Good morning, Mike. Thank you for the excellent #5 Zephyr video this morning. Great to see Sam come over to introduce himself to you, a sign of a true Railroader. Enjoy your beautiful day in the Rockies. It’s an equally beautiful day out here on the Pacific Coast and I intend to enjoy it’s well. Be safe as you do Shipmate.
Good afternoon, Curtis; Thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. I had a chance to chat with him a week ago but never caught his name. Mandy had provided that in a comment later that day. I am impressed with his people skills and as long as he maintains those, he will go far. We just went under a severe thunderstorm warning for the next couple of hours. As long as the hail stay away, I'll tolerate the light and sound show if it includes moisture. It is to be even nicer tomorrow. I'll take them. Have a great Saturday afternoon and evening out there. lease take care and stay safe without fouled reeving lines, Shipmate!
Good afternoon, Bill; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. It was a pleasure to chat with Sam. A nice way to spend some time waiting for the departure time. Have a great Saturday afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good Morning Mike!! What a beautiful morning and such a personable young man!! Another name for us to try and remember! Glad the beeping started AFTER your nice conversation. Have a great Saturday! Jean
Good afternoon, Jean; I thank you for stopping by along with the comments. That was a great encounter with Sam this morning. As for Mid-West Iron Works early start for an overtime day... BAH HUMBUG! Ruined my chance to catch the outbound horn music. That will happen again tomorrow as I have found out. Oh well. Have a great afternoon and evening back there. Please take care and stay safe!
Good afternoon, merrybb1617; I thank you for looking in along with the comments. I hope your trip on the Zephyr is a wonderful experience for you. I have never had a bad one yet. Have a great Saturday afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning, Ken; I thank you for stopping by as well as the comments. This is the second time I have had that chance to chat with him. A nice young gentleman. Have a great Saturday. Please take care and stay safe!
Good Saturday morning Mike on this nice day. What a great stop today. It seems that the Zephyr has the nicest staff in business and it’s a pleasure to meet Sam. Have a great safe day 😃👏👍
Good morning, Gene; I thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. That was a nice station stop this morning. With the added dwell time for being early, the chat with Sam made it all worthwhile. The added side stories were the "Darwin Award" bicyclist darting around the cross arms in front of the engine and the "caretaker" of the depot. Not quite sure what the story is there. Anyway, there's always something different at the station. Have a great Saturday. Please take care and stay safe!
Good afternoon, Kevin; I thank you for looking in and the comments. Let me know as your trip gets closer and I'll be on the platform to wave from behind my camera as you roll thru. Please take care and stay safe!
God morning, David; Thanks for dropping by as well as the comments. It was a great way to kill some time with him today. Being he had to wait anyway. Hope that you have a great Saturday over there. Please take care and stay safe!
We just off the east bound Zepher a couple weeks ago,it was a great ride and great personnel. Second Zephyr trip in a year,one west one east, will probably do it again sometime.
Good afternoon, Jim; Thanks for dialing in as well as the comments. It has been really nice here so far. It's 84 F with a chance of storms later. Only 80 F for the high tomorrow. After the triple digit yesterday, this is refreshing. The chance to chat with Sam this morning made it all worthwhile. Hope that I get a chance to travel with him sometime. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning Mike. Looks like a beautiful morning. Nice stop this morning . Train crew taking time to talk to you. Another warm day in Albuquerque. Have a great day and be safe.
Good morning, Gerald; Thank you for dialing in as well as the comments. I couldn't think of a better way for Sam to kill some time this morning. A nice young gentleman. About 20 degrees cooler here today. As usual, the wind will be up around 28 mph later. Guess I'll get out the other anchor. LOL! Have a great Saturday down there. Please take care and stay safe!
A good Saturday morning to you Mike from 70 clear mid Tenn. From sounds of the loco engines it must be up hill from there til over the continental divide. That would be the moffatt tunnel I believe. Good talk with Sam, he sounds like a likeable fella and should go far with Amtrak. Have yourself a good day in whatever you do.
