Im a 100% disabled veteran, its a dream of mine to live on a train. Id love to do atleast the whole united states at least once. 🙁 thanks for sharing your adventures and letting some of us live vicariously.

You need to add graphic rail maps to these videos so us viewers see where you were traveling.

For her 18th birthday, my daughter and I went around the country. Coast Starlight to Seattle, Empire Builder to Chicago, Chicago to DC, DC to New Orleans, NO to Los Angeles. And we stayed a few days in each spot, which I highly recommend. Definitely recommend this!

I REALLY ADMIRE THE FACT YOU TWO SEEM TO GET ALONG & GET THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES WITH SUCH EASE. YOU GUYS SEEM TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. HOW BLESSED ARE YOU TO HAVE EACH OTHER & YOU HAVE THE SAME HOBBIES THAT YOU ENJOY & SHARE TOGETHER. God Bless & happy train travels :)

You do these things so we don't have to. LOL

I can't imagine what the ticket cost was to ride in Amtrak sleepers for one month!

Because of you guys and your wonderful videos, I have been on all of the longer routes. My last trip was 19 days and 9 trains. If you throw your dining car attendant a few bucks, they have made me some off the menu items, like chef salad, steak salad and omelets. I always hit up the burrito lady and take subway from Los Angeles and a sub from the deli (can't remember the name) right around the corner from the station in Chicago. If you have a long enough stay in Emeryville. Right around the corner from the station to the right is an indoor neighborhood market that has about half dozen or so restaurants, all with take out and there tables to sit down at to eat. Each restaurant is of a different nationality. Maybe you guys can put together a short video on "your" favorite food hacks or close by places to get food on long stops or overnight stays between connections. I hope my home town Las Vegas, gets an Amtrak route back, so I don't have to take the bus to LA.

When I was studying abroad in college, my dad took the opportunity to travel all the way around the perimeter of the US on Amtrak. He would get off occasionally to golf. He spent 3 or 4 weeks on the trains in total. He made lots of friends that he still keeps in touch with, and I enjoyed getting postcards from all over the country.

A senior solo train traveler, (coach), here; only since 2020. I was told by staff, “Once you start riding the train, you’ll never go back…” and I really haven’t. 🙂 I will have my first ever train trip, where I will NOT know anyone upon my arrival. Kinda like my first real vacation where I’m not staying with family or friends. I am excited! 🙏🏾 would be appreciated. 🙂 In my research for my upcoming adventure I discovered your channel, so a new subscriber, and have found your insights very helpful. You both are very brave for “living” on a train. I enjoy reading and “art-ing”; mainly quilting while I ride. In my past rides I haven’t explored the cafe, diners, nor observation decks, (kinda an introvert), but maybe with this upcoming ride, cross country; I’ll leave my seat. You’ve inspired me. 🙂 Thank you both.

Okay, I have one question....laundry? Just curious as I don't have 30 different outfits. 😊

I’m on the City of New Orleans right now, sitting in Memphis. I’ve done a lot of long distance Amtrak travel, and boy do I hate flexible dining- you REALLY must have been tired of the dining car food to have been happy to eat that! You can get lots of steps in by marching in place in your room, listening to podcasts casts. Just did 1.5 miles 😁 Thanks for another lovely video!!

LOL - thanks for living that experiment and sharing with us! Two years ago I discovered your channel and you showed me the potential for a newly widowed woman to travel around this country solo and safely. My first trip was a true test for me: Downeaster, LSL, Empire Builder, Coast Starlight to Emeryville, CZ, LSL, and Downeaster back to Maine. I took your advice and scheduled a night’s stay at most transition points: Chicago, Seattle, Emeryville, Chicago, and Boston. As it turned out at the time, there were some cutbacks in some route schedules during the pandemic so I had to spend 2 nights in Seattle which was an unplanned for treat to walk around that little city for one day (strictly during the daylight hours!) I became a complete fan of train travel! I have since taken a few other trips, bringing my parents on one. I agree about the inability to really move around as being one of the most difficult, and unhealthy, aspects of a longer train trip. Family needs at home keep me from taking any extended trips this year but when I am able to travel it will include Amtrak, though not for a solid month 😄. Thank you for all your videos! I often refer friends to your channels. 💜

