train. I probably could have walked from Flåm to Oslo faster than the train ride took (we lost electric power at literally the highest point of the journey and were delayed a few hours), but then I would have missed the most amazing rail-side scenery in the world, which is why I went by train in the first place. If the idea is simply to get from point to point, then yeah, go by plane. But if you are going to see the countryside, a plane isn't going to do that for you. It's a shame our trains suck so badly. The USA is a beautiful country.

[@sneedsfeed757]

@@larkmacgregor3143 well there are counties 3x and 10x the size of your Nordic countries and people have work to attend too some people would much rather use the time they save with family rather than chugging along in days long rides

[@irishnovember5900]

@@sneedsfeed757 yeah and some people enjoy trains so each to their own.

[@Nordstrom69]

@@larkmacgregor3143 come India lol

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

Solo-san is very brave to come back and do this again

[@ludwigemil619]

He didn't learn his lesson.

[@cherylsoergel9561]

Nothing wrong in you letting the attendant know about the door. They needed to move you and give you a different and better room.

[@computer_toucher]

Yeah not like they were all occupied anyways. Bad form, this. One of the more crappy rooms I've seen, looks like sleeper cars in Norway ca 1985 but they were less grimy

[@robinlillian9471]

Amtrak trains shake constantly. No point in it.

[@otakufeebs6783]

Honestly, I feel you need a refund for that door. I'd have demanded to be moved. Thank you for always making such great content 💜

[@bepowerification]

I would have put some towel in the gap to make it stop.

[@Time4Technology]

@@bepowerification I guess the towel in the toilet door was there for exact that reason as well.

[@bepowerification]

@@Time4Technology yes.

[@FrozenRose816]

Seriously, if any of those newer rooms weren't booked at all he should have asked if he could be moved. I would have.

[@lilbatz]

@@FrozenRose816 you aren't kidding. There is no way I'm paying $1000 to listen to that all night.

[@IslemTav]

While in the US, never fear asking for a refund, a change of room, or an upgrade in a situation like this one. 99% of the time, they will accommodate your request! They want to keep you as a customer and for them it’s nothing to make sure you are happy with the service.

[@shamelesshussy]

Or… they could just provide a good service to begin with.

[@nonexistent2335]

​@@shamelesshussy fr

[@yccaikai5838]

@@shamelesshussy exactly!

[@trinitywright7122]

A THOUSAND DOLLARS!! This is why people don't vacation on Amtrak in America. Because it's ridiculous. I love your videos I watch you all the time. Now if that door had been rumbling and I had it been on that train I would have pushed that attendant button about 22 times until they got there and that better have been fixed and I would have wanted to know why there was a towel stuck in the other door. But that's me and you are very gentle person. 😁 Thank you for showing us the Amtrak train in New York City. I'm glad to have seen it because I will now not include that my list of things going to do. Your videos always make me happy and smile and I love to see the different foods and everything. Thank you

[@trinitywright7122]

I would have complained to they gave me the other room. And or gave me the price of my ticket back.

[@trinitywright7122]

That pizza was probably the best deal in New York City. 😁

[@Default78334]

Sleeper accommodations on Amtrak are priced for double occupancy (the room is a fixed cost and you pay a coach fare for each occupant). They also sell out pretty quickly.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Yeah I too was thinking he should've complained and asked for the better room. What do you think, would he have got it?

[@johnp139]

The roomette would have been much less and perfect for a single traveler.

[@youseeit916]

"This is our $1000 room" *shows a penitentiary cell from 1973*

[@LeRoyShow47]

I find it interesting in that every review of this room I've seen from an American youtuber, they always have their head by the table and feet towards the door. However with the way you set up the bed, you could enjoy the view while laying down, and it seems so much of a better set up.

[@KevwaAust]

Just dropping a note to say I enjoy your channel and your trip reports - please keep doing them exactly as you are doing them - they are very informative and also entertaining at the same time.

[@AzureKite619]

Madlad actually came back to ride Amtrak a second time. Gotta wonder why when Japan's trains have ours beat in every way.

