Seattle to Chicago by TRAIN - The EMPIRE BUILDER - Part 2

Hello and welcome to Shelby, MT! Today we’re continuing our amazing ride on Amtrak’s Empire Builder to Chicago.

_Trip Information_
Train: Amtrak Empire Builder 8
Locomotives: Siemens ALC-42 304 and 328
Consist: 3 Superliner Sleepers, 1 Transition Sleeper, 1 Diner, 1 Observation Lounge, 3 Coach Cars, 1 Viewliner 2 Baggage Car
Room: Car 831, Roomette 8
Departure Time: 4:55 pm
Arrival Time: 4:45 pm +2 Days
Journey Time: 45 hr 50 min
Ticket Price: $767.00

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_First Class:_
Jonas Jonson
Caleb
Devin Clancy
Kevin Lippes
Cameron Buongiorno
Jason D
Arlington Public Transit
Wayno Guerrini
Zukesers
Alexander Aznavoorian
JC The Beard
Burton
Christopher Style
Matt Cain
Chris Soukas
Alexandre Veilleux
Chris Barr

_Business Class:_
James Schock
Lucas Ohlig
Jeff Banks
Joshuwa Watkin
TheGeoPolitical

_Coach Class:_
Marlo Fairhurst
Arthur Sievers
Stephen Keever
Sam Jennings
Michael Cronin
Claudio Bickle
MattySlav
Michelle Gruben
Jesse Becker
lebjohnson
Damian Cooper

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[Drakeman]

The flat spot occurs when a rail vehicle's wheelset is dragged along the rail after the wheel/axle has stopped rotating. Flat spots are usually caused by use of the emergency brake, or slip and slide conditions that cause wheels to lock up while the train is still moving.

[johnbottenberg]

Thanks for the shoutout at 7:55! Your videos (among others) inspired me to book a cross-country train trip back from my sister's wedding in Seattle, rather than just flying back. You do a remarkable job keeping these videos informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work!

[adventuresofamtrakcascades]

I'm gonna have to say the Phase 7 livery wins out for me because WOW... I've never found it more attractive. But my God, Phase 6 looks so good

[DLeadVox]

Welcome to Chicago!
Never ever call that building, "Whacha-talkin about Willis." It is and always wil be, the sears tower!!!
Thank you for the train ride. I hope to take this one day. Maybe do a round trip with the chicago-San Francisco train. :-) ☮️

[grumpyoldstudios]

To be fair about the only electronic thing that people brought with then when the train was made was an electric razor. There were no phones, tablets, game systems ect.

[stephenkeever]

The two videos that make up this trip are perfect in length for me and not too long at all. You need the length to show all of the great footage! Thanks for tackling this epic trip with your usual thorough style. I have watched other reports on this trip which made me appreciate and look forward to your version. Thanks!

[_ArsNova]

That flat wheel would have driven me nuts!

[ThatXrayGuy]

This is a great conclusion to the series! Thank you for all of the thorough and honest reviews!

[TheLewistownTrainspotter]

8:15 I will digress that's probably the one upside of wildfires: how the sun looks like a red disk.

[cherylbjurstrom]

We’ve taken the route twice. Very relaxing

[NickP]

Excellent video as always, keep up the great work!

[alexanderboulton]

*THE* US's LARGEST river. Get it right, Lonestar!

[baseballfan]

Brings back a lot of memories so thanks for another great video.

[BBBYSWRLD]

How funny, I'm taking the Empire builder to Seattle tomorrow afternoon. I took the California Zephyr last year, and absolutely loved it!

[pi-sxmb]

Nice video, nice trip. That flat wheel though... 😵

[PCBill]

Nice video report. Here’s some amplifications: Minot, ND is also the mandatory FRA 1, 000 mile inspection. Amtrak mechanics inspect all the truck, wheels and brakes. A brake test is performed.
At Midway the EB leaves the BNSF, then travels the Minnesota Commercial Railroad for a few miles, then the CPKC rails all the way to Metra tracks. Maximum speed is 79 mph so when you showed 81 mph on your phone it was a GPS inaccuracy otherwise the engineer would get a violation as the locomotives have speed recorders.

[briancrockett]

Loved the video. Thanks for sharing it. I’m leaving shortly on a special trip with my son. Fargo to Chicago then Chicago to Pittsburgh. We will the be travelling from Pittsburgh to DC followed by DC to New York. Finally we will finish the trip going from NY to Boston. All by Amtrak.

[djg]

Thanks for the vintage private car shots.

[Vomahanew]

Did you see the giant photographs on the top floor of the lounge? Easily my favorite thing in there.

[egpx]

What a lovely couple of videos and particularly interesting for me as I'm doing this trip in the other direction next Summer. I'm really looking forward to it.