A couple of points. If you know the route, you can do some research and find places where food can be delivered to the train. An hour before arriving at one of the major stops (like Havre) you call ahead for a pizza (or other takeout) and have it delivered to the train station. The conductors probably know the stops where this works. I’ve seen it done. On your next trip maybe you can research the stops where this is possible. And if you jump off at every “smoke stop” and walk the length of the train outside, you can get a couple thousand steps in every day. You can also walk the whole train inside a couple of times, if you have good “train legs”. Thanks for a great video.

Last June, I got the USA Railpass, supplemented it with the California Railpass, and booked a few trips in the Pacific Northwest besides. 27 days, start to finish. Ten overnight stays in hostels or hotels, the rest in a coach seat. I had to deal with two trains that were seven hours late and one derailment of the Coast Starlight when we hit a water truck blocking a crossing. All in all, a fascinating experience, and I’m planning on another trip soon that will get me all the US routes I didn’t take on this last trip, though I was quite ready to get back home by day 27. I’m 65, taller guy so sleeping in a coach seat was challenging but doable. Entire cost of the trip, including food, lodging, some tourism, was $2300.

Sheesh! You guys don't look like you are old enough to have grown children! Looking GOOD! I guess that is what love does for two people. So fun to watch people get along and love!!!

How awesome! I'm currently writing a novel which includes the Auto Train in a prominent role to the story and the passengers aboard play key roles. Due to the circumstances in the story, the passengers have to live on the train for a prolonged period of time. This video, and channel, is a great resource for me. If anyone cares enough to help me out, I could use some impressions about some of the smells, sounds, feelings, and other sensory experiences when staying on a train. I'd like to diversify beyond my own experiences riding on Amtrak trains to give my characters more realism since I know my own experiences and impressions will differ from other people, but I only have my own experiences to draw from.

I love being on the rails. I hate having to get off. For one of my Christmas vacations when I was working, my company that I worked for gave us so many days. Couple that with the weekends and the fact Christmas and New Year's fell on a Tuesday and I added 5 vacation days to it, I was gone on the train for 3 weeks. I covered much of the West, South and east Because of the routes I took and availability like trains, bedrooms etc, part of my trip led me back home in Emeryville for 2 days before I had to get back on the train for the rest of my trip. Aside from being home for 2 days, my lay overs were either overnight or 4 or 8 hours before I had to get back on my next train. So I was on the train for 3 weeks and I loved every moment of it and I hated to get off when getting home. Back then I took 2 train trips each year for my vacations from work; my 4th of July trip which was short and Christmas holiday trip which was the longest. Yes! The food gets repetitive and it's a bit difficult getting your exercise in. But still for me that's all second nature. It's just being on the rails is what does it for me.

It's better than being on a plane where you always have to be seated.

A few days on a train has a level of romance to it. A month sounds like torture. At least on amtrak.

If I ever find myself missing Flexible Dining, I might jump off the train

My husband and I traveled for the first time a few months ago on Amtrak. We took the Lakeshore Limited to Chicago and then some other train (I can't remember their names) to a little town in Montana where we got off to visit family for a week. We then did the trip in reverse to go home. The entire round trip was 6 nights on the train plus one in a Chicago hotel because of trains being delayed. That was the roughest ride I've ever experienced. I was constantly being thrown into the walls and occasionally into other people's rooms. I had a few people thrown into my roomette as well. I fell on someone once. I saw three other people all on the floor. When I got home I had 14 bruises on my legs. They couldn't pay me enough to travel overnight on Amtrak again.

For medical reasons, I would never be able to do this for extended periods. I'm a big DVT risk. Been on trains before and enjoyed them! Have fun!

Train trips are point A to point B for me. While usually enjoyable, they are definitely a means of transportation rather than being the sole purpose of my trip.

