🇺🇸Trying the America's Luxury Sleeper Train ( Los Angeles→Seattle) || Amtrak Coast Starlight | Ep.2
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- ◆Amtrak Coast Starlight Roomette(Union Station, LA→King Street Station, Seattle)
◆I'm a Japanese train enthusiast and stayed in the US🇺🇸 and Canada🇨🇦 for a month.
✔︎🇺🇸US and 🇨🇦Canada in 2023
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Where do you think the goal of this 1-month journey is? Let me know your guess in the comments section.
Utqiagvik or Nome Alaska?
A belated and incomplete list of locations:
00:38: Los Angeles Union Station
08:20: Hasson Siding (east of Simi Valley station)
10:04: 5 km past Ventura
11.39: 2.5 km past East Ventura (out of sequence!)
12:16: Santa Margarita (ahead of sequence!)
12:34: halfway between Carpinteria & Santa Barbara
12:50: Santa Margarita (again; again ahead of sequence!)
15:15: Honda Siding
16:05: 1.6 km before Lompoc-Surf
16:13: 2.4 km past San Luis Obispo
16:23: 3.8 km past San Luis Obispo
16:34: 0.5 km before Chorro Siding (horseshoe loop on the Cuesta Pass section)
16:51: McKay Siding
19:08: Soledad
19:18 4.6 km before Soledad (out of sequence!)
22:55: San José
23:37: Redding
24:06: 1.3 km past Redding (crossing the Sacramento river)
24:39: 3.3 km past Gray Rocks Siding (Pit River Bridge over the Shashta Lake reservoir)
25:19: 0.2 km before Lamoine Siding
27:15: 3.3 km past Hotlum Siding (looking at Mt. Shasta)
27:23: 1.0 km past Grass Lake Siding
27:32: Klamath Falls
28:11: leaving Klamath Falls
28:20: 2.5 km before Gilchrist Junction
29:10: Fall Creek Junction (traces of a branchline abandoned in 1976 visible)
29:16: Portland Union Station
30:50: 2.9 km before Seattle King Street Station
31:05: 2.5 km before Seattle King Street Station
31:13: Seattle King Street Station
New York
My guess would be NYC, from sea to shining sea.
Miami? Up the west coast, across to NY, then down the east coast.
As a Train Lover myself, I love your video-logs! Especially the lack of all the TALK! American style is to have people just babbling on and on. I much prefer your style of commenting in CC, and leaving the excessive talk by the side of the 'road'! Please Keep it Up! I'm loving your travels!
lol, I was thinking about that 'talking' stuff the other day. I also love Kuga's vids for the quiet contemplation...I could sit there beside him and stare out the window and just chill for hours (well except for the stretching my legs and ankles, lol0. I truly believe Americans have that tendency to talk, talk, talk either because they really are noisy, or because they are trying not to have to 'think' about things and talking takes up space and time...ps, yes, I'm American :)
Love your spirit, your kindness, and your appreciation for the smallest of things! ありがとう!
Wow! I live in San Jose and did not know we had such a train passing by with such a special guest onboard. I hope your journey was pleasant.😊
Try it bro, you can ride the highest speed train for the first time in Southeast Asia. The highest speed is 350 kilometers per hour, the Indonesian fast train Jakarta - Bandung, the newest, most sophisticated in Southeast Asia, the first,.the way to the beautiful and comfortable and beautiful and cool and cool city of Bandung, thank you sis and bro..*,**
Oh man! What a great way to see the world! Always enjoying myself on your channel! Thank you!
Try it bro, you can ride the highest speed train for the first time in Southeast Asia. The highest speed is 350 kilometers per hour, the Indonesian fast train Jakarta - Bandung, the newest, most sophisticated in Southeast Asia, the first,.the way to the beautiful and comfortable and beautiful and cool and cool city of Bandung, thank you sis and bro..*,**
I rode Amtrak from Chicago to New Jersey back in 1983-ish end it was wonderful I was 18 years old. What an experience it was on the train. It was very comfortable. I'm almost 60 now and I remember and cherish every moment.
