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Train Station Pizza in Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Trains Are Awesome

Күн бұрын

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@pjones8404
@pjones8404 4 ай бұрын
I was born at St. Joseph Hospital but grew up in Benton Harbor. Lived there from 1962 - 1972. Still one of my favorite places on the map! I was just watching videos showing how much of the beach front I grew up with has eroded away. The beach you were on is a tiny section of what was once an enormous area. Lions Park was where we did most of our swimming and family outings back in the day! It has been wiped out by the waves and currents of Lake Michigan. Downtown St. Joe is a great place! Especially during the art fair and other large events. My father worked at Fruit Belt Motors right next to the Whirlpool plant. Silver Beach use to be the coolest place to go to. It had an old school wooden roller coaster and games. I have been able to see Chicago from Warren Dunes State Park which is only several miles south of St. Joe. That is the best beach I have ever been to. We drove from Chicago back to this area many, many times to take my kids to the beach to climb the dunes. Mom was born and grew up in Grand Rapids...but that is another show.
@pandaotu
@pandaotu 3 ай бұрын
I WAS BORN IN ST JOSEPH TOO!!!!
@alloralou4722
@alloralou4722 Жыл бұрын
I used to work in downtown St Joe and now live around 10 minutes away. There are a lot of nice beaches in southwest Michigan!
@EagleThree
@EagleThree 5 ай бұрын
I was born a Hoosier (Indiana for those who did not know) and "transplated" wolverine for a about 3 decades. Now retired back in the Hoosier state. I enjoy your vids.
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 5 ай бұрын
Enjoy your retirement!
@joshc2650
@joshc2650 2 жыл бұрын
You should check out Frankenmuth, I dont know about trains, but it sure is cool!
@gregorylparks7304
@gregorylparks7304 27 күн бұрын
Great Video ❤! Back in the day, I use to travel up Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor- St. Joseph.
@dexteralexander2437
@dexteralexander2437 2 жыл бұрын
The Midwest! Yes! Small towns! Yes! New places to visit, new experiences, beautifully videoed, expertly edited, illuminatingly narrated. “Thom In The Midwest” began with great promise, and is certain to fulfill that promise. My wife and I will follow Lindsey and you with great interest as you travel through this great region.
@NonstopEurotrip
@NonstopEurotrip 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent Thom I like the vlog style videos with much more than just trains in! Looks a lovely little town too 🚆🤗
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! For some reason this one was very relaxing to film.
@Devinator6205
@Devinator6205 Жыл бұрын
Aye I live here love getting pizza at silver beach. This video gives me a nice new look at my hometown. Thanks :)
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
It’s very charming!
@PeterWarner-yz7tb
@PeterWarner-yz7tb 4 ай бұрын
The Monarch Butterflies also visit Laguna Niguel, CA l, specifically the Monarch Bay area by the Ritz Carlton hotel.
@PeterWarner-yz7tb
@PeterWarner-yz7tb 4 ай бұрын
You and your wife should visit San Juan Capistrano and go on the Mission Tour. Also Visit the Zoo and Sea World in San Diego. While in San Diego County, ride the Sprinter (Siemens Desiro VT 642) and the Siemens LRV S700 cars on San Diego Trolley)
@ryansmith290
@ryansmith290 2 жыл бұрын
11:57: Huff park, nice 👍
@jasonrobinson9900
@jasonrobinson9900 Жыл бұрын
Very cool. As we live in St. Joe but never have we taken the Amtrak anywhere. It was a cool video.
@jrmcdowe
@jrmcdowe Жыл бұрын
Trains really are awesome and so are your videos. Glad I found them. Please keep posting.
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Don’t worry, I will!
@wayneeschbank2895
@wayneeschbank2895 Жыл бұрын
The new Amtrak carriages look great and looks like the seats can be turned to face the direction of travel. Pizza looks that good I would be happy to go to St Joseph for that alone but the rest of town looks like a great place to see and thank you Thom for the video
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
Pizza was delicious!
@Buckskin1290
@Buckskin1290 10 ай бұрын
L301 runs by there and M327 and M326 do too along with C800 and C801!
@bluedub02
@bluedub02 Жыл бұрын
I live in st. Joe
@anthonywarrener1881
@anthonywarrener1881 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great video ! I really will have to visit St.Jo ! The Pere Marquette is a neat train especially with the new Venture cars. The name is of course a nice reminder of the railroad bearing that name which became part of the CSX corporation I believe. Many thanks, and glad you both enjoyed the Pizza !
