Albion - Least Used Amtrak Station in Michigan

[@davidsixtwo]

#1 Trending Albion Michigan video on youtube

[@MilesinTransit]

So true

[@rachelquist439]

The crushing reality of a desk job is never so apparent as when I’m on my lunch break watching Miles & co navigate meandering transit trips on a gorgeous day in the Midwest, sharing earnest reviews and inside jokes. Never change ❤

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you so much for the donation! Really appreciate it!!

[@HelloIAmJo]

Babe, new Least Used Station just dropped

[@nicknack6042]

I enjoy Nathan's commentary, you two together are very easy to listen to.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@davidsaunders6700]

Yes. Very easy to listen to.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The goose you saw at 10:37 is a domesticated goose descended from the Greylag goose! It is the ancestor of most breeds of domestic goose, having been domesticated at least as early as 1360 BCE in Ancient Egypt. Their breeding range is Iceland, Great Britain, Central Europe, Scandinavia, the Caucasus, and all the way to the Russian Far East! Their non-breeding range is southern China, Taiwan, the Indian subcontinent, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, France's Bay of Biscay coast, and spots around the Mediterranean. In North America, there are both feral domestic geese, which are similar to greylags, and occasional vagrant greylags. The greylag was once revered across Eurasia. It was linked with the goddess of healing, Gula, a forerunner of the Sumerian fertility goddess Ishtar, in the cities of the Tigris-Euphrates delta over 5,000 years ago. In Ancient Egypt, geese symbolized the sun god Ra. In Ancient Greece and Rome, they were associated with the goddess of love, Aphrodite. Since they were sacred birds, they were kept on Rome's Capitoline Hill, from where they raised the alarm when the Gauls attacked in 390 BCE Come for the least-used Amtrak station review, stay for Nathan's insect-swatting ritual at 14:21 and the Super Mario RPG reference at 12:08! Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. Albion, MI is named after the Albion Company that platted the area in 1895, and in turn was named after Albion in Orleans County, New York as many moved from western New York, including the Albion Company's founder Jesse Cromwell. The area's first European-American settler was Tenney Peabody in 1833, and his wife was asked to name it, initially considering Peabodyville, but chose Albion. Will Keith Kellogg founded the Kellogg Company in 1906. Their family were Seventh-Day Adventists, and his brother John Harvey Kellogg ran a sanitarium (he became superintendent in 1876) in Battle Creek for the church while Will worked as a bookkeeper. The family invented the corn flake in 1894 as part of improving the vegetarian diet at the sanitarium. Post also got its start in Battle Creek. C.W. Post was a former sanitarium patient, and founded the company there in 1895, with his first product being roasted, cereal-based beverage called Postum, deemed a healthy alternative to coffee.

[@stefunnyo]

i see this guy everywhere

[@emaglott]

​@@stefunnyo#gooseguy

[@Vtarngpb]

@@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un I am a goose!🪿😉

[@samuelsmith9945]

Not quite - good guess. It's a Tundra Swan

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

@@samuelsmith9945 Tundra swans don’t look like that. Tundra swans are all white and have a black beak. The bird in the video has a goose beak and has gray. That is a type of domestic goose.

[@allymnorris]

Oh, this is so cool. I went to Albion College and live in Ann Arbor now, so this recommendation felt eerily pointed.

[@justinbak12]

There's a reason why AA is considered one of the best (if not the best) college towns in the country! Glad you enjoyed it