To think I could just drive the 18 minutes away my job is from Union Station and say goodbye to my life and just hop on a train to Seattle and become a hippie… amazing
Or become a druggie and live for free!
Interesting...
Am thoroughly enjoying your USA/Canada train journeys. You give me a laugh or two each video…
You slept through the best scenery- through Oakridge, then up the Willamette Valley with all of the Cascade volcanoes showing between Eugene and Seattle.
A shame it went through there at night. But then again, Kuga DID say he could see the Shinkansen across the ocean.
I've been to meet my now partner there, in Northern California, and he showed me soooo much, he lives in Piercy California, we went through a few national parks with the breathtaking Redwoods, we've driven next to the coastline to and in Oregan. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. So glad I went there, and I will again asap
Amtrak has an aversion to traveling during periods where the best scenery is visible during daylight. SEA to CHI, both directions, the mountain traverse is at night. Always been this way and it's puzzling.
@@geofffitz1497 You get the Marias Pass crossing in the daytime going east.
@@geofffitz1497, how and _when_ is this train supposed to travel just to get great daylight views?🙄
IKEA mentality.. 😂😂😂
The chocolate mousse diabetes taste 😂😂
Aaaand your super vision of shinkansen just from across the ocean..😂😂
YOU JUST MAKE MY WEEKEND! Thank you, Kuga!
SUGAR does NOT CAUSE DIABETES!!!
Try it bro, you can ride the highest speed train for the first time in Southeast Asia. The highest speed is 350 kilometers per hour, the Indonesian fast train Jakarta - Bandung, the newest, most sophisticated in Southeast Asia, the first,.the way to the beautiful and comfortable and beautiful and cool and cool city of Bandung, thank you sis and bro..*,**
Thank you very much for sharing your experience on the Amtrak Coast Starlight. I've done this trip, last April, but in different segments, using the USA rail pass that allows me to do 10 segment for $299 but in a coach seat. I decide to do it different days, and getting off and on the train in some cities, to take advantage and see a lot from San Diego to Seattle. I also stopped in Los Angeles, Sacramento Portland, Oregon and then Seattle,Washington, and then keep going on the Empire Builder train, all the way East to Chicago. Even if it was coach and meals were not included, the price was really cheap, and the experience was worthy and beautiful scenery to enjoy.
I've traveled twice in the sleeper cars on the Amtrak Coast Starlight.
It's awesome.
Friendly and helpful staff.
Very comfortable, clean, and quiet.
Delicious food.
Beautiful views.
I will say compared to European trains with showers the Amtrak is a bit more adventurous as at times it can be a tad shakier but I can only say wonderful things about the Amtrak staff. Always happy to chat and so friendly.
The Amtrak staff has usually been helpful and professional.
Glad you enjoyed your journey through the USA. FYI, the "river" you were staring into at 24:36 is actually Shasta Lake, the largest manmade reservoir in California. 👍
Try it bro, you can ride the highest speed train for the first time in Southeast Asia. The highest speed is 350 kilometers per hour, the Indonesian fast train Jakarta - Bandung, the newest, most sophisticated in Southeast Asia, the first,.the way to the beautiful and comfortable and beautiful and cool and cool city of Bandung, thank you sis and bro..*,**
Thanks for showing this trip. If it wasn't so expensive I'd like to travel America by Amtrak. Too bad you didn't show more of the Nature you passed by in this trip, Northern California and Oregon are stunningly beautiful
I agree! I was hoping he would show us more of what it looked like outside!
welcome to the amtrak coast starlight mr kuga-san. its good to see you finally get the chance to travel in the us. i always wanted to go on long train journeys in the continental us. hope you do more train travels in the us. Anzen'na tabi o shite kudasai, Kuga-san, soshite tabi o tsudzukete kudasai. 🙏📿
To be honest, when you factor in the meals, the fact that you're basically in a moving hotel for 2 days, and the actual train ticket price, it's not too bad. More than flying, yeah. But, riding a train is often looked over as slow and outdated. Yet, it's still a really nice way to travel.
