Train NC to FL roomette overnight | Raleigh, NC to Sebring, FL on Silver Star 91 train
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- I took the overnight train from North Carolina to Florida in a roomette.
It cost me $515 one way.
Left Raleigh, NC at 9:15 p.m. and arrived in Sebring, FL at 2:45 p.m.
0:00 Raleigh Union Station
2:28 Boarding the train
3:04 Roomette tour
3:46 Night on the train
7:16 Morning on the train
8:49 Shower tour
9:20 Working on the train
12:38 Lunch
13:05 Last few hours on the train
12:33 Arriving in Sebring
The thing I always liked about traveling by train is that you get to go through America's backyard and see little towns, nature, and a way of life that you would never experience on an interstate highway. Trains seem much nicer than 30-40 years ago when I would occasionally ride Amtrak.
The backside of many towns is an interesting look at what lies behind the facade- a lot of illegal dumping spots, some pretty woods, and great graffiti.
@bigwhig . i was thinking the same . . the train seems "much nicer" than years ago.
When he passed through the area BETWEEN cars, you could hardly tell. Its just looks like one continuous hallway.
Years ago, i recall walking back to the club car, and the area between cars was loud, cold, and you could actually see the ground moving under you as you scurried over the gap where the two cars connect.
And there were No lighted signs on the wall that said "Dining Car This Way"; i was always afraid i would never find my space/seat when going back from dining . . you had to count how many cars you passed through when you left your room/seat, so you at knew when you got back to your specific car.
🙂
I think trains were much nicer years ago...warmer, not so sterile in appearance. They have more technology now, not necessarily always a better thing .
@@onthefarm_4880
We grew up shuttled between Savannah and Wilson, loved running between cars, never lost our way, were looked after by polite attendants, and it the greatest experience ever! Then again, we are train people!
This looks so much more enjoyable then being in an airplane!
Absolutely right. We have been traveling by train and loving it. I can’t stand being treated like a criminal at the airport.
All public transport is horrible in the USA especially Greyhound of the Sky's with the Kentucky Fired finger smears all over the windows. Multicultural hellhole.
@@thinkcasting3182 Greyhound is not public transport
@@dikhurtz2406 Greyhound of the Sky's is a metaphor used to infer that the hood like qualities of Greyhound buses have now overwhelmed air travel. Slow down and re-read things if you're IQ is this dull.
@@thinkcasting3182 I don't have a dog in this fight, but it's "imply," not "infer." Also you used the wrong version of "your."
we all need to take more trips like these just for leisure. Great to see the Raleigh station. Excellent video
how do you know what other people? dont project your needs on everyone else
@@arresthillary9502 zip it
I always wondered what the inside this train looks like, it passes right by my house every night
I bet it don’t take long!
@@markgolden8710 the line that the silver star uses by my house is a csx freight line. Traffic isn't too heavy. Maybe 1 freight a day, and the amtrak passes by twice, running southbound at midnight then passes by again headed north at around 7am. I can always tell an amtrak train just by how long it sounds its horn and the fast speed it travels. Freight trains are much slower and extremely long, however they don't sound their horn anywhere near as long or as frequent as the amtrak.
Hey Evan I'm from Sebring, Florida born & raised. Yes sir, that's our Sebring Train Station. The last lake you passed by is called, Dinner Lake. I don't know why, again I just know it's called Dinner Lake.
Perfect size room for 1 traveller going overnight. I like the slower pace of train travel compared to other modes. More scenic and less stressful.
Took Amtrak from Los Angeles to D.C. back in 2014 and had sleeper rooms on the Southwest Chief and Capitol Limited. Sleeper car is the only way go if you're going long distance, overnight or not. The privacy and shower use makes it all worth it.
I never get tired of the view as you come into downtown Raleigh!
I took the train from NYC to Florida in one of these cabins and loved every second of it!
How long was the trip? And price, if it was after Biden.
I'm also curious of the price. (regardless of who the president is lol) thanks
@@owltune5496 Haha!😂😂🕊️💪
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@@PoisonShot20 The trip was about 25 hrs but I can't recall the price.
I’ve been obsessed with train ride videos lately! Cool video!
Me too. I'm taking my first train ride soon. 🤤
@@mochasweet4966 nice! If you record anything. come back and let me know I’ll follow and watch 🥂
Me too. Check out Downielive if you haven't already.
