Train across USA: #1 Coast Starlight sleeper class service Seattle-Portland, Oregon 2016-05-09

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A Coast Starlight train--Amtrak's signature long-haul West Coast train--leaves Seattle's refurbished King Street Station destined for Los Angeles. Amtrak's guide to highlights of this route, the Coast Starlight route: https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/408/807/Amtrak-Coast-Starlight-Train-Route-Guide-2014.pdf Online passenger reviews of the Coast Starlight: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g28926-d219566-Reviews-Coast_Starlight-California.html#review_369526034 This video series covers the trip from Seattle's King Street Station past south Puget Sound, and crossing the Columbia River to Union Station in Portland, whose name, as mentioned by on board volunteers, was decided upon by a coin-flip. Portland is the largest city in the state of Oregon, while Salem (an hour south of Portland to be seen on the next video on this trip), is the capital city of Oregon. The series continues with a stop in Eugene, the upper Willamette River, sunset in the Cascade, and an early morning arrival in Sacramento, California's capital city. Additionally linked videos carry the trip east on Amtrak's California Zephyr through Nevada, Utah,, and the Great Plains, before crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois and, a few hours after, arriving in Chicago. After yet one more night, Amtrak's The City of New Orleans signature service brings the trip to its destination at, New Orleans, in Louisiana. This video cover the Seattle-to-Portland section of this rail journey. On board service and amenities are announced at appropriate times. These are supplemented and additional highlights are introduced by the time-stamp log below and by on-screen annotations throughout this video. On the Coast Starlight, Parlour Car access (where a fee-based wine-tasting hour is offered south of Portland--shown on the next video) is exclusively for business class and sleeping car passengers. 0:01-4:10 Trip information announcements from train crew & National Parks Service interpreters 0:01 Century Link Field: Home of the Seattle Seahawks 4:15-5:30 Leaving King Street Station, Seattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Street_Station Century Link Field: Home of the Seattle Seahawks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CenturyLink_Field 5:47-7:58 Parlour Car service information 6:00-6:47 Safeco Field, Seattle 8:58-10:12 Cafe car aservice information 10:25-12:03 Restroom location and safety announcement 12:05-13:40 Parlour Car dining options announcement 14:33 Tacoma WA station stop 14:45-14:55 Point Ruston, Tacoma WA 15:19-15:50 Nelson Bennett Tunnel, Point Defiance, Tacoma WA 16:00 Tacoma Narrows, South Puget Sound 16:55-17:55 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, WA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge [Original bridge collpased in 1940: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)] 20:00-23:05 University Place, WA 23:08-25:45 Steilacoom, WA 23:50-24:00 Sunnyside Beach Park, Steilacoom, WA 24:35-24:55 Pierce County Ferry, Steilacoom WA https://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=1793 25:25 McNeil Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNeil_Island 25:40-27:05 Ketron Island WA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketron_Island,_Washington 27:35-29:55 Anderson Island, WA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Island_(Washington) 36:10 Centralia WA station stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Washington 36:50-37:05 Parlour Car vending case & lunch service 37:05 Train leaving Centralia WA 37:34-38:00 Parlour Car table service 38:00-38:40 Dining car procedure announcement 40:38 Longview-Kelso WA station stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longview,_Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelso,_Washington 40:50 Cowlitz River, WA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowlitz_River 40:54-41:30 Columbia River through Cowlitz County, WA 41:30-41:44 Interstate 5 southbound through Cowlitz County, WA 41:44-41:54 Columbia River through Cowlitz County, WA 41:54-42:19 Interstate 5 southbound through Cowlitz County, WA 42:20-42:28 Port of Vancouver, WA 42:30 Vancouver, WA station stop 42:38-43:25 Crossing Columbia River from Washington to Oregon 42:38-43:15 Portland, OR station stop procedure announcement 43:18 National Park Service interpretative announcement on Columbia River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River 44:15 Hayden Island, Portland, OR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Island,_Portland,_Oregon 44:15-44:45 Crossing North Portland Harbor on Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge 45:05-45:45 Crossing Willamette River Bridge to downtown Portland, OR 45:10-45:45 National Park Service interpretative announcement on naming of City of Portland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Penny 52:00 Arriving at Union Station, Portland, OR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Union_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon URL to playlist of this entire trip: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZiOqJL_FqTSj1PPw8GEm7SKv-CZ7-8-9