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Shoutout to the dog on Nathan's phone at 2:11, truly a dog of all-time! As you pointed out, the driver change happened in Romulus. Romulus wasn't incorporated as a city until 1970. The first settler in the area was Samuel Polyne, a French Canadian, who arrived in 1826 but left soon after Romulus Township formed in 1835. The first settler in the village proper was Samuel McMath, who moved from New York. Romulus, Michigan was named after Romulus, New York, in turn named after the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Romulus had two stops on the Underground Railroad, and in 1987, its Detroit Metropolitan Airport was the site of the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 disaster, in which the plane crashed into an overpass bridge and exploded just seconds after taking off. The crash killed all but one of the 155 passengers and crew and two more people on the roadway. There was also a chemical plant explosion in 2005 which caused people within up to 2.1 km radius to evacuate. No one was injured. What's now Ann Arbor was once part of Massachusetts's western claim after the French and Indian War. Massachusetts ceded the claim to the federal government as part of the Northwest Territory after 1785. Ann Arbor was founded in 1824 by land speculators John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey, who named it after their wives, both named Ann, and for the stands of bur oak in the 640 acres of land they purchased for $800 from the federal government. The local Ojibwa named the settlement "kaw-goosh-kaw-nick" after the sound of Allen's sawmill. Ann Arbor's State Theatre was designed by C. Howard Crane who also designed Detroit's Majestic Theatre, Detroit Opera House, St. Louis's Fox Theatre, Detroit's Fox Theatre, DC's Warner Theatre, The Fillmore Detroit, Columbus's LeVeque Tower, and the since demolished Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. Since 2021, the State Theatre has housed a Target, one of the smallest in the chain at 12,000 square feet. The Nickels Arcade you saw was built in 1918. John H. Nickels owned and operated a meat market at this location on State Street. His grandson Tom E. Nickels inherited a portion of the property, and bought other portions of the property from his brothers and sister. Nickels hired local architect Hermann Pipp to design this building. While true that Michigan Stadium is among the largest stadiums in the world, it is worth mentioning that the former Great Strahov Stadium in Prague has a capacity of 250,000 spectators! It was first a wooden stadium in 1926, replaced with concrete grandstands in 1932, and there was further construction in 1948 and 1975. It was built for displays of synchronized gymnastics on a massive scale, with a field three times as long and three times as wide as the standard association football pitch. These began as Sokol gatherings, but during the communist period, were replaced with Spartakiads. The name refers to the 1921 Prague Spartakiad organised by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and was meant to celebrate the Red Army's liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945.

[@adamaviation6236]

I hope Miles has considered to make some sort of plaque for you in his office, I see you in literally all of his comment sections with a heart haha

[@SubspaceWinter]

10:25 ONE OF US YAY I actually lost my mind when you shouted out fire hydrant foamers, and then lost my mind again when you said you were enjoying them too :D

[@MilesinTransit]

Please feel free to impart any fire hydrant wisdom you might have!

[@peterhoneyman]

You would have loved to see Ann Arbor’s collection of historical fire hydrants, in front of the downtown fire station.

[@MilesinTransit]

@@peterhoneyman Darn, I wasn't a fire hydrant foamer yet, though!

[@voyagerannelid]

ohmigosh hiii thank you for sharing this video with me lol

[@imstuman]

Nathan is a very entertaining travel companion.

[@davidduffley8027]

Hey guys, at 14:40 you were talking about the train holding out of the station if there's no inter-track fence. This rule mainly exists for the protection of passengers boarding and de-training, there's been many instances where passengers will, in a rush or panic, start crossing tracks to get to their train and not see another train about to enter the station and be struck or close to it. I think it's good to have a safety conscious rule like that but it can be incredibly frustrating in practice, for passengers and train crews alike.

[@MilesinTransit]

Good to know, thanks so much!

[@paulw.woodring7304]

@@MilesinTransit There is a rule on most if not all railroads (I know the CSX version from having worked under it) called "Block Protection", used mostly for protecting a train crew member working on a equipment adjacent to an active track. It also is used in situations where passengers have to be boarded/detrained across another active track(s). It requires the dispatcher to hold traffic short of those situations until released by the crew requesting protection. I don't know why Amtrak didn't use it for your train? They do other places.

[@RebeccaMundschenk]

Nathan's comment about how he doesn't expend that kind of energy on bugs and how he finds it better for his inner peace was pure poetry. (Side note, I'm having a rough time tight now and your content is really helping, so thank you!)