@ck4426
@ck4426 2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this vlog so much!!! I’m forwarding it to people I know who live there and people who visit there. Thanks so much!!! 😃
@daveallan3743
@daveallan3743 Жыл бұрын
In off to michigan in April and intend to visit this place its looks so lovely there
@MartyTuro
@MartyTuro 7 ай бұрын
I must go back to St. Joe soon
@Chescat124
@Chescat124 Жыл бұрын
I went there, it was great, I could hear the train horns! Also I collected a stone that looked like among us
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
A sus rock
@danielhurst7432
@danielhurst7432 Жыл бұрын
My Step mom used to live in St. Joe Michigan. Part of me wants to come back to Michigan. But It's Hard. I hope to ride an Amtrak train one day.
@danielziemke8020
@danielziemke8020 Жыл бұрын
Love your video. I grew up in Benton Harbor / St. Joe. Michigan's Twin Cities. I currently live in Lansing and put in for a weeks' vacation. So, I'll be taking the Blue Water to Chicago. Then I'll take the Pere Marquette from Chicago to St. Joe to visit family.
@danielziemke8020
@danielziemke8020 Жыл бұрын
I've eaten at Silver Beach Pizza and it's the best. I miss watching the sunset at Lions Park and Silver Beach. I used to rollerblade between Lions Park and Silver Beach. I also liked Tiscornia, Jean Klock, and Rocky Gab. As well as Warren Dunes State Park and Grand Mere.
@thetrueglasses
@thetrueglasses Жыл бұрын
st joe!! my grandparents live here and i've spent a lot of time in the downtown. unfortunately i've never been by rail, but if indiana decides to pretend to fix their highways AGAIN this summer, i might cajole my parents into letting me take this trip by rail. i hope you enjoyed the downtown and ofc the silver beach pizza!
@thetrueglasses
@thetrueglasses Жыл бұрын
also, if you ever come again, stop at the caffe tosi for dessert and get something with the "bit of swiss" logo. i don't go down there often and my grandparents live a walkable distance away from the actual bit of swiss bakery so i have many more options but the stuff from bit of swiss is so good. as in world championship winning good.
@londonwhaley8690
@londonwhaley8690 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the video👍👍
@musicphilebd9862
@musicphilebd9862 Жыл бұрын
I've visited St Joseph and Silver beach recently. Really beautiful beach and cool things to see . I did go to the pizza shop as well, but the line at the counter was sooooo long. I would recommend ordering an hour before the actual time you are planning to eat it lol
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
I ordered well in advance too because of been warned of the crowds
@joannefranklinjennings6049
@joannefranklinjennings6049 11 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤ Awesome video. I live in Chicago as well and St. Joseph MI is on my list of places to visit
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 11 ай бұрын
It’s a lovely place!
@SteveH-TN
@SteveH-TN Жыл бұрын
Appreciate you sharing this video I never stopped in st Jo despite having passed by road, many times.
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
It’s worth a visit!
@loganicana4899
@loganicana4899 Жыл бұрын
thank you for talking about my city
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@ericasarat1834
@ericasarat1834 11 ай бұрын
I believe it was 2019 when Amtrak increased Pere Marquette service for the holidays (Mid-November thru the first week in January) to twice a day service. So you had a train departing Grand Rapids and departing Chicago in the morning and in the evening. I don't know if they had two physical trains running the route or it was the same one just making a much faster turn around. As I recall, it was well received with a lot of additional traffic. I was hopeful that it would lead to an increase in overall service. But... Covid happened...
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 11 ай бұрын
That’s always been my biggest complaint about the PM is that it’s only once a day. Hopefully with the new federal funding we can go back to that additional frequency.
@GDJason
@GDJason 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Seems like a nice town. Looking forward to seeing more of this series, I've lived in the Midwest my whole life but there's a lot I've yet to see. I'm also a fan of the new Amtrak cars even though I haven't been on one yet. Looking forward to them rolling out on the Hiawatha service!