What a fun experience! I'm ashamed to admit that despite living in the U.S. my entire life I have never traveled long distance on a train. I would like to do the famous Chicago to L.A. trip some day.
California Zephyr is better
There is a good reason most Americans have never done it. The price is ridiculous and the cars are the same as they were in 1976. Just been retrofitted over and over. Give us decent speeds and actual sleeper cars and we'd all give it a try.
@@thinkbeforyouvoteThe US is NOT EUROPE OR ASIA!!!!
@@thinkbeforyouvote Way to out yourself as never having been on these cars. They're insanely comfortable.
@@thinkbeforyouvote, please tell me, what are ' _actual_ 'sleeper cars?🙄
crazy expensive but interesting journey
I have always loved your travel videos, and this one is no exception. Thanks again for sharing with us all.
Thank you for sharing. I did the same trip few years back - loved it. Food was very good, everyone on board was friendly, train was clean. I want to do it again.
I REMEMBER THE TRAIN MY MOTHER AND I LAST TOOK ...IT HAD
A GLASS ROOF IN ONE SECTION....
I WAS A LOT KID..
I'M OVER 50 NOW...
I'm happy you enjoyed your trip. Growing up in Portland with a father who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad out of Union Station I've loved and travelled on trains around the world, from the US to China, Thailand, and Morocco. I haven't yet travelled by train in Japan, but from all I've heard, praise for Amtrak from anyone from there is praise indeed. Travel safe, have fun, make some lasting memories of my homeland.
One of the many “Solo’s” did a similar Amtrak journey, you guys need to team up so you can enjoy train meals less awkwardly by having a dining buddy!
JAPAN's BULLET TRAIN.....NOW THAT WAS THE
BEST!!!!!
Thank you for your always interesting travelogues, and for teaching me the Japanese word Itadakimasu.
We took the Coast Starlight from San Jose to LA Union Station, and then the Southwest Chief to (as close as one can get by train) to Santa Fe, New Mexico. We had the roomette down to LA, despite not traveling at night, but got the biig room from LA to Santa Fe. Well worth the upgrade charge! The food was great then, too, and I believe I had the flatiron steak, too! Excellent!! That was in 1990, for our honeymoon. It doesn't look like it has changed since then! I'm happy you enjoyed it, as I enjoyed your video of the fast train from Tokyo to Hokkaido! That is one beautiful train!!! ❤
Hey buddy, Welcome to the US! I know about the locomotives. The secondary locomotives is P-42 which is about to be retired once all ALC-42 arrives, probably in a couple of years. I rode from Kirkwood, MO to Fostoria, Oh (now closed) in 2005 and P-42 was cool! My first experience with P-42 was good, felt like 150 mph but I found out it was going 70 to 80 mph. These chicago people was so nice to me since I am deaf. I had ecomany tickets, but after changing in Chicago, they PUT me on business class coach without getting an upgrade. They did themselves. I could have an hour and half in St. Louis, I would have toured their station but the train came like 2-3 hours late so they had to make up, so the train stopped for like 5-10 mins before going to Chicago. I didn't miss my connection; I think it got there on time though. I hope to experience the ALC-42 soon! IM on Northeast Corridor route.
I like your sense of humor and politeness. Thank you for sharing your experience. I’m not sure if you’re still in the US anymore, but if you are, try the Los Angeles - Albuquerque one. You’ll see beautiful canyon view in Arizona and New Mexico.
Exelente tren muy moderno, con mucho confort y comodo e disfrutado el viaje, bonitas vistas. Gracias por compartir.
もう何十年も前になりますが、Martinez駅（CA）からSeattleまでAmtrakで行ったことがあります！Amtrakバスで拾ってもらってMartinez駅に到着、そこから4時間待って電車に乗り込みました。席の隣に座った人と食堂車でランチしたり、楽しい思い出が出来ました💗またいつか乗りたいです。
My favorite part was the announcer getting a bit nervous when announcing the train. Also the roomettes are okay but the big sleeping births are amazing.