[@MilesinTransit]

So sorry to hear that :( I hope things get better soon, I'm happy to provide some joy through the channel!

[@TitanSix]

I love this stuff. I wish I had the ability to travel to random public transport stations for the hell of it.

[@blaisebaileyfinnegan]

My first time catching a Miles in Transit video, as it's posted, not stumbling on it in my feed. I'm excited!

[@acarr506]

Miles is awesome video. 😊

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks for being here!!

[@andrew_ray]

If you like short platforms, you should pay a visit to the old Plimptonville station in Walpole MA. It closed during covid, but the platform is only ten feet long. For the Mariott, I do appreciate that they put the parking lot behind so as to not break up the streetscape. On the other hand, whoever put up the Quick Print sign gave absolutely zero F's about making it line up at all.

[@MilesinTransit]

I recommend checking this video out ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJjVo4OthZWjp7ssi=ajO7gFJHxLnDxI5R

[@mikejb767]

From Michigan here 👋, glad to see you guys take a couple of bus routes! Beyond the Greyhound, Michigan has Indian Trails running all around the state, and it can be fun to tour around in their coach buses. Great video!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you! I want to take Indian Trails to the UP sometime.

[@mikejb767]

@@MilesinTransit you should! It's a long haul but it'll be worth the scenic trip. I'm from the UP so I've taken the bus to get to college

[@joemckim1183]

Miles the best editor who's ever walked the earth or rode a bus or train across America.

[@MilesinTransit]

Aww, thanks!

[@joemckim1183]

@@MilesinTransit But not the best who's ever been to outer spacer, you need to get on that. Stop slacking!!!!

[@trainandmore]

Can't remember the last time we got a least used Amtrak station, also lol you got you're wish, Greyhound was on time. You brought it up on yourself.

[@ztl2505]

Michigan always dominates at rapid whiplash from the most charming place you’ve ever visited to completely cursed backrooms towns

[@adamaviation6236]

27:57 love when the crew sounds happy and energetic over the intercom 😊😊

[@isaacanderson5083]

2:55 Those Michigan Flyers are a great connection from East Lansing to DTW via Ann Arbor. There really should be a train but I've taken them from EL to DTW many times and my dad would use them to commute from EL to AA when he worked there.

[@RashMonroe]

Love your vids, especially with the trains. Not sure what it is that’s just genuinely intriguing and always pulls me to watch your videos. Hope you keep going for years to come!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@Dajbman22]

Finally content for us Public Health Foamers

[@criticalpig]

Ann Arborite here- crazy seeing my hometown on here even if it was only for 2 hours! There have been plans for building a new Amtrak station for basically my entire life at this point, but the cost and requirements to build thousands of parking spaces have essentially stalled it out.

[@MilesinTransit]

You're saying parking minimums in a very walkable town are making it impossible to build the station? That's terrible!

[@tomokihada8407]

​@@MilesinTransitAnd Ann Arbor even got rid of minimum parking requirements a few years back

[@chaos0852]

I was born and raised in Albion, still live within eight miles of the city. I have used the Albion station, including when the lobby was open. The college is the only reason the train still stops there. However if you are really looking for the least used terminal, try Marshall Michigan during the week of historic home visitation they stop. Yes, one week out of the year! PS, Jackson Michigan’s terminal is the oldest operating station in the United States.

[@Josephcavagnaro]

9:28 wow they named a street after jackson. Also i hope it does

[@marlopeterson8283]

Least used station... excited to see Nathan's return to the channel.

[@davidsp5936]

Finally! A new least used station!

[@tsivard1]

Just two goofs with the best smiles on KZbin.

[@EPMTUNES]

I love this series miles! I’m always curious what these random towns look like in real life after seeing them on google maps (Battle Creek for example) so I’m glad that you show them off in a transit centric and urban design viewpoint

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you so much!