Good morning, Ben; Thanks for tuning in along with the comments. That train has been climbing since it left McCook, NE. LOL. There is a grade elevation of about 5 ft. in less than one tenth of a mile at West Street where the rails climb above an irrigation canal just to the west of signal mast in the video. You are right about the Moffat Tunnel. This side is eastern slope or front range and at the west portal is western slope of the Rockies and the Colorado River Basin. This was the second time I have had a chat with Sam. He has some great people skills. Much better than mine. Have a great Saturday back there. Please take care and stay safe!
Well that's something that they've had three train stations their. So anyway I hope you put the squeegee back where you found it. And he got all that time to hang out with the train gets early. Trade day and Franklin Park was really nice. They had a bunch of the CPK stuff. You know Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad bridge. They had some of that they had a big metra train unfortunately no Amtrak or no vintage Santa Fe equipment or anything cool like that. But nonetheless we had a good time out there. And you know we took the metra the 7:30 a.m. train out of Union station. They have that under reconstruction again. So you know it's been like that for a year or two. And I was in the car with all the farmers. That they were younger people and boy everybody was foaming it up! And I really enjoyed hearing all that foaming going on.
Good evening, Robert; Thanks for dialing n along with the comments. Sounds as though the Metra ride was more exciting that the railroad showing. I could have enjoyed that too. The CPKC merger has produced a lot of media stuff. I am sure there was a lot. Nice to read that you enjoyed the show. Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning Mike. The chorus is in fine form this morning. A beautiful sunrise for the Zephyr's arrival, today. Kind of a busy stop, too. WX back east must be pretty good for the early arrival. Hope it stays good for you, today. We hit 113, yesterday, but the humidity was only 11%. Expect 109, today. I'm finally hitting the sack now. It's my up all night, sleep all day season, now. You take care, stay safe and I'll check back next time I'm awake (chuckle).
Good morning, Phil; Thank you for dropping by along with the comments. We did break 100 yesterday and will be 20 degrees cooler today. Humidity was 15% and is now at 63% after a very brief "mudball" fall last night. Not quite rain and filled with Wyoming dust to make flying mudballs. Makes for wonderful scratches on the windshields and wiper replacement every other storm. Hope that you get some good rest down there. Please take care, stay cool, and safe!
HOWDY MR MIKE, hope all is well with you I was a little worried about that feller walking towards you but guess u knew him..plus meeting that new conductor holding up the train to visit with yal'll!! Take care my friend
Good afternoon, John; Thanks for dialing in and the comments. That's the second Saturday in a row. Doesn't make up for some others though. LOL! Tornado warning and severe thunderstorm her right now. Not gonna play storm chaser though. Have a great evening back there. Please take care and stay safe!
Good Saturday morning Mike! Wow! What’s with that “individual”! A great video this morning! Nothing wrong with a chat with the CA! Sam is pleasant! That’s neat he introduced himself to you! Hope he likes the greater Denver area! My ex-law enforcement officer kicked in when you were chatting with the first individual! Regardless…please have a great Saturday out your way Sir! I am here in southeast Iowa! Mark in Iowa.
Good morning, Mark; Thanks for stopping by along with the comments. The "individual" has been around here for a while. A "local". Not quite sure what his story is. To add some fuel to your former programing, he had been around the depot as I arrived, trespassed across the tracks to the fuel station on the south side. Then returned with a squeegee to wash the windows in the waiting room. Thus, my statement to him about returning it to the fuel station. Note: He didn't as far as I know. It was nice to chat with Sam and a great intro to him for everyone. I certainly liked the chat. A bit cooler today by about 20 degrees. Should be nice until the wind kicks up later this afternoon. Oh well. Have a great Saturday back there. Please take care and stay safe!
