Amtrak Palmetto from Savannah to Washington, DC - Apparently a Trip Report

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  • @iamweave
    @iamweave ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Dude, she's a keeper.

  • @thebeastproductions
    @thebeastproductions ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Props to Aleena for recognizing South of the Border at a great distance 😎👍🎩

  • @trainsandroads
    @trainsandroads ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Safety card, safety card, right now you're looking at the safety card.

  • @ManyTriangles
    @ManyTriangles 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Never seen this channel before in my life.
    ~15 seconds in
    “Alright. I’m in.”

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Haha, thank you so much!

    • @jbreezy101
      @jbreezy101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For me, it’s the jeb line

  • @cobalt8619
    @cobalt8619 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I got 2nd hand cringe from that conductor yelling at you for filming. Dude was kind of a dick

  • @BrentFiore
    @BrentFiore ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The buses have such a long wait in Savannah that you can tell someone your life story sitting at the stop. Someone made a movie about it.

  • @ClassyWhale
    @ClassyWhale ปีที่แล้ว +54

    6:38 was the chaotic energy that I watch your channel for

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *"I'm scared"*

    • @senorspahrtan
      @senorspahrtan ปีที่แล้ว

      The energy of this video is PERFECTION 🤣🤣 I freaking loved every second of it haha

    • @Unmannedperson
      @Unmannedperson ปีที่แล้ว

      "please exercise caution..."

  • @j7gy8b
    @j7gy8b ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Busses in the South, man... it's so frustrating. The motto appears to be "be grateful there's anything"

    • @j7gy8b
      @j7gy8b ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, just realized - 12 hours from way down in Savannah to NY? The Carolinian is 14 hours and is considerably closer. I guess it's that long arc through NC.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, 12 hours is from Savannah to DC - I fudged the region a bit for clickbait, but I do personally consider DC to be in the northeast! The trip to New York on the Palmetto is also 14 hours though! It does look like the track to Savannah is significantly straighter than the track to Charlotte, in fairness.

  • @trainandmore
    @trainandmore ปีที่แล้ว +116

    It's official folks, we've lost Miles he's been........ Sponsored. What's worse is that it's not even a official Amtrak sleep mask. Serious note, congrats on your first sponsorship. Love all of the SpongeBob sounds by the way. This was probably your worst trip, in terms of staff customer service, based on everything you've posted, it's usually good, I guess I won't be taking Amtrak to Florida, thanks for the tip.

    • @petethetraveler
      @petethetraveler ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s the Palmetto, so it ends in Georgia, but yeah I agree, the service was unusually bad.

    • @idxluaviation
      @idxluaviation ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should take Amtrak to Florida, I might make a video on it but it’s actually a good service🎉 (if you get a sleeper class ticket)

    • @sgt.eclair
      @sgt.eclair ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The service is usually good and I'd recommend it, but I am legally obliged to advise against going to Florida

    • @trainandmore
      @trainandmore ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sgt.eclair I'm still going to Florida, just not taking Amtrak. Maybe one day I'll move there.

    • @sgt.eclair
      @sgt.eclair ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@trainandmore no, bad. If you're going to venture to that hellhole at least do it the civilized way lol. One bad experience isn't universal

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The Carolina swamp is the habitat of the rare Venus fly trap! Fly traps become what they are as the result of lack of soil nutrients. While common for house plants, in the wild, they're rare. Taking just ONE Venus fly trap from public land is considered a felony in NC and could result in four to 25 months in prison. Miles scrambling to read the safety information with a chilling version of the menu shot jingle is horror movie energy...I don't blame Aleena for being scared now. 😂So Yemassee is named after the Yemassees which was a confederation who lived along coastal Georgia, northeastern Florida, and South Carolina. They were allies of colonial South Carolina until the Yemassee War in 1715. Frank Lloyd Wright's Auldbrass Plantation (the only plantation he designed) is located just outside the town limits. It was built in the late 1930s, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and has since been restored.
    Its original name is Old Brass and was named after an old slave from an old plantation on the land before. The earliest records from the farm are dated to 1736 when the farm was known as Mount Pleasant.