[@kevinwang1655]

Omg thanks for visiting Ann Arbor! (I go to UMich!)

[@MilesinTransit]

Whoa, that's awesome!!

[@calaisclark9044]

I live in ypsi and drive past that bus depot often, was cool to see behind the gate

[@acarr506]

I love your videos. I miss living in big transit area now i living small transit. Keep on going. You are best to me for sure.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@jfmezei]

BTW, locos have a mechanism where the engineer can depress a button or pedal passing a spot and it will count distance travelled. So if he knows that they will open the door to 3rd car which is XX feet from loco, he can start the counter as he passes tha platform and stop when the counter reaches XX and the door to that car will be aligned.

[@bipbipletucha]

Ann Arbor is my favorite college town in the US. So much good urbanism and culture. Just wish it was less expensive!

[@calaisclark9044]

Ridiculously expensive

[@aubreylockwood4792]

It’s… a weird case. It’s very good in some regards, but has some weird problems. Its affordability is also very much a planning problem, there’s several measures that could lessen it. (Like regional rail to Detroit…)

[@ayebing]

I may not be from Michigan but Albion the comments saying thanks for another great video!

[@MilesinTransit]

Ha!

[@psychorabbitt]

I just rewatched the least used Amtrak station in New Jersey video, and a new least used video is waiting for me. Score!

[@hardcorehobbit]

Just come from another of Geoff's videos on the End of the Line. Love being a transport nerd on YT. :D

[@Vtarngpb]

FFFOOOOOAAAAAMMMMMEEERRRR!!! 😅

[@jonathanalbrecht8458]

As someone who has used that Ann Arbor Amtrak bathroom, I have to say it looks nicer than it is as far as cleanliness goes. Also, the door has a rubber band or something that prevents it from closing properly.

[@s1ngul4r1ty_n0w]

Miles, does Nathan have a social media presence at all? He's just... the best

[@MilesinTransit]

No, he doesn't!

[@joshlord8474]

Absolutely love your videos

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@ck4426]

Oh, and honey, wake up! Miles is in Albion, Michigan and there’s some greyhound involvement!!!

[@DuluthTW]

Nate is my favorite chillaxed companion of yours. Da*n you Miles, you may just have turned me into a Fire Hydrant foamer. Both Ann Arbor and Albion look like a nice place to spend a day or two. I had to FFW through Nate's nose swab. Thanks for sharing!

[@stormythelowcountrykitty7147]

Miles in Transit. Oh yes a good night ahead!

[@curranmccauley7777]

I love all your content but there's something about the Least Used Amtrak series that just resonates with me on an extremely personal level for some reason? My favorite content on the internet.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you so much!!

[@benjaminwagner8141]

Best part of being on dayshift is watching these right as they get posted

[@sambarton5963]

We have Schindler elevators in the UK, where they are known as Schindler's Lifts.

[@aarondersnah863]

When I attended Albion College (late 1980s-early 1990s), the number of trains stopping in Albion was the same: 1 westbound train and 1 eastbound train per day. However, the westbound train's Albion stop was at about 2 pm, while the eastbound's Albion stop was around 7 pm. Both the campus and the town were pretty boring on weekends when I was a student, so one Saturday, during my sophomore year, I took the westbound to Kalamazoo and spent the afternoon there. That was the only time I took a train from the Albion depot while I was a student. For the majority of my time as a student, I lived in a dorm called International House, across from the fraternity houses (I House has since been torn down). The train track ran right behind the dorm, so we would hear all the trains as they passed by. The Amtrak trains weren't too bad since they were only a few cars, but late at night, there would be these long freight trains that would come through.

[@mbsisktb9045]

Glad to see the love for Ann Arbor. It also threw me off that they were an hour apart but it’s about 35-40 each way from where I live (about in the middle of them). Also I’m sorry you had to go to a BK.