Thank you for adding the date of travel to the beginning of your video! We can match up your trip with current events, weather, etc... very helpful!
Oh how I wish I was traveling with you! Wait till you see Alaska, it's SO BIG!!! You won't believe it! I know where you are going next! I can't wait for your next video! 💛💛💛
I hope it wasn’t a disaster of a trip. A decent 4 out of 5 meals. Nothing fancy and I’m really sorry about that turkey sandwich. Not the best burger you’d find just about anywhere but you seemed to enjoy it. You’re berth didn’t have washroom or bathroom but you made the best of it. I like traveling vicariously through you. It’s been a few hours of exploring with you that I’ve really enjoyed. You made your trips and looked at it as positively as you could. I’m going to start my next trips with you wherever you go. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the upload. The great thing about train travel is of course that you actually see something of the country, which is great. Looks like a descent product but not what I would call “luxury”. I was spoiled when I took America’s last true luxury train (American-European Express) from Washington DC to Chicago back in the 90’s. Unbelievable experience never to be forgotten.
What a wonderful trip! I was born in Northern California, had a lot of family in Oregon (many are now gone), and now live in San Diego county. But you saw much more than I ever have!! Thank you.
Ahh i was hoping youd get the steak! Ive watched the other train youtubers get it as well. Alot of us who travel in the states bring our own soap and shampoo and conditioner we put it in travel size bottles so we can use the same stuff we use at home by the way so hopefully people could just see their hygiene items and just save the trains for momentos
Excellent experience!! Thank you 😊
I’ve never ridden Amtrak with a sleeper compartment, but it’s the only way I’ll ever go overnight again. Sitting in coach and trying to sleep is the worst! Especially in this age of personal electronics with people talking on their phones, watching movies, etc. - at all hours. Unfortunately the cost difference between coach and a roomette is hundreds of dollars. Overall, the long distance Amtrak experience is not very pleasant, especially solo, but it makes reaching the end of the trip that much more a relief!
A very enjoyable video. Thank you!
We did some of this route (LAX - EMY) in May as part of a 6 week rail tour of the US and loved it. The scenery is amazing - one miniute you're almost on the beach and the next you're climbing through mountains. Jackie the cafe car attendant was very entertaining :) If I was doing it again I'd get a bedroom as the roomettes are very small for two people.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS TRIP TOO
Thanks for your wonderful videos 😊
Most of the "camping cars" are homeless people/families. It's actually harder to do the camping car thing here like you can in Korea and Japan, because people just assume you are homeless and tell you to move on. We don't have anything close to the Japanese Road Station network here.
I just did a part of this route last week (mid January, 2024). I did the Coach class seating in the past and opted to go with the smallest and least expensive, the roomette on this trip. It's expensive although there are ways to get them cheaper if you book the trip way in advance. So here are some recommendations: if you want on-schedule transportation, skip the train and fly. Amtrak is notoriously late and some of the time, it's not their fault. They have to share the tracks with freight trains and they have priorities. So please do all of us fellow passengers and skip the train ride. No one wants to hear the whining Karen and Kent for 38 hours. You have to be patient and don't care about arrival time. Most people prefer the upstairs roommates with the awesome views although the train sways when it goes around the bends. I prefer the less expensive roomettes downstairs with 3 extra bathrooms and the shower room. Everything on the train is old and used so if you want a 5-star experience, please skip the train ride. The meals are included in the fare for cabin passengers and they are pretty decent "Americana" cuisine. I did enjoy the train ride tremendously but I flew back instead of taking another train with a private bedroom. The track was suspended over the weekend between Seattle and Portland b'cuz of a landslide. Passengers on the train going on this segment had a horrible time since Amtrak doesn't seem to care much about customer service. Again, please skip the train ride if you cannot settle with poor customer service .... 😢. In addition, the train has zero wifi signal although they boast that they do. You just have to wait for 5G coverage when you get into the many towns along the track. Overall, I love the train ride. I love the foodz and the fellow passengers I met in the dining car. Be very patient and adapt and you will have a good time.
