There is something about trains. Words can't describe it. Trains will never die.

I'm a lover of train travel.. I never need to know where I'm going or where I am.. I just love the free feeling of the travel and the experience of the sensations of being on the train. The food is excellent and I don't have to cook. Sleepers are the way to go if you it fits your budget... there is so much to see and all that lazy time to see it. Thank you for posting! Personally I like the fact you didn't narrate... sometimes talking can be annoying and can distract from the joy of traveling in silence.

UNCUT - Coast to coast in two hours and fifteen minutes.....that's pretty fast!

One of these days, I plan on taking a round trip from Pittsburgh to Olympia. Seeing the country like this is simply breath taking.

It's refreshing to NOT hear anyone talking.. Bob Cooney Salt Lake City Utah

The good thing about this video is that you not only film the train, but also the surroundings, like the railway stations, that gives your videos a lifelike experience of what a trainride in America may be like.

BILL WITHERS!!!!!!! Great Song! Great Video! Great Times! Thank You.

bless you , i HAVE NOT RODE ON THE TRAIN SINCE 1966 DURING MY COLLEGE YRS AND BEFORE MY RIDES WERE FEW WITH MY MOM AND DAD FROM DC TO DAD'S HOME IN TEXAS they are both gone now but , on one ride coming back from TX to DC i lost my teddy bear , as a child it made me sick not having no one to find ME ME my little bears name , and from that time I collected litte bears hoping to find one just like it I am now 70 yrs old as of Oct/2017 my son never knew this story , and knew I collected little bears he gave me one for my 70 birthday , IT LOOKS THE SPLIT IMAGE OF ME ME , I CRIED , and now today FEBRUARY 08 2018 LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE TRAIN FROM NJ TO PHILLY (MY HOME TOWN) BMORE TO DC , COMING THROUGH THE YARDS I COULD SEE MY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND JUST ABOUT WHERE I LIVE NOW , WHERE I CAN HEAR THE TRAIN HORN EACH MORNING, ON TO PITTSBURH, AND YOUR PLAYING THE SONG LOVELY DAY , A FAVORITE OF MINE IT BROUGHT TEARS AND MEMORIES OF MOM AND DAD DC , MY TEDDY BEAR AND 60 YRS OF MEMORIES AND LOVING TRAINS , FOR YOU SEE I WILL BE LEAVING AND SELLING MY FAMILY HOME , COMING TO AZ TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF MY YRS, THIS IS THE BEST TRAIN RIDE AND PRESENTATION COMING ALONG WITH YOU , ONE THING FOR SURE I WILL AWAYS REMEMBER THIS RIDE, AND WILL LOOK BACK ON IT , AND WHEN I TAKE MY RIDE FROM DC TO AZ LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND , I WILL HAVE MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT (ME ME) WITH ME , RIDING , AND THIS TIME i WON'T LEAVE ME ME BEHIND , THANK YOU FOR THE MEMOIRES , AND OH , BY THE WAY ME ME IS SITTING RIGHT HERE AT MY COMPUTER WITH ME , LOOKING TOO , WAITING ON OUR TRAIN RIDE

When I see these videos I think about the women and men who crossed this area on foot and by wagon and I'm more and more impressed with their fortitude. There were amazing people then.

This plus the cool jazz was my all time favorite for the last few years... I shared it with my sister last week as she prepared to go cross country by train (bucket list +) and now it has disappeared! Waaa! I am sorry! was it my fault? Oh well this is next best experience! Great! What a video artist you are Rod Bourne!

This is why I keep watching KZfaq!!!!!!

Both entertaining and informative. My father in law was a railroad worker for many years in Chicago. He was employed by the New York Central and another line before ending his career as an AMTRAK employee.

This was one of the greatest rides i`ve had in a long time. 2 hours and 15 minutes of joy. I thought at some times i was in the movie "Silver Streak".

