at one point in the 80’s when they were still getting good money for MARTA, they had a plan to branch off a rail line to the Atlantic station area. It probably would’ve been possible to have a stop around here with the old alignment maybe.
It's wild. I go to college in Tuscaloosa and I've thought about taking the crescent to Atlanta for maybe a weekend trip or something, but the fact that it gets in at midnight, is separated from MARTA, and is basically in a highway interchange just makes it entirely unfeasible
Among the many things that I like about these videos, is that they actually show what the smaller towns in America look like, instead of talking about it. The subject of "rural America" has become such a shibboleth since sometime in 2016, that it is mostly talked about in terms of vague truisms and conventional wisdom. But this video actually shows what it is like! And that is very important!
Only true fans of the channel know the lore behind Nathan's Montachusett Tours...great to see the tours make a comeback...albeit briefly and in a different state 😂. Yup, Georgia has native cacti! Prickly pear is the only cacti native to the state. It has the largest range of any cactus in the US and can be found from New Mexico and Montana east to Florida and New York. It can also be found in Canada in Ontario. The majority of cacti species are native to the Americas, but only ONE cacti species is native outside the Americas...Rhipsalis baccifera, which besides the Americas, can be found naturally in Africa and Sri Lanka. How did they get there? Some say migratory birds introduced it to those places so long ago that it became its own subspecies. Toccoa was once home to famous Olympic weightlifter and world-record champion Paul Anderson who contributed significantly to the development of the competitive scene of powerlifting. During the Cold War, Anderson traveled to the USSR to compete, and at first the Russians laughed as the bar was set at 402.5 pounds and thought it was impossible...only for them to be proven wrong. Prior to his lift, Soviet champion Alexey Medvedev had matched the Olympic record of the time with a 330.3 pound press! Anderson's strength thus became a rallying cry to all Americans during this time of tensions. He won gold at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics and gold at the Munich 1955 world championship for heavyweight. Anderson died in 1994 at age 61.
some more about Toccoa station. IN WWII at the nearby camp toccoa the army unit later known as the "Band of Brothers" as seen in the HBO miniseries, trained. Attached to the station is both the Stevens county museum and a large museum dedicated to the camp, and the band of brothers. It features a stable from Aldbourne england which housed the unit in England. It's worth the trip. Aside from that there isn't much in Toccoa especially in the middle of the night.
Omg, the Toccoa station is close to my family!!! I didn’t even know it existed. We’ve wanted to visit relatives in New England for a while now, but the logistics and cost of driving is just so hard… but we could do a straight shot to our family on Amtrak!!! I’m going to try and use this station soon. Thank you so much for this video!!!
These videos are very well-made, from the shots to the editing. There’s a practiced command of comedic timing to them too. Don’t ever sell yourselves too short!
Small town georgia means if it weren't for the train those cops would be at the waffle house. That shot of the lit up waffle house in the complete darkness is just 10/10. That's one deserted but picturesque little town although eerily quiet actually, not even any traffic. The radio jingle was straight out of 1967 and I'm loving it! For a (justified) bad rep of hating transit the fact that a 7 passengers/day station in the US and a southern state at that is not only served but also has a heated and clean waiting room open at ungodly times is pretty neat. The arrival of the train screeching to a stop with the conductor opening the steps was S M O O T H, if only the ride quality matched that. Also thanks for sacrificing your sleeping patterns for us and to service workers who serve waffles at 6am.
Toccoa means "beautiful" in Cherokee, referring to the Toccoa Falls. Waffle House was founded in Georgia at Avondale Estates in 1955. I just love the fact that a government agency (FEMA) uses a thing called the Waffle House Index. For those who don't know, it's used when determining how dangerous a storm is based on the performance of Waffle House locations. It has three levels, Green, Yellow, and Red. If Green, it means the restaurant is open, full menu, has power, and has minimal damage. If Yellow, it means food supplies are running low or the power is either out or powered by a generator. If Red, it means the restaurant is closed and this means severe damage or flooding. That bug next to you in the Waffle House was a crane fly! They look like an oversized mosquito, but they're not! They first appeared around 245 million years ago, and are found all over with over 15K species, with them being the most diverse in the tropics. Adult crane flies eat little or nothing and live a relatively short lifespan.