[@trinitywright7122]

Because Japan cares . America doesn't

[@christy76840]

@@trinitywright7122 could've have said it better myself. And it keeps getting worse in every way.

[@connormccloy9399]

Maybe he just wanted to see some different sights?

[@SolBadguy777]

I appreciate it. It's still a different experience and it's not the worst idea if you want to tour America as a train/traveling enthusiast. He has mentioned that he really missed how many sleeper trains there are in America compared to Japan. Also at least the citys are different in America.

[@Natalietati]

Japanese trains are the best.

[@jonnj9701]

Solo, I think maybe that was why someone had a weird towel shoved into the wall by the bathroom door, it used to be in that gap to keep the big door from rattling. But that and the general dirtiness of the room you got was super embarrassing :(

[@melissas7589]

Ya it was dirty looking I would have been grossed out, and I agree. the washcloth in the door was to stop the rattle I was hoping he would figure it out and have a better trip. The food was even depressing looking. bleh. Ive never taken a train here and that does not encourage me to.

[@ludwigemil619]

^^this. That's why they provide all these towels. For you to stop everything from rattling.

[@justinwong1072]

Your Japan videos show a more pleasant experience, but this video is no less informative. Thank you for the warning about trains in my own country. You are very brave.

[@megsmagoo7231]

Wow that banging door would’ve sent me actually insane- especially knowing how much you had paid and there were even better quality rooms that you weren’t offered. Shame this experience wasn’t as nice as it could have been for you!

[@lizlianxia]

Congratulations 🎉 you survived in the noisy, bumpy, expensive sleeper train 😁👍

[@jackiejenkins4078]

I was crying with you! 😭If you come again, maybe your experience will be better. America could use some Japanese train engineers to get us up to speed.

[@virgo_m]

Сочувствую, Соло-сан. Купе Вам досталось старое, уставшее, одна дверь чего стоит...1000 баксов за такое - это очень дорого, на мой взгляд. Вы, наверное, японские поезда вспоминали и плакали ))))) Спасибо за видео, хорошо провести время в Чикаго. (Небоскребы, небоскребы, а я маленький такой (с))

[@Rivethead2012]

Согласен,цена уж очень высока

[@elenadoronina6585]

Не дай боже провести ночь в Шикаго.....самоубица шо ли?!

[@abenm613]

Позвольте-ка а разве в японских поездах имеются спальные вагоны? В скоростных наверняка нет. Слышал я что у них там есть и обычные поезда, в том числе со спальными вагонами. Однако об этом мало информации в сети, да и не факт что всё что блестит - непременно золото (а всё что японское - непременно отменного качества). Что же касается купе, то хотелось бы знать сколько может стоить билет от Москвы до, скажем, Волгограда в персональное двухместное купе (которое не нужно делить с кем-либо посторонним) с туалетом-душевой внутри, и так чтобы проводник подходил по нажатию кнопки. Даже если такая услуга на РЖД существует и стоит номинально ниже $1000, подозреваю что с зарплатой среднего россиянина это не особо по карману.

[@natashazima_ya]

@@abenm613 на этом канале показаны японские поезда со спальными вагонами. Что касается ржд, посмотрите сами, условный маршрут Москва-Кисловодск 14-20 тыс руб, это св полностью(если купить билет заранее), вы можете там ехать один и да проводник будет приходить по нажатию кнопки)) и фирменные поезда у нас выглядят в разы лучше и чище👍🏼

[@abenm613]

@@natashazima_ya, я не спорю что остальному миру есть чему поучиться у России в плане качества пассажирских поездов, причём именно традиционных а не всяких там скоростных как в Японии (кстати спасибо за ссылку на информацию о тамошних спальных поездах). Но это не означает в США поезда действительно настолько низкого качества как некоторые пишут. Я вполне себе доволен американскими поездами (в том числе и широкими сидячими креслами, в которых вполне комфортно ехать ночью по доступной цене), хоть, разумеется, хотелось бы чтобы они были ещё лучше, а главное - чтобы их было больше (а то ведь на такую огромную страну здесь их как-то маловато, мягко выражаясь). Однако, безусловно, ничто не может сравниться с поездами России и Беларуси (да и, наверное, Украины тоже), с купейными и плацкартными вагонами, со стаканами в подстаканниках и т.д. Этому, согласен, по-настоящему равных нет. А цены? 14-20 тыс.р. - это нынче приблизительно 200-300 USD. Неужели за такую цену можно полностью занять целое купе? Здорово если так. Другое дело - для многих ли россиян (особенно вне Москвы и Питера) это так уж дёшево?

