America's Longest Commuter Rail* Trip 

Hi everyone! Something I've been conscious of has been a prevalence of frame drops in my videos - for a while I thought it was something I could ignore, but I think it's been messing with the enjoyability of the content. Well, after tinkering around in my editor, I think I've found that it had to do with the frame rate of the project, and changing that seems to have fixed the problem. So, with any luck, this will be the last video that has these frame drop issues! Thanks everyone for watching, hopefully it hasn't been too frustrating.

Port Jervis having an NYC subway map at the station is absolutely hilarious

Jeremy's enthusiasm is infectious. I mean, how can you NOT wanna take a train journey with him?

I don't think I've ever seen such a strong reaction to anything as your reaction to having to take the River Line

NJ Transit really needs to extend the North Jersey Coast Line all the way to Atlantic City and down to Cape May.

I can't believe there's a Port Jervis trip that makes all stops to Secaucus - that's brutal!

I actually rather like the River Line. A few years back I went from NYC to Philadelphia via NJ Transit, the River Line, and PATCO. It was easily the cheapest way between the cities, and it was also a pleasant and scenic ride.

Secaucus Junction is the Mecca of Solari boards, love how the lines have their own color-coded dedicated boards instead of the typical black one. The indoor ski slope at the American Dream mall sounds dumb at first, but when you realize it's targeted towards NYC people who want to ski but can't or don't want to go too far, then it makes sense. Also, I definitely count River LINE as commuter rail. It was the first hybrid rail system to open in the US back in 2004. Hybrid rail meaning a light rail with commuter elements. Other examples of hybrid rail systems are San Diego's Sprinter and Fort Worth's TEXRail

You guys excitement is the cutest thing ever, just a pure appreciation for trains and stuff

The pagoda in the middle of the woods is where the Falun Gong headquarters is.

I don’t know why RU-vid decided to show me this video, but I really enjoyed it. Subscribed!!

I love your travels with Jeremy. Such good chemistry and pairing. Can't wait for your next joint adventure.

7:33 Ironically, just a couple days ago, I was on a road trip to Washington DC via NJ Turnpike, and I was passing by Secaucus Junction and saw an 8 car Multilevel with that same locomotive, 4601! Great video btw, that wait at Pennsauken was completely unnecessary though, if only NJT made tickets for the Trenton line at SEPTA...

That was my daily commute, from Jervis-Hoboken, then PATH to the WTC. Crossing the Moodna viaduct (between Salisbury Mills-Cornwall and Harriman, going East, was always awesome for taking pictures. Took naps never fearing I'd miss my stop, lol. Thanks for the memories, and posting. Safe travels!

This is a video I have on repeat! Miles is definitely my favorite transit RU-vidr! Him & Jeremy are so funny as well!

I will beat up any of the New Jersey haters. Also great trip haha

New Jersey is a lot like Belgium but in America. Centrally located, with similar terrain and climate, both densely populated and very suburban, they're the but of jokes for neighbors but oh so interesting and steeped in history. I started thinking about it since a similar trip here would be around the same distance and a single fare would cost about $30 as well. 😅

A fun feature of the Princeton Junction stop is that there's a tiny little train (called the Dinky) that goes from the Junction right to Princeton's campus/the town. The Dinky was down for a good year while I was at school there and it was a nightmare. I grew up in NY, went to school in Jersey, and love the weird little intricacies of the rail transit around there. Loving your videos!

Oh my God, the shot with Jeremy introducing his favorite place on Earth, and then his face literally lights up, that is a GOLDEN shot right there.

theres something hilariousness about wating 30 - 50 minutes for a train, you finally start seeing the light's approach, you get hyped because you're finally leaving that horrible purgatory, you get up from your body heat warmed throne, the train approaches, and it's a freight train going 5 mph, and too add salt to the wound, you get a notification that your train's delayed for another hour

So a couple things: the sign at Garfield actually *was* the standard NJT sign in the 80's and 90's before being switched over to the more ornate ones. There are a few examples left besides Garfield; East Orange and Kingsland come to mind (Kingsland 's days are numbered anyway, as the new Lyndhurst station takes shape). Also, all NJT lines besides the AC are officially east and west: east towards NYC/HOB, and west away from them. Of course, in complete logical logic, the one true east-west line, the Atlantic City, is... (wait for it)... North (toward Philadelphia), and South (towards AC) 🥴 Great job, as always! 👍

I REALLY enjoyed this video! watched it from start to finish without skipping, you two are really captivating to watch and i'd love to see more adventures like this on your channel!

Funny video, brings me back to the shenanigans during my high school days. Back in 2004-2005 used to spend entire full days transitfanning all over the place, the whole MTA subway/bus system, MNR, LIRR, NJT, PATH, etc. Tons of long train rides like this to Jersey, out to Montauk, up to Connecticut, etc. I still have a shit ton of videos and pictures from those days (uploaded the pictures to my website) but we never did any kind of vlog videos like this unfortunately. Of course we didn't have iPhones, Go Pros or even RU-vid yet, just me and my trusty Sony DSC-V1 lol

This brings back memories for me of living in NYC back in the 1970s. The NY Metro area by far has the most extensive commuter rail system in the US. No other city comes even close. In NY, the commuter trains connect with the NY subway system and also with the Amtrak lines. On your next rail adventure, you can connect with the PATH trains in NJ over to NY and then connect with the LIRR at Penn Station and explore Long Island, including the ocean beaches. The LIRR trains are also a little faster, going at 80 mph at many places. I'm not at all surprised that your sandwich was good. The East Coast is known for it's delectable deli sandwiches.

