My parents and I rode on Amtrak in the 1980s from New Orleans to Wilmington, DE, to visit my aunt and family. It was 28 hours and a long ride. It was fun for the first time. It was wonderful memories.
Thank you so much for this video. We are traveling by train from Philadelphia to New Orleans round trip. I felt so good about the ride back home. I am excited and cannot wait to see the country this way.
Hi, another great video of Amtrak's long distance trains! I like the train consist graphic you have here, and a brief history of each station. Hopefully one day I'll take a trip across country on one of these long distance trains. Keep up the good work!
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it with the many rail fans on RUclips. I’ve seen the Crescent many times at Laurel Mississippi and would love to take it all the way to New York.
Seeing the train on the skinny bridge over Lake Pontchartrain was so cool, it's like the train is just flying over the surface of the ocean. Beautiful views, almost a little scary
Thank you. We need more videos like this where the persons with the camera are not talking or showing their faces through most of the videos. I usually check travel videos when I plan to take a trip somewhere & most of the people posting the videos seem to be more focused on recording their not-to-attractive faces than on the sceneries.
Great video. Just the right amount of annotation. (Too much distracts from the views) Also great that you stuck with ambient sound instead of annoying elevator music
When you posted North Philadelphia on your video, you were still in West Philadelphia, by the Philadelphia Zoo, the first zoo in the USA... after that, pass the river then that's North Philadelphia
You can tell that so many of these stations along the way were built to handle far more traffic than they ever see now. Multi-platform stations for what, two trains a day? It's a very obvious sign that things used to be different regarding rail travel in America.
It's sad that dining car service has been removed from all overnight trains east of the Mississippi and when you order a cocktail, you have to mix it yourself...
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing. I live in Atlanta and am contemplating taking the Crescent to NOLA then the Sunset Limited to LA then Coast Starliner close to Emeryville then the Zephyr to Chicago and fly back to ATL. I would do a roomette with all those overnights. Do you see any problems with that itinerary?
I rode the Crescent from Atlanta to New York several years ago. Arriving at Penn station under Madison Square Garden is really like arriving in a basement. Would love to get a chance to see the new Moynihan Train Hall in person.
Haven’t taken this route to NYC from Atlanta in years since before the pandemic. Back then the schedule was much earlier. You’d leave ATL around 9 or 10. I hate the new schedule. Leaving ATL at midnight stinks. Before we’d be near charlotte at that time. It is nice to see scenery that before would be at night.
That time change for a later northbound Crescent in Atlanta was disappointing, but I think the additional schedule padding(till 11pm to midnight-ish) was due to past frequent northbound delays the Crescent got(thanks to Norfolk Southern freight train delays) in Alabama and Mississippi. If you didn't hear, right now Amtrak has decided to sue Norfolk Southern in court over this issue. I vaguely remember the Crescent(going northbound) used to stop at more like 7 or 8pm-ish going north, in Atlanta. That was years ago, and pre-pandemic.
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Great video record of your trip! Did you use Google maps for tracking your progress? I noticed there were several images of a map on your phone. (traveling from Burlington, VT to Minneapolis, MN and return in 2 weeks)
why use your hands when going to the cafe car? i use my feet when going from coach to coach by using the switch at the bottom of the door. just tap it with your toe and the doors open.. simple!
It is VERY safe. Amtrak is NOT afraid to kick passengers off who break one of their rules for riding the train, including if the offending passenger has to be kicked off in a town that isn't an Amtrak passenger stop(i.e. if an Amtrak passenger is kicked off in Dryden, Texas, which is between the station stops of Sanderson and Del Rio on the Sunset Limited).
Those seats look so dated and worn out. Hope Amtrak hurries up and updates the entire fleet. Coach must have been so uncomfortable for such a long trip.
Can anyone tell me if Coach class seats are assigned? Most posts claim they are not, some claim the car is assigned, but I just watched a post of a guy buying a Coach ticket and getting an assigned seat (on the Sunset Limited). I am trying to avoid hassles with conductors.
It depends on what car they put you in if they put you in a car that don’t have a lot of people there are no assigned seats but if it’s crowded they gone put you in assigned seats that’s how they do it on the crescent. I really think it depends on where you are going.
