My Great American Rail Journey - Part 1 - Amtrak Crescent from Charlotte, NC to New Orleans, LA
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In the summer of 2024, I took advantage of Amtrak's USA Rail Pass, where you get 10 trips on the train for $499. One catch is, all 10 legs have to be completed within 30 days. Another catch is all of your travel has to be done in coach. That means even sleeping on the train, I would have to do it sitting in a coach seat. For months I studied different Amtrak routes, planned which ones I wanted to ride, and what places I wanted to see along the way. Finally, I put together an itinerary I was happy with. One that would put me on 10 different Amtrak routes, take me through 36 states, allow me to see things I had never seen and go to places I have never been.
This first leg of my journey took me from my home city of Charlotte, NC to New Orleans, LA. It was Amtrak's Crescent, which originates in New York City. The Crescent was scheduled to leave Charlotte at 2:55 a.m. on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024 , thus starting my 30 day clock. I had some friends drive me to Charlotte and drop me off at the Amtrak station. The train, however, was delayed by about one hour. This would be an ongoing theme of my 30 day journey. I finally got on board and found two empty seats, which helps when trying to sleep on the train in coach.
I traveled through towns in my county in the middle of the night, seeing them for the first time in the darkness through the viewpoint of the train window. After doing that, I was able to relax and get some sleep. I woke up just as we were leaving South Carolina and crossing into Georgia. Our first fresh air stop was Atlanta, but it was raining really hard. I got off the train for a few minutes, but not not too long as I didn't want to get too wet. The train made another fresh air stop in Birmingham, Alabama, and finally arrived in New Orleans about an hour and a half late.
This video shows me riding Amtrak's Crescent and also my time visiting New Orleans. I hope you enjoy it!
Great video, Brian!
Thank you for sharing..Showing the awesomeness of coachclass. Also the beauty of seeing real America. Keep up the good work..
Perhaps you are inspiring others.
@@aqeelashaheed thank you so much for your kind words! Yes the coach class was perfectly fine for me! If you keep watching my other videos you will see over the course of a 30-day period I never once got bored or uncomfortable sitting in coach class. Would that being said the Western routes on the superliners, with the site see your lounge car, makes all the difference in the world! I spent pretty much 100% of my time in the sightseer lounge!
I liked your Amtrak trip
Thank you very much! I have new videos from this trip coming out every Wednesday!
What a great video! Thank you.
@@richardf.9085 Thank you so much for your kind words I really appreciate it! Please check out my other videos, not only from this series, but from before that as well.
What? No beignets? Loved it, Brian! ❤
@@arlettelackey3938 thanks for watching, Arlette!!
wow cant wait to see your other videos of these trains. rode the sunset limited and it was late was along train ride when it went to orlando. was over 16 hours late. loved the house u stayed at very beautiful
Thank you for sharing, I have watched the first two episodes of your journey. I found them informative, entertaining and helping me to remember some of the places I also have journeyed too I have decided to subscribe to start watching all of your videos.
I always enjoy watching Brian's videos....the videos always get better and better...he entertains me....smiling from beginning to end..... I'm so proud of him!!
I am in a wheelchair and I want to ride the train one day ❤
You definitely can, there's no stopping you. Even the super liners out west that are double-decker, which you will see in the next video. Our handicap accessible. Unfortunately you would have to stay on the bottom floor but there were several people in a wheelchair on the trips I have been on. You can do it!!
Birmingham is the only time between DC and NOL that the train leaves Norfolk Southern's tracks. Birmingham Station is on CSX tracks. Also the Crescent travel through more states than any other route.
@@kevinhoward9593 that is great information! Thank you so much for sharing that! I didn't even think about the number of states that it travels through, but I definitely see where you are correct! I didn't even think about it since I got on in North Carolina but you are right, it does travel through a bunch of states!
I enjoyed watching this. The incorporation of music was great. Well done! I appreciate the effort that must have gone into making it. Keep up the great work!💗
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! Please share with others! There are lots more to come!
I certainly will!!!!!
How do you find out when the rail passes are available for purchase
@@onmyway7363 they are always available for sale. However sometimes they offer a discounted rail pass. They are usually $500 but there was a sale last year in which they were offered for $450. The problem is when you purchase it you have to use it within 120 days of purchase and my time for travel was further out than that so I had to buy the regular one.
THATS NOT A POBOY!! Smoke sausage in gumbo!?!? 😬
New Orleans is not safe city these days- it was a very fun place to visit long before