Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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🚆 Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Sleeper Train: Los Angeles → Chicago (43 hours)
Today, we ride the legendary Southwest Chief from Los Angeles to Chicago —
a 43-hour journey across 8 states, from painted deserts and mesas to the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River.
We booked the Roomette, the cheapest private sleeper room, and lived the classic overnight-train life:
meals, observation car views, a “luck-based” shower room… and a banana that slowly ripens as we get closer to Chicago 🍌

💰 Fee (Ticket Price)/
US$809 (Rail fare $303 + Roomette $506) / ¥126,000 / £600 / ₹73,000 / €700 / C$1,100 / ₩1,170,000 / ₽64,000

🌄 Experience / Luck-based shower & an unripe banana

⏱ Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Route & Ticket Price
01:26 A unripe banana at the lounge LA Union Station
06:26 Dinner & First Night (Dining Car)
08:13 Day 2: Flagstaff / Shower & Morning Views
12:01 New Mexico / Albuquerque Stop & Encounters
13:07 Hello friends
17:26 Lunch & Apache Canyon Views
21:42 Raton Pass → Colorado / Dinner in Room
37:18 Arrival at Chicago Union Station
40:28 Chicago Pizza → Final Thoughts & Goodbye (to 2026)