I have always enjoyed traveling on Amtrak but. Couple of weeks ago and I took the Silver Meteor to DC and the Capitol Ltd. to Chicago. It didn't have a dining car and the crap they microwaved and calling it "flexible dining" was horrible. Then in Chicago I picked up the Empire Builder. I always take sleepers. This room attendant was the worst I ever had. He stayed in his roomette and didn't answer call bells. My roomette was directly over from his. I let him know I wanted my dinner in my room. I wanted the steak but he walked off before I could tell how I wanted it. He threw it on my little table and the meat was bloody. I eat my steaks well done. Then when we arrived in St Paul, he did not help any of us with our bags. I did report him to Amtrak but I haven't heard anything back.

Bernie and Kylie from Fresno CA here. My first Amtrak trip was October 2023, and I just loved it! Being on the train itself is an adventure. I liked the scenery from Los Angeles to Kansas City. So now I am taking Kylie with me, Sunset Limited, from L.A. to San Antonio TX, coach. We will stay in San Antonio for a week, then return San Antonio to L.A. on the return Sunset Limited in a roomette. We are inspired by your channel! If Kylie likes the romance of the trip, we will take more Amtrak vacations! Nope, you convinced us we will not spend a month on trains. Maybe a week at most. And, we would go, stay for a night or two; not up to your challenge of a new train every day! So did you post your Alaska leg of the trip? Intriguing . . . God bless, hope to meet you on the train!

What did you do about laundry?

How did you do laundry? At your kids’ places? In hotels?

You are amazing but no I would not like doing what you did Thanks for the information

A&R! Great video. Thank you. Y’all don’t mention ANY delays or cancelations equipment breakdowns. We love Amtrak Travel but in the past 4 years traveling Amtrak we expect delays, cancelation and breakdowns. How could you have traveled a MONTH and not mention any of these issues? The Amtrak Gods must smile on A&R! 😊. Safe travels.

I've ridden Amtrak trains up and down the East Coast many times. I'm only 1 minute in, but I'm going to guess that the food situation must be very challenging!

Tough call, if I get tired of the food in the train, I'd get other food when the train stops. Thanks for this information 👍

There is so much of the US that I haven't seen yet, that I would be tempted to try it once.

I did a circle trip the first week of November 2022. Started in Dallas so that unfortunately is my home train. Took the Texas Eaglette to Chicago, stayed a night there. Just pure coincidence I was staying overnight on a night they had some kind of Halloween parade going down State Street. Hopped on the Zephyr to Emeryville and stayed a night at the Hyatt place nearby. Took the Coast Starlight from there to LA and actually got there in enough time to catch Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited back to Dallas. All trains totalled $1600 I think as I managed to get low bucket for every train I took. It was actually a really nice trip and it was about the right amount of time to constantly be on a train. I think I had one more train trip in me if I had the time but vacation days were gone.

I don't think I could do a month on a train. But I could try doing four days. Thank for sharing your experience. 😊

I think if it were me, I'd: • Make Chicago my "trip home base" as it is a Amtrak hub and it just makes sense • I wouldnt do "every day on a train for 30 days", but I would want to be on a train for 15-16 days, with 2-3 nights in between each stop, one to check into the hotel and sleep, one to explore the destination and do fun things, the other to check out and go on the next train after, rinse and repeat. • Not sure what destinations I'd pick to stay at for a while, but I'd definitely want to explore some major city stops in any state that Amtrak stops in. Though, not sure how to pull that off. • Probably take similar routes you guys did, with a few personal adjustments. Though I am not sure which ones.

I think I definitely would like to travel the country by train like this, except I do exactly what y’all are planning and doing next and stay at least four or five days in each city, but I wanted to visit. And I also would take the ferry Alaska because I don’t fly. Or a cruise ship. it be nice if Amtrak also could run multiple trains because here in Florida they only have trains in the morning going south, and then in the evening going north. It’d be nice for them to have both timeslots so you can actually make it a day trip. Or you leave different times because the problem is some of the stops you get off at like 1 o’clock in the morning. And the next train you have to pick up at 1 o’clock in the morning. Because if they had different time slots there in the day you could ride coach and not have to use a sleeper car. Amtrak could be so much better. They also could do different menus for the different routes that highlight the southwest or the north east. And people are craving this so I really hope that in the future the younger generation comes in and changes it because it’s time to shake things up.