Fun trip. So glad you took the river line. Love Miles' Vignelli diagram tshirt.

You guys are living the life I wish I had

I'd consider the River Line Commuter Rail for sure. Operating at 15 minute headways during Rush Hour is pretty solid for what I'd consider a kind of weird line. Why it wasn't just built as heavy commuter rail is beyond me but I'm sure NJT had some weird justification, they seem to love hamstringing services in South Jersey

That was fun. I've taken the River Line from Trenton to Camden. I got a little lost looking for the PATCO station and met a gentleman who was convinced I was an undercover policeman. It took a few minutes to shake him loose.

“Stop watching this video” *video ends anyway*

This is so awesome!! I have family in the greater Port Jervis area and go to the station to see trains when I visit.

Very cool! This reminds me of a video series called Megaloping that 2 people done in 2007 (?) from Virginia to Maine via a variety of local transit vehicles.

Great vid gents! A lot of fun! Come on down here to Florida for a Brightline ride!

This was my first ever liked in transit video I have watched, and have been subscribed ever since!

This is so nuts. I really liked and have been wanting to do this myself. Good luck on your trips.

I've never set foot on the US but I want so badly to befriend you guys!! This video is priceless

I grew up in Otisville, thanks for featuring this! Also trivia, near Otisville is the Otisville state (and federal) prison. That land was once the Sanitariums of the late 1800s for Tuberculosis patients to live in clean air treated by doctors with fresh food grown on the farm there.

i get unnaturally excited when i see stuff from where im from on the internet so thank you for making this video and showing jersey, especially south jersey, some love!

8:43 the train stop is the reason why everyone in NJ knows my town exists.

Thanks for the video!

Fun fact about the Ramsey Rt 17 station: the parking garage is so underused that (I believe) they've begun leasing out spaces for people to store old cars there. I went up there one night to get some pictures of the moon and was shocked to see a clean AMC Gremlin... and then a mid-70s Lincoln Continental... and then a Honda Beat... and before I knew it it was like I'd stepped into some weird time warped parking garage. Surreal, but also kinda cool. But yea, bottom line that parking garage is VERY underused.

As somebody that grew up in Orange County NY, it’s so interesting seeing the passenger view from that bridge I would hike by! Great video!

There's something about travelling thru the Pine Barrens that just lulls me off to sleep... It's such a tranquil area (but it's not a bad thing)

Love these guys!! Looks like they’d be fun to travel with. Great video content.

Thanks for that interesting ride. I have ridden the Atlantic City line many times from both Philadelphia and Cherry Hill. The line generally has good service but is subject to delays sometimes due to switch or bridge problems. Since I am going to or from Philadelphia I also have the option of transferring to PATCO at Lindenwald if there are problems affecting the line into Philadelphia. I also rode the River Line once to Trenton and agree it is a scenic ride. As you mentioned in the video NJ Transit most likely routes you via the River line because it was an easy transfer to the AC line and if your train was on time most likely would have made a better connection than riding SEPTA to 30th street and transferring there. However you would have had another good place to get food at 30th street station since there are many food outlets there that are usually open during commuting hours. I have only ridden a few of the northern New Jersey regional rail lines but always thought a ride to Port Jervis would be interesting. Keep those unique and odd train and transit videos coming.

I love these types of videos

very fun video! in early 2023, I relocated from the West Coast to Northern NJ, right off the Pascack Valley Line of NJ Transit.

I grew up in Bergen County North Jersey. Waldwick was my train stop one of the things that I noticed was that since the line was so old many of the towns developed around the central train station that’s why you see such a great stops like Hohokus. We used to take the train to Hoboken back then there was no Secaucus junction and then take the path into the city it was a great way to have a lot of fun in your teens growing up in North Jersey.

This was really good content, you both were great. Shout-out to the NYC Subway map T-shirt.

Thank you for the entertaining video after stumbling across your channel :)

You guys seem like so much fun. I live in New York and I've always wondered about the Port Jervis MTA/NJ Transit line.

Good old Dirt Skervis NY went to BOCES with a kid from there, I grew up a little ways away in Harriman which has its own little train station.

This was fun. Cracked up at that pay phone.

Having just experienced the Trenton Transit Center for the first time earlier this year, I second your sour face lol.

I took a somewhat similar trip with my dad from the North Jersey Coast Line to Absecon a few years ago. Certainly won’t be doing that again, lol.

Fascinating that Port Jervis is literally 5 minutes from Pennsylvania

Imagine doing that for your daily commute! Thanks for proving that it's possible, but I think that's one route I won't be doing in a single day!

