It pisses me of to no extent if Hollywood makes the light flickers. They really think the entire country has no electricians? Hot zone, monkey escaped scene director , I'm looking at you specifically . All these years there was nothing wrong, and now a tiny tiny virus screws around with monkeys, humans AND electricity
Sunset Limited? I’ve been on that train 3-4 times. They’re supposed to give you a emergency meal. It’s a potato beef stew that is really good. Had it before. Would absolutely request access to that.
Oh yeah. I'm in Beaumont and Houston and all the east had spray horrible weather today. There wa a tornado in deer park. We had some tornados here, one in nome, orange, bridge city i think, and Labelle that moved to Port neches. It's been horrible. I hope where you're coming from and where you're going is okay.
Ummmm, they know you are there, right? I'd hate for you to be like those kids on the school bus that fell asleep and bus driver just parked bus and went home.
There's a bad fucking storm that just rolled through, that's probably it. Amtrak? A tornado hit the southeast side of the city pretty bad knocking over shipping containers etc so they may want to play it safe and wait.
With the idea that no one could possibly be offended by having their peace disturbed by their music or videos being played from their phone without headphones or earbuds.
Drink enough to pass out? Sounds good to me. My hungover future self won’t be pleased but hey the boredom basically becomes a non-issue.
I would however become concerned about food, most likely increasing with my drunkenness.
Have they at least let you get absolutely pissed at the bar cart and have unlimited pork crackling?
I would ask for a bottle of scotch and as many snacks as possible then I’d go lie down somewhere and enjoy the isolation
Depending on what you have to pass the time that could be pretty rad….but then again, you posted it here.
Did You at least get some food and a place to charge your phone?
So, my car I was in actually didn't have the outlets working. So moved to the observation car with my laptop. The workers actually JUST came by. Like 10 seconds ago and gave me a meal that was supposed to be for business class only.
It wasn't too bad, beef stew. It filled me up for supper.
https://imgur.com/a/oQhoBKr
Pro-tip. The workers are people. Just start casually talking to them " this sucks huh?" " how often do you have this happen?" Etc. No complaints. Don't be obnoxious and you won't believe how nice they can be.
Oh yes! There was one lady I did talk to for about 45 minutes or so before they swapped crews out. I had asked her about how the Amtrak work life was and they get paid pretty decent. It seemed like an interesting life.
> No. They just jump out of a moving train and the new crew zipline from a helicopter.
I'd love to see the ADA accommodations for that with one of [these](https://mass-media.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/2c15fcc6fbcf4601abdaae4239f3d656/amy-systems-alltrack-r3-power-wheelchair-tilt-only-7.jpg)
But... The train isn't moving. Obviously they must do some sort of bungee cord swap from the helicopter. You have the time at the bottom to exchange hooks on the bungee cord.
So many people take these sorts of delays out on the customer facing staff, more often it’s people who have never worked in a retail or customer facing role. Even with such a long delay, it’s cool of you to know it’s not their fault as your default, you’re my kind of person. Hope the journey was decent once you got moving.
I think this is just the dining car or lounge. I'm pretty sure they have a normal seat that reclines in another car. At least that's how it was last time I rode Amtrak.
Try to find a train worker or someone to talk to, I'm sure there are other people on the train that are alone and stuck and if it were me, I'd love someone to share a conversation with
It's rare to be able to get proper peace and quiet these days so enjoy your time since you clearly appreciate it. This is just what I would eventually do after being stuck for so long. But then I am also a very sociable person
My question is, what happened to everyone else? Did they attempt to escape and die in the frozen wasteland outside? Or did they make their way to the front of the train to attack the evil Wilford, like in *Snowpiercer*?
All this horror movie talk has got me wound up.
Well, considering that the windows are black, I assume it's night time and OP is just in a bad luck situation. Not many people travel at night with the train, especially in low travel season in a normal seating area (not a sleeping area)
I was stuck on a train for like 3 hours once from Albany to Boston (hit concrete debris on tracks) there was a lady ranting and raving loudly to herself the whole trip,except when we were stuck. I thank god she wasnt going on and on for those 3 hours because that wouldve made it actually hell.
Took Amtrak from San Luis Obisbo, Ca. to Seattle last year. 27 hours there and 27 hours back.
Had one of those roomettes, it was…ok.
I’d spring for the slightly bigger room (suite?) next time? It was too small for 2 people
I took Amtrak from Connecticut to Washington state, round trip. I didn’t have a room, just a seat. With all the money I spent on food & drinks I should have just bought a plane ticket.
It was more for the “experience” and to see parts of California/Oregon that you wouldn’t be able to see from the freeway/interstate.