[@dominickshinal7074]

22:16 I may never go to Albion but I am very sad that those buildings are gone

[@pearlcalloway1441]

Hi there, guys! In the mid 1970's, for a wedding in Battle Creek, my friends and myself, stayed at a motel in "Albion". The cable went off at 7:00 p.m.! SMILE 😂

[@BSJinx]

Proud to be your 11,000,000th subscriber.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you for your service

[@KaiCheetah]

Didn’t know Amtrak uses NS’s passenger tone in 27:57 I was waiting to hear Dutch XD

[@wilfstor3078]

Union Station in Toronto uses the chime of the Sydney Metro, North American passenger operators are allergic to uniqueness... The 90s Union Station tone was better in my opinion...

[@justinlinville3]

28:25 I guess someone didn't see Unfrosted lol. Great video!

[@PendragonDaGreat]

Heh, you filmed this while I was also on Amtrak. I took the Cascades up to Vancouver that same weekend.

[@ccmcpeak]

My favorite friend of yours again!

[@chaos0852]

The Courtyard by Marriott was built in conjunction with Albion College and the City of Albion. The business is guaranteed a certain income even if the rooms are empty.

[@chaos0852]

Fun fact, the hymn “The Old Rugged Cross” was written in Albion Michigan

[@domzals1]

The intercom chime at 27:55 is the exact same one from NS trains in Holland - spend a year living as an expat in Amsterdam and was thrown off when the voice wasn't the computer-generated Dutch woman!

[@jasonkosnoski5180]

Wow a real, live, world famous, Clooney-level, celebrity in my home town--Ann Arbor. If you are ever in town again, check out the Fleetwood Diner. It's old school and you would love it.

[@MilesinTransit]

Oh wow, a legit 24-hour diner! This place looks awesome.

[@jacobkelly7026]

kinda surprised its so little used. The train goes right by the college campus there. I know Albion college isn't huge but you would think it would get more use with access to AA and detroit

[@MilesinTransit]

It needs more trains per day!

[@WilliChang248]

The bigger problem is the schedule. I went to Albion College. Back then, there was an evening train you could catch to Michigan Central that left in the late afternoon after classes, so it was pretty convenient if you could grab food before heading for the station. The current schedule to AA/Detroit means leaving after 10 pm, which is a pain during dorm closures since you're supposed to be out by 6 pm. The only return train leaves Metro Detroit between 6 and 7 am and arrives a bit after 8 am.

[@CyanideCarrot]

Those reverse bus shelters are nice for blocking road noise. They're pretty common in places where wind comes from the direction of the road

[@HelloIAmJo]

11:37 you've gotta be completely vertical and perpendicular to the test card. Droppers are actually fairly consistent with their dosage and the instructions would tell you it needs to be totally vertical.

[@AL5520]

Great and fun video as always. You are starting to gain fame. I saw a video on the new Venture cafe car and he used your (and Jackson's, of course) "menu shot" jingle

[@MilesinTransit]

Oh wow, that's awesome! Do you have a link? I'd love to see it!

[@AL5520]

@@MilesinTransit Just don't go all Nintendo on him 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/noDbeWOaorSLqbcsi=yc3ZlHn45bPgxm9_

[@MilesinTransit]

@@AL5520 No no, of course not (oh gosh, I hope it didn't come off that way) - this was very cool to see, thanks for sending it!

[@AL5520]

@@MilesinTransit Just a joke. If I believed it was a possibility I would't have mentioed it but I knew you'll like it.

[@joermnyc]

10:43 that may be a Gray Goose, as in the vodka brand. The only thing I can think of for the reason for the hotel is overflow if the hotels by the highway are all full.

[@thatfloridian5719]

My day wasn’t good but seeing a new least used Amtrak vid is amazing! Hope Florida is coming soon

[@avgjoeavglife]

*Amcrack

[@MilesinTransit]

Haven't visited it yet but with all the requests I get for it, maybe I'll have to soon!

