Amtrak Cascades' Spanish Tilting Train: The Talgo 8 - Business Class

Hello and welcome to Seattle’s King Street Station! Today we’re taking a business class ride on Amtrak Cascades’s unique Talgo tilting train set while heading south to Portland.

Trip Information
Train: Amtrak Cascades 505
Locomotive: GE Genesis P42DC 81
Trainset: Talgo Series 8 "Mt. Jefferson"
Departure Time: 2:12 pm
Arrival Time: 5:37 pm
Journey Time: 3 hr 25 min
Ticket Price: $54.00

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First Class:
Jonas Jonson
Caleb
Joshua Bedel
Eli Taubman
Devin Clancy
Kevin Lippes
Arlington Public Transit
Cameron Buongiorno
Sol Miranda Weiner
Wayno Guerrini

Business Class:
James Schock
TheGeoPolitical
Jason D.

Coach Class:
Marlo Fairhurst
Arthur Sievers
Stephen Keever
Sam Jennings
Michael Cronin
Vinnie
Claudio Bickle
MattySlav
Michelle Gruben
Jesse Becker

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Chapters
0:00 Hello and Welcome to Seattle's King Street Station!
0:38 Seattle's Grand Waiting Room
1:14 The Remnants of Amtrak's Talgo Fleet
1:30 Amtrak International to Vancouver
1:41 Boarding Train 505
2:00 The Elegant Cascades Livery
2:15 Stepping Into Spain
2:34 Talgo Tech Talk
4:08 Our Route Down to Portland
4:53 Departing Seattle
5:04 Amtrak and Sounder's Maintenance Facility and Boeing Field
5:28 Boeing's Incredible 777X
5:49 Talgo Business Class Seating
7:34 Speed Readouts
8:02 A Second Business Coach
8:21 Spanish Designed, American Built
8:42 The Talgo Lounge Car
9:18 Talgo Bistro Car
9:40 The Gorgeous Talgo 6 Bistro Cars
10:07 Grabbing Lunch
10:20 My Gripe with Business Class: Paid Beverages
11:04 Subscribe! And a HUGE Thank You to My Patrons and Members!
11:29 Tacoma, WA
11:39 Washington Greenery
12:16 Fresh Air in Olympia-Lacey
13:04 Free Wifi
13:17 Talgo Bathrooms
14:02 A Peek Into Our Cab Car
14:19 Stop and Go Traffic
14:40 A Brief Look at Coach Class
15:08 Snack Stop and Stolen Goods
15:22 Gorgeous Window Views
15:43 The Columbia River
16:31 A Quick Downpour
16:59 Blue Skies through Vancouver, WA
17:19 Crossing the Columbia
17:41 Waiting for the Coast Starlight
18:08 Amtrak Airo: The Talgo Replacements
19:05 Arriving at Portland Union Station
19:28 The Hideous Talgo Cab Car
20:03 Portland's Business Class Lounge
20:48 Next Week: Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited
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21:24 Thanks for Watching!

Equipment:
Camera: iPhone 12 Pro Max
Gimbal: DJI OM5
Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black
Camera: Sony AX-43
Mic: Rode Videomic Pro+
Tripod: Coman DF06 + Manfrotto 502 Head

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