2 DAYS on America's LUXURY Train! The Rocky Mountaineer

Hello and welcome to Denver Union Station! Today we’re embarking on America’s most luxurious train: Rocky mountaineer’s Rockies to the Red Rocks.

Huge Thank You to Rocky Mountaineer for having us onboard!

_Trip Information_
Train: Rocky Mountaineer Rockies to Red Rocks
Locomotives: Union Pacific EMD SD-70M
Seat: Car 2, Seat 49
Journey Time: 29 Hours
Ticket Cost: $2,270.00

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_First Class:_
Eli Taubman
Devin Clancy
Kevin Lippes
Jason D
Arlington Public Transit
Wayno Guerrini
Zukesers
Alexander Aznavoorian
JC The Beard
Matt Cain
Alexandre Veilleux
Grant Baron
Joseph Crawford
Anthony Trains
Stephen Farrell
La Vern Cross
davet73

_Business Class:_
James Schock
Lucas Ohlig
Jeff Banks
Joshuwa Watkin
Miles Jajich
Lois Johnson
Steve's Wanderlust
James G

_Coach Class:_
Marlo Fairhurst
Arthur Sievers
Stephen Keever
Sam Jennings
Michael Cronin
Claudio Bickle
MattySlav
Michelle Gruben
Damian Cooper
Elizabeth Chamberlain
Vinnie
Harry Balch
Chase M
Jeff Kelley

Music - Epidemic Sound:
Evergreen Fields - Tape Machines
Il Sole Splende - Sum Wave
Borrowed Matches - Tape Machines
Backyard Stories - Sum Wave
By the Water - Tape Machines

_Chapters_:
0:00 Hello and Welcome to Denver Union Station!
0:28 RM Check In
1:10 Our Beautiful Train
1:36 Departing Denver
2:15 A Toast and Introduction
2:59 Breakfast
3:34 Amtrak Overtakes
4:12 Ascending the Front Range
4:46 Big 10 Curve and Windblocker Joe
5:46 The Tunnel District
6:08 Open Air Viewing
6:26 The Beautiful Rocky Mountains
7:34 Gross Reservoir
7:53 South Boulder Creek
8:47 Tolland Wavers
9:15 Moffat Tunnel
9:51 Winter Park, CO
10:11 Panorama Dome Tour
12:18 Galley Tour with Train Manager Zach
13:20 Service Classes on RTR
14:00 Spotless Bathrooms
14:44 Fraser River Valley
15:31 Lounge Tours
17:28 The Colorado River and Byers Canyon
18:23 Gore Canyon
19:58 The Colorado Salute
20:23 Lunch Time
20:43 Enjoying the Sights and Bald Eagles!
21:14 Main Course and Dessert
21:39 California Zephyr Flyby
22:13 First Taste of Red Rocks
23:06 Glenwood Canyon
24:53 Overnight in Glenwood Springs
25:31 Our Locomotives and a Shunt to a Yard
26:21 Hotel Accommodation
26:51 An Early Start on Day 2
27:34 All Aboard!
28:08 Departing Glenwood Springs
28:22 Breakfast Service
29:02 Different Landscape, Same River
29:25 Our Motor Coach
29:48 Sights and Sips
30:26 Grand Junction
30:43 Cruising
30:59 Waiting for Freight and Amtrak
31:47 Ruby Canyon
32:35 Utah-Colorado Border
32:51 A Light Lunch
33:05 Hard Charging Freight
33:56 La Sal Mountain Range
34:08 Telegraph Lines
34:35 Ticket Price on RM Trains
35:30 Thompson Springs and Cane Creek Spur
36:01 Arches National Park
36:23 Closing Speech from the Crew Approaching MOAB
37:17 America's Greatest Rail Experience
37:39 Huge Thank You to Rocky Mountaineer!
37:56 Thank You All for 30K Subscribers!
38:16 Next Week: Korail's KTX High Speed Train!
38:27 Subscribe! And THANK YOU to my Patrons and Members!
38:52 Thanks for Watching!

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[ggreg]

I have traveled the same route on Amtrak---several times, always in a roomette. It is much less expensive for exactly the same route and Amtrak's food is excellent. I have always been impressed with the helpfulness and cordiality of the staff. For me, sleeping on the train is a highlight. So, there is no way that I can justify the exorbitant price of the Mountaineer. But I did enjoy the vid!!

[patrickwong]

Yes, the elephant in the room is the price but it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. As for the video, it was simply amazing and some great camera work.

[waters]

The narration and quality of the footage is fantastic, thanks for the entertainment!

[coryphillips]

This is one of your best videos to date. You have done great work in the past. It just keeps getting better. I honestly thought that the Rocky Mountaineer double decker trains were the same height as Amtrak's Superliners. You just proved me wrong with this video. It's been a pleasure watching. Looking forward to more.

[Ralphie]

the great camera work traveling thru the

[edeinhorn]

Of all the videos you've posted, this one is by far your most scenic and fabulous production yet. I watched the video fullscreen on my 27" iMac while wearing noise cancelling headphones. I almost felt like I was on the train with you. With the windows so sparkling clean (unlike Amtrak) the views you captured were outstandingly gorgeous. My wife and I were on the California Zephyr in May, 2023 going from Chicago to Emeryville. Unfortunately, rain washed out the tracks west of Denver and we were put on a bus to Grand Junction, missing the most scenic portion of the trip (and the main reason we took the California Zephyr). Will we take that portion on Amtrak or the Rocky Mountaineer? Only time, and budget, will tell. Thank you, once again, for a stunning video.

[AmtrakNerd]

I never actually did an research on this. This is actually pretty cool.

[Sunjoy]

What an awesome trip... TY for giving me a trip of a lifetime!!

[cynthiazepeda]

❤Oh wow trains innda mountains i hoped you enjoyed the ride lonestar

[michaeljohndennis]

1:49 my Great-Grandmother, being an Irish Edwardian lady of the time, travelled from Co. Tipperary by train to Queenstown (Cobh), boarded the liners to New York and travelled across America by train as far west as she could go, possibly Los Angeles or San Francisco - she would be most impressed by this luxury train, as she would have made part of her journey through the Wild West in a horse-drawn coach

[stephenkeever]

Yes I agree that this video completely lived to this amazing route! Thanks for covering this train and scenery so well and it's great to see through clear windows! Also thanks for the tip on discounts.

[jenniebowen]

This really beautiful. We'll done.

[danmarkis]

I did this trip last year and it was fantastic!!!!

[average_joe]

Even though I’m more interested in riding RM’s Canadian routes, I have to say the scenery in summer is just as incredible as when I rode the Zephyr in winter. Definitely want to ride in summer whenever I get the chance.

[jessicaburdell]

That reverse move in the beginning literally reminds me and is just like the one we do here on my own road to pull ahead and out onto the CapMetro main

[PCBill]

Nice - great they allow passengers to shoot out the dutch doors. You can do the open platforms on Alaska RR as well. Only the Washington bureaucrats say it’s unsafe and prohibited on Amtrak.

[AG-MTM]

Here's an idea: perhaps Amtrak should schedule with the freight companies nighttime layovers. Not only is this a time where freight having priority is nice, it allows for easier sleeping thanks to the train not moving - and none of the scenery is missed either way!

[weinito]

I know this train is a very scenic ride, but in my opinion, and not many people will agree, it's impossible to beet the Southwest Chief.

[RichardinNC]

Definitely a bucket list experience. Although I have driven Denver through Glenwood Canyon and beyond, I’d do either the Rocky Mountaineer or at least the Zephyr for the train experience.

[RailfanJourneys]

Excellent video and congrats on reaching 30K!