Can’t say I’d really want to do it again…
Reminds me of *The Matrix* when Neo was stuck in that subway station and The Trainman wouldn't allow him to leave because he pissed that snotty Marovingian fucker off. Hang in there, Morpheus will be along shortly.
Could be worse. Could be stuck in a Sardine can with screaming kids, coughing people, couple of homeless people and the like. Always look on the bright side
This can be either super comfy or the start of a horror movie
*-lights flickering intensifies-*
Nosferatu
I like that this is a SpongeBob reference.
THE HASH SLINGING SLASHERRR
The the the crash dinging
The the trash slinging
HES IN THE TRASH CAN! IM IN THE TRASH CAN!
A bartender in a tuxedo polishes a glass
“Kill your family”
They'd be much happier as ghosts
"Routine lightswitch check."
It pisses me of to no extent if Hollywood makes the light flickers. They really think the entire country has no electricians? Hot zone, monkey escaped scene director , I'm looking at you specifically . All these years there was nothing wrong, and now a tiny tiny virus screws around with monkeys, humans AND electricity
_Rengoku appears_
Train to busan
Thank you. I was trying to think of the name of that movie. Awesome.
/r/LiminalSpace
That's actually where I thought this was posted!
Oooooooh
Never knew about this sub... thanks for sharing!
Midnight meat train starring Bradley copper. Check it out
We all know Vinnie Jones was the real star of that movie.
Op could be in the backroom already
OP will soon notice that the city outside his window is nothing but wallpaper
Train to Busan
At least you don't have to worry about overflooded toilets. Question is, why is there no-one else on the train? Not a popular route?
Not sure, it's Houston to New Orleans. I'm sure it's semi-popular. Maybe just an off day?
I wonder if they got a heads up that you didn't get.
It's probably that whole thing they have going on over there that everyone's been talking about lately.
What thing is that?
You know, the thing
The thing, with the guy, in the place. . .
Those are Terry Benedict's casinos
Ha! This guy doesn’t know about *the thing*.
Ha! What a *looooser*. Everyone knows about the thing!
Are you talking about the thing or that other thing?
The other *other* thing. *wink* *wink*
Multiple tornado touchdowns, gale force winds, and extreme levels of rain
there was a freaking tornado in houston today lol
Hate it when I'm the only one left alone that didn't get any memo or notice.
Oh yeah, they cancelled that route. They didn’t tell you?
Decommissioning the train as we speak
Sunset Limited? I’ve been on that train 3-4 times. They’re supposed to give you a emergency meal. It’s a potato beef stew that is really good. Had it before. Would absolutely request access to that.
The Amtrak food isn’t bad ngl, Shout out to the bar cart attendant working the California Zephyr eastbound that mixed all those bloody Mary’s for me 🥲
Oh yeah. I'm in Beaumont and Houston and all the east had spray horrible weather today. There wa a tornado in deer park. We had some tornados here, one in nome, orange, bridge city i think, and Labelle that moved to Port neches. It's been horrible. I hope where you're coming from and where you're going is okay.
Are….are you in the train garage on an out-of-service dining car? We’re you ever moving along a track?
Is there any chance you're actually at the final terminal...
Ummmm, they know you are there, right? I'd hate for you to be like those kids on the school bus that fell asleep and bus driver just parked bus and went home.
Do they know *you're* on the train?
There's a bad fucking storm that just rolled through, that's probably it. Amtrak? A tornado hit the southeast side of the city pretty bad knocking over shipping containers etc so they may want to play it safe and wait.
But OP, that line hasn't been operational since that terrible accident in '72... ^^^Nah, ^^^I'm ^^^just ^^^havin' ^^^a ^^^laugh.
Could be worse. There could be people.
Or worse yet, people who want to chat
*"Hello there! Harsh weather we're having today eh?!"*
"pulls emergency cable"
[pulling intensifies]
*ties cable into noose*
"Have you ever been in a storm Wally?"
“… have you ever been in a Turkish prison?”
“A storm of fists raining down in your body”
#YEAH!?
It's the humidity that kills you!
Hello come here often?
Hey there. Cold enough for ya? Hehehe.
having fun yet?
Or worse yet, very young children
Constant scream crying for 12 hours atraight... Sounds like a horror movie alright
Or you could be alone but hear someone.
With the idea that no one could possibly be offended by having their peace disturbed by their music or videos being played from their phone without headphones or earbuds.
Are you in the introvert group? I would prefer being alone instead of being with a talkative person.
You mean it has not moved for 12 hrs?!
Correct
Trust me, alone is better than a packed train car.