With computers seats should be reserved to spread boarding and alighting to minimize dwell time using all doors. This means automatic doors and solving trap issue for low-level platforms. Reservations can facilitate bicycle and handicapped needs.
@@jackcole3146 I've ridden 5 coach trips since posting the question. Twice I got a seat assigned. On all 5, people seemed to do whatever they wanted anyway, so I followed suit.
Heads up Amtrak travelers if you are a Senior or Mobility Impaired. There is NO Red Cap service in Atlanta for the northbound arrival. You are literally on your own to wrestle your luggage into the elevator for the decent to the track level. It's then a very long hike down the platform to your sleeping car/coach.
i think one of the worst things they could have done was removing the dinning car and taking the good food off this long trip train i remember when they came up with this crock of manure about how people didn't want to eat in the dinning car anymore especially after waiting so long for the new viewliner diners
I agree. It doesn't make sense especially on long distance overnight trips. I live eating in the dining car following in the footsteps of my dad who was a dining car waiter for nearly 30 years prior to his passing in 1977. I have called the Transportation Committee in Congress to see what can be done especially since more and more people are riding the trains.
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Will ride this in Spring. Thanks for the preview. Beautiful scenery. ❤
Great video - enjoyed the ride!
I've got round trip tickets for Nov to take the Crescent to visit my sister in Atlanta. So excited!
Great video! I love this! Thanks for posting it! The Crescent is the best train ever!! In the East Coast!!
My parents and I rode on Amtrak in the 1980s from New Orleans to Wilmington, DE, to visit my aunt and family. It was 28 hours and a long ride. It was fun for the first time. It was wonderful memories.
Looking forward to trip.
I took this train in a bedroom on 9/7/23 and it was a great trip well all but the food. I took it to Washington.
Thank you so much for this video. We are traveling by train from Philadelphia to New Orleans round trip. I felt so good about the ride back home. I am excited and cannot wait to see the country this way.
Hi, another great video of Amtrak's long distance trains! I like the train consist graphic you have here, and a brief history of each station. Hopefully one day I'll take a trip across country on one of these long distance trains. Keep up the good work!
Finally a review of the actual train instead of an ego fest by an annoying presenter. Awesome job!
You are awesome. I will try to video the entire trip also. This is something totally different for us and I am up for the experience.
Dude all the diagrams you put on your videos really put it over the top. I’m bedridden for a couple weeks and enjoying your videos!
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it with the many rail fans on RUclips. I’ve seen the Crescent many times at Laurel Mississippi and would love to take it all the way to New York.
Seeing the train on the skinny bridge over Lake Pontchartrain was so cool, it's like the train is just flying over the surface of the ocean. Beautiful views, almost a little scary
Awesome Trip ❤🎉😊
great trip ride along video on the Crescent Route with outside and indoor tours and the engine swap
i can remember getting a sleeper up to philly or ny you still had time to catch a few zzzzzz now it's daylight when the train arrives in greensboro
very well explain the reversing procedure
Just wish you would have filmed going over the dam at Lake Accotink between Burke, VA, and Springfield, VA.
Thank you. We need more videos like this where the persons with the camera are not talking or showing their faces through most of the videos. I usually check travel videos when I plan to take a trip somewhere & most of the people posting the videos seem to be more focused on recording their not-to-attractive faces than on the sceneries.
One hell of a video. Thanks.
Great video. Just the right amount of annotation. (Too much distracts from the views) Also great that you stuck with ambient sound instead of annoying elevator music
When you posted North Philadelphia on your video, you were still in West Philadelphia, by the Philadelphia Zoo, the first zoo in the USA... after that, pass the river then that's North Philadelphia
You can tell that so many of these stations along the way were built to handle far more traffic than they ever see now. Multi-platform stations for what, two trains a day? It's a very obvious sign that things used to be different regarding rail travel in America.
Station stops were nice touch.
It's sad that dining car service has been removed from all overnight trains east of the Mississippi and when you order a cocktail, you have to mix it yourself...
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing. I live in Atlanta and am contemplating taking the Crescent to NOLA then the Sunset Limited to LA then Coast Starliner close to Emeryville then the Zephyr to Chicago and fly back to ATL. I would do a roomette with all those overnights. Do you see any problems with that itinerary?
