Amtrak California Zephyr Train trip part 1

I made this video on board the Amtrak California Zephyr line train No. 5 during a Westbound trip from Denver, Colorado to Provo, Utah. (The Amtrak California Zephyr train route is between Chicago and San Francisco and crosses the Rocky Mountain range.) This video (Part 1) that I made is a mainly a walk through tour in the coach class section inside the train, including the lounge car. I noticed that they now have tables installed in the upper level of the lounge car. Part 2 video is mainly of video taken out the window of scenery up in the Rocky Mountain range shortly after the train left Denver. The camera I used was a Sony DSC-H2 digital still camera used in MPEG video mode. You can view photos of some of my Amtrak train trips I posted at Webshots at
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• Amtrak
• train
• railroad
• Rockies
• Rocky
• Mountains
• California
• Zephyr

[johnc7995]

Do these trains have electric outlets for phone chargers?

[Philovideo]

@johnc7995 Yes, most of the time they do, but once in a while, they will have some older cars that do not offer a 115 VAC outlet, but, on my last couple of recent trips, I always had a 115 VAC outlet available at my seat.

[howardkevinm]

i hope Amtrak cancels this train. its more trouble than its worth. i probably cost $2000 easily to accomdate people that miss their connection because this train doesnt know the concept of a Timetable. it just comes and goes whenever it feels like it. i never in my life seen a train with a consistant 5-15hr late train every single day. if this was the railroad this train would have improved almost instantly. but of course with Amtrak sucks

[Philovideo]

@howardkevinm In my past 4 years or so traveling from Denver to Provo, Utah and back on the Amtrak California Zephyr, the train always left on time from Denver, but catching the train in Provo, Utah to go back to Denver, The train was only off by a few mints except for one occasion when the train arrived almost 2 hours late due to something that broke down in the dining car which delayed them. Amtrak has a phone number that you can call where you can get info about arrival delays at any station.

[tenor175]

I take Amtrak all the time and usually, I have no problems with them. I had my laptop and I always carried it with me or stored it in our closet in our room. We usually get a room because it's private, quiet, and you don't have to put up with shady people. However, Amtrak is very good about their security and if they feel your not safe to travel on, you dont get on board period! In all the years I traveled Amtrak, no worries here. You'll be fine..... hope this helps.

[yofacug]

thanks for sharing this

[vampov]

@astrofabio68 when you can pay less to take a plane and get to your destination in 4 hours versus 28 hours it makes it kind of hard to take the train and waste your potential vacation sitting in a train when you can fly there faster for less money.

[cadaverock]

question please help me!! first time going on a train.. can i seat where ever i want'? also do you sleep on the seats? i want to travel from california to texas. just for fun how is the view ?

[astrofabio68]

why so few people use the trains in USA ???is more comfortable tan planes, expensiveless, more echological..

in the Airport we live all kind of abuse and privacity violation, the sits are absolutely umcomfortables, you shoul be 2 hour before the departure....I think the trai is the transport of the future.I hope USA makes like Europe and begins to use high speed trains...

[carnadero]

Something to keep in mind - from Denver to California, the Zephyr runs on Union Pacific, which is not known as being particularly Amtrak-friendly.

[heat5457]

Nice video. Thanks for posting it.

[locotrenperu]

this must be very confortable.... nice video!!!

[hersan33]

love those trains

[howardkevinm]

@Philovideo or i can just go online and check the status every day which i do. everyday for the last two weeks its been late more than 5hrs, once it was late 31hrs.