My husband and I took the train from PA to Ft Meyers a few months ago when we moved to the sunny state🌅It was quite pleasant. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this video. Way to travel in style. Inspired to enjoy the ride, rather than rush to the destination. “There’s more to life than just speeding it up”
As someone who lives in Raleigh, I am dying to experience this!
Hi Evan, that was great. My husband and I are from Australia and although we have Amtrak travelled before next year (2023) we are doing the sleeper car from Orlando to Washinton DC. Super excited. Thank you.
Raleigh native here, lately I've been obsessed with luxury train rides plotting my next vacation out of the country. This was the perfect reminder how I can enjoy the same features in my own back yard. Planning a train ride to Canada.
If you want luxury train travel in North America you should do the rocky mountaineer either in Canada or the US Amtrak is gotten better, but it’s hard to really call this luxury when you look at the competition lol
Raleigh native here too. Sure nicer than the Tweetsie!!
luxury is a bit of a stretch
@@johnnysprocketz idk a tin can designed to be a patriotic soup can built 40 years before I was even born sounds pretty snazzy LOL
Royal Canadian Pacific.
The dinner car has a big glass bubble roof.
It is about $2,400, but that is with meals and it is a two-way ticket.
The meals are not plastic tray airline food, it is legit.
Thank you so much for posting your experience! Seems absolutely enjoyable! Way better than plane!🕊️
I love train trips. Enjoyed your detailed video of your trip to Sebring Florida. Hope to see more very soon.
On my bucket list now, thanks ❤ enjoyed the ride
Thanks Evan...enjoyed seeing what train travel entails. 👍
Thank you for this video. Now I’m planning a trip for my birthday via train (destination unknown) but this is just what I was looking for.
Happy New Year 🍾💛
I really enjoyed your video. It is a great representation of taking a train and what to expect. Thanks!
When I was 16 I lived in Charleston SC and started attending school in Vermont. I rode a train, coach, not a sleeper, from Charleston to NYC. That was in 1966 and I remember there being a lot of soldiers from Ft Bragg riding the train. In particular I recall a non-com who had just finished jungle survival training in Panama and was on his way to Vietnam. I always wondered what happened to him.
I’ve take this train a couple of time in coach class but I had NO idea they had a dining room. That’s so cool!
Having taken that same train route many times, I loved seeing some of the scenery that I have seen IRL. Never took that trip in a sleeper, so it was fun to see that side of it.
I live a hour and 30 mins from Raleigh and I never knew this existed! This seems so relaxing. I’m definitely looking into this :)
Bruh, what a well made video! Edits, commentary, shots, and YOU made it easy and fun to watch. You were matter-of-fact, concise, and brief in your comments. 10/10!
Thanks for sharing your experience! My husband and I have thinking about a train trip and it seems like something we might enjoy!
Amazing.. Never thought of this and I'm sure the kids would love this adventure. Thanks for sharing
Thanks, what a relaxing way to travel. Definetly on my list of things to do.
I like how they converted the bed! I gotta try a trip like this sometime.
Well done! Can’t wait to try this!
I was only 1 year old, traveling from Omaha Nebraska to Buffalo New York on a train! My dad holding me in his arms, meeting the conductor! I'm now 66, would love 💕 one more ride!
I've wondered what this was like. Thank you for posting.
Wow! Great video. I am in NC. I think I will take a train to Florida now. Thank you for sharing your videos!
I live in Raleigh. Awesome video coming into downtown and Union Station. Great video.
That was so cool!! I live north of Raleigh and moved here from south Florida... Love how YT knows stuff... 😂🤔😉... I have always wanted to travel by train. Thank you!
I live in Cary NC. Thank you for showing me what it,s like to ride on a train.
Love your choice of background music to the scenic journey.
I recently took a train to Atlanta, GA from Greensboro,NC. I was excited to finally ride a train but was disappointed in almost everything. I would definitely give it another shot to get a roomette. Thanks for all of the new info!
I loved this video! I’ve been educated about train rides! Thanks!!
Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Thinking about training it from Orlando to Denver.
That would be a super long trip! You could fly to Chicago and take the California Zephyr to Denver from there. Good luck.
Outstanding video....thanks for sharing!
Wow, the train station in Raleigh is beautiful. Here in Huntington WV, it is horrific! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for this, I had no idea what this experience would be like. I would like to do it one day.