[@okayfine6342]

it brings me so much joy to see you sit in america and comment on all of the things that are normal to me :)

[@strredwolf]

Awesome video. Yeah, the Viewliner I's are a bit old and getting replaced by the Viewliner II's here in the US, which... well, the build quality on the older ones is showing. Some folks have had success wedging a towel up against the connecting doors to quiet them during travel. The meals are the "Flex Dining" type. If you're taking a two-day sleeper from Chicago, you'll get a full kitchen experience on the Superliners.

[@computer_toucher]

But the PRICE! It's INSANE

[@strredwolf]

@@computer_toucher CNBC covered that price issue.

[@realityground.4714]

poor railway service in usa.

[@SPIN_89]

Your shock at our American school bus’s is my favorite part 😆

[@IowaTrainGay]

Omg! Viewliners bedroom! And yes Amtrak has jacked up their prices lately... While reducing service quality... It's tough... Omg! And you're in one of the old viewliner 1s! The new viewliners are very similar but have updated light set ups and red fabric on the seats.

[@swampfuel20]

Well Done! Amtrak has always been step child since airlines took command. Too bad. They could be so much nicer if run privately. Love the vids. Cheers!

[@vwo825]

OMG really Amtrak sorry you had to endure that noise for that price but thanks for sharing and stay safe my friend 😷

[@edching908]

After watching many travel vlogs on the Shinkansen, suddenly this so-called American "pleasure ride" is anything but luxurious to my eyes, and its features looking quite ordinary. And a pain to one's pocket too. All hail to Japanese kaizen! They never stopped improving.

[@abenm613]

Does any Japanese Shinkansen have sleeping accommodations? What? Shinkansens are too fast to need them? Well, America has an ever faster transit, it’s called an airliner.

[@thumbelinasgrace]

YT recommended you. Love your channel. I'm so sorry! If we had been on the train, we would have respectfully requested a new room for you, on behalf of all Americans!

[@7passionstar]

That's why there was a towel in that other door! 😜 Thank you for the fun video! 💜

[@Waywren]

I guess we see why that one door had a towel stuck in it. Maybe another towel could've saved us? At least it was sort of nice. I once took a similar sleeper train from Pittsburgh to Chicago, and then another sleeper from Chicago to Dallas. It was the cheapest way to move cross-country, since i can't drive. I had a roomette, though it didn't have a sink or toilet, which in retrospect i'm kind of grateful. And it's great to see you actually experience Chicago pizza! This one looks pretty darn good, though I've never had this particular restaurant's.

[@graced8502]

So glad you started your day with Chicago's deep dish pizza it looked delicious.

[@iamryanne]

You poking that towel at 5:48 was so funny. The rattling door would have given me a headache. Amtrack has really gone downhill.

[@gurveendang3664]

I usually don’t comment, but wanted to say this- I love your videos mainly because you let us experience the travel. As compared to those videos where one person is excessively talking just nonsense. Thank you for that. And also you introduced me to Japan. I think trains and everything there is so much cheaper than Canada/USA. So much nicer, cleaner and cheaper. I’ve a new found love for the country. ❤ It makes me want to go to Japan just for the travels. To experience trains and ferry there. Okay, bye bye❤

[@MilahanPhilosophersCorner]

Comparing American trains to Japan's one can see clearly Japan's is more refined, clean, and classy.

[@r2dezki]

Come to Europe next for non-awful rail transportation :D Love your vids!

[@Sakura_Matou]

I'm Japanese and dating a Swede. when I went to Sweden and took the rail it wasn't much better then USA's, neitther was UK's XD

[@r2dezki]

@@Sakura_Matou Fair enough! But I always hear that AMTRAK is especially deplorable. Also, who can afford $1000 for a train ticket usually?

