Taking the TRAIN from Miami to Alaska!

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Published 2022-08-13
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Edited by: @WarwickHughes & @MattMort
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0:00 - Introduction to DownieLive Travels by Train: America
0:38 - America's Most Southern Train
1:01 - America's Most Southern Station
2:14 - Brightline Train
5:14 - Tru Earth Laundry Eco-strips
6:13 - Amtrak Silver Star
13:10 - Washington, DC
13:48 - Season 2 Trailer
14:33 - America's Fastest Train, Amtrak A

All Comments (21)
  • @ShosinMelotic
    I really want trains to be more relevant, easier to find, and easier to access. Not even national tracks, just light rails to get around the cities. Bright line has excellent quality, looks like the train I rode from Seoul to Busan in South Korea, and that says a lot. Of course, national railroads arent popular, but light rails can 100% be effective. We need to maximize it
  • @Vienna3080
    This seriously makes me wish America was more Train reliant and had better services and more tracks
  • I have no clue how this ended up in my recommended but I love it! I’ve never been on a train and this looks fantastic, what an incredible way to discover the country.
  • @JITCY9107
    As someone who works as a railroad conductor I'm glad to see videos like this, especially seeing the Brightline at the beginning. I'm not from Florida, but hopefully some new and emerging competion will spur improvements in American rail
  • @cnat.travels
    Thank you for highlighting Brightline! I want to see them expand their service all over Florida, making it easier for tourists to visit all places.
  • @WhuDhat
    btightline as a whole looks amazing, really hope they flourish in FL and expand countrywide
  • @PotatoJonson
    When I was 12 my family went on a cross-country train trip and it’s some of my fondest memories. Thanks mom n dad!
  • @b.p.879
    I'm starting this series here and I just wanna say that I hope you enjoyed your trip thru the States, and while I can't speak for everyone, I would always welcome you and hope you would wanna come back and visit us again, because you really brighten everyone's days and your content is very relaxing and fun to watch. I'm a big fan from here on out!
  • Gosh Brightline looks amazing. Hope they go big time all across the US if they keep up those standards of quality that the FL line obviously cares about.
  • Back in the day, there was a train from Miami directly to Chicago, going up the coast, through Jacksonville, then Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Evansville.
  • This was extremely nostalgic for me as when I was in 8th grade, I took a train from Indianapolis to Chicago and then the Amtrak Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles. We were booked for a roomette but were upgraded to the larger room. The trip was a little over 2 days total and it was so fun. It’s been 5 years since and I’ve loved trains ever since then. I’ll definitely consider train trips again when i’m in college! :)
  • The amount of energy and enthusiasm on display here is incredible! This is like professional documentary level quality, on-par if not better than a lot of travel documentaries I've seen on TV. I love how you're continuing to bring attention to America's passenger rail system. I'd love to take a cross-country rail trip sometime.

    Also, bonus point for the 🍑shot at 12:25 , lol
  • Can I just say: the DownieLive team is dialed in! Definitely found myself a few times checking to see if this was YouTube or my television subscription. The editing is top-notch!
  • Fun fact: Despite how popular of a photo spot it is, that buoy does NOT mark the spot of the southernmost point in the continental US. As there is a spot called Whitehead Spit in the nearby naval air station that is actually more south (on top of Fort Zachary Taylor which is a state park you can visit). But not even Whitehead Spit is the southernmost point! The actual southernmost point in the continental US is, if it's continuously above water, Ballast Key OR if it counts if it's occasionally above water at low tide, the Western Dry Rocks

    I love Key West and the fact that Cubans pretty much built the city. The Cuban history in the city is quite rich and it left an impact
  • I’m actually impressed with Amtrak’s first class services! It’s also cool that you get to ride my first homestate’s new passenger train, Brightline! I do hope they expand all over the country! I’m excited for episode 2!
  • @ProBballChamp
    I love how you are so excited about trains, I am just as excited about trains and it is nice to see someone passionately talking to us as if we were on the journey with them
  • “The world can change a lot really quickly” ...”So I’m not waiting around anymore”. I felt this in my soul. I can relate so much. Blessings
  • @lynette5877
    As a native Floridian thanks for introducing me to Brightline. I ALWAYS say how Florida should implement more trains to accommodate tourist seasons to get more cars off the road because traffic is getting worse and worse everywhere in the state. And because we have no state income tax, more people are rushing to move here, therefore insurance rates are going up (I’m convinced we have the worst drivers). When it comes to transportation, it’s mayhem down here!!