It’s sad that a relatively large city like Atlanta has a tiny Amtrak station. The Ronkonkoma LIRR station is nearly twice its size. Mass transit clearly isn’t a priority in the Deep South.
Atlanta is a rail hub which ironically makes it hard to site a station. Atlanta exists because of rail (like Roanoke). Very pro-freight state. Unfunded plans for HSR to Charlotte and Crescent leg to Dallas. Vaguely more pro-Amtrak than SC or AL or FL or TN. Closer to but still not as supporting as even LA or MS or TX or OK or MO. It would benefit from one partner state like NC & VA build on each other (and have the Northeast draw). But it will probably just try to shake down the feds if anything.
I live in Charlotte and HSR to Atlanta is basically my transit white whale. I'd even settle for a regular train on the freight line if they could just add one that didn't run in the middle of the night. NC already funds a state-supported daytime Amtrak train to NYC, so I don't see why we shouldn't do the same for Atlanta (which is about half the distance). Driving on I-85 and flying into Atlanta's enormous airport on a puddle jumper are both deeply unpleasant and inefficient options, but the only real transit alternative right now is catching a train at 3:00 a.m. from a sketchy part of town known for high rates of car break-ins and other crimes.
After moving to Boston, I got used to buying my beer at the packie, getting a drink of water at the bubbler, putting jimmies on my sundae, eating an Italian grinder, taking the second exit on the rotary, banging a uey to get to Dunks, and renewing my license at the registry.
The Georgia State Rail plan actually originally stated Toccoa Station was meant to get a level boarding platform at first, which would have been the first high platform in Georgia. I imagine it got canned because Norfolk Southern wanted to maintain wide body clearance.
Georgia should take a page from North Carolina's playbook and just buy the NS mainline outright from Atlanta to the SC line. NC owns the NS mainline from Charlotte to Morehead City, which is the primary reason Charlotte's Amtrak service to Raleigh and points north is actually pretty decent.
You should look up why there is a huge military museum at the train station. Toccoa was an important training camp for WWII soldiers, including 101st Airborne paratroopers. The men In “Easy Company” of the 509th PIR who were in the original “Band of Brothers” all trained there. It’s kind of a pilgrimage for military history geeks to visit.
Just rode the #19 Crescent from Tuscaloosa to New Orleans a week ago. Awesome experience. I think there would be more ridership if there were more trains a day.
"Is that just a mirror? Oh, no there's more." LOL Thanks Miles. I've always enjoyed your outros just cutting to black, but the credits with that music are a good balance to kind of preserve the same feeling of zany. Just like this funny "double outro". I appreciate your channel. I'm sure a lot of things are planned or "for the camera," but there is a real sense of authenticity on this channel. Good job, I like it.
First of all, absolutely cannot believe I’m 3 days late to a Miles in Transit video Second of all, that radio station sounds awesome to be around Third of all, I have yet to fly to Anniston
Watching this from aboard an Amtrak Train (the newly 110mph upgraded Lincoln Service) and i'd agree with the score. I think if it had a second train a day it could be a 9 or a 10.
4:04 your train had P42DC 113. I Rode the maple leaf train which had P42DC 113 leading as well and when I Arrived at my stop the police were there too.
can't wait to see the least used station in Michigan if you ever make it over here! I feel like Michigan's Amtrak system is fairly unique, we've got 3 mostly distinct lines all going to Chicago, none eastward through Canada (although in the past there have been, I believe).
@@MilesinTransit It's at 3:52!! And it's some quality-ass autotuned harmony that reminds me that we gotta listen to The Who Sells Out at some point ;)
@@JacksonBetz We just gotta discog the whole band to hear them go from making fun bops that don't take themselves too seriously to making intense 6-minute stadium songs!