[@davidmcgill1000]

Would be nice to have a comparison. Used to seeing the gold standard Japanese trains on here.

[@allentoyokawa9068]

yeah because Europe is ONE big country and all their trains are the same standard right???? Ignorance

[@Piggelin1]

@@Sakura_Matou I understand what you mean. I'm Swedish and I get jealous when I see how nice trains they have in Japan.😅

[@agirlwithmoustache]

I really love how you put a little of humor here and there in the video, it's funny and make the video really interesting 😂

[@allentoyokawa9068]

US is not known for passenger trains... Cars and planes is where it is at.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

5:25 That's the George Washington Bridge (famous for...the wrong reasons thanks to a certain former NJ governor causing traffic)! Connects Manhattan to New Jersey. And the cliffs by it are called the Palisades. Fall is the best time to see them because of the exceptional foliage. I lived in Westchester for the first eight years of my life, and we used to take the Metro North's Hudson Line along this route to the beautiful Grand Central Terminal often. Glad Moynihan Train Hall exists. Huge upgrade compared to being stuck in a stinky basement (or as one guy put it, "One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat"). While we may never get the original Penn Station back, this Post Office building was designed by the same architect behind the old Penn Station, so it's close enough. Moynihan Train Hall is a perfect balance of the old and the new

[@andrewgrant6516]

I could travel from London to Chicago for less than half that. And the food being tasty doesn't really excuse them bringing you the wrong meal.

[@blombastique]

BTW, next time you have a door like that: Fold up a piece of paper and shove it up into the space at the top of the door and the door frame. That'll stop it dead

[@Talb01836]

6:34 Solo-san is the most relatable travel vlogger in the world

[@pittroadsixzeroseven]

Thank you for sharing your trips in America. I am from the South, Louisiana actually, and have never been on Amtrak.

[@WC6]

I took the Lake Shore Limited in the other direction, Chicago to Boston. I wasn't able to sleep not because of the train noise, but because of the freight train barreling past my window at 2am leaning on its horn. Fun times! EDIT: Solo, once you're back in Tokyo, look up DevilCraft - they do Chicago-style deep dish pizza and are quite authentic.

[@mandyb]

I'm sorry that $1,000 couldn't get you a much better and cleaner sleeper room. And I am so sorry that door wouldn't shut up. Thank you for showing your experience!

[@KR-ng3us]

Es enorme la diferencia entre trenes de América con los de Japón. Que pena que haya sido un fiasco tu camarote, la verdad 1,000 dólares es demasiado por lo que obtuviste. Saludos desde México

[@abenm613]

How about the trains in Mexico? For what I know, there are none. So, instead of bashing American trains in comparison to Japanese, how about bashing your own government for killing passenger trains two decades ago?

[@KR-ng3us]

@@abenm613 Si hay uno... No, de hecho, no solo uno, sino que hay 3. El principal es uno llamado el Chepe que va desde Chihuahua hasta Sonora y es toda una experiencia. Los otros 2, están en el estado de Jalisco pero solo recorren los campos de Agave de ciertas empresas de Tequila. Ahora bien, hace un par de décadas había uno llamado el Regiomontano que iba desde Nuevo León hasta el antes llamado Distrito Federal (ahora Cuidad de México), tuve el gran privilegio de abordarlo, y hoy por hoy el mejor medio de transporte que he tenido en viajes largos. Lamentablemente este tren ya no existe. Actualmente se está construyendo el Tren Maya, para carga y pasajeros, que aparenta ser atrativo como turista, pero lastimosamente esta dañando el ecosistema de la Península de Yucatán. También se tenia proyectado un tren que vendría de unos de los estados del centro del País y pasaría por Nuevo León y llegaría hasta territorio de Texas (carga y pasajeros) pero desgraciadamente solo quedo en el tintero. Bueno esto es para que sepas más y no quede en un "tengo entendido" por parte tuya. Que más quisiera yo que el sistema ferroviario de pasajeros existiera de manera eficiente en mi País, pero no y no depende de mí. Que lastima que las opiniones ajenas te las tomes tan personal y te afecte a tu fragil suceptibilidad, pero ese ya es problema tuyo y te recuerdo que la libertad de expresión es permitida en tu nación como en la mia, y tan libre y valorada es que hasta es protegida por la Primera Enmienda de los Estados Unidos de América, que por lo que noto es donde radicas. ¡¡Sé feliz!!

