Amtrak Across America (We Didn't Make It)

I’m really impressed with the communication that Amtrak consistently has given you guys when there are delays. Sorry you guys didn’t make it but great video as always!

Jeb, I met you at the Union Station for this trip! And let me tell you. That whole delay was an absolute nightmare! 2 times, we were told there were buses coming and both time they cancelled. Then they gave us the ultimatum to either stay in West Virginia or head back to Chicago like you said. I also decided to get a rental car and road tripped it back as well. It was awesome meeting you and glad you guys made it back as well!

Maybe next time you're doing transcontinental rail, you could take the southern route combo of the Sunset Limited & Crescent. The only East-West route in the US that doesn't terminate in Chicago

Trust me, you are so very blessed not to have been involved in that derailment. As a firefighter, derailing passenger trains and bus crashes are the stuff of nightmares because of the injuries.

I hope the driver and conductor involved in the derailment will recover okay. That's a pretty unfortunate situation but I'm glad Amtrak was diligent in communicating with you guys.

I will always stick up for Amtrak as much as possible, those people and crews deal with so very much. I hope that our Amtrak Trains keep on trucking and fight through whatever they have to keep going. Thank you for all that you guys do. I also pray that America's People and transportation/water ways are protected going forward. Think we all just hit our first Road Trippin experience together.

'I hate driving... I hate driving. The only thing I hate more than driving is waiting!' Priceless. Great video, only you could make me look forward to a youtube video of a drive through West Virginia. Well done.

I have been riding Amtrak long hauls since 2007. My motto has become "It's not just a trip, it is an adventure!" That has kept my spirits up through assorted misadventures. I must add that in all those years the problems were never caused by Amtrak. It has been freight companies, weather etc. I'll never tire of riding, though. It is a wonderful way to travel.

This video definitely shows how things can go VERY wrong on Amtrak sometimes. It feels so wild to me as a brit, because we complain about delay all the time, of as little as a few minutes - But then you see insane delays like this, and it certainly gives you perspective on how lucky we are. I'd love to see you two reattempt it though! Have a wonderful weekend Jeb and Suzanne!

So sorry to hear you didn't make it Jeb! I went cross country with Amtrak this summer and it's an incredible experience. We took the Lake Shore Limited to CHI, then the Zephyr to SF, then took the Starlight to LA. We stayed multiple days in each location in case of massive delays like what happened to you. We were extremely fortunate where our only delay was getting into SF about 3.5ish hours late which actually turned into a benefit as we saw a spectacular sunset over San Francisco Bay as we got there.

Last January my wife and I went from Philadelphia to San Francisco on Amtrak. The route was PHL to NYC (regional rail), NYC to CHI (Lakeshore Limited), and CHI to SF (California Zephyr). We highly recommend taking that route if you want to go cross country by train.

Thank you for posting the video even though Amtrak didn't take you all the way, but at least they stopped before the landslide, from the start of the video I was thinking, what canceled it until you mentioned March 1st...and then the news of the landslide directly, lmao. Love these videos Jeb!

Really enjoy your trip reports. Thank you for emphasizing safety and the shoutout for the railroad folks. I'm sorry your trip got cut short, that's really a bummer. Suggestion for a new cross-country itinerary: GSO-NOL (Crescent), NOL-LAX (Sunset Ltd), LAX-SEA (Coast Starlight).

I absolutely love driving across the country. It is very therapeutic to me. That being said, I would love to try traveling via rail sometime.

Wow! Jeff, sexy logs there oops! I mean legs while on the top bunk bed. That's still impressive that you got updates and buses were arranged then they had to backtrack to Chicago then a refund. That is great customer service, even if time was wasted everybody was safe. I'm so impressed!

Ever since I came across your channel, I simply got addicted to the videos! As a tourist, I really enjoy traveling to your country and exploring the beautiful cities and landscapes you can find only in America. Thx for sharing your travel experiences and your point of view with us! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hey Jeb! Thank you for posting the best travel videos. I am sorry that you guys didn’t make it 😢

I love travel. Planes, trains, and especially automobiles. I'm a professional driver and grew up with parents who were brought up on opposite coasts. I've done dozens of cross country drives.

The misadventures of your cross-country rail journey took me back to 1966 when my Mom planned a cross-country roundtrip by Trailways bus as a graduation gift, but mostly I think as an excuse to visit her mother in California. Great, crazy trip! Very memorable! Airlines were on strike, so the buses were crowded and delayed from departure. Then Greyhound bus went on strike as we were heading home, so Trailways recruited additional drivers. In the middle of the night, from Oklahoma City to Amarillo, Mom awoke and said, "This isn't Route 66." So the bus driver, in the middle of a thunder and lightening storm managed to turn the bus around on little more than a farm-track road in the middle of God knows where. Sunrise, approaching Amarillo, the driver got on the mic to say this wasn't his regular route and did anyone know the way into the Amarillo Trailways bus terminal. A big Texas woman, about 50 I guess, stepped up to the front of the bus and directed us smoothly into Amarillo. I can still hear the rough scrabble in her voice when I think back. Last leg of the trip was an unscheduled, protracted stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania standing on the sidewalk with all the other passengers, longingly on watch for the Philadelphia bus. So near and yet so far, Mom and I, though exhausted, joked about the stories we could tell! I can almost hear her voice now after all these years.

Well Thank God that you both are safe. THE SKIES DONT SEEM SO BAD, COMPARED TO SLOW TRAINS BAD MEALS, AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, OR A LONG DRIVE. MY son left West Virginia last summer and drove 10 hours to Myrtle Beach Airport to meet me and my daughter, who slept in, got breakfast, drove to Dulles international, boarded a tiny United jet, with a sweet flight attendant,who brought me a coke to take my. Heart medicne with. By the time i finished my coke, we were landing at Myrtle where my son had Just Arrived to meet our flight. IT WAS HEAVEN! Be Safe you and your wife are like family to me.