When I was your age Greyhound still had their 30-day unlimited pass that I traveled around the country on, doing silly things like walking to a Waffle House in the middle of the night.
I would’ve never thought I’d watch a video of two post-college students wander around a random georgian town in the dead of night while in search of a waffle house and remarking about the size of “do whatever you want” lanes, but here I am, and its so enjoyable
Do all trains just blow their horns and ring weird bells all the time in the US? I imagine its basically impossible to live (sleep) near a station then?
Yeah, pretty much...you have to blow the horn four times whenever you go through a railroad crossing and ding the bell when you're entering or exiting a station.
Fun fact the Atlanta peach tree station is actually the southern railroad station it was a secondary station to a bigger terminal station. Also NS owns the station and tracks as well. The Amtrak employees dispise NS 😂
Who doesn't despise them at this point? East Palestine exposed to the world what the industry has long known about NS's carelessness, selfishness, and callousness.
Atlanta, like Chicago, largely exists because it was at the intersection of multiple railway lines. The larger of the two stations closed in 1970 but in its heyday in the 1920s had 86 trains per day, according to Wikipedia. Today it's car brain paradise :(
Fun fact: the term "package store" for liquor store originated in Atlanta pre-Prohibition. As such, you'll see liquor stores called Package Stores on signage Georgia and referred to colloquially (but not usually on signs) as "Packies" in southern New England. Sort of like how they call drinking fountains "bubblers" in Massachusetts and Wisconsin.
...oh. Good to know it's not related to the very similar sounding but differently spelled and much more racist way of referring to corner shops I heard growing up in the UK, I was rather startled to hear that!
What ever happened to the trackless trolley bus series? If that was going to be a series in the first place, Rugby was the start. The 1 issue I have with this station is if it's going to always be open, maybe a vending machine would help. Especially if a train is coming at 1am. 9/10 is fine, safe, clean, place to wait inside if needed.
@@MilesinTransitI just watched this episode when you and your parents go to Gilman, Illinois!!! Your parents are absolutely awesome and you are a chip off their blocks!!!❤❤❤
That looks great Georgia and the station, huge waffles! What was the sauce/dip on top? Why are USA 🇺🇸 platform so low no existent compared to the UK 🇬🇧??
7"09 In Dutch we call that little fellow a "Langpootmug" or Long paw mosquito, I think the English name is March Crane Fly or Common Crane Fly, Harmless little creature. Bit like Daddy Longlegs, everybody fears it while it does absolutely nothing.
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Radio station seemed to be running on autopilot, or the DJ was in the back at that time. Small town radio may or may not be a bad gig, depending on if you like small towns, and whatever music they play. Best gauge of a natural disaster, if Waffle House is open, it’s gonna be fine. If Waffle House is closed: it’s BAD.
Remember the northerners call it The Awful Waffle.. Waffle House isnt cheap anymore, and some have a second location across the street where its favorable to choose one on your side of the road, but sometimes its a better one on the other side. Biscuits and gravy at WH are better than McDonald's and you're not charged almost full price of a complete order just for extra gravy. I miss a short well aged sass-mouth called Mom near where i used to live. Theres another 24 hour breakfast orientatad place to eat in the south, no not Dennys, where the help just slopped a extremely wet bleach soaked RAG on the table and left, not going there again. One thing common between Denny's and Waffle House, the waitresses don't have a affordable dental plan if you know what I mean.. My Denny's about 7 miles from me is the nearest table service restaurant and its google maps reviews are average under 3
Geez you guys walked from the station up town to the Waffle House AND back. I dont think people who might be reading this who have never passed through Toccoa realize how far that is. I mean that is ridiculous. Your legs must be made of steel. I dont even see how you did it in a single night. Also, that gas station at 5:42 used to be open 24 hours. I missed a robbery by seconds there one night. You couldnt have paid me to walk as far as you guys did, let alone in the dark.
Ok of course you made this "Least Used" interesting, but for some reason I was concerned (for the first time) while you walked that desolate road to the Waffle House. And yes you never order just one waffle!