[@hansdampf42]

What glory times I live in. Laying in bed in germany, watching a japanese dude riding ridiculously overpriced sleepers in USA. I should sleep now.

[@lannifincoris6482]

Ach, Sie auch? 😉

[@anthea73]

You make awesome videos! You put yourself through torture (noisy door) to show us what not to book!!!! LOL. You are awesome 👏

[@angelenroute]

I wish I knew you were going to visit New York. I'd love to meet you and show you around. Your videos always make me laugh and smile! 😊

[@NandaaPerang]

Sorry solo-san but I laughed a lot at the noise of the door and what I said: "The end is near for my ears". 😂😂😂 You are awesome....Thanks for always making such great content. God bless you. 😽💙😻

[@etms]

Penn Station finally looks (again) like a modern and clean train station 🤘🏻

[@dantemanelli1150]

Thats actually the new Moynihan train hall which is now a part of the existing Penn Station across the street. They are currently renovating the old Penn Station section as well which houses the commuter trains for Long Island and New Jersey. Hopefully it will be improved from the old dingy station it had become.

[@MiyanagiDeswira]

13:52 "Ohayo from Ohio" LOL

[@菊池勇悦]

魅力的な鉄道旅ですね。 日本では衰退している寝台列車、絶滅した食堂車と機関車牽引列車(臨時、観光除く)。 あのビートBOX、日本でならクレーム案件ですねww もしかしてビートBOX黙らす為のタオル？ 最初聞いたとき地震かと思ったww いつか乗りに行くぞ！

[@bettercallsamuel7541]

Thank you very much for the video!

[@bettercallsamuel7541]

After seeing a couple Amtrak videos and then the trains in Japan. Oh yikes for USA 😅😰😬

[@redcloud4741]

I love sitting down after a hard day of work and watching your cosy videos :)

[@tolilix]

Muy buenos videos. 👍😊🙋‍♀️🇪🇦

[@gokulgaming2870]

Hey can you guess me who I am

[@dcrom]

Nice work Solo Solo! Bummer about the door, and the food looked a tad questionable... But what a beautiful shirt! High neck, good quality. I cannot find such a good one in the US nor in France. But fries with pizza? Heart-stopping! Hope you survived that... Thanks again for another wonderful Video.

[@xxabsxx31]

I’m so sorry you wasted $1000 on this awful cabin 😢

[@markclayton626]

That was an interesting trip, just one question, was it not possible to move to a less noisy cabin?

[@valeriegoode9762]

Thank you for sharing your trip. It doesn’t look like a very pleasant trip.

[@rbaudo]

Welcome to Chicago! Feel bad that you had to deal with that door all night. The US doesn't have a good passenger train system

[@MkidSark]

so happy to know that I've watched this video enough times that I immediately recognized this train when Safiya Nygaard did a video about it on a different route

[@melinda_coffee_nerd]

Oh that door! I’ve always said the train system in Japan should be the example we use in the United States. I loved living and riding trains in Japan. The trains here are just sad.😢

[@realityground.4714]

Very bad railway service in highly developed country like US. Why?

[@melinda_coffee_nerd]

@@realityground.4714 Railways in the US are primarily for freight instead of passengers. It’s unfortunate. I’m sure the expense to improve rail travel is a costly one. Especially considering the size of the USA.

[@realityground.4714]

@@melinda_coffee_nerd U r saying correct.

[@mohsengouda9013]

Very nice, I enjoyed so much with this Video,Thanks & Good Luck.