[@ck4426]

I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your “least used Amtrak station” videos!!! And you’re right, you could sit at a bus stop and do nothing or even take Covid tests and I would watch. I enjoyed every bit of it and I so appreciate you sharing the experience with all of us out here!!! Press on!!!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks so much!!

[@bucketcreature]

AMSHACK!!!!! ARCHITECHTURAL MASTERPIECE!!! BEAUTFIUL!!!!!

[@ClassyWhale]

Props to Nathan for using 24hr time

[@cavecreaturenorth4840]

27:15 Hearing Jon Scieszka's name was an unexpected blast from the past. I haven't read any of those books in over a decade.

[@KurtAnderson812]

Hope you had an opportunity to see the Holland station while you were in Michigan. It has some charm

[@derektoornstra]

this series is the best

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@derektoornstra]

@@MilesinTransit please do it in Oregon!

[@MatthewStidham]

I've heard amquack, but amcrack is a new one for me. Beautiful episode.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@JimBones1990]

Thats Amshack.

[@ru95]

A Nathan video!!! Yay! ❤

[@RYRY_MURPHY]

Good stuff man!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@RYRY_MURPHY]

@@MilesinTransit what video editor do you use?

[@savannaperry329]

I almost moved here and stayed at that exact hotel when on the job interview (I instead moved to one of the most densely populated areas of the country lol)

[@thesledgehammerblog]

Speaking of least used stations, here's one that might be up your alley for future planning: Tomorrow is the Lexington Barbecue Festival in the town of Lexington NC, located between Charlotte and Greensboro. It's a very popular festival (the organizers claim attendance of over 100,000 people each year) and as a result, the Amtrak Carolinian and Piedmont trains add stops in Lexington only one day a year for the festival. Because it's not an official station Lexington does not show up in the Amtrak rider statistics, but I suspect it probably still gets more people each year than Gastonia on that one day alone.

[@ryangriffin5362]

I was today years old when I learned that the texture on plastic (as pointed out on the D2A2 luggage rack) is supposed to look like leather. That was just a ubiquitous plastic texture from my childhood.

[@Trainboy2005]

At 11:18 I get that same felling with the bus stop I use daily, it faces away and the windows are so clouded that you can't actually see the road. The only good thing about it is that there is a Dot Matrix display that does show when the buses will arrive

[@chrisvvvv]

Couldn't be a COVID test foamer, had to look away while Nathan took his. I also experienced the brain scraping once upon a time. Hope to see you in Portage, WI some day for a least used station video.

[@Knightmessenger]

I actually used the Albion station when I was a student there 20ish years ago, a few times. Ironically I would probably use it more, now that the Detroit Amtrak is connected to the QLine streetcar, the Wolverine Route is faster with few delays, and I'm familiar with the bus routes from downtown. Back then, you could request Amtrak to stop or drop you off at Albion when it wasnt scheduled to stop. I don't know if that still is an option.

[@MilesinTransit]

Unfortunately not, it's just the one trip in each direction.

[@francesottawa8]

I'm a michigander, so this one's got me pumped.

[@carlkelemen6452]

30-50 years is usually how long fire hydrants are around. When they replace waterlines they usually replace the fire hydrants with them.

[@MilesinTransit]

Ah, interesting! So you'd need to be in a city that hasn't done that in a while.

[@Transitguy4124]

How great! I heard more greyhound is involved 😅

[@palderson]

Yay! A Nathan episode!

[@FalseShimmer]

Always sort of surprised this stop is less used than the Bangor stop on the Pere Marquette line.

[@BoratWanksta]

The Albion Amtrak platform, reminds me of how very short the Hudson Lake platform is(per pics I've looked up online) on the South Shore Line in Indiana. It is a flag stop, as well. I think this station and Clark Road(Gary Chicago Airport), are the only 2 SSL stations I've never taken a train trip to. I'd like to do Hudson Lake at some future point, to check it off of my commuter rail stations to visit that I've never visited. Too bad Albion only has one scheduled train in each direction, a day. It should have MORE service than that(where I wish it would go up to 3 Wolverine trains stopping there), in my opinion. Though who knows if Amtrak will do that one day....