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insane that Atlanta has a metro line that passes adjacent to the Amtrak route but doesn't have any sort of interchange
Not worth it for two trains a day, apparently.
at one point in the 80’s when they were still getting good money for MARTA, they had a plan to branch off a rail line to the Atlantic station area. It probably would’ve been possible to have a stop around here with the old alignment maybe.
It's wild. I go to college in Tuscaloosa and I've thought about taking the crescent to Atlanta for maybe a weekend trip or something, but the fact that it gets in at midnight, is separated from MARTA, and is basically in a highway interchange just makes it entirely unfeasible
@@reilandeubank: Roll tide!
Charlotte, NC is the same way. Maddening.
Among the many things that I like about these videos, is that they actually show what the smaller towns in America look like, instead of talking about it. The subject of "rural America" has become such a shibboleth since sometime in 2016, that it is mostly talked about in terms of vague truisms and conventional wisdom. But this video actually shows what it is like! And that is very important!
I really appreciate that, thank you!
100% agree. I used to travel to a lot of these types of towns for work and there's something about seeing a place vs just discussing it.
I'm from and still live in Toccoa. That old building was the old cotton mill. From the train station to the waffle house is a pretty good walk.
Only true fans of the channel know the lore behind Nathan's Montachusett Tours...great to see the tours make a comeback...albeit briefly and in a different state 😂. Yup, Georgia has native cacti! Prickly pear is the only cacti native to the state. It has the largest range of any cactus in the US and can be found from New Mexico and Montana east to Florida and New York. It can also be found in Canada in Ontario. The majority of cacti species are native to the Americas, but only ONE cacti species is native outside the Americas...Rhipsalis baccifera, which besides the Americas, can be found naturally in Africa and Sri Lanka. How did they get there? Some say migratory birds introduced it to those places so long ago that it became its own subspecies.
Toccoa was once home to famous Olympic weightlifter and world-record champion Paul Anderson who contributed significantly to the development of the competitive scene of powerlifting. During the Cold War, Anderson traveled to the USSR to compete, and at first the Russians laughed as the bar was set at 402.5 pounds and thought it was impossible...only for them to be proven wrong. Prior to his lift, Soviet champion Alexey Medvedev had matched the Olympic record of the time with a 330.3 pound press! Anderson's strength thus became a rallying cry to all Americans during this time of tensions. He won gold at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics and gold at the Munich 1955 world championship for heavyweight. Anderson died in 1994 at age 61.
some more about Toccoa station. IN WWII at the nearby camp toccoa the army unit later known as the "Band of Brothers" as seen in the HBO miniseries, trained. Attached to the station is both the Stevens county museum and a large museum dedicated to the camp, and the band of brothers. It features a stable from Aldbourne england which housed the unit in England. It's worth the trip. Aside from that there isn't much in Toccoa especially in the middle of the night.
Omg, the Toccoa station is close to my family!!! I didn’t even know it existed.
We’ve wanted to visit relatives in New England for a while now, but the logistics and cost of driving is just so hard… but we could do a straight shot to our family on Amtrak!!! I’m going to try and use this station soon. Thank you so much for this video!!!
That's awesome to hear!!
These videos are very well-made, from the shots to the editing. There’s a practiced command of comedic timing to them too. Don’t ever sell yourselves too short!
That means a lot. Thank you so much!
Only you would walk around a town and for over an hour in the dead of night to get to a restaurant. I admire the commitment.
Bro I been to this town a few times. That walk they took, even just one way, is insane.
Small town georgia means if it weren't for the train those cops would be at the waffle house. That shot of the lit up waffle house in the complete darkness is just 10/10. That's one deserted but picturesque little town although eerily quiet actually, not even any traffic. The radio jingle was straight out of 1967 and I'm loving it! For a (justified) bad rep of hating transit the fact that a 7 passengers/day station in the US and a southern state at that is not only served but also has a heated and clean waiting room open at ungodly times is pretty neat. The arrival of the train screeching to a stop with the conductor opening the steps was S M O O T H, if only the ride quality matched that. Also thanks for sacrificing your sleeping patterns for us and to service workers who serve waffles at 6am.