[@gizmogal89]

Oh no I feel awful that the door was so noisy for you! At least it was just a one night trip 😭 Enjoy another visit to America! Someday, I recommend the Amtrak "Downeaster" route. It goes along the upper east coast, the views are beautiful in autumn. 💕

[@soykatwobadger2963]

Дякую вам! Так швидко закінчилась поїздка, але для, вас ті стукаючи двері - краще швидше вийти☺😍😍😍

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

When you're rich and famous from your KZbin channel, you should ride the Ghan in Australia 👍

[@GrandMoffJames]

I’m so glad you came to Chicago and enjoyed our pizza!

[@kevinshumaker3753]

I wish to apologize for the value of your trip, cost for quality vs Japan's trains, ours suck. I lived just east of South Bend, IN (Elkhart) about 20 years ago and loved it there. South Bend is the home of The Fighting Irish Notre Dame University. We spent a lot of weekends riding the South Shore Railroad over to Chicago to visit all the museums (Museum of Science and Industry is a 2-3 day visit (not necessarily consecutive) and worth the time. Welcome back to the US, and I hope your visit is a bit more pleasant than it was so far...

[@janeoverby2151]

GO ND! I am from Mishawaka/South Bend area myself.

[@kevinshumaker3753]

@@janeoverby2151 Gotta love the Lake Effect Snow line between Mishawaka and Elkhart!

[@janeoverby2151]

@@kevinshumaker3753 actually miss it kinda, no snow past the Mason Dixon line lol

[@kevinshumaker3753]

@@janeoverby2151 I am at the other end of the state now, and we get enough snow to be irritating to me, but they can't drive to save their lives...

[@thenewpatticakes4214]

I'm from Rochester, NY and have taken the LSL a few times, both to Chicago and Boston's South Station. Compared to the Empire Service trains, the Lake Shore is much more prone to delays. Not the best long-distance Amtrak train by any means but the scenery alone makes it worth while!

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

Wow I didn't know you travel to the USA your stuff in Japan is much better then here anyway I love your videos keep up the great work

[@lucass3933]

Hey Chicago is my home city! I hope you enjoyed your time there!

[@victormc6451]

Los trenes de estas tierras no van contigo, es una pena gastar tanto por una habitación que tiene una puerta fallada, se deja ver la falta de profesionalismo. A pesar de ello, lo bueno es que conoces otros lugares y me imagino que disfrutaste mucho. Gracias por su trabajo señor, eres muy bueno. Ver tus vídeos es muy gratificante.

[@airi8395]

Jam something in that door!!!! A piece of paper/towel like it was in the bathroom door. Oh man I don’t know how you took it. You have so much patience.

[@HeyIFoundACamera]

I love your channel, because it shows how travel experiences _should_ be. In general, travel experiences in the USA are abysmal-as this video shows-and stupidly expensive when compared to an analogous trip in Japan. Here, in the US, the prices are high, the quality and comfort are bad, and the service is hostile, at best. In Japan, the trip is comfortable with good food and amenities, and the staff treat you with respect. The reason I don't travel often here is because the experience is always bad-VERY bad, compared to your travel experiences in Japan.

[@Sogeking995]

The video shows long distance diesel train travel which is logistically ridiculous and frankly shouldn’t even exist at this scale. Comparing Amtrak to all travel in Japan is nonsense, because Amtrak is not how 99% of people will ever travel here. That does not mean that all travel in the US is overly expensive or awful, that’s just not true.

[@HeyIFoundACamera]

@@Sogeking995 The only reason 99% of people don't consider long distance rail travel as a viable option here is _because_ it's so bad here. People do long distance rail in Japan all the time. It's not that it's unrealistic or "logistically ridiculous;" it's that _we do a terrible job of it._ We could argue about diesel vs electric (almost all of Japan is electrified), but what it really comes down to is reliable, comfortable, respectful service, which Amtrak doesn't have-and never has had. If you're not in a hurry, then long-distance (high-speed) rail is superior to air travel in every metric. The journey should be enjoyed as much as the destination.