    • @idxluaviation
      @idxluaviation ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok kimmy 😂

    • @ncard00
      @ncard00 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please do some train trip reports in Denmark and Scandinavia :)

    • @Shane_Shaney
      @Shane_Shaney 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now that’s a fun fact!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican ปีที่แล้ว +48

    That bird is a Muscovy duck! They're invasive in the southeastern US. Their native habitat is from northern Mexico down to Uruguay. I like to call it the Darth Maul duck. Yeah, South of the Border is a staple of Interstate 95 road trips (though I've only gone past it twice as part of a trip for my high school's FRC robotics team to the Palmetto Regional in Myrtle Beach back in 2017). South of the Border has a Mexican theme because the joke is that South of the Border typically refers to Mexico, but in this case, it refers to it being south of the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. The place has been around since 1950, originally started as a beer stand next door to Robeson County in NC which was dry at the time! Then when I-95 was announced to go right through it in 1964, it helped them grow even more!
    The tall structure you saw is its 200-foot observation tower! They also have two mini golf courses, a motor inn, a steakhouse (shaped like a sombrero, of course), and a thing called the Reptile Lagoon which is the largest indoor reptile exhibit in the US with 15 crocodilian species and 50 snake species.

    • @petethetraveler
      @petethetraveler ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very informative, thank you for your insightful comment.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't realize Muscovy ducks were invasive - we saw them at a cool nature park in southern Savannah and it seemed like they were there intentionally because they look cool!

  • @joshuatrower1698
    @joshuatrower1698 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Foamer interlude: the line you crossed at Selma is the Norfolk Southern Line from Goldsboro, NC to Greensboro, NC. The Carolinian and Silver Star divert here to reach Raleigh. Future service to Wilmington, NC would also use this line.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh wow, that's good to know actually! I definitely should've mentioned that...

  • @theconezy
    @theconezy ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I took the train from Savannah to Philly. I was stuck next to a 'foamer' who kept calling people telling them where he was and how it was a "great run" I ended going to the cafe car for most of the ride.

  • @RebeccaMundschenk
    @RebeccaMundschenk ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love that you've had both Paul and Jeb acknowledge your channel now. 😂

    • @gchsbus
      @gchsbus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In what videos of theirs?? Please tell me! I would love to see those videos.

    • @nyc90
      @nyc90 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gchsbus Jeb mentions him in his recent Amtrak Empire Builder video at 21:30. I haven't seen the Paul video but I would also love to know!

    • @rbjplay13
      @rbjplay13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nyc90 Paul commented on the Lake Shore Limited trip report video!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, I don't think Paul has directly shouted out the channel in a video, but he's mentioned me on Twitter and I'm pretty sure he watches somewhat regularly!

    • @RebeccaMundschenk
      @RebeccaMundschenk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I stand corrected!

  • @mmanisr22
    @mmanisr22 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Nice video. I loved the Palmetto as a child because it was the "day train" between Charleston and NY. The miracle of the video is that you were on time, on CSX tracks at that!

  • @steelers3814
    @steelers3814 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally, the main character is back on this channel.
    I used to play Pocket Trains! I had it on my iPod touch years and years ago. Probably around 2013. I was always more of a Pocket Planes fan. I re-downloaded Pocket Planes when I switched back to iOS in 2019. Still a really fun game that recently got its first update in years.

  • @tombowers3681
    @tombowers3681 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Miles and Aleena get married and have their first child, a bouncing baby girl they name Septa Taylor. At first they notice nothing strange about Septa, but as she grows into a young lady, they start to notice that whenever Septa is on a train or bus or Ferry, it miraculously runs on time. She also, by simply closing her eyes and waving her hands, can make transit systems throughout the world add services. Miles and Aleena encourage young Septa to explore her super power and eventually she transitions completely into "Transit Girl" a superhero for transit everywhere!

