Riding in an Amtrak Bedroom

Riding Amtrak's Crescent passenger train from New Orleans, LA to Atlanta, GA. Bedroom A in Car 2011.

Video by Wellsboro, PA railroad executive Brian P. Roslund.

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[dlagrua]

Train travel is for people like my wife and myself that like to travel on the ground and avoid the filthy, overcrowded, unhealthty dehumamizing conditions of air travel. Coach travel is cheap but we always take a bedroom (first class) on overnight trips

The bedroom adds about $200 in cost one way but the comfort, privacy and having a bed and bath in our own room is worth the cost.

[terryejames]

At last . . . a great video of a bedroom on Amtrak's Crescent--thanks!

[MisterSunson]

This beats my trip aboard the India rail; ha ha ha ha!

[WAKEUPshift111]

The top comment - @dlagrua is ridiculous.

$200 can pay for your return trip to almost anywhere by air in the US... probably some parts of canada & mexico too! I'll take the dehumanizing pat down and unsanitary ventilation in contrast to a $200 (extra!) a night, phone booth sized, bed and bath any day.

[CRTukker]

@dlagrua Would like to see you travel by train from the USA towards Europe.

[SeaToby11]

The added costs for your own room on a train is a luxury I am willing to pay. Its not a lot of space but the privacy is welcomed on a train filled with others. One can get there faster and cheaper flying but riding a train slowly getting there is better than driving a car alone. By the time you pay for gasoline, restaurant meals, and motels the sleepers price isn't so bad.

[spareaxe]

This beats the train I took from the Keleti train station in  Budapest to Krackov. Cold, toilet stank, rude border guards, just like the old Soviet era.

[ac30165]

oh this was on the Crescent? AWESOME ive ridden this train before :) I would LOVE to have a bedroom car I slept in coach last time...didnt sleep much but, it was my first trip....next time I will get a bedroom car :)

[howardkevinm]

i dont mind those roomettes. very nice comfortable bed and the view from the window is nice with the light off.

[hawk45653]

@dlagrua Whats that suppose to mean!

[AnotherAmateur]

We took the Zephyr to Chicago then hopped on the Cardinal to Baltimore. It was a round trip in first class bedrooms. I've uploaded vids if you want to take a look. Thanks for a great video!

[soulchild3751]

Could you give a recommendation about their sleeper cars for a tall person like myself please? I am 6'7" (my guess is that rules me out).