[@Sogeking995]

@@HeyIFoundACamera I doubt that’s true. Most Americans have no idea what the state of Amtrak is, have not ever ridden and never will because a.) it is unreasonably expensive, and b.) it takes significantly longer to reach a destination than flying. The US is 26 times larger than Japan with its major cities vastly more spread out. Yes, there is a logistical reason why long-distance train travel is not as viable here. If Americans want rail service, they need to think of it in terms of regional rail that can take you to cities in neighboring states. NYC to Chicago is already pushing the limits of what feasibly makes sense in train travel vs. flying, both in terms of cost and time. It’s a similar distance of Sendai to Hiroshima, something no one would choose a train for if Shinkansen wasn’t an option and even then flying is cheaper and faster. The other alternative is to invest in high-speed technology beyond what Amtrak offers, but of course that is multiple steps down the road from where we are now with no dedicated passenger rail lines in most of the country. Rail service would be much nicer and cheaper if there were private companies competing for it as in Japan, and that would be happening if there was a market for it. Neither are true because of the reasons I mentioned above. There’s obviously a reason why so much more money and variety and quality is present in the air travel industry than train industry here, and vice versa in Japan.

[@straightpipediesel]

@@HeyIFoundACamera You're buying the Japanese propaganda. The most popular vacation route in Japan is Tokyo to Sapporo (ignoring Okinawa). That's 10 hours by Shinkansen and requires a train change, and runs for about $211. If you fly, it's 1.5 hours, and $86. What do you think people do? Japanese find the train impractical even within their own country.

[@_Meng_Lan]

​​​​@@straightpipediesel dont talk rot : "Number of passengers carried via railway transportation in Japan FY 2013-2022. In the fiscal year 2022, the number of passengers carried via railway transportation in Japan amounted to approximately 21.05 billion, increasing from around 18.81 billion in the previous year" Shinkansen bullet trains In 2022, the Shinkansen high-speed trains carried around 295 million passengers. The Shinkansen network covers over 2,400 kilometers. "In 2023, the number of passengers carried via domestic air transportation in Japan increased to around 103.97 million. The figures include all scheduled 'trunk route' and 'local route' flights by domestic air carriers approved by the government" remember RAIL USES 21 BILLION passengers . Air travel is 100 MILLION. GOOGLE IS MY FRIEND.

[@KDENtrax]

I hope you enjoyed Chicago, Solo-san! It's where I grew up and I miss the food very much!

[@illusiveamy]

I'm sorry but that door had me cracking up lol. I really hope you got some money back!

[@lenniemoo]

the fact that u still came back to try north american trains after the canada one I AM IMPRESSED

[@MEOWOJ]

Bardzo dobry film, pozdrawiam z Polski.🇵🇱🇺🇸

[@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn]

when you said make it stop you literally took the words right out of my mouth lol. and welcome to america

[@milanja-sneg]

Спасибо большое за ролик. Поезд - жуткий. Посуда в поезде ужасна. Дверь - кошмар. Это как предупреждение - не стоит так рисковать.

[@МартачкаДада]

стол не рабочий ,раковина грязная и вообще все выглядит довольно устало

[@artmaster1978]

Под дверь надо было подоткнуть полотенце , мы русские до этого бы догадались... Неспроста оно там торчало изначально, он же его даже заснял и сделал на этом акцент. Стол рабочий, только надо было кресло развернуть, он же показывал потом

[@McArenKoff]

@@artmaster1978 Это она.

[@yuliavorf3831]

И это все стоит 1 тыс $.

[@bp8652]

I would love to see you do a whole tour of some of the cities you travel to. I'd watch a whole day of you traveling around Chicago or New York or any small town between. Also, your reaction to the yellow school bus was great

[@elyse3884]

I hope you got a refund. It was dirty, old and extremely expensive with a rattling door. Why didn’t you request a room change? I would have gone crazy! You area sport!

[@helenazalom4301]

Thank you. I love videos like these. So interesting to get to experience second hand what it’s like and decide if it something to actually do!

[@cloudsn]

Ohayo from Ohio is solid. Well played, sir.

[@areareare9953]

Everyone in that state is gonna steal that expression now, if they didn't think it up already. 🙂

[@Vasperon]

Haha the best part is your phone wallpaper

[@cardiffst]

After so many Japan train vids, it’s always a crash down to earth when you do a US (or UK) one.