  • @tf_9047
    @tf_9047 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That sponsor code made me laugh so hard I started coughing. Nice. 😂

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว

      I was SO happy when they said I could use that one!!!

  • @TalKessler
    @TalKessler ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So happy to see you get a sponsor! Keep up the good work!

  • @knkjchannel55
    @knkjchannel55 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    make a 10 hour version of the theme song

  • @arbarrro
    @arbarrro ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Once when I was seven years old or so we stopped at the South of the Border hotel for the night and the bathroom lock in our room broke while I was in there. Took my parents and the hotel management an hour or so to get me out. Anyway that's my South of the Border story

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, sounds like a great place...!

  • @cjuice9039
    @cjuice9039 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't believe Miles was in my home of Savannah and made a video about it! Great content as always!

  • @TBTboston
    @TBTboston ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I thought he was joking when he said he had a sponsor...
    No offence Miles

  • @supergppl
    @supergppl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:27 GE Genesis AC Compressor spool-up “whirrrp”

  • @waynecopple385
    @waynecopple385 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The railroad that operated this route pre Amtrak was the Seaboard Coast Line and prior to 1967. the Atlanta Coast Line. The ACL remained pro passenger train well after most other U.S. railroads had given up on the business. They build the current stations in Savannah and Charleston (okay Miles...NORTH Charleston) partially to project a more modern image and partially because the old downtown stations were stub end affairs that required a time consuming backup move from the mainline. This was in an era when nobody much cared about old building because they weren't 😎 cool you know. It was cool 😎 to be moederrn. The old station looked quite impressive, RIP. The former Central of Georgia Savannah station survives as visitor center. You just can't visit it by train😢.

    • @HeatherLandon227
      @HeatherLandon227 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @cjuice9039
      @cjuice9039 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopefully the CoG terminal can one day return to passenger service. The tracks that served it are still there and it is very close to the bus terminal. It is the perfect location for a downtown passenger station.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว

      I will admit that as awful as its location is, the Savannah Amtrak station is really beautiful, even today.

  • @99ferns
    @99ferns ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i'm always down to hear more about bus transit, for what it's worth

  • @DavidDellsperger
    @DavidDellsperger ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can say with confidence that I look forward to the F-Tier Missouri River Runner review!

  • @fjkelley4774
    @fjkelley4774 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The old Union Station in Savannah was a terminal station. The railroads came to hate these if it was not a specific destination (and even then ...). A few blocks north was the Central Station (actually, it is still there, though no longer a rr station), for the Central of Georgia trains. Union Station was replaced with I-16. What had been the old Railway Express building is still there (no idea what it is now).

  • @SamNusbaum
    @SamNusbaum ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Congrats on your sponsorship! It's the best transit channel on TH-cam!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I really appreciate that, thank you so much!

  • @sammymarrco47
    @sammymarrco47 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    9:37 boston accent spotted

  • @mikeobrien901
    @mikeobrien901 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Florence is a major crew change station. As they deal with all south bound trains. With bigger stations like that, we need to rescan to make sure people did not A - change seats, and then we have no clue where they are going. B- no one is on the train who is not supposed to be on it. Only happens at bigger crew change place.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Does the Palmetto not have a coach attendant to keep track of this stuff? Especially when the conductors are writing the destinations on the seat checks anyway, I think it'd be preferable for the passenger to just be told to hold onto the seat check if they do change seats!
      This isn't meant to be confrontational, it's just my least favorite Amtrak practice and I didn't know it happens outside of New York (and it certainly doesn't happen on any of the long-distance trains I've been on west of Chicago).