It's so nosgaltic when Miles brought back Nathan's Montachusett Tours.
Toccoa means "beautiful" in Cherokee, referring to the Toccoa Falls. Waffle House was founded in Georgia at Avondale Estates in 1955. I just love the fact that a government agency (FEMA) uses a thing called the Waffle House Index. For those who don't know, it's used when determining how dangerous a storm is based on the performance of Waffle House locations. It has three levels, Green, Yellow, and Red. If Green, it means the restaurant is open, full menu, has power, and has minimal damage. If Yellow, it means food supplies are running low or the power is either out or powered by a generator. If Red, it means the restaurant is closed and this means severe damage or flooding.
That bug next to you in the Waffle House was a crane fly! They look like an oversized mosquito, but they're not! They first appeared around 245 million years ago, and are found all over with over 15K species, with them being the most diverse in the tropics. Adult crane flies eat little or nothing and live a relatively short lifespan.
Supreme Leader, you get such a bad rap. But just based on this comment you seem delightful.
You comment on Uncle Ben too!
Here in California we had a LOT of craneflies this spring. They looked goofy ahh and kinda creepy but they werent dangerous or anything
It’s sad that a relatively large city like Atlanta has a tiny Amtrak station. The Ronkonkoma LIRR station is nearly twice its size. Mass transit clearly isn’t a priority in the Deep South.
Atlanta is a rail hub which ironically makes it hard to site a station. Atlanta exists because of rail (like Roanoke). Very pro-freight state. Unfunded plans for HSR to Charlotte and Crescent leg to Dallas. Vaguely more pro-Amtrak than SC or AL or FL or TN. Closer to but still not as supporting as even LA or MS or TX or OK or MO. It would benefit from one partner state like NC & VA build on each other (and have the Northeast draw). But it will probably just try to shake down the feds if anything.
Not just "not a priority" but it is polarized around race, like many other things. The battles over MARTA show it clearly
I live in Charlotte and HSR to Atlanta is basically my transit white whale. I'd even settle for a regular train on the freight line if they could just add one that didn't run in the middle of the night. NC already funds a state-supported daytime Amtrak train to NYC, so I don't see why we shouldn't do the same for Atlanta (which is about half the distance). Driving on I-85 and flying into Atlanta's enormous airport on a puddle jumper are both deeply unpleasant and inefficient options, but the only real transit alternative right now is catching a train at 3:00 a.m. from a sketchy part of town known for high rates of car break-ins and other crimes.
@@j7gy8bYeah that’s the reason why the system is only half its size as well sadly 😞
it was originally a commuter rail stop from north midtown to downtown's terminal station. RIP
After moving to Boston, I got used to buying my beer at the packie, getting a drink of water at the bubbler, putting jimmies on my sundae, eating an Italian grinder, taking the second exit on the rotary, banging a uey to get to Dunks, and renewing my license at the registry.
Yessss. Package stores are awesome.
HECK YEAH
Omg the registry
The Georgia State Rail plan actually originally stated Toccoa Station was meant to get a level boarding platform at first, which would have been the first high platform in Georgia. I imagine it got canned because Norfolk Southern wanted to maintain wide body clearance.
Georgia should take a page from North Carolina's playbook and just buy the NS mainline outright from Atlanta to the SC line. NC owns the NS mainline from Charlotte to Morehead City, which is the primary reason Charlotte's Amtrak service to Raleigh and points north is actually pretty decent.
A foamer filled episode here.
nice meeting you on saturday! i was the foamer in a blue t-shirt and grey jacket tied across my waist if you care putting a name to a face.
Great to meet you too!!
You roaming about like that, reminds me of those two lost dudes out of 'An America werewolf in london'
You should look up why there is a huge military museum at the train station. Toccoa was an important training camp for WWII soldiers, including 101st Airborne paratroopers. The men In “Easy Company” of the 509th PIR who were in the original “Band of Brothers” all trained there. It’s kind of a pilgrimage for military history geeks to visit.