[@EffingAndJeffing]

Guess the towel was to wedge into the door gap to stop the rattling, lol

[@jeremyquiros5483]

This is exactly what I want to watch before I embark on a 2-night Amtrak trip from Seattle to Chicago. 😂 I pray to God I don’t get a rattly room like yours. 😰

[@mt_xing]

Try leaning a backpack against the door if it rattles to pin it in.

[@jeremyquiros5483]

@@mt_xing Thanks for the advice! Hopefully I won’t have to do that.

[@randomtravel4361]

Bring ear plugs. If it's not for the rattle it's for the constant train horn blaring every few minutes.

[@jelsjo]

Меня чуть не стошнило от такого поезда. Только что смотрела видео о 7-звездочном японском поезде. Цена конечно запредельная, но...такой шик!

[@gravellegb]

The towel in the door was probably put there to stop a rattle.

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

wow great train vlog ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn]

did you not call and complain. I would have said either fix it or give me another room , period.

[@manalshammass2649]

أصبحت مدمنة لمقاطع الفيديو خاصتك❤

[@FrozenRose816]

I'm late to watching this video, but I am amused because I live right by the route this train goes, and less than a minute down the road from my house is an overpass on which this train passes every night. I was 60 seconds away and didn't get to say hi 😆 Also, if you search on KZbin for the railcam on the Virtual Railfan channel from Fairport, NY, you can see the 49 pass by between 11-11:30 pm EST/EDT (if it is on time, anyway). I have always wondered what this train was like to ride, so I really enjoyed this video. I would love to take it to New York City as I live on the opposite side of the state in the Western New York region. Maybe someday. At least I know to book a Viewliner II room if I ever do!

[@moritod]

I took a trip on this train in the late 90's. The full route is from New Orleans to Chicago, or it used to be, with stops in Washington DC and New York City. We rode from New Orleans to NYC. The Viewliners for our trip were brand new. And, to the best of my knowledge... that's the train you're on. It explains why it looks like it's 20 years old (or a bit more). Buy the Viewliner a drink - it just became legal! Anyway, back then, with two of us riding, the trip was around $350 or 46,000 (I'm sure there's a yen symbol around here somewhere...). ROUND TRIP. We got to see Union Station - very pretty - along the way. These days I don't travel at all. I love it, but I can't afford it. *sigh says my wallet* Perhaps I'll move to Japan! Oh - "Goodbye Tokyo". I've got to remember not to watch your videos when it's quiet. I laugh too much!

[@totoro001]

Awesome to see you in the US! I was just in JPN so it's like we traded. You are correct in that the US trains are a bit of a pain. The biggest issue is that they are no longer a viable form of transportation, so they are not maintained or treated very well. Still it is an entertaining treat for those looking for something a little different. Look into the California Zephyr. Same quality, but many more beautiful views as you cross the country.

[@theodorehsu5023]

This is a great video you did from New York to Chicago. I hope you enjoy your time in our great country :)

[@mgrizz2386]

So happy to see you on North American soil! Welcome! Oh I hope you are coming to Canada to ride VIA or the Rocky Mountaineer through our beautiful Alberta rocky mountains! I suggest the Rocky Mountaineer from vancouver to banff, gold leaf. You won't regret it although your wallet might sigh.

[@dietmar_vienna]

He was already in Canada 😉

[@sandrapikisius4143]

Me levou para mais uma bela viagem!! Seu toque de humor me diverte muito! O barulho da porta foi algo muito incômodo, ainda mais pagando por este valor alto! Numa próxima pergunte se pode trocar de lugar! E eu vi você acenando refletido no Cloud Gate Abraço do Brasil🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@ameliamurphy8416]

I laughed several times through out the video. I love your humor. It was strange to see you go past my home state of Michigan. Solo, we love Japanese trains for a reason…

[@osnat057]

Thank you. And it's good to see that despite the most expensive price, there are also problems like the annoying noise of the door...😅😅😅😅