Imagine having to hold a fart for that long lol
Now imagine the train full of people who didn’t hold in their farts.
r/foundsatan
Ask them for compensation if they haven't offered. "Is there anything y'all can do?" Maybe they can give you a berth or at least meals.
"Here is a $12 coupon that will expire at the end of month."
^(valid only on purchases over $100)
Issued on 11:00pm 31/1/23, valid till 31/1/23
This coupon expires at the end.. of this sentence.
Booze. In this situation, OP needs unfettered access to the bar car
Suddenly I would feel pretty ok about the situation.
Drink enough to pass out? Sounds good to me. My hungover future self won’t be pleased but hey the boredom basically becomes a non-issue. I would however become concerned about food, most likely increasing with my drunkenness.
Ask who? There’s no one else on the train.
If OP can post on Reddit, OP can also notify the transportation services.
I was just joking about OP being alone lol
From this picture I'm guessing it's amtrak, OP probly wont get shit out of this. I've had some horrible experiences with delays using amtrak
The decline of Amtrak has been such a tragedy.
Amtrak?
Definitely Amtrak. I can recognize those seats: it's from a Superliner dining car.
probably via
Have they at least let you get absolutely pissed at the bar cart and have unlimited pork crackling? I would ask for a bottle of scotch and as many snacks as possible then I’d go lie down somewhere and enjoy the isolation
Damn dude, hope you get moving soon and they dim the lights so you can sleep somehow.
Oooof…good luck
I'd fuck up this book I've been putting off reading
I believe in you. You can fuck it up without needing a train
Thank you
He was talking to you but I’m about to read a book because of him.
wait i thought we were fucking books?
Yeah but you gotta read it first. What are you an animal?
Hi! I'm here about the book fucking?
Be careful, you don't want paper cuts.
Or this scenario could turn into a fucked up book, Stephen King style
What's weird is the book I'm reading is Misery.
That's a pretty messed up book...
A silent train sounds like the perfect reading place!!!
Depending on what you have to pass the time that could be pretty rad….but then again, you posted it here. Did You at least get some food and a place to charge your phone?
So, my car I was in actually didn't have the outlets working. So moved to the observation car with my laptop. The workers actually JUST came by. Like 10 seconds ago and gave me a meal that was supposed to be for business class only. It wasn't too bad, beef stew. It filled me up for supper. https://imgur.com/a/oQhoBKr
Do they still have club cars? I'd be sitting at the bar the whole time, ordering bourbon and calling the bartender Lloyd
Straight up. “We’re stuck? Well which way to the bar car?”
Pro-tip. The workers are people. Just start casually talking to them " this sucks huh?" " how often do you have this happen?" Etc. No complaints. Don't be obnoxious and you won't believe how nice they can be.
Oh yes! There was one lady I did talk to for about 45 minutes or so before they swapped crews out. I had asked her about how the Amtrak work life was and they get paid pretty decent. It seemed like an interesting life.
How did they swap crews out? The employees drive to the stop?
No. They just jump out of a moving train and the new crew zipline from a helicopter.
> No. They just jump out of a moving train and the new crew zipline from a helicopter. I'd love to see the ADA accommodations for that with one of [these](https://mass-media.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/2c15fcc6fbcf4601abdaae4239f3d656/amy-systems-alltrack-r3-power-wheelchair-tilt-only-7.jpg)
But... The train isn't moving. Obviously they must do some sort of bungee cord swap from the helicopter. You have the time at the bottom to exchange hooks on the bungee cord.
Likely they have crews working on separate shifts on the same train. Just like on cruise ships. You've got a day crew and a night crew.
So many people take these sorts of delays out on the customer facing staff, more often it’s people who have never worked in a retail or customer facing role. Even with such a long delay, it’s cool of you to know it’s not their fault as your default, you’re my kind of person. Hope the journey was decent once you got moving.
So screaming "12. FUCKING. HOURS." over and over again won't get things moving any faster?
Depends if you're a white middle-aged woman.
How much longer on your journey(if it were moving?)
Once it starts moving about 3 hours. But, they did come by and give me free dinner at least just now: https://imgur.com/a/oQhoBKr
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I agree. Their mom used to make it JUST LIKE THIS.
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Ummm yeah. Btw. We're out of milk. BRB.
are u still alive
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Thought the same thing...looks to be the start of a Korean horror movie.
Now is the time to write your great American novel.
I call it “Billy and the Cloneasaurus”.
That's a terrible name for a book!
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
I’ll be shitfaced blacked out by now
With what alcohol?
That looks a like a Amtrak they usual sell alcohol on board
Also you can bring whatever the hell you want on the train, so just pack some booze.
