Lonestar Trip Reports FACE REVEAL and 20,000 Subscriber Q&A 

Quick note: it looks like the audio de-synced around the 25 minute mark for a couple minutes. Idk why this happened, as it sounded fine in the edit. Apologies for the issue!

Honestly the voiceover makes you sound way older lol, I never realized you were my age! Makes the amount of travel even more impressive!

Great video! I've been watching your videos for at least a year or more. Your opening on most videos "Hello, and welcome" definitely made me think you were in your early 30's. You may remember that I once asked you if you were a professional voiceover actor. Now that we can all put a face to the voice, it shatters my mental image of you to know you are only 22. Soon you will graduate college and start your career as a mechanical engineer. I doubt you'll have time for as many train trips (what with most companies only giving out so much vacation time per year). But, I hope it works out and you are able to entertain and educate us with many more trip reports to come. Good luck in your future career and I'm looking forward to seeing your many future trip reports.

Three and a half years of growth. I'm impressed. Im genuinely surprised you grew this fast! So glad people finally have quality videos from all over the world. Keep it up, Noah and safe travels!

Congrats on your 20k subscriber level. 🎉🎉 Your videos are always enjoyable and we appreciate you sharing your travels. Look forward to watching your travels in 2024.

The man behind Lonestar Reports. Great to meet you. Really enjoying your travel videos.

Bravo, that is pro . )

So happy you picked my question and answered it! Took me while to watch the video, much work to do.

Can't believe I missed this when it came out!!!! Looking good bro!

I’ve seen your face in the reflections of the mirrors on the super liner bathrooms 😂😂😂

Hello and Welcome to the NYC Subway!

Congrats on the new milestone!!! I can’t wait to see the Southwest Chief trip report! I will be taking the Chief in August of this year in a roomette.

i remember when you had 1k subs. you came a long way broski : ]

NYC Subway and commuter trains let's go!

Great video! I would love to see content about the subway in NYC. You could even turn it into a mini series exploring other subways like the tube in London and the T in Boston. I look forward to new videos in 2024.

This video was very informative. Are we going to see more of your face in future videos? I like your delivery style. I hope that you watch Thom on Trains are Awsome. He is young like you are. He can tell you about the Netherlands and Japan since he lived in those countries as a child. His latest video is about the future of trains in the Netherlands.

Not how I pictured you. But that doesn’t really matter. The quality of the work is outstanding, keep up the good work.

Thanks! I was wondering if you were planning a trip overseas. I look forward to that! I’ve been watching solo solo traveler from Japan and wishing I could hear and see what you experience there.

Your channel has inspired me to create my own travel channel and i've already film plenty of trips and edited footage and I'm planning on starting it sometime next year maybe.

Congrats on 20K! That's a huge accomplishment. As a RU-vid watcher for many years, and one who started my own channel in 2023, your channel is one that was an inspiration for me to start one, and eventually add trip reports into my playlist. You have helped to set the bar really high! Thanks for putting out such a great product.

It was good to actually see your face & you doing the Q & A. I wish I could've went live when this came out. Do you plan on doing a video on NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line? If so, I have my own video clips I would like to share. I just don't know how. As for Amtrak, I hope the Sunset Limited returns to Florida also. I travel from Philadelphia to San Antonio every so often. To keep it at using 2 trains with same day layover, I have to use the Cardinal & Texas Eagle. I would also like to see the return of the Broadway Limited. Have a good day.

Cool Travel videos. I am 70 miles north of your location in Killeen Texas.

Thanks for taking us with you on your travels. Noah its nice to see your face and meet who you are you've done a great job 👏. Keep it up.

Thanks for the visual introduction to your personal world! Your style has been inspirational to my channel's path. I dig that you're about all kinds of transportation. Vehicles of all ilk are fascinating aspects of human life.

Awesome Job Noah! You do great work and thank you for sharing your story about you, looking forward to see where your travels take your channel I’m heading off to Canada 🇨🇦 in about 4 months. I’m going to take the Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver. Then I’ll be flying to Australia 🇦🇺 to travel on The Ghan and Indian Pacific both ways. So four trips Downunder! Can’t wait

Congratulations on reaching this milestone! Happy Travels!

I think your videos feel more reel than Jeb Brooks. I feel like I'm on the trip with you particularly on the Texas Eagle empire builder and coast starlight. My favorite of your videos is the Texas Eagle ride from Chicago to Austin.

Sad I missed out on this, was still a great Q&A to watch through! Can't wait to see more content in the future, especially potential Australia conten, as I live there. Also good luck with your degree!

Super happy to have been along for the journey since the austin metrorail videos

I hear your main inspiration for your channel was simply railway. I think you do better than simply railway because you add music and narrate instead of having titles appear below. I think you do better than any other youtube channel. When you're on a train trip, I feel like I'm one of the passengers on the train.