You guys are priceless.

I think San Diego to Lancaster, CA -- which can be done with three commuter trains on a weekend for about $15, might be longer than your trip from Port Jervis to Atlantic City. Mind you, I regularly go round-trip from Oceanside to Los Angeles on weekends, and that is about 180 miles.

happy to see some nj transit content 🥲

this was such a fun watch

just discovered your channel, loving you all nerds

Grew up right near port was nice to see

Such wholesome content.

aww nice you were in burlington towne center, i live there lmao. i really love the riverline, i wish we had more lines like it in south jersey

Love this! Such a wild ride! Keep up the great work! Love the collabs!

9:25 made me spit my coffee out, jesus christ that was funny as fuck , as a college commuter who has to take he train to trenton transit center everyweekend, , i felt what you said on a personal level. Trenton transit Center really is the shining pearl of the northeast corridor. LOL

Interesting and fun!!! Thank you!!!!!

Awesome MTA tshirt! Definitely have one back home 🤘🏼

Woodbury Commons: Nearby to there was also the first of the many "Gasho of Japan" teppanyaki restaurants, founded by Shiro Aoki, brother to the Benihana restaurant chain founder Rocky Aoki. Shiro actually had a gasho farmhouse taken from Japan, disassembled, and reassembled in Central Valley. He also did this for the Gasho location that used to be in Hawthorn, NY (which is now called Hida - interesting since Hida Japan is where the gasho farmhouse for the Hawthorn/Elmsford location came from). The chain had a lot of locations, including 2 in Denver, Colorado, and now only has one in Hauppauge, out on Long Island. I'm such a dork.

Love the river line discovered it by accident last month. So easy to get off at 1 of the towns and chill

I'd like to visit New Jersey someday, like actually be in New Jersey and not just passing through on the way to DC.

What a fun video

there are some beautiful bay views on the LIRR Port Washingtom branch

You nerds are the best. Great content!

The River Line train reminds me of the Deutsche Bahn train I took between Offenburg and Strausburg

oh dude, I love this!

I love watching these video's knowing that I live in a country with one of the best public transport in the wold.

Great video fellas. I wonder if the turntable (1:29) is still in operation. The last one on Metro North was in White Plains NY.

I like the content of this video. That's so interesting.😀👍👍

Interested video boys, but I have taken the Train from Hoboken to Port Jervis, NY and it nice watching the sight from the train coming down and yes it a long train ride going down to Hoboken.

wow such a cool video

New Jersey and you, puhfect togather!

How about Martinsburg WV to Perryville MD? One ticket on MARC. Not as long as your trip, but 5+ hours!

This is so cool beacuse I live about 15 minutes from salsbury mills - Cornwall station and most of this stuff at the beginning on the video is local places like Woodbury commons and Stewart airport

I watched this again , after a year, and enjoyed it this time.

lol i was going to make a comment about river line based on the beginning then mid-comment you guys had the riverine revelation LOL. Anyway, grew up on the Northeast Corridor line of NJT

They actually did it I can’t believe it

You guys should try to the relatively new combo tickets on lirr and metro north. You could go from Montauk (115 miles) to Waterbury (88 miles) on one ticket

The parking garage fills up when it snows . We parked our nice cars in there during the storm . Only a couple dollars

Nice!

I live near Port Jervis on the PA side, I can’t think of a situation where taking the train to NYC is more practical than driving. It takes forever, the schedule is not practical, etc

Now that GO Transit has one weekday roundtrip on the Kitchener Line extended to London, I wonder if that one now qualifies for longest single commuter run in North America by both distance AND time. The running time for the train between London and Toronto is 4 hours and 10 minutes. The VIA Rail train on that same route takes 3 hours and 45 minutes (of course, less stops east of Guelph). In 2007 when I rode VIA Rail on that route, the run time for VIA was about 50 minutes faster at just a hair under 3 hours. Apparently, the track conditions on the line between Kitchener and London were allowed to deteriorate badly under the GEXR. CN took back control of the line in 2021, but a lot of work is needed to bring the line up to speed again. There are many 30mph or less speed restrictions and segments, and a number of crossings require flagging due to improperly operating crossing protection. On another note, nice to meet you on the first Wawa trip in Philly! Just subbed to your channel, too.

thats almost the same time it takes from Kingston, RI to Philadelphia 😂

I’ll allow it for the commuter designation lol it indeed is. Also, notably, in Trenton a NJT ticket machine will print one of those pink tickets for SEPTA. Also that’s clearly a NJT train in Port Jarvis due to the 1980s, but labeled by MTA metro north. Great vid

They have to increase frequencies on those trains. That's an order @NJTransit.

i love new jersey too i've lived here since i was 10 and im now 41

river line is probably the most unique commuter rail/light rail line in north america, if not the world

Random singular bike rack. The trip that keeps on giving...

Pretty cool, guys. You should consider doing New London, CT to Spotsylvania, VA which is ALMOST (save for one small 30 mile gap in Maryland/Delaware) served by regional commuter rail the entire way.

Great channel, hope it grows some more!! Love the reactions and commentary :)