My oh my, have things changed in the near 10 years since I stayed here.
With the new ownership coming in (the old innkeeper, the legend Tom Davis passing away in 2021), ushers in a new era to trackside lodging. The trains still roll by, as do the nearby bikers, and the railroad experience the Inn provides is still the same. Much of Tom's spirit remains at the Station Inn, which for anybody who stayed at the Inn while Tom was alive, will be very much familiar with.
With that, I know that the new owners of the Station Inn, the Lang's are new and have some kinks to work out, so I will be a bit more generous with their faults.
The beds are hard here because the beds have no mattress pads, and the rooms are pretty warm because most of the rooms have no air conditioning (they just created two new rooms that do, but I have to work with what I was given in this visit). The showers have great water pressure, but the shower head is so low that it was hard for me to get some. The hot water is so hot that you have to adjust the cold water knobs fast or you might get a first degree burn.
There is also no full housekeeping. Nobody is going to make your bed here. You can get extra towels if you ask, but there is no freshening up here. The positive is that the WiFi works real well now, and I loved listening to the crackle of the scanner radio so you can always know when a train is nearby.
Breakfasts were also very delicious each morning. Absolutely no complaints there. Bravo to Patience, you earned it there.
I only wish I had met the Lang's during my visit. During my three nights there I never once saw them. I was kinda hoping to meet the new sheriffs in town, but that never happened.
I will only stay here again if presented another opportunity, but the five stars are given based on potential because I think the potential is there to really make this as special as Tom made it. read more