Wow the production levels have increased as the map is now trade marked.

Oh, you don't need to go on an excursion train to experience jointed rail. Amtrak works fine.

I didn't have fun during the eclipse, I lost my firebending! 😂Despite the fact it was cloudy where you were, I'd say the experience was still very much worth it as shown by your reactions of how it felt like you were in the biggest IMAX theatre on the planet (fun fact: Jersey City used to be home to the biggest domed IMAX theatre in the world at Liberty Science Center, but the theatre was converted into the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere)! It does look like something out of a dream! While we didn't get complete totality on Long Island, seeing it reach around 90 percent totality through the eclipse glasses was still quite the experience and felt surreal with how cold it got! And this goes to show you why transit is the way to go to see special events like this, whether it's for an eclipse, sports, concerts, etc! Before it was called Arcade, Arcade was founded in 1807 as the Town of China! It was renamed to Arcade in 1866. According to the Arcade Historical Society, businessman Horatio Waldo, who owned a woolen mill in the area, visited Rochester in 1828 and while there, he saw the original Reynolds Arcade (which was demolished in the 1930s and replaced with the current Art Deco office building), which was a covered passage of shops. Impressed by it, he came back and suggested the name Arcade for the then growing village. The railroad is in Wyoming County, and Wyoming County's name comes from a Lenape/Delaware word for “broad bottom lands.” So it's not named after the state of Wyoming itself, but the state's name still comes from a Lenape/Delaware word meaning "at the big river flat" and got its name from the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania by Ohio representative James Mitchell Ashley because he grew up in PA and thought the new territory would be agriculturally rich!

Thanks for the shout out! A great video, and I'm having fun exploring the US and Canada even if my Twitter threads need a big update! (Data limits and Twitter bugs grrr)

I gotta be honest: I saw totality in Presque Isle, Maine where there was not a single cloud in the sky, and…it was the single most beautiful and awe-inspiring thing I’ve ever seen! I could see the valleys and hills of the moon, the pure radiant light of the sun’s atmosphere as it danced, the bright orange of sunspots, and all of this while, for the first time, staring right at the sun without pain. It was absolutely perspective-shifting, and something worth planning on seeing in Spain or North Africa on August 2, 2027, or Australia in 2030 (places without many clouds).

Classy🐳 😃

I LOVE the clean paint job on the rolling stock and the station

The real question you should've asked that fox is what does it say, "Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding", "Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow", or "Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho"? I think it's the most important question of all-time! But we respect that fox for fighting with his buddy Little John against the excessive taxation of Prince John!

While you didn't get to visit Attica because the train doesn't actually go there, Attica is interesting! Like other places in Upstate NY, it's named after a Latin or Greek classical place, with Attica being the region of Greece where Athens is. In 1802, Zerah Phelps became the first European-American landowner in the Attica area, and in 1837, Phelps's Settlement was incorporated as Attica. In the 1880s, Attica was once home to a pineapple cheese factory, as in a factory for pineapple-shaped cheese! Yes, that was a thing! In West Goshen, Connecticut, inspired by a sample of cheese his uncle brought back from the Netherlands in 1808, Lewis Norton patented and sold blocks of cheese shaped like pineapples! Lewis died in 1860, but his family continued to operate the prosperous business, and as milk prices increased in Connecticut, they opted to move to western NY! Years later, Kraft purchased the business and still sold the Norton pineapple cheeses until 1931.

Top of your game with this video Caleb. Love your humor

I saw “the map” and it gave me flashbacks to the one HSR map that pops up on Twitter every 2 months

NITPICK: the coaches are ex-Lackawanna, not D&H! They were used in NJ suburban service before coming to the A&A. When the A&A was still NG it actually ran to Cuba, NY, where it met another NG road which was part of a string of roads which once ran all the way into the PA oilfields (Bradford/Smethport/Mt. Jewett/Kane). The oilfields themselves contained a huge NG network which, because of its complexity, size and rugged terrain, earned the nickname "Little Colorado". For a short while, the railroad was under the influence/control of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (not to be confused with the road of the same name which exists today), which in turn was a PRR subsidiary. Ironically most of this network lasted less than 50 years, as the oilfield petered out, so did the railroads that serviced it. What remained was grouped into a lame duck called the Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern which went down into US RR history as probably the longest US railroad receivership (42 years before the receiver called it quits). When it widened itself, the Arcade - Cuba section was given up. Keep up the good job, pity about the clouds.

Great Video! The model in the depot is a USATrains G Scale, I still need to get the three coaches decaled with lettering. Got the diesel painted and put into model service last year lol

I saw it clearly in Cleveland! thought about taking the pennsylvanian and capitol limited to get there as a solo trip but ended up driving with my sister and staying at a friends place in pittsburgh for a home base

What a classy video and sounds like the Arcade and Attica is a real classy operation as well with a very interesting history. The eclipse was so much dramatic than where I was in the NY's Hudson Valley it just got a little bit darker and shadowier and a little cooler. At least the sun came out for a bit during the peak of around 90 percent coverage. Glad that you three got to experience this. Open air cars are always my favorite on tourist train operations and great horn on that GE center cab. The train even has the perfect livery for this too.

I drove my relatively new 2015 Mazda3 up to Plattsburgh to see it in totality, and it was worth it. Coincidentally the northbound Adirondack had AMTK 100 as a lead unit! E: 8:09 There's another eclipse in 2033 over northern Alaska. Might be worth booking a flight to the City formerly known as Barrow for that one, I'll drop deets in the Disc if ya want :)

The experience is undeniable, regardless of the degree of cloud cover, thank you for taking us along with you, your particular POV and presentation always delight. 2 thoughts arise: firstly, as a fan of fireless steam, I have to ask whether the loco here was merely a static exhibit or being built back up with a view to operating. Secondly, if a large scale model train is on the way, you might consider doing one of your wonderful foodie adventures in one of those restaurants with trains serving the tables - a train of thought might result. Now I'm going to watch this clip again. Thanks for sharing \m/

Sorry you got clouded out. We really lucked out in Ohio: forecast was calling for clouds, but it cleared up at just the right moment. In addition to seeing the 360° sunset, Lake Erie fogged over instantly. It was truly other-worldly

7:42 Lies, Caleb. You put that penny there, you liar. Come on, we've all done it. Pretty soon you'll be sticking a camera on the front of a BART train.

6:56 Ah yes, my favourite U.S. rail systems: Via Rail, Exo and the Métro de Montréal

Nice

I enjoyed this trip and your graphics, but I was disappointed that you didn't sing Total Eclipse of the Heart to Kalkidan.

I was not too far away in Houghton.

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I love how you Northeasters could just take a special train to view the eclipse...I took the Texas Eagle from Los Angeles to Dallas just to get pretty clouded out there and had to drive with friends to Oklahoma to see totality

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