[@f4fwildcat29]

Super surprising that the least used station is on the Wolverine, and a college town! I would have expected the least used station would be some small town on the Blue Water or Pere Marquette

[@MilesinTransit]

Looking at the other Michigan routes, I think Albion might be the smallest town served by any of them! If it had more trains per day it'd probably be busier, though.

[@thefareplayer2254]

27:55 I love the sound of good NS’s chime.

[@blintscav]

I somehow had a feeling Nathan was a basoonist

[@ruffingej]

Woohoo my home town!

[@ChasMusic]

If you foam fire hydrants, be sure to visit Brisbane, California. They have a whole bunch of art hydrants. Regular service SamTrans 292 or intermittent service shuttles from Balboa Park BART or Bayshore in SF. Albion can't be that isolated if they have boba drinks. Although boba has pretty high penetration nowadays, so it might not be the indicator of civilization that it once was. When you said Wolverine I thought you were talking about the Marvel Comic Universe, lol, and I don't even read or watch Marvel comics or movies (except for Black Panther, that movie rocked). When I took the electrified Caltrain for the first time last week and had to use the *one* restroom (in the 2nd car from the north end of the train) I sang "Now it's time for a bathroom review" in your melody, of course. Sorry if any copyright violation. (I had the door locked so it wasn't a public performance or anything.) It's quite roomy (probably explains why there's only one - I need to be grateful because originally there weren't going to be any, so we were at risk of no bathroom reviews) but it would be nice if there were a vertical bar to hold on to next to the sink as the train does speed up and slow down a lot faster than the old diesels. It's also a problem if the restroom is out of service, which happened on one trip, or if someone is trying to hide from the proof of payment conductors.

[@MilesinTransit]

Haha, you can sing the bathroom review song whenever you want! 😂

[@432Point]

Too expensive to be cool…Ann Arbor. Well put.

[@BlacqueJacqueShellacque_]

You're visiting all of my haunts in MI/ON. Jackson County, MI and Sault Ste Marie, MI/ON. Definitely not places that "normal" people go on vacation. :D

[@StateRailfan2008]

👍👍👍Great Video Miles Love the least used station videos 😊

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@nsick]

I used to live right where you were walking around in Ann Arbor and you're right, it's awesome.

[@John-q5p9m]

When you do a recline check on a seat, if possible, you should then sit behind yourself with the seat reclined to see how intrusive it is. It would add a revolutionary aspect to your seat review, or something.

[@MilesinTransit]

Interesting idea, that's a good point! I wouldn't ever recline unless there was no one behind me or if I was on an Amtrak Superliner/Amfleet II...

[@robustfawn]

looks like it hasn't changed much visually in ~10 years, except that hotel, what a surprise.

[@theomne]

Kind of surprising you didn't find a way to make a stop at the Jackson, MI station, you were only one stop away. The Jackson Station is one of the oldest continually operating rail stations in the US. Opened to passengers in 1873 and has never stopped.

[@OneOneTwo112]

Excellent video as always, Miles. The Least Used Stations is my favorite series of yours because I always learn something unique about places I've usually never thought about before besides the fact that they have an Amtrak station. Keep up the great work! I actually have a request for when you do the Least Used Station in Nevada, which is Winnemucca, NV. Would you consider covering "I've Been Everywhere" (sung by many people such as Johnny Cash and Hank Snow among others)? After all, the first line goes, "I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca Road, when along came a semi with a high and canvas-covered load. If you're goin' to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride..."

[@MilesinTransit]

Oh man, I have a history with butchering the lyrics of that song...I'll try to remember but no promises!