Our dad loved public transportation so much, he racked up so many Amtrak points via his Amtrak credit card- he would get on the auto train in Philly go to FL and get off , then get back on for round trip. All of those trips ( 30 years) and he was only on in a sleeper compartment twice.
Used to ride amtrak to and from Raleigh all of the time. Its been over a decade or so though at this point. This new station they have built seems excellent.
Greetings from Tampa! This video has inspired me to consider train transportation for a vacation with the family to Raleigh
Hi Lauria! I'm in Raleigh and would like to travel to Tampa by train.
The Raleigh Station looks completely different since we were there! What a nice upgrade!
Yeah, it looks brand new.
@@gatolibero8329 It is
Love to I'm in Durham NC but live I'm Raleigh love how you showing our cities and travel much success bro
I have lived in Wake County for over 20 years, and have never been at this station,, nor on an Amtrack. 🥺 Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for this video! This was an interesting perspective and gave me new ideas for travel.
My parents took the train from Amtrak from Rocky Mount to Orlando. They had a sleeper cabin as well. That looks so relaxing. Our flight there was hectic traveling with a 6 yo and 3yo. Will need to go this route the next time we do that!
I'm in the Greensboro area! Now you have me wanting to hop on a train to Florida. Thanks for the awesome video.
I have a video about a train trip from Raleigh to Greensboro too!
In the 60's two of my brothers and mom went from San Francisco via Chicago to Norfolk to visit her parents for the summer. I still remember the viewing cars, looking outside at all of the tall grass, mountains, etc. I think I was maybe 10 or 11. The sleeper cars were amazing and food was great.
Boy Howdy it looks like Amtrac has finally upped their game! I used to go from Cary,NC to Jacksonville leaving around 9:00 ish and arrive anywhere from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. The trip was NEVER under 12 hours and you did it in 9-91/2 hours Yeaaa for Amtrac!
Great video, Thank You! Had not idea the train was up and running. I’m in Cary and not far from the station. Great way to get back to Florida.
thx 4 sharing. I'm a NC amtrack rider so this is pretty useful to know about
Thank you for your help with navigating the Amtrack Train. I was surprised that you stopped at the " old Orlando Train Station" ; instead of going to to the Wi her Park Location. Truly enjoyed your video of your -Passage from NC - Sebring, Fl. Quite interesting. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇬🇧🚞.
I've ridden coach on Amtrak and northern European trains decades ago. Nice to see the upgrades and that coach still has plenty of space compared to the shrinking of airline seating and amenities.
That's because the airlines are trying to stuff as many paying passengers as possible in to a fixed amount of volume. If Amtrak wants more capacity, add a car.
That's because there aren't nearly the amount of passengers that would ever make these cars completely full. Trains are much more vacant than airplanes. Subsidized by tax payers is the only way Amtrak can even hope to remain in business.
Enjoyed This Vid. Not Too Many Details And Random Talking. Short ,Sweet and Nice Presentation. I Feel Almost Like I've Made This Trip With You. So Many Of These "Train Vids" Just Go On and On with How Buttons,Switches, Doors Etc Work Or Don;t . Good Job Bro.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the trip. This was nice and you got to pick up Grandpa. Cool.🤓
Very cool video. You've inspired me to take a train ride to NC.
I really enjoyed this video. Nice musical selections too.
Looks like a blast. I may have to try this with my son sometime.
Thank you for the ride
Love it! thanks for sharing.. Music wasn't too loud.. showed the food choices which is super important.. Proud of the company I work for and the service we provide to our passengers..
always nice to be proud of the company you work for :) this definitely made me want to hop on a train!
Thank You Barbara Hill-Case! For All You Do. Peaple Like You Make A Difference In This World. God Bless You.
I have taken this train multiple times during the pandemic in a roomette ... from Washington DC to Winter Park Florida. One of the most relaxing and enjoyable ways to travel in my opinion. And I continue to travel South on Amtrak. Sorta wished you had shown footage of pulling into the Winter Park station - very quaint station in Winter Park's downtown park ... no pun intended. Happy travels!
I live near Surf City NC. I have wished many times we still had a train that came through here but it’s been long gone. We have Amtrak in Wilmington and Jacksonville but it is only bus to get you west towards an actual Amtrak station. Really like your videos so I went ahead and subbed!
Thanks for a great video. I live in Kannapolis, the train station is about 4 blocks away, in fact you can see the trains roll by my front door/window, thru a double row of houses and across the street. Yea, I think it's time to go exploring by rail..... Thanks again.