From what i've heard, sanderson TX has crazy cacti diversity so that would be cool!
The main problem with Amtrak in GA is that service is infrequent and in the middle of the night.
Clearly a rookie move to fear bugs in a Waffle House. I went one time and they were removing ceiling tiles above the grill looking for a mouse
Just rode the #19 Crescent from Tuscaloosa to New Orleans a week ago. Awesome experience. I think there would be more ridership if there were more trains a day.
Until we get 4am waffles in the UK, I will not rest.
"Is that just a mirror? Oh, no there's more." LOL Thanks Miles. I've always enjoyed your outros just cutting to black, but the credits with that music are a good balance to kind of preserve the same feeling of zany. Just like this funny "double outro". I appreciate your channel. I'm sure a lot of things are planned or "for the camera," but there is a real sense of authenticity on this channel. Good job, I like it.
Thank you so much! I like to think it's as spontaneous as it looks!
Bug at 7:30 = mosquito hawk. Harmless unless you’re a mosquito.
They kill mosquitos? Okay, that's pretty great actually...
@@MilesinTransit That's a misconception about them. Adult crane flies don't eat them, they hardly eat at all since their main goal is to reproduce!
Not gonna mention the woeful connection between MARTA trains and Amtrak rail, so close but so far...
Toccoa is where in Band of Brothers miniseries about Easy Company of the Paratroopers that they did their initial training.
My wife works in Taccoa, legit nothing going on. Whenever I take the Crescent to ATL I think it’s hilarious station to have
First of all, absolutely cannot believe I’m 3 days late to a Miles in Transit video
Second of all, that radio station sounds awesome to be around
Third of all, I have yet to fly to Anniston
Time is ticking
Glad you made it to your first Waffle House! Keep up your lest used Amtrak Stations!
omg I've been to this station, in May they would always have our train club run there for a weekend
8:05 OMG. I love the kitty!
Watching this from aboard an Amtrak Train (the newly 110mph upgraded Lincoln Service) and i'd agree with the score. I think if it had a second train a day it could be a 9 or a 10.
Insane indeed!!! Build service from Atlanta-Savannah-Jacksonville!!!
3:45 If this foamer thing doesn't work out Miles can always take up dancing!
Yes been waiting
I was relieved when you finally found the cacti ☺️
Yooo this is one stop down from my stop!!!
Do Virginia next. I believe its least used station is Clifton Forge
That's a cool little town in the Appalachians. Dopesick was filmed there. Really big into train history since the Chessie had a facility there.
There are any maner of proposals for additional passenger service in the area. I recommend looking up "The Brain Train."
4:04 your train had P42DC 113. I Rode the maple leaf train which had P42DC 113 leading as well and when I Arrived at my stop the police were there too.
BTW, if you have any questions about Wishram or Chemult, I have already done some route planning!
I posted the Wishram route in #west
can't wait to see the least used station in Michigan if you ever make it over here! I feel like Michigan's Amtrak system is fairly unique, we've got 3 mostly distinct lines all going to Chicago, none eastward through Canada (although in the past there have been, I believe).
That Waffle House looks stunning!!! But adding an LED marquee to a vintage theater should be a crime punishable by law
also that announcer saying "Amtrak 19! All tickets ready to scan please" in a quintessentially southern accent was PRIME Georgia Amtrak material
I'm also curious what your thoughts on that radio jingle at [timestamp I can't look up because I'm at the airport right now] are!
@@MilesinTransit It's at 3:52!! And it's some quality-ass autotuned harmony that reminds me that we gotta listen to The Who Sells Out at some point ;)
@@JacksonBetz We just gotta discog the whole band to hear them go from making fun bops that don't take themselves too seriously to making intense 6-minute stadium songs!
@@MilesinTransit HECK YEAH, ADD THEM TO THE LIST!!!!
Please get radio jingles for local radio stations for the all the least used train stations. I could die happy.