I saw your video on the sunset limited from Houston to San Antonio. Perhaps you should take full route and witness the scenic parts. I rode it from Los Angeles to San Antonio and then the Texas Eagle to Austin. The Scenery was incredible.

Oh and about the NYC subway question. If you like it go for it. But I think it would be so expensive and time consuming for you, unless you teamed up with a New Yorker. Not high on my list of priorities. I'd rather see Japan, South America, Australia... By the way I really enjoy the style and content of your videos. You have a great voice too.

Congrats on 20k. I’ve enjoyed your videos. I’ve only ridden Amtrak once, the Crescent from Charlotte to NYC but several western routes are on my list to do. At this lime flying to Chicago would be my best way to start.

CONGRATS ON 20K LONESTAR!

Hello and welcome to You need to start building COBI Bricks!!!

Funny, Simply Railway and Jeb Brooks led me to you!

You are a lot younger than I thought. Doing a great job

Thank you for all the videos. I appreciate your no nonsense delivery and thoroughness. Safe travels.

You should do a video ranking you top 10 favorite Amtrak routes.

I here you saying that you like Amtrak more than Via Rail, I agree. You stated that Amtrak has better quality sleeping accommodations. Despite that, which further backs up your preference for Amtrak, i here they're also cheaper. So Amtrak has better and cheaper accommodations, which isn't a fair price.

you look even goofier than anticipated for a train geek :) Love your vids, keep up the great work

I'm taking the sunset limited and Texas Eagle from Los Angeles to Austin in March

I have started a channel inspired by your's about me visiting attractions and like you do, traveling. I call it Texas World Explorer. I have 5 videos posted and I hope to eventually do well with my content like you do.

I here the coast starlight is your favorite route, my favorite is the southwest chief, how would you rank the other long distance trains you've taken?

I hear you saying that the P42DC is your favorite locomotive. It's my favorite locomotive too. I'm not as big a fan of siemens chargers and I know you like them, I just find them to be rather hideous. I would agree the ALC-42's look better than the SC-44.

I hear that P42DC's have always been you favorite locomotive. They're my favorite to, and I'm sad to see these locomotive go.

Houston Street! 😂😂😂😂

Hi Noah

What is your opinion on Amtrak's heritage unit namely 145, 130 and the recently repainted 184? Do they look as good as the phase 5 painted p42dc's? Do they look better or worst?

14:42 As the asker of this question, having notes does not count as cheating. :) Thanks again for the awesome videos.

25:05 ay!! 🎉

4 days ago was my birthday Alex

you should have a "face reveal" on all your vids..maybe at the start of vid.....thanks for your vids.............

If you think the coast starlight is great, wait till you see raton pass on the southwest chief

I'm not a fan of the charger series compared to the Genesis series. My favorite locomotive in the fleet is Genesis locomotive number 145, you know, Amtrak phase 3 40th anniversary heritage unit.

25:44 business premier

How do you afford so much travel at your age??

22:58 that’s just TPE

You have an older more "seasoned" man's voice...when i saw you on video i said to myself "Naaw that can't be Lonestar!" 😂 😂 😂 🚆 🚉 🚄 🚋 🚈

In Ireland, I recommend: The Dublin Area Rapid Transit, it starts from Malahide and Howth (pronounced as Hoe-th) in the north, through Dublin, toward Bray and Greystones in the south which are actually in County Wicklow making them the only two DART stations to be outside of County Dublin, until DART+ kicks off if the government can find the money. There are two mainlines (or corridors as you call them) there’s one from Dublin’s Heuston station to Kent station in Cork, with lines to Waterford, Galway, Westport and Limerick merging off en route. The Waterford line leaves after Kildare, the line to Athlone, Galway and Westport leaves after Portarlington, and the limerick line leaves after Limerick Junction which is actually closer to Tipperary than Limerick… And there’s the line to Drogheda (pronounced Dro-header), Dundalk and Belfast which is operated by Enterprise, a cross border service co-owned by Iarnród Éireann, Ireland’s national operator (pronounced Ian-rord Air-run) and Translink NI Railways which is Northern Ireland’s national operator in the UK. That service starts from Dublin’s Connolly station all the way up to Lanyon Place station in Downtown Belfast, Northern Ireland. Although when the new Grand Central station opens, the enterprise will be re-routed there so that Lanyon Place can act more as a commuter stop rather than an intercity station as it wasn’t even meant to be like that to begin with…on the approach to Downtown Belfast after passing Adelaide depot (no not the Adelaide in Australia), you’ll see a junction which to your left would eventually take you to Grand Central station upon opening. At the moment it takes you to Great Victoria Street station which is currently running on borrowed time as, along with Belfast Europa bus station, is gonna be closed and replaced by the new Grand Central station and bus interchange. Also, be warned that most of the Iarnród Éireann network is single track and has a sparse frequency (ranging between 4 and 12 trains a day, which is ridiculous if you ask me especially when connecting major cities). So yeah, that’s a heads up for ya. Hope this has got ya planning 😁

Hi Noah