We had a couple of Chinese tourists on board who are used to the ultra luxury high speed trains on the mainland. Let's just say that they were overly disappointed with the ride and the foodz ..... 😢 😢
Thanks for sharing your experience with us! It was beautiful! 💫
it's so weird seeing Union Station, somewhere I go so frequently and know like the back of my hand, featured in a travel video lol
This is really about food not sight-seeing. Food, food, food. But I love it cause I like eating!
Beautiful train. Thank you for presentation! Greetings from Romania! 💯
Now that's a nice ride & train 🇺🇸
Thank you for this video.
My favorite Amtrak train. I take this train several times a year, and always a roomette like yours. Sorry I missed you!
A roomette is a comfortable way to travel. One can request their meal brought to the roomette. Amtrak staff is usually happy to do so.
It’s basically the same for two people when you add the private room. the extra is just a coach cost.
I dont know if youve already finished your travels or not, but if you make it up to Vancouver (Canada), you should take a ride on one of the BC Ferries routes through the Gulf Islands. The routes can be notoriously busy in the sumner, but the scenery is lovely!
Kuga, you're here, woohoo! Welcome! I'm so curious what the biggest culture shocks were for you. The most common are:
1) the lack of accessibility to healthy foods
2) taxes and tips
3) everyone smiling at and communicating with strangers
4) how ungodly loud we are 😂
Our smiles are like a bow, it gives acknowledgment, a welcome, and elevates the good endorphins of both parties. Same with being loud! Being a tribal species, moods are contagious and if everyone is laughing and celebrating around us, it makes us feel good, too. It must be a real shock, though! Hope your trip was a wonderful one! Much love from Pine Log Mountain, Georgia ❤️🙏🕊
That was a fun trip and thank you for showing my hometown of Seattle ..well at last King Street station. The food looks amazing and of course the scenery. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Kuga, this Video was Very Nice as I expecte of you. I love Kuga's train travel Videos. The Sleeping Quarters look very Comfortable. The dining was exceptional. The fancy Chef prepared meals looked Scumptious, especially on a train traveling the country. It was like being in a nice hotel on Railroad tracks traveling from LA to Seattle.
For a while, Amtrak started serving prepackaged food on most sleeper trains, but now they are going back to freshly-prepared on some lines. It looks like the turkey sandwich was the only poor one! Most people love the flatiron steak dinner. Amtrak sleepers are expensive, but I think they are worth the experience.
I'm a senior American, and I've never been on an Amtrak train. I would love to try it someday. I think the price for this ride is ridiculous. For that amount you should at least have your own bathroom. Glad the food was good. The bed looks comfy. No TV?
Very interesting! Thank you for sharing. ❤
You can always fly for 20% of the cost and time.
Why do you need to have a TV set when you have the scenery to look at?
@@Neville60001 You can't see anything at night. Feel me? And for that price, you're basically including hotel fees, and hotels have tvs.
@@FourFish47, just carry a (big) laptop loaded with movies and TV shows you ripped from a DVD/Blu-Ray, or bought off of iTunes.
Price?
I am a huuuuuge fan of yours. Been watching your travels for years. I particularly enjoy this one across America. Keep posting and God grant you safe travels.
Ian in Florida
Watching this video certainly brings back memory about 10 years ago, I took the exact Amtrak train/route from LA to Seattle in the exact same type of room as you were in. So sad that the train has become so old now, although with some reupholstering on the seat, everything else seems to remain the same....including the dining car.....The fare then was about half of the current rate, and flying is still a lot cheaper than riding the train.
thank you! great experience!
Really enjoy your travels...thanks for sharing👍
Very nice. Thank you.
14:00 I feel the Amtrak burger is the best burger on the planet. I don't know if because of the scenery or what. I have the burger for every meal When I'm traveling cross country on the train. I hope you plan on taking the train from Seattle to Chicago
Agreed.
The Angus burger is delicious.
Thank you for the lovely commentary.
Great trip. Finally you take US Train trip report. And yeah great choice for starting US Adventure.