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey now, the sasquatch in the woods relies on the bus too, y'know! 😉The Amtrak station saying it's open 24 hours and then a separate taped paper says it's not and THEN them saying the cafe car would open in a few short moments and it doesn't...you just keep getting bamboozled! My man not only got sponsored but made a song about said sponsor and made the promo code ✨𝓹𝓸𝓸𝓻 𝓫𝓲𝓭✨....well played! Ah yes, my favorite train... *CAT Route 29.* And showing the old Savannah Union Station, gotta love being reminded of the train infrastructure the city you're in lost thanks to artwork!
    Hearing you talk about Palmetto business class and how it's not worth it makes me think pre-pandemic Hamptons Reserve on the LIRR's Cannonball was a better deal (even for just 130 miles) with at-your-seat bar and snack service and reserved seating for 20 dollars more.

    • @cjuice9039
      @cjuice9039 ปีที่แล้ว

      and as if the irony wasn't already enough, they put a mural of the old union station on the burger king that now stands in it's place.

  • @daddylive9920
    @daddylive9920 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I yelled SOUTH OF THE BORDER! It’s been there since the 50s.

  • @lukeweatherford3230
    @lukeweatherford3230 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you ever get the chance to stop off at the North Charleston station, it was completely rebuilt in 2019 and is really nice. Glad you enjoyed the Carolinas!

  • @craftergin
    @craftergin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Congrats on getting a sponsor!

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Palmetto is a kind of palm of the Sabel family and one of the hardiest of palms although the Windmill Palm beats it hands down as some in Plovid, Bulgaria survived a drop down to -32c in one exceptionally cold winter.

  • @calvincoolidge1207
    @calvincoolidge1207 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The location of the Savannah Amtrak station is very inconvenient. It is quite far from downtown. I took a train from Florida to Savannah in 2001 and the train was very late due to hitting a bread truck. I just looked up the story and found out the driver was injured but survived. It was weird waking up and seeing bread lying everywhere along the tracks.

  • @3dkidsartfairs
    @3dkidsartfairs ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:31 - I will say, Business Class on the Pacific Surfliner and Premium on Brightline is totally worth it, in comparison to what is offered here on the Palmetto and perhaps even the Carolinian. I'm saying this because I've done both Brightline (WPB->Fort Lauderdale roundtrip on the same day) and Pacific Surfliner (San Diego to Anaheim and vice versa) within the past couple of months.

  • @2002dialupconnection_
    @2002dialupconnection_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was a Muscovy Duck, love your content Miles, I work at the West Palm Beach Amtrak/Tri Rail station, would be cool to see you here, safe travels!

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG, pocket trains! I love that game! To answer your very serious question I have 25 trains in service on my worldwide pocket trains empire

  • @The-rp6do
    @The-rp6do ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It’s always a great day when it’s apparently a trip report!

  • @thefareplayer2254
    @thefareplayer2254 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That’s the best promo code ever! 🤣

  • @JustAnotherPoorSlob
    @JustAnotherPoorSlob ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congrats on your sponsorship, Miles. I'll look into it once I start summer traveling again (waves fist angrily at COVID)

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! It's definitely a good investment if you're going on long train or bus trips!

  • @CSXKid5016
    @CSXKid5016 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Whenever you get a new conductor crew, they’re supposed to sweep the whole train and recheck all tickets. That’s why they got you after FLO. Amtrak rule that’s rarely followed, more so in the day time, but looks like you got unlucky that day.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Weird...I've never had that happen anywhere outside the NEC! I feel like that would be a pain on long routes like the Empire Builder if they actually followed those rules?

    • @CSXKid5016
      @CSXKid5016 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MilesinTransit like i said, it’s a rule that’s very rarely followed

  • @TBizTch
    @TBizTch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had your channel recommended to me and I love it. Its amazing! Thank you for the videos

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว

      That's my favorite thing to hear - thank you so much!

  • @andrewclark8630
    @andrewclark8630 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for that, what a great couple and so nice to see.

  • @joemotes
    @joemotes ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really have enjoyed both your travels, keep it up.

  • @jamesschock4296
    @jamesschock4296 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Near Petersburg is Fort Lee headquarters of the U.S. Army supply and Quartermaster Corps. Hence the large warehouse buildings.