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Expense aside, a most rigorous and challenging agenda, so major props! I know I couldn't do the 24 hour stricture (tho 36 hour seems doable, allowing for more station layover visiting). Amtrak travel truly is more about the journey and adventure than destinations.

I travel through the west on Amtrak every year visiting family riding the Empire Builder, California Zephyr, Southwest Chief and Coast Starlight . Not all on the same trip, mind you. I find that I always thoroughly enjoy myself but when I get home I am definitely ready for a long break until the next year. You are sturdier folks than I am!

I've spent my whole life traveling on trains (mostly Lakeshore Limited and Empire Builder) to visit cousins in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Seattle, and I have always found myself wishing I could just live on the train, and it really has felt like another home for me.

Try Canadian trains. They’re more luxurious.

Wow this was very very interesting. Amtrak should start having more variety on their menu's. The views were beautiful

Wow I do not want to do that- I would feel so stiff and lethargic. I have taken the train from NYC to Orlando a few times- I do enjoy being able to see the views, walk around, eat in the dining car etc - but not for 30 days whew😅

I made a modified version of your trip. I took a sabbatical after a career change. I spent a month seeing the U.S. on AMTRAK. I did not limit myself to being on the train each day. I took 2 or 3 days every now and then to see family, enjoy cuisine in Chicago, and tour Glacier. I travelled coach class at intervals to save money. I like to quiet of the sleeper car to recharge. I actually had an elderly lady sitting in coach in front of me who was quite fond of Irish tenors. She wore headphones but she sort of sang along with the music. It sounded like she was doing some sort of yodel at 2:00am!

Just finished my California Zephyr experience. As a solo traveler, I absolutely love it especially meeting all the people. Thank you for all your helpful hints.😊❤

I had this itinerary back in 2016 and three days before I was to leave, my dad passed away, so I didn't go. I was going to go from Detroit to Chicago, to Seattle, to LA to New Orleans to Washington to New York to Toledo to Detroit (last leg on a bus). One day I will.

Regarding repetitive meals/menu ... a long time ago, my mother and I took the train from Emeryville to Chicago, and back. Every dinner I had the Trout Almandine. I still dream of those meals -- best presentation and flavor ever, anywhere.

Concerning the exercise issue, I wonder if Amtrak would ever consider having a "gym car" with treadmills, exercise bikes, etc. I wonder how many people would be willing to pay extra to get access, or how many would upgrade from coach to a bedroom if it were included with a room?

When I took a 9-hour train ride from NOL to Houston, I spent a lot of the time organizing the files on my laptop. It was very nice. I could have written a book or at least read one, too!

I love riding the train, but the lack of variety of food choices would get to me, too. I took the Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville last year and I was tired of the food after only three days. I'm taking the Empire Builder from Chicago to Portland, Oregon in May and I'm going to prepare for it by not eating any hamburgers for a month before the trip. I'm hoping I'll be craving a hamburger by the time of the trip. My favorite thing after the scenery is sleeping on the train. I sleep really well on planes and trains.

Extended train trips are fine, but you've gotta get off!... 😃 ...Especially on the transcons: Empire Builder, Zephyr, Chief, and the Sunset Limited. Otherwise it becomes a soulless ramble through monotony, as you guys noted...Every town has its mom and pop motel that's comfortable and economical. I was going to compile a list of them, but alas I ended up moving to Asia... 😃 ...Staying in the smaller towns are more rewarding for rest - unless you have a priority thing to do in a city...I tend to eat off the train too. The universal dining car specialty is "Sorry, We're Out Of That". They have it on every single train I've ever been on...

Interesting. You two don't look old enough to have a grown son living on his own. 😄For myself, I've been on trains for long periods overseas but not in the US. I love riding European trains.

two weeks max I think would be my limit but thanks for giving me some ideas on where to go. I think a cruise ship would be much better.

My hubby and I have traveled all around our country. By far the best travel experience was traveling from Cleveland to LA and then Seattle to LA. We have been researching and would love to do more train travel. The staff that we experienced were the best, they helped us in so many ways.