Awesome video. Loved it. I have never rode a train or plane. Not as lucky too. But have rode many buses across the states. This was the best trip. I really enjoyed this very much. Now I will have to take a trip by train. Thanks for sharing your awesome trip with us. Safe travels ahead. God bless

I love seeing my favorite couple travel. Thinking about riding Amtrak next winter (February 2023) on the California Zephyr to capture the beautiful snow out west.

I love this and I love trains! Especially on a cloudy day! I could watch this forever which I find myself doing a lot more often! Please keep these videos coming!!!

So strange! I picked this at random searching for "coast to coast trains" low and behold, you start at my old train stop!! I used to work on the "Spirit of Philadelphia" and took the train from Egg Harbor City everyday I worked. Thanks so much for the memories!

Very beautiful video and journey. Thank you for showing this video on KZfaq.

This truly is a BEAUTIFUL country.And I think this is THE best way to see it.Without having to drive.But-I just can't see how,anyone could live out in the middle of Nowhere...Im sure others see it the opposite----

I always like watching this vid. Thanks for sharing it. You must have had a great trip.

great presentation it dispalys professionalism at its highest standard

Thanks for recording the video. Still looks great 2+ years later, excellent quality.

this is friggin awesome.

Fantastic video!! Crisp,clear and beautiful!!! Thank you for the good work Rod!

perfect music choice

Thanks for another Great Video!

Excellent video!!!!!!!!!!!! Watched on 8-11-2016.

Thank you for not putting music over this!. I haven't watched it all yet but so far I appreciate the natural sounds and no music!

Many thanks for all these images & glimpses... hope to do such great trip one day... from France. Cheers

Congratulations! It felt as if I was riding the train!

this is a really great video thanks for posting!

Well done and thank you...!

I like the early evening shots.

The first thing that struck me was this video is so very sharp and clear. You are a very good videographer. I also like you style ... moving to and looking at what catches your eye. The only thing I did not like is that it made me stay up way past my bedtime to watch it. Thanks very much for posting this.

Simply a fantastic video,we done route 66 last year,watching this has convinced us a coast to coast rail trip will be our next American adventure.Thank you for sharing this.

VERY NICE MUSIC!!!!

To all the negative comments: there are those of us that have never ridden a train over a distance like this. While you may have, you’ve ruined it for those that haven’t. Thanks.

As a Chicago native, I have a hint for the Amtrak announcer at time marker 30 - the Sears Tower has always been known as the Sears Tower and always will be.

Awesome video! Good work

Outstanding video, really enjoyable to watch

Loved watching this

I just adore "walking between cars."

Beautiful USA! Greeting from California.

I really enjoy your videos!!!

I love how the dispatcher says "good morning" at approximately 26:20. Just a nice touch :)

Very well done...Thank you...

Very enjoyable video real adventure.

Luv your work Rod!!

When You Xmas in the Philadelphia train station I covered my eyes cause I used to always go to Philadelphia to see my aunt Witch Amtrak. I do use Amtrak to go on vacations too

I have watched your video a few times , always very relaxing with great footage , nice job Rod !! Thanks

What an epic journey!

Thank you for uploading! I hope to ride an Amtrak someday.

Showwww ! Very good ! Muito show essa compania ferroviaria !

I did the trip from NY to Portland OR was one of the best trips I had even been on

beautiful video/trip I will ride the California Zephyr all the way to Emeryville hopefully next summer-from Chicago

I Live in Miami but born and raised in Chicago. I agree, the Sears tower can go by any other name but will always be Sears Tower. This video convinced me not to take the winter tour. You have a very home spun, humorous way of guiding us through this trip. Have taken then Miami to NY to Chicago, Denver, SF, LA route. Enjoyed it. Will do yours in summer.

nice relaxing love the trains. rode California Zepher back in 2017. 2019.

Amazing

I enjoyed the ride.

thanks Rod

Very wonderful video. And a very nice treat to get footage in Spokane, since normally it comes in at about 2 AM.

Fantastic great beautiful videos areas marvelous thank you very much. I Love it. Foysal East Bashaboo Dhaka Bangladesh

love it

Probably the greatest KZfaq video of all time! Thanks for making this.