    • @calvincoolidge1207
      @calvincoolidge1207 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did my AIT there. Running through the civil war battlefield was a rare fun experience during training.

  • @viridimontes
    @viridimontes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:40 dirt as bad as dots!

  • @blathersb
    @blathersb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol these apparently a trip reports are great and hilarious well done

  • @ge009
    @ge009 ปีที่แล้ว

    14:40 Same deal on the Carolinian too; when I took that from DC to Charlotte and back, lots of people got on and off within NC

  • @radjago
    @radjago 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:10
    I used to install and configure the systems behind these boards. They are designed to handle a wide variety of scenarios including being centrally driven from Amtrak's scheduling systems, GTFS feeds, or other dynamic data sources, or to be manually updated and maintained remotely or locally by Amtrak staff from information provided by train personnel over the radio.

  • @NEPATransitnTravel
    @NEPATransitnTravel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I’m not mistaken, San Jose-Diridon boards display the local bus to Santa Cruz, but that could be because they’re the “Ambus” provider to SC.

  • @SamRoss68
    @SamRoss68 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I bet if a bus breaks down in Savannah they blame it on ghosts, and not inefficient infrastructure budgeting.

  • @washuotaku
    @washuotaku ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fun facts about North Charleston: When the previous Atlantic Coast Line Depot opened in 1956, the city didn't exist and thus was identified as Charleston. The city of North Charleston was established in 1972 and is the 3rd largest city in South Carolina (behind Columbia and Charleston). The new station opened in 2018, next to the old station that was eventually razed. Amtrak still identifies it as "Charleston," but everything else correctly identifies it as North Charleston. Last, the station is the busiest in South Carolina, accounts for a 3rd of all ridership.

  • @john654owl9
    @john654owl9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If you ever end up in NC in the future, the Piedmont between Raleigh and Charlotte could make for a good video. It uses what I believe are the only heritage coaches still operated by Amtrak, some of which date back to the 1950's

    • @kitchin2
      @kitchin2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Essentially owned by the state of NC since it was built in the mid 1800s.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Piedmont is definitely on my list!

  • @syrax101
    @syrax101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to see you beef with Jeb and Paul… You got this… lol

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Considering both Jeb and Paul love this channel...it's only a matter of time

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love Jeb and Paul though!!

  • @TrainsFerriesFeet
    @TrainsFerriesFeet ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Columbia and have taken the 14 hour Silver Star to NYC; man is that a long trip.

  • @juulvlog
    @juulvlog ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I laughed my ass off about the bus system in Savannah being so dodgy tho

  • @nathanjiang100
    @nathanjiang100 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been preaching this for years: the Palmetto is the most underrated line for scenery. I rode the entire southbound from New York to Savannah in December of 2021 and there is nothing like a sunset over the South Carolina lowcountry! (We took an Uber from the station to the hotel) Also running express in Virginia as also super cool but running local on the NEC is not cool.
    A couple notes from watching the video:
    Dillon seems super cool, and I wondered why the Silver Meteor doesn't also serve it when we passed by
    Wilson is a large Thruway Bus hub for cities like Greenville and Wilmington it the eastern part of the state, which explains the high ridership
    they told you guys not to film in Richmond? didn't happen to me at least
    Ashland has a really large foamer community and one of the most popular foamer webcams (basically allows you to foam a constant livestream of trains that pass by the cams) is located there
    I honestly don't know why the Palmetto isn't an S when it comes to usability for long-distance trains. It serves everywhere at a good time and the ridership reflects that. It's also the second-most on-time long-distance train, only behind the City of New Orleans.
    Sleep masks are really useful for sleeping on trains, except when Amtrak wakes you up on the Night Owl at NYP, you got lucky when you rode it, but I took it last week and they still do that.
    YOU SURTUPFID RBF

  • @stormythelowcountrykitty7147
    @stormythelowcountrykitty7147 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I took the Palmetto to Washington from Savannah. Long but fun.