When I was your age Greyhound still had their 30-day unlimited pass that I traveled around the country on, doing silly things like walking to a Waffle House in the middle of the night.
Cute little station
Chattel shop is wild
You had me at Waffle House. But you needed a pecan waffle. Toccoa looks pretty good after all these years!
I would’ve never thought I’d watch a video of two post-college students wander around a random georgian town in the dead of night while in search of a waffle house and remarking about the size of “do whatever you want” lanes, but here I am, and its so enjoyable
Needs more menu shots (?)
Fair
0:35 Its funny how that unit is on the Downeaster line as I type this ha
Do all trains just blow their horns and ring weird bells all the time in the US? I imagine its basically impossible to live (sleep) near a station then?
Yeah, pretty much...you have to blow the horn four times whenever you go through a railroad crossing and ding the bell when you're entering or exiting a station.
Good video, Miles
Thanks!
@@MilesinTransit Your welcome
Gotta appreciate the Nathan's Montachusett Tours throwback
Fun fact the Atlanta peach tree station is actually the southern railroad station it was a secondary station to a bigger terminal station. Also NS owns the station and tracks as well. The Amtrak employees dispise NS 😂
Who doesn't despise them at this point? East Palestine exposed to the world what the industry has long known about NS's carelessness, selfishness, and callousness.
As a matter of fact the NS hq is very close to these station
protip: if you’re ever in the UK, avoid using the bostonian word for a liquor store
Atlanta, like Chicago, largely exists because it was at the intersection of multiple railway lines. The larger of the two stations closed in 1970 but in its heyday in the 1920s had 86 trains per day, according to Wikipedia. Today it's car brain paradise :(
Toccoa was best known to me in childhood as a highway rest stop
Fun fact: the term "package store" for liquor store originated in Atlanta pre-Prohibition. As such, you'll see liquor stores called Package Stores on signage Georgia and referred to colloquially (but not usually on signs) as "Packies" in southern New England. Sort of like how they call drinking fountains "bubblers" in Massachusetts and Wisconsin.
Whoa, fascinating! I wonder how the term migrated to New England!
...oh. Good to know it's not related to the very similar sounding but differently spelled and much more racist way of referring to corner shops I heard growing up in the UK, I was rather startled to hear that!
Really a pleasant surprise. As good as it gets. Almost like something you'd expect to see in rural Norway or Sweden.
Some of these small Amtrak stations are true gems!
0:38 First it’s classy whale with a rare loco now it Miles in transit! MORE FOAMER LOCOS😂😂😂😂
Does the daily ridership count include the passengers forcibly removed there?
I'm going to guess no
When are y'all planning on coming back to Texas? Still gotta do the Sanderson station
Not sure, but someday! I'm thinking of saving it for last at this point.
@@MilesinTransit Well if you make it back to Houston (apologies in advance) first round is on me
Least used Amtrak station videos almost back-to-back and I'm guessing this train is only served by the Crescent train.
What ever happened to the trackless trolley bus series? If that was going to be a series in the first place, Rugby was the start.
The 1 issue I have with this station is if it's going to always be open, maybe a vending machine would help. Especially if a train is coming at 1am. 9/10 is fine, safe, clean, place to wait inside if needed.
I haven't forgotten about it! It's gonna be awhile though (I filmed another big thing with Jackson and he wanted that moved up in the queue)
This was awesome and please do Illinois!!!
I've done Illinois already! ruclips.net/video/Hnd3ckQpZnw/видео.html
@@MilesinTransit Thank you!!! I ride the Illini/Saluki often 🤪so this makes sense!!! 🥴
@@MilesinTransitI just watched this episode when you and your parents go to Gilman, Illinois!!! Your parents are absolutely awesome and you are a chip off their blocks!!!❤❤❤
12:35 I unfortunately dont have a Sarah Kazuno quote
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That looks great Georgia and the station, huge waffles! What was the sauce/dip on top? Why are USA 🇺🇸 platform so low no existent compared to the UK 🇬🇧??