What a challenge! @1:04, "living on various things", had me laughing. Y'all are fun!

After backpacking for over 4 months taking the train home was a treat. The food was one of the perks. After months of ramon, instant mashed potatoes or knorr sides train food was great and not as repetitive... I still managed 10,000 steps per day, but an hour was walking in place in the observation car in the early morning. I get up just before the sunrises most days and breakfast was usually a wait. I found for public transportation my order of preference is train, plan, and bus, but no more than 18 to 20 hours of bus at a time then at least two days before getting on the next long bus ride. Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your journey... I think I will pass on the 30 consecutive days riding trains.

Thank you so much for all the great videos! I want to be just like you both when I grow up and retire 😂😊

You talked about your love of the Empire Builder, but always about Seattle. I recommend trying that train to Portland; the views in the final section of the ride, once you're travelling along the river, are spectacular. The downside is that the dining car goes to Seattle so you get one flexible dining meal; dinner eastbound, breakfast westbound. Don't do this one eastbound during the winter if you're there for the scenery; it will be a night trip. The other branch of the Lake Shore Limited, to Boston, also has nice scenery during the part of the ride through the Berkshires. Westbound will be during daylight for most of the year; eastbound will be partly at night except during the summer, but the most scenic parts will come in daylight.

This was a great video. Really enjoy your channel. 😄

Really entertaining and informative video. Heard of people living on cruise ships, but not trains. Might try this myself since I don't like sailing.

Zephyr to Chicago, empire to Seattle, coast starlight to LA , sunset/ Texas eagle to Chicago, southwest chief to LA ,

I never thought about the limited food selections, something to consider if we do multiple trains. Thanks for the info. I love seeing the sights that you record for us.

Last summer I went from Miami to Fairbanks. It was 4 nights on the train. 2 nights in Seattle. 3 nights on the Alaska Ferry. 1 night in Anchorage. I got tired of the food after 4 consecutive nights

I've been riding trains since the '50's and always anticipated getting off after 3 days of travel. Living in cramped quarters stifles my thinking with limited mobility for extended periods of time. I'd love to own my own private rail car-won't happen in my lifetime. Amtrak once had different menu choices on all long-distance trains. Now menus are limited to fixed traditional and flexible choices. There have been times I wanted to choose not to eat the 3 meals offered because I had the feeling of being force fed or passing up the value of complimentary meals. Amtrak provided complimentary coffee, tea, & juice to sleeper car passengers until the '90's when meals were included. Accommodation charges increased on its account.

Amtrak sometimes offers a discount on their multi-day passes, where you can travel for 15 or 30 days for a set amount, such as $499. AFAIK, that's limited to coach, however. As a suggestion for a new route: the Pere Marquette from Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Then rent a car & drive to Sault Saint Marie, Ontario, where you can take a day trip on the Algoma Central RR. Another one to consider is the Copper Canyon train in Mexico. There's also a new "Tren Maya" passenger train in the Yucatan area of Mexico.

Bucket list accomplished. Now work on the next bucket list item.

In February, I went on The Cardinal, CZ, CS, Empire Builder, Capitol Limited and the Pennsylvanian. I understand completely about the meals and I only gained 2 pounds because I spent 3 days walking the hills of Seattle.

All I can say is…WOW! 😁😁😁

Lots of fun. Around 15 - 20 years ago while still working and having lots of vacation days from being at the same company for so long my wife let me ride the rails around the West as it was not her thing trying it once. I did five separate weekend to weekend trips around the West to ride all the AMTRAK routes West originating from St. Louis and even included western Canada on one of the trips. I only used a hotel needing to make connection with a ttrain the next day. I remember meeting a retired woman doing the same as you who was from L.A. with a monthly AMTRAK pass. She was doing two 2 week trips in a month with a return home to L.A. at the midpoint to check back at home, pay bills, and do the wash. I met plenty of interesting people who enjoyed riding the rails the same as me. I liked seeing your trip. I recommend weekend to weekend trips or a little longer with stays in cities where I enjoyed taking trolley tours. I tried staying at hotels close to the train stations.