  • @JoeyLovesTrains
    @JoeyLovesTrains ปีที่แล้ว

    7:14 love playing that game lmao!!! Didn’t realize other people played it.

  • @docvideo93
    @docvideo93 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:15 That stadium is for the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, AA baseball team

  • @quinncowan7551
    @quinncowan7551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I actually took the train not too long ago for spring break to see my cousins in Charleston and all in all it’s a pretty decent experience! The service is hit or miss depending on which crew you get but some really nice people work on this line! If only it didn’t take so damn long lol

  • @randomtransitadventures
    @randomtransitadventures 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 2 videos milez mentioned:
    this one
    and
    $19 Amtrak to nor-fawk
    and the last video: DC-Boston by transit (anti-amtrak)

  • @VonPosen
    @VonPosen ปีที่แล้ว

    I've done the Palmetto twice. Good basic service (way late both times!) I hope next time I go they bring back The Bagle!
    Great videos! Putting the AMTRAK station way outside Savannah is a bummer. Keep transiting!

  • @daviiiid.r
    @daviiiid.r 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    tiny trains goes very hard, i have like all the trains in europe and asia, Im currently expanding to oceania

  • @ratedpz9461
    @ratedpz9461 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I genuinely laughed out loud when I heard the promo code was POOR BID. That’s such a good code 😂
    Also as a bird foamer im pretty sure that was a Muscovy Duck. If the app you were using was Merlin then I think there’s a feature where you can show the app your photo and it can identify it.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!! For the compliment and the bird info ;)

  • @iangrimm
    @iangrimm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:35 - my biggest lol yet during a Miles vlog. And I've been watching A LOT of them.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Apropos of nothing, that's quite the unintentionally Boston "stahted" right there!

    • @iangrimm
      @iangrimm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MilesinTransit Hah it is! It all adds to the greatness of that moment.

  • @piemadd
    @piemadd ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BTW that horrible bus tracker is also used by the CTA for their buses (its the standard bustime tracker) and Metra for their...trains?

  • @jacorp7476
    @jacorp7476 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ayy it's Pocket Trains! I currently only have 11 trains but at one point I think I had like 40 lol

  • @ChiSoxRox2005
    @ChiSoxRox2005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If the Empire Builder is S tier for scenery, I can't wait to see your take on the California Zephyr. IMO the Zephyr is the crown jewel of Amtrak scenery.

  • @iJoshDG
    @iJoshDG ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OMGGGG I also have a Manta Sleep mask; my parents got it for me for Christmas because I work nights, and have the curse office-style plastic blinds in my apartment. I love it!!! It's helped me sleep on multiple trips even as a side/stomach sleeper as well. So happy for you that you got sponsored, that's so exciting

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's great to hear! It's really been a game changer for me on trips!

  • @colinbecker6869
    @colinbecker6869 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    While up in Boston, you gotta ride the Downeaster up to Portland.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's quite an old video and I need to do it again for AATR, but I've ridden it before! th-cam.com/video/TOnXLGGAYLY/w-d-xo.html

  • @amprosk
    @amprosk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Our boy got sponsored 🥹🥹

  • @metagoat
    @metagoat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sponsorship! Yes! Miles in transit!

  • @triadrailfanproductions
    @triadrailfanproductions ปีที่แล้ว +18

    ALINA AND MILES! The great amazing combo is back again. On the palmetto! He doesn’t have narration or expertise and he’s not like Paul or Jeb who can do it with ease. And now it’s apparently too late to abort. So it’s apparently a trip report!* REPEAT 🔁 REPEAT 🔁 AND REPEAT 🔁 OVER AND OVER! It’s a banger. Awesome video

  • @timothyschollux
    @timothyschollux ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @2:31 so excited to go downtown :)

  • @breadmaster1714
    @breadmaster1714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i took to amtrack auto train up the same route and pro amtrack tip DON"T SIT IN THE FRONT ROW. there is a light the is fully lit all night and i had to put my hoodie up to stop it. love amtrack and would do again tho. BTW the got rid of BAGELS on the auto train menu which i think is a crime.

