The California Zephyr is Amtrak’s most scenic train!
Who would you bring with you to ride the rails?

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0:00 – Amtrak California Zephyr
0:23 – Chicago Union Station
1:04 – Meeting with @WillEdmond
1:25 – Metropolitan Lounge
1:49 – Train delay
2:15 – Boarding the Amtrak California Zephyr
4:18 – Travel partners
4:35 – Riding the train through Illinois
7:50 – Iowa
12:40 – Nebraska
15:30 – Colorado
16:00 – Denver, Colorado
18:20 – Colorado Rocky Mountains
20:25 – Moffat Tunnel
20:57 – Fraser/Winter Park, Colorado
26:50 – Utah
30:50 – Nevada
35:15 – Deciding to get off the train…
37:10 – Reno, Nevada
39:58 – California
43:00 Arriving in San Francisco/Emeryville California

Edited by: @MattMort
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34 Comments

  1. I have a question what do you do when you get to San Francisco do you have to run a hotel room what do you do and is this train around trip like how much wood I need or should I take with me if I was to take this trip

  2. I feel like traveling with vloggers would be annoying but I appreciate the videos that come out of it. Thanks.

  3. This is probably my favorite video on YouTube. I turn 30 this year and have been planning a cross country trip. Watching your videos just makes me even more excited than I already am. Watching all the friends you’ve made on the train and seeing how great the energy is between you and will is just so cool and lighthearted. Thank you for uploading. You’ve got a new subscriber in Cleveland ohio❤️

  4. This is probably my favorite video on YouTube. I turn 30 this year and have been planning a cross country trip. Watching your videos just makes me even more excited than I already am. Watching all the friends you’ve made on the train and seeing how great the energy is between you and will is just so cool and lighthearted. Thank you for uploading. You’ve got a new subscriber in Cleveland ohio❤️

  5. Mam. This was actually an awesome video. I came looking to see what the train was like for our trip coming up but damn yall had me entertained. Cheers

  6. Dude what am I doing. Got some beers ready to listen to some music and partyy, then I'm chilling here just wanting to watch your train journeys XD
    Shout out to Caesar BTW!

  7. This is my very first time watching you and watching you and will together made me excited for both of you

    Can you not ask dinner to be brought to you during the observation lounge?

    Also 26:18 HOW BIG IS THAT PHONE your friend has on the left 😂

  8. Liked the video so much we booked our trip for this August. Flying from Boston to Seattle. Taking the train from Seattle to Sacramento, spending two days then going from Sacramento to Chicago again spending two days before fling back to Boston. We are spending the extra days just in case the trains are delayed. Thanks so much for sharing your experience.

  9. The Empire Builder to Washington, then on to LA by train, is scenic 10 levels above the California Zephyr. Thanks for the videos, awesome.

  10. Hi from Australia
    I thoroughly enjoyed watching I am planning on doing a trip like this but I would like to go from San Francisco to Chicago and then Chicago down to Memphis to see Graceland of course do you recommend the roomette or will the coach do
    And also do they have specials promotions

  11. I could relate to when you said Amtrak can run a little late. When I went to Washington D.C me and my family had to ride a Amtrak from Washington D.C to the house we was staying in. And the train was 2 hours late and I got so mad cause it was like 10:30 at night and I wanted to go to sleep. Great video though.

  12. I WANT MORE RAIL IN US! Ugh I want to do this so much. Imagine not having to drive to cities, instead take 180mph rail…

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