BTW, train 48&49 run behind my house in Utica, NY, give a shout out next time thru 😮😉😀

On my 12 day trip last year I took 5 trains with one night in Seattle and 4 in Stockton, CA. My only complaint was that they have removed the dining car from The City of New Orleans and bring your food to your room. I guess I didn't spend too much time since I didn't get tired of the food.

Great idea. Our first trip last year was tough. Got bumped to coach for California Zephyr outbound. Return trip Sleeper had toilet problems whole car smelled terrible. That said I do want look forward to trying it again. Great video and info I have already been telling my wife we need to do another train trip. We are even looking to retire near an Amtrak stop.

On 1 April, I'm flying DFW - MIA so I can catch the Star to NYP, (my 77th Birthday present to me) then after seeing Ana Lapwood at the Atlantic City Organ, the Crescent to NOL and the Sunset/Eagle to DAL. Haven't been on the Star or Crescent in 30+ years. I'll carry my survival kit for the Crescent since I understand it is FLEX. I refuse to use the word "dining". Still shooting for my Meshugeneh Tesla trip this Summer, DAL -LAP-GBB-EMY-SEA-CHI-LAP-DAL This Summer.

This is so cool we are finally taking our first amtrak next thursday from albuquerque to los angeles and it’s all because of your videos thank you. ❤

An "unheralded train"? Arlo Guthrie would beg to differ. 😄 Also, thanks for the earworm 🎶

Two items I was wondering about when compared to a cruise ship and hotel is 1) Intimacy - getting creative and 2) Exercise. How did that work for you? Informative video!

We did a partial month on trains last year. We spent 2 nights in every city. Our schedule was Maricopa, Az to New Orleans, then Chicago, Emeryville, LA and back to Maricopa. The 2 nights in every city broke the trip up really well.

Awesome. I can only manage a few hours myself so thank you for taking me along on your trip, virtually. 😅

I love train travel, but I could never do the train after train thing. Thanks for sacrificing yourself by doing it for us! One problem we have is living in deep South Florida. We still mourn the loss of the E/W southern route between Jacksonville and New Orleans that was wiped out by hurricane Katrina. Amtrak has apparently tried to negotiate with the freight train route owners for access to that repaired southern I-10 corridor route , to no avail. We'd love to travel by train from Florida to the SW, but we'd have to add on a couple extra days of travel to do it and that's inconvenient, time consuming and extra expense, without benefit.

I agree with food issue. I found that rotating vegetarian meals but even that got old. My kids and I had a ball traveling cross country and you get a sense of how big the US is. We loved talking with people who ride a lot of trains. I also wanted to spend more time in each city.

My daughter and I are planning a 15-17 day train trip for my 60th birthday. We have taken local trains and short distance on Amtrak and love it, for a once in a lifetime trip which routes would you take? We plan on seeing as much of the country as we can, I travel full time in an RV but the trains go where we can't or would never go to in an RV in March, which is when we are planning this trip for. We will spend 1 or 2 nights in each destination city to explore and eat some different foods, lol. How far in advance would you book the tickets, we are planning on Roomettes for most of the trips. I have watched your train videos for over a year and can not wait to take them!! Thanks for all the information and videos of the incredible scenery!!

If we took some of the $ billions we send to foreign countries and spent it on Amtrak, not only could the current service get better, but those of us who do not have access to Amtrak might actually be able to take the train. Large portions of the country have no passenger train service at all.

You two don’t look old enough to have children living apart from you! I’m gonna need to see a skincare routine 😂

We love the train, but we do take several days in a hotel before the next train trip if we are doing two different trains in a trip..

I also wanted to do this! You know I had to watch your story! Thank you so much for sharing this! 😊

You two look like such fun to be around. Thanks for sharing your experience. I’ve wanted to do the same thing but now see where modifications could be made for a less stressful trip.