Omg, you stopped at my hometown station in San Jose, CA. It's the Diridon Station. My grandma used to take the train from there to visit my cousins in Fresno. I went with her on the train a few times. It made me appreciate train rides. I love that old building and its architecture style 💙 Glad you got to see it, even if it was only for a moment.
Great video!! It's a trip I dream about taking. I'm glad you showed all the food, in case I ever get to go. I would be watching the scenery every minute I could.
Thank you for taking the trip for me.🙃
Ohhhh! Our favorite route! The only scenic drawback is that it is going through the Siskyous in Northern CA at night (both directions) otherwise there would be a tremendous view of Mount Shasta! Though northbound, if you get up early as it is traveling though Butte Valley and Kalamath Shasta is really beautiful in the sunrise!
The vacation begins at the station. I have been riding Amtrak Overnight trains since the the days of Heritage equipment. Worth every dollar. Thank you Kuga.
And thank you sir for the video 🎉
It's a breathtaking 😍 beautiful, unique train!!! Traveling in style, unforgettable holidays!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Haha $846 for such a shit train room 😅 you haven't seen real unique, beautiful and breathtaking train rides yet.
Love all the information I get to see!!!! I feel like I am taking the journey with you. You look young, so maybe your perspective isn't jaded yet, looks like maybe a long trip after high school. When I graduated I spent a month in Europe, 30 countries in 30 days, what a great adventure. You'll remember this for a lifetime. ENJOY! And thanks for taking us all with you🥰🤩
Welcome to the United States 🇺🇸, Kuga.
A hint regarding American food. The turkey/ chicken sandwich you had for lunch, in most cases, is always delicatessen meat. It is pressed meat cut from a loaf.
If chicken/turkey is offered as a main course (dinner) It will be fresh meat, as offered during your trip.
I did the same trip, but in reverse from San Francisco to LA as part of an Amtrak Vacation. For the whole 12-13 days, it was the same menu every trip.
Look at the Height of Double decker coach only find in America !!! Truly awesome!!!
Really enjoyable to watch and made me hungry
Nicely Covered the Journey.
Amazing
Excellent video. 👍
This is best❗room, food, and sightseen🤗
Omg you should definitely cross over to Vancouver in Canada & try the Vancouver to Toronto train. It takes almost a week though..
This is one of my favorite videos of yours, and Coast Starlight is my favorite train.
You wake up in Redding California where I live.
Hi from Australia, absolutely loved this video, I'm happy you filmed the country side as well, great stuff.
Have you already checked out my Australia's train & ferry videos?😁🇦🇺
Great food and travel enjoyed
Great video!
Looks like you had a wonderful trip and also somw good food on the train (I agree that the burgers are the best). Looking forward to the next video and seeing where else you will be going while here in the U.S.
Very nice train n journey.i love America's
The economy seats are still larger and more comfortable than the train seats in Europe and Asia!
That’s the starlight alright. New engine old cars. Been on it hundreds or times, wish they’d revamp the whole train not just the engine. Food was better in the old days, but hey it fun eating 3 meals a day on the train. The showers are hot the toilets are usually clean and not too many nuts in the house. Enjoy! Miss those days.
you picked a wonderful route, one of the most beautiful in the country to see on Amtrak
One day I will be like you. Love to travel.
I like your sleeper Train Travel.
They are amazing.
Gracias!! Desde Pereira Colombia.
Muy buen video.
Quedé antojada, amo los trenes.
Some of those mountains and the river, reminded me of where I live in the SouthWestern part of the great state of Missery.
Luxury, yeah right!
Awesome! I took the same train from LA to Seattle. Great train experience. Cheers
I was on the Shasta Daylight as a child, eons ago. My Dad worked for Southern Pacific railroad, and he had a pass. My brother took it across country from Oakland, CA to the east coast but he said it was a very long trip. The freight trains have priority like they always have had it took a few days. hat is probably why you were an hour late. This ride looked very nice though and the food seemed to please the Kuga-san of course there wasn't any curry but I am sure he wasn't expecting it there or in Alaska :)
very cool