Amtrak Coast Starlight - 34 HOURS Up the West Coast!
Hello and welcome to Los Angeles Union Station! Today we’re climbing the west coast of the United States, riding 34 hours from here to Seattle on board Amtrak’s Coast Starlight!
_Trip Information_
Train: Amtrak Coast Starlight 14
Locomotives: Siemens ALC-42s 306 and 320
Consist: 3 Superliner Sleepers, 1 Diner, 1 Observation Lounge, 2 Coach cars, and 1 Viewliner Baggage
Departure Time: 9:51am
Arrival Time: 7:51pm 1 Day
Journey Time: 34 hr 0 min
Ticket Price: $ (2 people)
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_First Class:_
Jonas Jonson
Caleb
Joshua Bedel
Eli Taubman
Devin Clancy
Kevin Lippes
_Business Class:_
James Schock
Henry Skrivanek
_Coach Class:_
Marlo Fairhurst
Arthur Sievers
Stephen Keever
Sam Jennings
Michael Cronin
Arav Kapoor
Vinnie
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_Chapters_
0:00 Hello and Welcome to Los Angeles Union Station!
0:14 Coast Starlight Route Map
1:06 The Incredible LA Union Station
2:03 LA’s Metropolitan Lounge
3:26 Boarding (Almost) Begins
4:10 Coast Starlight 14 Backs Onto Track 10
4:38 Climbing Aboard and Our Home for the Next 34 Hours!
5:02 Departure
5:17 A HUGE Thank You for 10K!
5:37 Rear Window Views of LA
6:08 Slowing for a Passing Surfliner
6:38 Lunch Time! The First of 5 Meals on the Starlight
7:00 Coastal Dining Views
7:28 Amtrak’s Traditional Dining
7:54 Costal California
8:25 Roomette Tour!
11:27 Subscribe! And a HUGE Thank You to my Patrons and Members!
11:52 We Don’t Need Sun to Enjoy the Views
12:23 Inland We Go
12:36 Vandenberg Space Force Base and SpaceX
12:56 Finally a Sunny Day!
13:13 San Luis Obispo: Our First Fresh Air Stop
13:45 Amtrak’s NEW ALC-42 Locomotives!
14:54 Onward Towards San Jose
15:05 Cuesta Pass: Horseshoe Curves Galore
17:07 Back up to Speed
17:15 Bedroom Tour: Double the Space of Our Roomette
19:24 Enjoying the Sightseer Lounge
20:04 Gilroy: The Southern End of Caltrain’s Territory
20:46 Dinner Time!
21:25 Catenary Wires! CalTrain’s Electrification
21:55 CalTrain’s NEW Stadler EMUs!
22:22 Departing San Jose Alongside a CalTrain Service
22:35 First Course: Caprese Skewers
22:52 CalTrain’s Maintenance Facility
23:13 Sunset Over the San Francisco Bay
23:21 The Main Course: Amtrak’s Signature Flat Iron Steak
24:01 Dessert! An INCREIDBLE Chocolate Mouse
25:01 Arrival in Oakland: Fresh Air Stop Number 2
25:46 Door Stuck! Door Stuck! Please! I Beg You!
26:11 Shower Time!
26:55 Time For Bed.
27:27 Day Two and Mount Shasta
28:34 A Fresh Pot of Coffee
28:52 More of Mount Shasta
29:24 Breakfast Time
30:10 Finally Into Oregon
30:30 Klamath Falls: The First Fresh Air Stop of Day 2
31:18 Upper Klamath Lake
31:54 Lunch Time on Day 2
32:18 A Side of Cascade Mountains (And dessert too!)
32:46 Descending the Mountains
33:25 Lookout Point Lake
33:43 Eugene, OR
34:01 Passing Freight and Cascades Trains
34:28 Making up Time
34:40 Arriving in Portland
35:14 Portland’s Metropolitan Lounge
35:58 Back on Board!
36:03 A Waiting Cascades Service
36:14 On Towards Seattle
36:29 Amtrak’s Talgo Trainsets
37:23 Dinner on Day 2: Great Food With Great Views
38:25 Sounder’s Commuter Rail Territory
38:35 Tacoma Station
38:49 We’re the ONLY Sleeper Passengers?
39:10 Seattle’s Boeing Field
39:24 The Starlight Pulls into Seattle’s King Street Station
39:48 Disembarking Into Seattle
40:01 If You Made it This Far, Thanks! You’re Awesome!
40:24 Next Week: Metrolink’s Arrow: California’s Newest Commuter Service
40:40 Subscribe! And another HUGE Thank You to my Patrons and Members!
41:07 Thanks for Watching!
Equipment:
Camera: iPhone 12 Pro Max
Gimbal: DJI OM5
Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black
Camera: Sony AX-43
Mic: Rode Videomic Pro
Tripod: Coman DF06 Manfrotto 502 Head
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