Change my plan from Seattle to New Orleans for Feb2024 just to see Lake Pontchartrain
Nice!
I rode the Crescent from Atlanta to New York several years ago. Arriving at Penn station under Madison Square Garden is really like arriving in a basement. Would love to get a chance to see the new Moynihan Train Hall in person.
Haven’t taken this route to NYC from Atlanta in years since before the pandemic. Back then the schedule was much earlier. You’d leave ATL around 9 or 10. I hate the new schedule. Leaving ATL at midnight stinks. Before we’d be near charlotte at that time. It is nice to see scenery that before would be at night.
That time change for a later northbound Crescent in Atlanta was disappointing, but I think the additional schedule padding(till 11pm to midnight-ish) was due to past frequent northbound delays the Crescent got(thanks to Norfolk Southern freight train delays) in Alabama and Mississippi. If you didn't hear, right now Amtrak has decided to sue Norfolk Southern in court over this issue.
I vaguely remember the Crescent(going northbound) used to stop at more like 7 or 8pm-ish going north, in Atlanta. That was years ago, and pre-pandemic.
Reckon you could pan slower?
Any preference of which side is best to sit on?
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Great video record of your trip!
Did you use Google maps for tracking your progress? I noticed there were several images of a map on your phone.
(traveling from Burlington, VT to Minneapolis, MN and return in 2 weeks)
It was apple maps
why use your hands when going to the cafe car? i use my feet when going from coach to coach by using the switch at the bottom of the door. just tap it with your toe and the doors open.. simple!
I've ridden the Crescent numerous times. Believe me, you should have shown the scenery. You missed half the trip!!!
Safe for a solo female traveler? Trying to find best way to Houston without going on plane
It is VERY safe. Amtrak is NOT afraid to kick passengers off who break one of their rules for riding the train, including if the offending passenger has to be kicked off in a town that isn't an Amtrak passenger stop(i.e. if an Amtrak passenger is kicked off in Dryden, Texas, which is between the station stops of Sanderson and Del Rio on the Sunset Limited).
@@BoratWanksta thank you for your reply!
Nice diagram of reversal
Those seats look so dated and worn out. Hope Amtrak hurries up and updates the entire fleet. Coach must have been so uncomfortable for such a long trip.
Can anyone tell me if Coach class seats are assigned? Most posts claim they are not, some claim the car is assigned, but I just watched a post of a guy buying a Coach ticket and getting an assigned seat (on the Sunset Limited). I am trying to avoid hassles with conductors.
It depends on what car they put you in if they put you in a car that don’t have a lot of people there are no assigned seats but if it’s crowded they gone put you in assigned seats that’s how they do it on the crescent. I really think it depends on where you are going.
With computers seats should be reserved to spread boarding and alighting to minimize dwell time using all doors. This means automatic doors and solving trap issue for low-level platforms. Reservations can facilitate bicycle and handicapped needs.
@@harvey2465 Amtrak uses the latest cutting edge technology. It's 1978, right?
Were when I used it, but that was about 10 years ago.
@@jackcole3146 I've ridden 5 coach trips since posting the question. Twice I got a seat assigned. On all 5, people seemed to do whatever they wanted anyway, so I followed suit.
Heads up Amtrak travelers if you are a Senior or Mobility Impaired. There is NO Red Cap service in Atlanta for the northbound arrival. You are literally on your own to wrestle your luggage into the elevator for the decent to the track level. It's then a very long hike down the platform to your sleeping car/coach.
Kmmo😊 😊😊 😊😊
i think one of the worst things they could have done was removing the dinning car and taking the good food off this long trip train i remember when they came up with this crock of manure about how people didn't want to eat in the dinning car anymore especially after waiting so long for the new viewliner diners
I agree. It doesn't make sense especially on long distance overnight trips. I live eating in the dining car following in the footsteps of my dad who was a dining car waiter for nearly 30 years prior to his passing in 1977. I have called the Transportation Committee in Congress to see what can be done especially since more and more people are riding the trains.
I worked this train as an SA in the 90’s. Bring back the FULL dining car. Cliff at Metro-North. 👍🏽🚃🚃
Get with -the program, ride sle-e*p/er% on long distance t-r-ips.
wtf?