Youtuuba cut his second part of his train video into two days continuing from his trip aboard the City of New Orleans train. The first day leaves New Orleans and then ends once he arrived in Atlanta, Georgia and then the second day his train continues through Virginia; Washington, DC; and finally Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I took Amtrak's Crescent train last year leaving a family reunion in the Atlanta metro area and left from ATL's Peachtree Station to take a connecting train from DC back to Chicago on board Amtrak's Capitol Limited. A few observations that match some of what Youtuuba noted in his videos from the Crescent.
We were late in departing Atlanta waiting at the Amtrak station for just about three hours due to freight traffic. I understand that there was a single track up to Atlanta and unfortunately Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight railroads. Usually freight railroads have precedents over passenger trains. Also bear in mind that most Amtrak routes save for those in the northeast from DC to Maryland through at least Massachusetts are owned by the freight railroads.
With this said I know something was said about giving passenger trains precedence in some instances but I can't attest to that. What I can say is that unfortunately Amtrak does have issues with on-time performance and one of the reasons for that is the precedence of freight trains on some of the railroads that Amtrak must run on for their service.
With this said while my mother and I were waiting for our train we heard a man who was on his way back to Charlotte, North Carolina talk about getting a credit from Amtrak because as a regular user of this route the Crescent often has issues with being on-time. He knows to call Amtrak and talk about the delay and like any business the "National Passenger Railroad Corporation" will try to keep customers as happy as possible.
Incidentally we also were held up once we arrived in Washington, DC in this case is was due to equipment issues. We were about to be taken to our train by a red cap from the first class lounge and he was about to ask where our train was. He was told over his radio that our train wasn't ready and at that point it wasn't that long before we were to depart. We were delayed in Washington for just about two hours as a result. And thus we could get another credit from Amtrak as a result.
So in any case that was my experience with the Crescent train, let's follow Youtuuba's journey from New Orleans to his final stop in Philadephia.
Here's day one of this journey from New Orleans, Louisiana through Mississippi, Alabama through to Atlanta, Georgia [VIDEO]
And there here's day two from Atlanta, Georgia and he seems to start recording in Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, and to his stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylania. He shows some footage of himself driving back south after he arrives in Philly. [VIDEO]
I took Amtrak's Crescent train last year leaving a family reunion in the Atlanta metro area and left from ATL's Peachtree Station to take a connecting train from DC back to Chicago on board Amtrak's Capitol Limited. A few observations that match some of what Youtuuba noted in his videos from the Crescent.
We were late in departing Atlanta waiting at the Amtrak station for just about three hours due to freight traffic. I understand that there was a single track up to Atlanta and unfortunately Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight railroads. Usually freight railroads have precedents over passenger trains. Also bear in mind that most Amtrak routes save for those in the northeast from DC to Maryland through at least Massachusetts are owned by the freight railroads.
With this said I know something was said about giving passenger trains precedence in some instances but I can't attest to that. What I can say is that unfortunately Amtrak does have issues with on-time performance and one of the reasons for that is the precedence of freight trains on some of the railroads that Amtrak must run on for their service.
With this said while my mother and I were waiting for our train we heard a man who was on his way back to Charlotte, North Carolina talk about getting a credit from Amtrak because as a regular user of this route the Crescent often has issues with being on-time. He knows to call Amtrak and talk about the delay and like any business the "National Passenger Railroad Corporation" will try to keep customers as happy as possible.
Incidentally we also were held up once we arrived in Washington, DC in this case is was due to equipment issues. We were about to be taken to our train by a red cap from the first class lounge and he was about to ask where our train was. He was told over his radio that our train wasn't ready and at that point it wasn't that long before we were to depart. We were delayed in Washington for just about two hours as a result. And thus we could get another credit from Amtrak as a result.
So in any case that was my experience with the Crescent train, let's follow Youtuuba's journey from New Orleans to his final stop in Philadephia.
Here's day one of this journey from New Orleans, Louisiana through Mississippi, Alabama through to Atlanta, Georgia [VIDEO]
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