  • @jeremyquiros5483
    @jeremyquiros5483 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best promo code ever 😂

  • @fenderbender4294
    @fenderbender4294 ปีที่แล้ว

    I might have to start playing that train game.... congratulations on your first sponsored video!🎉🎉 it was another great one :)

  • @shadowduck02
    @shadowduck02 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The N Charleston station is not anywhere close to anywhere you would want to go in Charleston.

  • @deaventuraconkikomas4281
    @deaventuraconkikomas4281 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The microwave is a most, when you're traveling long distances in train like Amtrak, because they don't allow you to heat food inside, they only want you to buy it, but it's great to have a microwave in the station before you board. Jeje 😂

  • @davidsixtwo
    @davidsixtwo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Menu shot
    Menu shot
    Right now you're looking at a menu shot

    • @mountainclawoutdoors
      @mountainclawoutdoors 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ha, I sing that in my head now
      Much like 🎶 diner 🎶

  • @Blake-vc3ym
    @Blake-vc3ym ปีที่แล้ว

    Not sure why I like this channel, but I like it a lot - great work!

  • @anonymous-ir3tf
    @anonymous-ir3tf ปีที่แล้ว

    At least there's one bus on Sunday. In 1973, there wasn't any Sunday bus service at all in Savannah. Was expecting to get a bus to Tybee Island, so ended up hitchhiking. Those were the good old days for me.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว

      There's no bus service period to Tybee Island anymore!

    • @anonymous-ir3tf
      @anonymous-ir3tf ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MilesinTransit Oh no! Thanks for that info! Not that I'd be taking it anytime soon soon. LOL.😀

  • @Skeet284
    @Skeet284 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Here for the Palmetto and saw some Gilligs. Yep this is a Southern Video. Yes I do have NABIs, Novas, and New Flyers where I am in the South but only cause Gillig doesn't build artics lol.

  • @mattwelch6819
    @mattwelch6819 ปีที่แล้ว

    🎉🎉🎉POCKET TRAINS MENTIONED

  • @jonat_gabl
    @jonat_gabl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I honestly don’t think that I’ve ever gotten on a train in the Northeast that has told me to read the passenger safety card.

  • @jraynorlxx
    @jraynorlxx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A sponsored video with item I actually want to buy.

  • @garyhorchem4365
    @garyhorchem4365 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys should come ride The Bus run by City Utilities here in Springfield Missouri.

  • @Brian-jk2ih
    @Brian-jk2ih ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Aleena is the star as usual. Her part was sad though because it was "nothing".

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Agreed, Aleena is always the star!

  • @shreychaudhary4477
    @shreychaudhary4477 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, non-hostile benches! I wouldn't have expected that for a larger city

  • @CaradhrasAiguo49
    @CaradhrasAiguo49 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:24 I think that's the Pump House, built in the late 19th century to deliver water to (William, not Harry the segregationist) Byrd Park. An extravagant structure for something that lasted less than 3 decades!

  • @mattykart8538
    @mattykart8538 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:55, menu shot

  • @1996RandomDan
    @1996RandomDan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unfortunate that there is no Amtrak connection to Atlanta (yet). You could have done a 2-for-1 and rode all of MARTA!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Getting from Savannah to Atlanta is such a pain by transit!

  • @bernardschmitt6389
    @bernardschmitt6389 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP Amtrak cheese stromboli you will be missed

  • @CTrail1711
    @CTrail1711 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Merlin App really fights with my videos for storage on my phone.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I deleted it after we found out what the bird was!

  • @winspaarkiebarkiebarker
    @winspaarkiebarkiebarker ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible vid

  • @Unmannedperson
    @Unmannedperson ปีที่แล้ว

    Gonna need an MLG pro montage of Aleena's train game pronto.