Not sure honestly!
I had a most unforgettable evening in that motel.
Interesting!
What’s the least used Amtrak station in NY
Port Kent on the Adirondack.
@@AverytheCubanAmerican and now it's tied with a bunch of others since the Adirondack just got canned again lol
If Port Kent doesn't reopen ever, which seems possible, then it's Rouses Point!
That first part felt like a fever dream.
7"09 In Dutch we call that little fellow a "Langpootmug" or Long paw mosquito, I think the English name is March Crane Fly or Common Crane Fly, Harmless little creature. Bit like Daddy Longlegs, everybody fears it while it does absolutely nothing.
5:06 - getting Marble Hornets flashbacks.
10:32 that's mei Yoneme's birthday
It's just a mirror™
You would think some students from the Christian College Tocoa Falls use Amtrak or people to see the water falls
Boys You Are Young. But This Old Queen Thinks Walking In The Middle Of Night In Our Land Of, Let's All Have Gun's Is Not A Good Idea?? ( I Will Get You A Uber Next Time. LOL!!) But I Love, Love Your Channel.. Take Care. Greeting From San Diego.🌴
That bug is called a crane fly
I can’t believe you had never been to Waffle House!
Quiet Tocoa Falls College There
Great video! I feel like what you do in the city of the least used station is more interesting than the station it's self lol
That's almost the intent! These are really about showing off the towns the stations service.
Next least used station in South Carolina witch I think is Camden
It's a toss-up between Clemson and Denmark depending on what methodology I want to use - probably Clemson.
If only Charlotte to Atl had more traffic but NS exist
When you do SC let me Know I will help you 🤣
Radio station seemed to be running on autopilot, or the DJ was in the back at that time. Small town radio may or may not be a bad gig, depending on if you like small towns, and whatever music they play.
Best gauge of a natural disaster, if Waffle House is open, it’s gonna be fine. If Waffle House is closed: it’s BAD.
Ah, Waffle House! That smell that soaks into your skin and stays with you ALL day.
Why was there cacti?
Not sure! Georgia is pretty far south, so I guess they can grow there...
@@MilesinTransit Massachusetts has cacti too! That's eastern prickly pear or Opuntia humifusa
Dude, if you are at a Waffle House and that is the only bug you see, you’re at one of the nice waffle houses.
It's the least-used station in Georgia, but there aren't many stations to compete with.
NATHANS MONTACHUSETT TOURS!!!!!!
Remember the northerners call it The Awful Waffle.. Waffle House isnt cheap anymore, and some have a second location across the street where its favorable to choose one on your side of the road, but sometimes its a better one on the other side.
Biscuits and gravy at WH are better than McDonald's and you're not charged almost full price of a complete order just for extra gravy. I miss a short well aged sass-mouth called Mom near where i used to live.
Theres another 24 hour breakfast orientatad place to eat in the south, no not Dennys, where the help just slopped a extremely wet bleach soaked RAG on the table and left, not going there again.
One thing common between Denny's and Waffle House, the waitresses don't have a affordable dental plan if you know what I mean..
My Denny's about 7 miles from me is the nearest table service restaurant and its google maps reviews are average under 3
Went to Waffle House and didn't get the hash browns!!! 😱😭
Now go run the hill.... 😄
Geez you guys walked from the station up town to the Waffle House AND back. I dont think people who might be reading this who have never passed through Toccoa realize how far that is. I mean that is ridiculous. Your legs must be made of steel. I dont even see how you did it in a single night.
Also, that gas station at 5:42 used to be open 24 hours. I missed a robbery by seconds there one night. You couldnt have paid me to walk as far as you guys did, let alone in the dark.
I had a gnarly blister the next day!
Nathan is so cute
Hm well at least i knows what the least used staion in my sate is
Me who lives near the second least used Amtrak station in Georgia
Waffle House is the best!
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Ok of course you made this "Least Used" interesting, but for some reason I was concerned (for the first time) while you walked that desolate road to the Waffle House. And yes you never order just one waffle!