Amtrak to Canada! Business Class on Maple Leaf - New York to Toronto

Hello and welcome to New York’s Penn Station!
Today we’re heading to Canada, riding north to Toronto on Amtrak’s Maple Leaf.

Trip Information
Train: Amtrak Maple Leaf 63/VIA Train 98
Locomotive: GE P32AC-DM 703 (NYP-ALB), GE P42DC 92 (ALB-TOR)
Consist: 1x Amfleet 2 Coach, 3x Amfleet 1 Coaches, 1 Amfleet 1 Business/Cafe Car
Departure Time: 7:15 am
Arrival Time: 7:43 pm
Journey Time: 12 hr 23 min
Ticket Price: $169.00

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Joshua Bedel
Eli Taubman
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Cameron Buongiorno
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Wayno Guerrini
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Business Class:
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Jason D.
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Coach Class:
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Arthur Sievers
Stephen Keever
Sam Jennings
Michael Cronin
Claudio Bickle
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Michelle Gruben
Jesse Becker
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Chapters
0:00 Hello and Welcome to New York's Penn Station!
0:14 New York's Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall
0:47 The Metropolitan Lounge at Moynihan
2:20 International Amtrak Travel
2:45 Boarding the Maple Leaf
3:22 Our Route to Toronto
4:15 Departing New York
4:41 The Hudson River
5:04 The Tappan Zee Bridge
5:39 Croton-Harmon Station
6:03 Business Class on the Maple Leaf
7:57 Premium Travel for Relatively Cheap
8:29 A Race with CSX
9:02 The Cafe Car
9:24 West Point Military Academy
9:41 The "Valley" of Hudson River Valley
9:55 Rear Views up the Hudson
10:21 Sunlight!
10:41 Our First Run at 110mph
11:00 Albany Locomotive Swap
13:17 Re-Board and Departure
13:41 Private Rail Cars
14:09 Over the Hudson via the Broadway Bridge
14:45 Back to 110!
15:26 A Brief Stop in Schenectady
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16:25 Back to 79 Along the Erie Canal
16:44 The LSL with an Empire Service?
17:02 Syracuse Smoke Stop
17:19 Lunch Time
17:40 Canadian Declaration Card
17:58 Onboard Wifi
18:14 Rochester, NY
18:39 Freight Delays...
19:21 Buffalo Exchange Street
19:55 Canada's So Close!
20:12 Crossing into Canada
21:27 Customs and Border Patrol Process
22:29 The Maple Leaf on Canadian Soil
23:30 VIA Rail Niagara Falls
23:44 VIA Staff and A Safety Briefing?
24:09 St. Catharines
24:34 Canadian Flag Slaute
24:45 Lake Ontario and Hamilton Harbor
25:12 Aldershot Station and GO Transit
25:30 VIA and GO's Toronto Maintenance Facility
25:59 Beginnings of the Toronto Skyline
26:10 CN Tower and Arrival at Union Station
27:03 One Final Look at the Maple Leaf
27:12 Next Week: KLM Zanzibar to Amsterdam on a 777-200
27:34 Subscribe! And a HUGE Thank You to my Patrons and Members!
27:57 Thanks for Watching!

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