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
Every place has its issues but I’m glad to be able to highlight some of the stuff here in the Midwest. Even if I will never personally say the word pop… 😂 Thanks for putting me out of my venture car loneliness! Hoping they’ll be on the Hiawatha soon (haven’t seen any cab cars delivered yet, there’s lots of business class ones waiting outside Chicago tho…)
@GDJason
@GDJason 2 жыл бұрын
@@Thom-TRA I never call it pop either, but I will happily use the term bubbler 🤣. I'm lucky enough to work in downtown Milwaukee and have a view of the mainline between here and Chicago so i get to see that and the Empire Builder along with the freight traffic daily. Of course they don't let me stare out the window all day though
@OfficialSEIC2K6
@OfficialSEIC2K6 2 жыл бұрын
There's a pizza place in a train station. Now people can dine while waiting for their train. St. Joseph Station. The train is lead by a Siemens Charger which will replace amtrak's GE P42DCs. Unfortunately all Amtrak P42DCs are gonna be scrapped. Next episode: Thom and Julie board exo commuter rail in Montreal. You ride the Pere Marquette. Amtrak revived the Pere Marquette from Pere Marquette railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Wow I see you captured a CSX Train and more trains while waiting for a pere Marquette train. Happy Travels.
@alanzemsky7695
@alanzemsky7695 6 ай бұрын
Cool video! Hoping to visit the city in September- would you think about 3-4 hours would be enough to see most of the city- any museums you can recommend?
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 6 ай бұрын
3 hours is more than plenty. I’m not aware of any museum.
@NovejSpeed3
@NovejSpeed3 Жыл бұрын
Why doesn't Antrak have a train museum? When they get one you better be the curator!
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for just inventing my dream job!
@bryanschlippjr4894
@bryanschlippjr4894 2 жыл бұрын
That train seen in the intro was L301 with that clinchfield paint scheme
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it’s featured later in the video as wel
@bryanschlippjr4894
@bryanschlippjr4894 2 жыл бұрын
@@Thom-TRA the train bridge was first opened in 1903, the oldest living bridge to operate for boats to go thru, big or small, and whenever any trains ex. Coal trains, Amtrak trains, CSX freights coming down the railway, they make this weird bridge tender sound for it to close. they use the other sounds to let any bog boats thru the M-63 drawbridge. As of today, the 119 year-old train bridge still stands, works good today. There used to be a water tower there. Unfortunately, the water tower was demolished on September 27th, 2010.
@1jamarks
@1jamarks 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in St. Joe which I came to this after seeing the K train and the Redlands Train so that's pretty weird. I'll have to ask my parents about the effect of seeing chicago in fall and spring.
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed my visit to St Joe!
@WoodwardMart
@WoodwardMart Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! If you were trying for a day trip, whereby you could travel to and from Chicago in one day… where would you recommend?
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
I’d recommend going up to Wisconsin! Or Quincy Illinois is probably my favorite.
@WoodwardMart
@WoodwardMart Жыл бұрын
@@Thom-TRA interesting on Wisconsin! I did check out your Quincy, IL video too. Thanks for the advice
@gedeonrail
@gedeonrail 2 жыл бұрын
enjoyed this video, nice view
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@williamboorn2097
@williamboorn2097 2 жыл бұрын
nice GP-9
@Craigderi
@Craigderi Жыл бұрын
I actually live right next to St. Joseph *just 10 minutes away.
@lukestrainsandotherstuff
@lukestrainsandotherstuff 2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to holland because it’s super nice
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I’ve been to Holland many times!
@lukestrainsandotherstuff
@lukestrainsandotherstuff 2 жыл бұрын
@@Thom-TRA I think I saw one of the last Pere maurqutte with superliners in holland
@jacobhayden869
@jacobhayden869 Жыл бұрын
They have the best pizza
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
It’s so good
@RailfanVince
@RailfanVince Жыл бұрын
The tracks are owned by CSX, but every time I railfan there is see a LOT of BNSF coal trains.
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA Жыл бұрын
CSX uses BNSF locomotives for some of their runs on that line
@user-nc5gt5ut2d
@user-nc5gt5ut2d 2 жыл бұрын
Nice job. Is Dearborn coming on this series? I would really like to see how to get from the Amtrak Station to The Henry Ford in video. Nice job overall just too bad you and your wife's trip had to be on those crummy Venture Cars lol.
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
You know I like the venture cars! Also, no, probably not. I’ve personally just been to Dearborn and the Ford too many times. I wish the old Amtrak station at the museum was still open.
@jackychung9902
@jackychung9902 2 жыл бұрын
I like pizza
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 2 жыл бұрын
Good, that means you’re a normal human 😂
@Logannnnnnnnnnn
@Logannnnnnnnnnn Жыл бұрын
Me too
@mattf3761
@mattf3761 16 күн бұрын
I think the only downgrade of those new cars are the seat comfort
@Thom-TRA
@Thom-TRA 16 күн бұрын
They’re really not that bad, a lot of people go into it thinking they’re bad so then it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy
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