I watched it from start to finish.....thank you, very enjoyable. I thought it was a good mix of visuals, and I appreciated your interior scenes, as well. I have a real sense now for what you see and what it's like when you take a train across the country. Maybe some day. The last time I did it was in 1950. I was with my family, two years old, on our way from LA to DC.

Beginning in September I'l be lecturing in Mays Landing on the second Wednesday of each month at 6 pm. Classical music. Love to see you. Did your Zephyr trip in '10, only got off in Sacramento. Great rail museum there.

Great video. Nice camera work. Transcontinental train story well told. Well done!

very interesting film, thanks a lot and good luck for you

If I had much money, I would take an Amtrak train!

The hallmark musical is a nice addition to the video!

I love this! I remember traveling from Chicago- DC on the Capitol Limited, it was great! Of course, I was much younger, and now I am more into aviation, I still love this. I would want to take the California Zephyr from Union station Chicago to San Francisco.

this would be perfect if you added little stamps telling us where you are.

I recognize the Schuylkill expressway coming out of 30th street station in Philly.I love trains.

I rode the original Capitol Limited and its sisters, the Ambassador and Shennendoah many times as a youngster it was always a grand trip. My dad was a brakeman for the B&O so , of course the ride then was free, whether on a pass or a wink from the conductor.

Awesome cross country trip

Nice touch with the Bill Withers song nodding to Ludovic Kennedy's "Coast to Coast" episode of Great Railway Journeys (1980)!

A magnificent train video, the best I've ever seen. Normally not a fan of musical soundtracks; The Forrest Gump overlay coming into Chicago, was fittingly beautiful!

the shot at hour and 24 mark was fantastic liked the bridge going over the water and little bit of fog 3 stars

This must have taken FOREVER to make. good job.

Great Great Great.......... The best Video Ive ever seen, soeey for my bad Endlish. Greetings from Germany Hamburg.

1:35:18 was really fun! I NEED to travel coast to coast by train one day as a scaled-down adventure.

I and the wife retired recently if our savings will stretch we plan to do trans USA by rail NewYork to San Fransisco , We did a London to Italy tour several years ago and became sold on this mode of seeing the world . Make new friends the scenery comes to you and it's so chilled out great vid by the way.

Seven weeks and I take a little trip on the Sunset Limited to San Antonio from L.A. (after the Surfliner from San Diego). Then I am coming back via bus across northern Mexico to Chihuahua and the CHEPE train to Los Mochis. Woo-whoooooo. Oh yeah. Seriously, though, watching your video makes me soooooo long to ride the Empire Builder. Thanks again for the straightforward, steady recording of sights and sounds. Excellent job.

Nice video but was hoping for a little narration.

Interesting sceneries and a good camera!!

Enjoyed the video, great upload. The trains seem to move around alot slower than they do here in the UK.

I have a pact with a friend in New York: I won’t say “Avenue of the Americas,” and he won’t say “Willis Tower.”

Amtrak Rocks

Awesome Video Rod.. I have the same camera, and l'm impressed with the quality. Just started rail fanning out here in the Canadian Rockies but toatally inspired by your video ..Keep it up. Dave.

"We have a problem with some drinking on the train", the conductor at 1:07.

made that same trip from cleveland to seattle.

I'm right up the road in mays landing...lol

wow 194 meets 184 and 184 is still in phase IV paint

1:08:30 welcome to glasgow.... where i live. at 1:08:25.... the reason why their are grey bricks in that building is because a grain car tipped over. they didnt pull into the siding far enough, and a 2nd grain unit hit the car. tipping a few over.

So few people on the train. Amtrak running at a loss.

did not mind the music in fact it was a nice touch coming into the stations.. i would have liked some locational narration as i did not know many of the scenes and towns where you were shooting. overall well done......ren

empire builder!

Exellent video. Thx. Next time could you plz film the name plates so i can follow which city you arrive at.

Amtrak is way more fun!

If you want a two week vacation...go coast to coast on Amtrak. I suspect they travel at the same rate as the Conestoga wagons.