Just by happenstance I am going to be doing the Empire Builder followed by the California Zephyr in April. I'll take just a one day break between. I'll see how well I do with that long on the train. Don't get me wrong when I say that. I have always loved riding the train. Dummy me has always kept it close to where I live and I am adventuring out. I have done the California Zephyr twice. I have done the California Zephyr between the OLD Oakland station and Omaha twice back in 1971 and 1972 as a teenager. I live in the San Francisco bay area and routinely go to Reno, up to Seattle, or down to LA. It wasn't until 2022 that I did the Coast Starlight end to end. It was nice because my first time on a train was at age 3 San Antonio to Seattle, and that was 1962. Nice 60-year comparison there. Eventually I will do all of the Amtrak routes. This channel and your website have been a huge help. I refer people to both of them all the time.

How did not miss your connection for the next train. We had that experience. I assume you were first class all the way. Thanks for comparing the cost to other means of vacationing. The need for exercising is a good point to bring out. This was informative and thanks for that. We have taken Amtrac in the past. The negative for us is late and missing the connection. Also, the bathrooms are not working. They cannot get them fixed for the whole run. Thanks for informing that there are different rooms available... I do miss the dome cars that they have taken off. JH.

Thanks Allie and Rob! I loved seeing the Alaska sections of your trip!, have never done those. 30 days of continuous trains is a real challenge! After watching a lot of your videos, in the last two years I've done two Amtrak 30-day rail pass trips, however not the way you did this trip being on a train every day. On both my trips I never spent more than one night on the train before getting off at an interesting city, and then usually spent two nights there before getting back on the train. That worked great for getting a lot of walking in between train sections, we did more walking than ubers or buses sightseeing and going to museums etc, tired ourselves out, but it was so great for seeing all the great places we stopped! Then it would even be nice to be lazy on the train for the next segment.With the rail pass we didn't have meals included so it would be a once-in-while splurge to buy a nice train meal, and I managed to not get too tired of my own food I brought with me on the train. Our challenge was sleeping because with the rail pass we were coach seats only, no sleeper car. (though on my second trip I did splurge and do two roomette segments that were extra from the rail pass segments). Both I and my friend had our own (different!) stategies for getting a semi-decent night's sleep on the train. And if we didn't get much sleep one night, at least we knew that the next night we would be in a hostel or air bnb and catch up on sleep. I can't wait to do it again! (and I'm in my late 60's no spring chicken!)

My guess is that you were running out of new trips to talk about but, please staying on a train continuously. You said ship cruises were better, in part, because of ports of call, duh. Why not ride the rails to places you wouldn't go to like yet another big city. One place we used to go to was Winslow Arizona. Stay at an old Harvey House(station stop) called la Posada just across the street from the guy standing on the corner. Spend a few days visiting the north rim of grand canyon, go to monument valley and petrified forest, tour the shops take a baloon ride a helicopter or just sit and watch the trains. Then go to the next place, not a big city, to experience even more, ala a rail cruise. Just sayin', all the best, Chris. 🤠

I love trains. I want to do one through Europe. When I lived in San Diego I use to take the train to the Valley.

I love the train but in bite size pieces. I did two nights LA to Chicago and then one night to New York but I did two nights in a hotel in Chicago in between. The repetitive food would get old with me and I can't miss good hot showers for that long.

Thanks. On Zephyr to CHI TO NYC tonight. I did 8 days on train to ATL with 2 day delay in DC on way back. Does get a little old.

Oh the sears tower

We are also an interracial couple that travels by Amtrak religiously very surprised we haven't run into the two of you yet. We watch your clips as you post them

I know this is not what you meant by “living on a train” but it was the very first thing that came to mind when I saw the title. I immediately imagined you having a beautiful piece of land and converting a train(s) as your home. Silly thought, right? 😂😂 On a serious note, watching your train channel was what inspired me to take the cross country ride. I loved it.

I love your videos full of useful information. Me and the family are taking a trip to New York from Toledo Ohio just a few weeks. Have been planning this trip for 3 months. Watching your videos the whole time thank you for all the insight.

This my first view of the channel and thank you

I could not ever live on a train! I would miss our cats and they would miss us too. But I would like to take a trip on a train for just a few days, then home again. Or maybe take the train to a specific destination, spend a few days there and take the train home again. THAT would be fun!

Amtrak needs vending machines to provide drinks and snacks. After all both the dining and cafe cars are closed between 10 PM and 6 AM. And usually more like 9 PM to 7 AM.