I Rode North America's Longest Commuter Rail Line

Petition for Canadian episodes to be called Kilometers in Transit

Imagine naming it züm and not making the ü a smiley face

1:31 little does he know how rare this is. Go Transit only has 8 F59PH locomotives left. They are very rare to see.

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Kitchener was originally settled by the PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH! This is because after the American Revolution, John Graves Simcoe, invited Americans like the Pennsylvania Dutch to settle in Upper Canada and offered tracts of land to immigrant groups, thus many Pennsylvania Dutch chose to emigrate to an area called the German Company Tract, a subset of land within the Haldimand Tract, in the Township of Waterloo, which later became Waterloo County, Ontario. Kitchener was first called Ebytown after members of the Eby family who moved there from Lancaster (though originally from Switzerland). It was then changed to Berlin in 1833 after the then capital of Prussia. However during the First World War, there was a lot of sentiment against the Germans living in the area. Rising tension in the community culminated in soldiers of the local 118th Battalion ransacking German social clubs and attacking an outspoken German Lutheran preacher. So in May 1916, there was a referendum where the Germans were intimidated by the 118th Battalion to vote in support of changing the name from Berlin, with just 51.32 percent in support. The following month another referendum was held to pick the new name, and Kitchener was selected with 38.79 percent of the vote, named in honor of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener who was the British Secretary of State for War during WWI.

"Hey transit, Miles here"...never change, Miles! Not only is it too late to abort, but apparently it's too late for a fork! Second guessing whether it was a trip report at the beginning with the music coming in and out is the quality entertainment we come to this channel for! And I can't believe they use an airplane "ding-dong" to announce stops on GO trains. I agree that the Georgetown GO station is cute! The station was constructed between 1855 and 1856 and was designed by the Grand Trunk Railway chief engineer Francis Thompson and built by Casimir Gzowski. The station actually once had a water tower for steam trains, and used to have platforms on both sides of the station building, but the south side of it became a commuter parking lot. Dr Pepper was first made in a drug store in Waco, Texas and was formulated by Brooklyn-born pharmacist Charles Alderton. When he tested it, he first offered it to store owner Wade Morrison, and then everyone in town began ordering a "Waco." Alderton ended up giving the formula to Morrison, who named it Dr. Pepper after Dr. Charles Pepper, a Virginia doctor who was the father of a girl Morrison was once in love with. The drink was then introduced to the world at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair!

Brampton is named after the one in England's Cumberland, and it's called the Flower City because it once had a big greenhouse industry that was started by Harry Dale who built many greenhouses for roses and sold them across Canada. Come for the GO train review, stay for the cinnamon roll ASMR at 2:57. You know it's a good pastry when it has a nice crunch. Fun fact, cinnamon rolls originated in Sweden! Romans first introduced cinnamon from Sri Lanka to Europe and then much later after the First World War, Sweden developed the kanelbulle (literally cinnamon bun). During the war, there were restrictions put on the import of several goods such as sugar, egg and butter. People didn’t always have the luxury to bake what they wanted to. In the 1920s, these products started to return to shelves and cinnamon buns slowly started appearing throughout the country. But two of the main ingredients, cinnamon and cardamom, were pricy and not everyone could afford to bake or purchase these treats. So it wasn’t until the 1950s that they were affordable for the majority of the population. Now it is popular across the Nordic countries! In Sweden, October 4th is Kanelbullens Dag or Cinnamon Roll Day! The average Swede eats equivalent to 316 cinnamon buns per year.

My favorite underrated travel tip: always bring spare forks! Too many bad experiences with takeout and a lack of forks. It’s easy to keep a few in my backpack

It’s unfortunate that this service is ending but the ridership isn’t there and the tracks need to be upgraded to make the service feasible long term.

lol GO finally fixed the French 77777 announcement

I love any video with a Trip Report jingle. Well done. I hope the ridership increases so they can return this trip to the schedule. I like long slow scenic transit trips. Perhaps you learned to invest in a set of travel-size reusable cutlery to keep in your backpack for future meal emergencies? Just saying. Thanks for sharing!

1:04 me EVERY time someone sits in a bay of four arghhhh

Nice catch on the F59PH locomotive at 1:31! And the new station at 2:50 is Mount Dennis. The station is being built on the lands formerly known as Kodak Heights, which was a camera manufacturing facility operated by the Eastman Kodak Company from 1918 to 2006. The station uses Kodak Building 9, a heritage building and local landmark, as a station entrance. Guelph was named after King George the IV, the British monarch at the time of Guelph's founding (who was king from January 1820 to June 1830), whose family the Hanoverians was from the Welf (or Guelph in English) lineage. This is why Guelph is known as the Royal City. London was named by John Graves Simcoe, who also named the local river the Thames, in 1793. The reason he named it London after the British capital is because Simcoe had intended London to be the capital of Upper Canada. However this plan of moving the capital there was rejected, but Simcoe's second choice of Toronto (which was first founded as York) was selected as the capital of Upper Canada in 1796, and Toronto would later become the capital of Ontario in 1867 when the Canadian Confederation was formed.

Impromptu Reece appears talking about axle loads!

Reece appears, but then doesn't take the train with you, but you are joined by [REDACTED]^2, so that definitely qualifies this as a trip report. This honestly feels like if there was a commuter rail train through Upstate NY.

Miles in Transit for Jet Lag 👏👏👏

"Imagine having commuter rail" -Me, a guy who somehow commutes regularly using the Amtrak Heartland Flyer

Woohoo, GO Transit to Fake London! And a special guest, Reece! Stratford is the site of a famous theatre festival, so if they ever bring this service back they can get there by train. Wait, but why would they call it "London" in a French accent when there's literally a word for "Real" London (Londres). And it's kinda gnarly you got recognised! Celebrity status. 😎

Hey, Kitchener native here! Great to see you visit the area. The two-way all-day promise that was spotted in Guelph has a bit of a hitch as Metrolinx does not own the tracks between Georgetown and Brampton so will have movements restricted by CN. There had been a plan by the previous provincial government to build CN a bypass, but the new boys cancelled it when they came in and it's still not clear how it will get sorted out.

Small world: the old station (with a caboose) that you missed taking a photo of received provincial heritage designation thanks to my late father's nerdy efforts in the 1980s. 😅