Amtrak from a Japanese perspective (...of Americans lol)
Added 2024-10-31 08:59:17 +0000 UTCdirect: https://youtu.be/oM1TgR9DKdQ
This was released at the same time as another video (Climbing The Statue of Liberty) and you can see that post for an explanation as to what is going on here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115065271
Thanks as always!
-Eric & Kyde
Comments
Yea, I find that slightly more excusable in Hokkaido than a country's busiest rail corridor haha. Virginia isn't exactly the wilderness. It's just wild how far behind the country is with rail development.
Kyde & Eric
2024-12-16 01:53:15 +0000 UTCThere are places where it's mixed in Hokkaido. Hakodate to the Seikan tunnel is electric. Then it's diesel on the Hakodate Line until Muroran, then electric to Sapporo. The old Hokutosei train from Tokyo to Sapporo used to change engines along the way. That train was discontinued a while ago.
Mark Bore
2024-12-15 18:53:28 +0000 UTChaha i won't argue.
Kyde & Eric
2024-11-04 09:00:29 +0000 UTCDC to Richmond *is* the inaka in America!
Carly Medosch
2024-11-03 15:17:35 +0000 UTCyea, I suspected as much about the lack of seats. as far as tracks, hilariously I was taking an Amtrak from Fredericksburg to DC one day and there are two tracks. No signs showing which the train arrives at, but there is a "usual" track according to locals who use it often. so like 150 people were waiting on one platform and the train came into the other one, we all had to rush crossing under via a tunnel full of rusty puddle water, and thus the train was delayed further as a result. A friend's dad was an engineer for Amtrak for his entire career so I asked him why there isn't any communication to tell the passengers where to wait and he said "no one cares, that's why."
Kyde & Eric
2024-11-02 13:36:03 +0000 UTCBelieve it or not, the no seats in NY Penn station is mainly to deter homeless people from sleeping/loitering there. You got the chaos of trying to find the track number. It seems the workers might know which tracks are usually which train (but not always?).
Kevin Jin
2024-11-02 12:05:58 +0000 UTC