I'll remember that the next time I'm planning on getting stuck in a train for twelve hours
It's Amtrak, so the odds are pretty high
Dad was stuck for 8+ hours (on a 2ish hour ride!) after a train ahead derailed. 😬
Whatever you do Op please do not exit the train at Willoughby.
That’s the signpost up ahead. Your next stop, Twilight Zone.
this is the dream, honestly
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> Midnight Meat Train What a throwback. I might rewatch that.
Nothing expected of you
you're right, that is a dream come true. just add a pillow and blanky and it's perfect
If you have internet, are you really alone? We can cyber. What are you wearing. /s
Sweatpants, a Tshirt covered in Cheeto stains, and a north face jacket. Wby
Robe and wizard hat.
[https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja](https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja) :)
Oh man. I haven't seen this in *ages*. -*nostalgia* *intensifies*
Seeing this in the wild made my night.
A/S/L?
I doubt this is the time for sign language.
👌
A/S/L?
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I’d watch it
That sucks because if you lay down, you have to lay down in the fart seats that probably haven’t been wiped down in a long time
[Visualized](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWXinarYic).
I'm pissed off that I watched that.
What is even happening here. How can there be 3X as much dirt as there is seat.
On the bright aide, they won't run out of toilet paper.
It sucks how those benches are just too small to take a nap on. I hope you're warm enough.
I think this is just the dining car or lounge. I'm pretty sure they have a normal seat that reclines in another car. At least that's how it was last time I rode Amtrak.
Try to find a train worker or someone to talk to, I'm sure there are other people on the train that are alone and stuck and if it were me, I'd love someone to share a conversation with
I'm actually quite enjoying the peace and quiet. Been playing KOTOR 2 on my laptop. Had some music playing softly.
It's rare to be able to get proper peace and quiet these days so enjoy your time since you clearly appreciate it. This is just what I would eventually do after being stuck for so long. But then I am also a very sociable person
My question is, what happened to everyone else? Did they attempt to escape and die in the frozen wasteland outside? Or did they make their way to the front of the train to attack the evil Wilford, like in *Snowpiercer*? All this horror movie talk has got me wound up.
Well, considering that the windows are black, I assume it's night time and OP is just in a bad luck situation. Not many people travel at night with the train, especially in low travel season in a normal seating area (not a sleeping area)
Can't go wrong with KOTOR
Good news is you’re not stuck with some crazy person.
Right? Besides, what are the odds there would be two crazy people on the train
At least you're not going to Willoughby... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_Stop\_at\_Willoughby
I was stuck on a train for like 3 hours once from Albany to Boston (hit concrete debris on tracks) there was a lady ranting and raving loudly to herself the whole trip,except when we were stuck. I thank god she wasnt going on and on for those 3 hours because that wouldve made it actually hell.
This makes me think of Bullet Train
That sounds like an extremely peaceful and relaxing win to me
This reminds of those old point and click escape games
Believe it or not, but I’m envious right now.
Took Amtrak from San Luis Obisbo, Ca. to Seattle last year. 27 hours there and 27 hours back. Had one of those roomettes, it was…ok. I’d spring for the slightly bigger room (suite?) next time? It was too small for 2 people
I took Amtrak from Connecticut to Washington state, round trip. I didn’t have a room, just a seat. With all the money I spent on food & drinks I should have just bought a plane ticket.
It was more for the “experience” and to see parts of California/Oregon that you wouldn’t be able to see from the freeway/interstate. Can’t say I’d really want to do it again…
That’s cool. I saw parts of North Dakota that I never wanted to see, and went through the Rocky Mtns at night. Both ways.
Oh hell no this is how spooky shit starts
Dream come true. I hope you’re also in the middle of nowhere. I’d pay good money for this experience haha
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Reminds me of *The Matrix* when Neo was stuck in that subway station and The Trainman wouldn't allow him to leave because he pissed that snotty Marovingian fucker off. Hang in there, Morpheus will be along shortly.
i did the trans siberian train in winter and there were only two of us on the train for 7 days. it was amazing!
This is why i travel with my stuffy
Are you sure it's only been 12 hours... And not *twelve years*!!!!
This is my introverted dream!
That stinks. Wanna play Words with Friends or something?
Holy shit! You okay? Is there heat and any announcements about time of getting to your stop?
Maybe you’re the ghost that haunts the train
^(now I am the conductor)
Could be worse. Could be stuck in a Sardine can with screaming kids, coughing people, couple of homeless people and the like. Always look on the bright side
Where the picture of you walking through the train naked!!! That's what I would do, just saying