I live 20 minutes from the Sebring station. I see the Amtrak every day. Cool video.
Nice video. I am in NC and have family in Sarasota. I could drive to Southern Pines and take this same trip. Glad I watched.
That's a nice calm travel venue for sure 😊
Brings back childhood memories from the early 50’s when I traveled by train with my mom from New York City to Savannah Georgia. Dad was stationed at Hunter Army Air Force Base. I think it was called the Silver Bullet. It also was an overnight journey.
Its very likely its called that, because the current amtrak trains are typically named after the previous ones, and the current one is named the sliver service. (Comprised of the silver star and the silver meteor). That is a really cool journey in the 50's, what was it like?
My dad was stationed at hunter also. This was in the 1950s I rode the train a lot because my grandmother worked for the rail road. Good times
super cool to see this. I was also stationed at Hunter Army Air Field until I got out last year.
The southbound train is still called the Silver Bullet
It was the Silver Bullet and we loved as children. Great memories indeed!
I wish we had more trains in the US... like a high speed train across the country would be amazing.
Man this is something I’m definitely trying after viewing this !! Tfs
So..oh Relaxing way to travel & see our countryside! 🚂🗽 It's been over 30 years since overnight train ride...time to 'get aboard' again! Thanks for sharing (& liked the music😇
Showcase your next trip ...your generation needs someone to share it's Ok to ENJOY the Journey🚂🛩️ My plan is to take Granboys on Georgetown Colorado Mining Train on highest gradient Trestle in North America?
91 goes through Sanford, NC every night. I'll video it sometimes and the same for it's counterpart 92 coming back north. Nice video, I enjoyed it!
I’m from Raleigh NC and it’s was interesting watching this video we all
Forget that is not only cars and planes for travel transportation now I will like to plan a trip by train 😊thanks for this ❤
This was such an interesting video to watch. I've never been on a sleeper train nor seen one.
I went from Greensboro to Tucson, AZ by train in a sleeper and loved it!
How long of a trip was that one way if you don't mind me asking?
Loved seeing your trip
Great idea. Nice job with the video!
I used to ride train from Raleigh to Tampa several times a year. 16 hr ride and was some good memories
I was surprised as to how vacant the train appeared; few passengers? Even in the dinette car?
We did a road trip a few years ago: Texas, Vegas, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Yellowstone, SaltLakeCity.....
Was a LOT of driving & I anticipated fatigue would eventually settle in. So, I planned final leg of journey (SLC to San Francisco) via Amtrak. Was a wonderful 15 hours of relax & enjoy the view portion of vacation.
Amtrak was booked to capacity, but still didn't feel crowded.
Amtrak trip gave us a chance to unwind & soak in the previous 3 weeks of vacation memories. We chose "coach" and still got lots of rest. It helped that we had a respectful / quiet group of people in our immediate area.
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Thanks for sharing your experience!
3:35 I love the sink! That's so cute.
I usually go from charlotte to Raleigh,it was nice to get a look inside a sleeper.
Wow I’ve never rode a train before. I’m kind of amazed. This seems way more pleasant and comfortable than an airplane
That’s cool. Thanks for sharing .
I hope to take Amtrak to Orlando at some point. Looks very enjoyable. Great video. Thank you.
Great video! I’d never seen the inside of a train cart. Makes me want to give it a try. Hope you and your grandpa had a great visit! 😀
I live in Sebring....thanks for the video
terrific video!
Lived in Tampa most of my life, also lived with the tracks directly across the street from us. Never been on one 😅 crazy thing is I’ve never even thought of taking the train or if we still offered them in Florida. Watching your video I am actually considering taking the family up to SC to visit family by train car. My son loves all things trains, planes and trucks.
No dining car only
Lounge car for dinners?..
I'm looking to move to the Tampa area soon!
From Raleigh n.c. Good to see this. Didn’t know you could travel like that on a train.
You have convinced me to take the train sometime in the near future. My wife and I are always looking for a new adventure, and we have never taken a train ride together. Thanks!
its seems like it might be fun for the experience, but im not seeing the practicality
@@farklestaxbaum4945 Fun activities are rarely practical.
You literally went right behind my house on this route in Mcbee SC😃 Happy travels
As a Raleigh resident this will be on my future vacation list
Great vid! Haven’t been on one of these since a kid but I may have to go about it again if I don’t want to fly
Nice! This makes me want to plan a trip on Amtrak now!