What’s better than taking a train? Not much in my book. This video highlights the Amtrak Roomette on the Mighty Cardinal and my experience taking it as part of my trip from Washington, DC to Los Angeles on Amtrak.

This is the first of two videos documenting this trip across the country by Amtrak. In this first video, I’ll share my experience traveling from Washington, DC to Chicago on the Amtrak Cardinal train in an Amtrak Roomette.

From this Amtrak Roomette on the Cardinal, we pass through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the steep mountains of West Virginia, the hills of Kentucky, on into Ohio, and Indiana, all before stopping in Illinois.

This video highlights every aspect of my trip on the Amtrak Cardinal in the Amtrak Roomette, including the Acela Lounge at Washington’s Union Station, the Amtrak Roomette, a well-designed and comfortably private space. I’ll share Amtrak’s meals and the spaces available to passengers throughout the Amtrak Cardinal Viewliner train in an Amtrak Roomette.

I’ll even share a bit of history of the Amtrak Cardinal's route along the way, from the perspective of my Amtrak Roomette.

Don’t miss the second video about the Southwest Chief:
   • Amtrak Southwest Chief - Amtrak Super...  

0:00 Welcome and Overview
0:59 Union Station
2:21 Acela Lounge
2:57 Boarding the Amtrak Cardinal to an Amtrak Roomette
4:11 Departure (7 minutes late)
5:55 Amtrak Roomette Tour
7:41 Amtrak Wifi
8:29 Amtrak Lunch (Pasta & Meatballs) in my Amtrak Roomette
10:25 Fresh Air Break in Charlottesville, Virginia
10:51 Amtrak Cardinal Train Tour
11:54 Buckingham Branch
12:46 Entering Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley
15:22 About White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
17:21 Amtrak Dinner (Red Wine Braised Beef)
18:33 Waking Up in Indiana in my Amtrak Roomette
19:26 Breakfast in my Amtrak Roomette
21:06 Next Stop, Chicago!
21:58 Bloopers

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MUSIC:
Open Your Heart – Briar Edwards
Progressive Progress – Howard Harper-Barnes
Give Me (Instrumental Version) – Humble Hey
Plane To California (Instrumental Version) – Aluvio
Everything I know – Plain Strolls
Sheridan Square – Constance Calling
Setllted (Instrumental Version) – Bird of Figment
Give My All to You (Instrumental Version) -waykap
New Light (Instrumental Version) – Sven Karlsson
¬Humble Abode – George’s Town
The Street Performer – The Fly Guy Five