G😊ood 😊morning Mike, hope all is well with you. fter watching most all of the long routes, the CZ is the one I would want with the beautiful scenery 😊I did not check to see if the spelling was correct but noticed the emoji's my phone thought I needed.Hope the rest of your day is blessed Sad to say but I think my days may be numbered for my texting.😪💥
Good afternoon, Carolyn; I thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. It has been a nice change in the weather here. It is 82 F. with clouds and a nice breeze right now. That breeze is to turn into a wind in a few hours. Oh well. I too include emojis with some of the replies. They do seem to show a point to be made. Alas, I do understand about the days being numbered. I am saddened yet do know that is part of life. Please take care and stay safe down there. 🤓👋👌👌👍😟🐓🐦🕊
Hi again Mike.Just saw where AMTRAK is discounting tickets between the 13th-18th & will have the sightseers car on.That sounds nice but I dont care for crowds but if that extra car is left on a little longer I might.❤
@@MikeJensen-jt9yr No, the car wont be left on but it should go on to the Texas Eagle.Ever sinc she was chopped & no dining car, she's really taken a hit & the power that be dont seem to care..I see the complains & makes me want to forget being a southern lady.
Good day Mike. Another nice morning, birds are happy too. Nice of Sam to come over for a chat. Every time someone has a chat with you we learn another tidbit about Mike. I was a bit confused why you called the local guy an idiot, I didn’t think he said anything too idiotic. Had to rewatch a couple of times then I saw the real “idiot” run across in front of the train, idiot indeed. Thanks and stay well.
Good afternoon, Dan; Thank you for dropping by along with the comments. Yep. The local has other issues. The idiot was the true "Darwin Award" contestant. The coincidence was them being close together in the video. But that was offset with the chat with Sam. Another nice guy with AMTRAK. Hope that you have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning, Paul; Thanks for stopping by and he comments. I am not a track specialist but from the geometry techs I have chatted with say this sub is in better shape than a lot of them. I have watched videos of UP, CSX, CN, and NS "main lines much worse. There is some maintenance being done this year with the tampers and ballast regulators as there is every year. Now that BNSF bean counters have furloughed 6 thousand or more track maintenance workers, one can expect the track structure to become worse. Have a great Tuesday. Please take care and stay safe!
Boy, to coin a phrase, you had a Darwin candidate there that cut it pretty close. Good one Mike. Conductor Sam seems like a pretty nice young man. Thanks and have a great weekend.
Good afternoon, Lou; Thanks for stopping by along with the comments. Those candidates are everywhere. Or so it seems. But that was offset with the chance to chat with Sam. I look forward to seeing him again. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning, John; Thank you for dialing in along with the question and comments. Yes. You did see an idiot on a bike cross the tracks directly ahead of the Zephyr. Thus, my whispered statement. We have as many "Darwin Award" contestants here as elsewhere. That was a neat chat with Sam. A great intro to everyone. Also, a great way to kill some time waiting for departure time. Anyway, have a great Saturday. Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning, Mike. Thank you for the excellent #5 Zephyr video this morning. Great to see Sam come over to introduce himself to you, a sign of a true Railroader. Enjoy your beautiful day in the Rockies. It’s an equally beautiful day out here on the Pacific Coast and I intend to enjoy it’s well. Be safe as you do Shipmate.
Good afternoon, Curtis; Thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. I had a chance to chat with him a week ago but never caught his name. Mandy had provided that in a comment later that day. I am impressed with his people skills and as long as he maintains those, he will go far.
We just went under a severe thunderstorm warning for the next couple of hours. As long as the hail stay away, I'll tolerate the light and sound show if it includes moisture.
It is to be even nicer tomorrow. I'll take them.
Have a great Saturday afternoon and evening out there.
lease take care and stay safe without fouled reeving lines, Shipmate!
Nice conversation with Sam. One the advantages of the CZ being early.
That was an interesting encounter today. Even with the "Darwin Award" contestant. And the other interesting local.
Good morning Mike. so good to see a friendly conductor. He seems like a really nice guy. Enjoy your day stay safe.
Good afternoon, Bill; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. It was a pleasure to chat with Sam. A nice way to spend some time waiting for the departure time.
Have a great Saturday afternoon and evening.
Please take care and stay safe!
Good Morning Mike!!
What a beautiful morning and such a personable young man!! Another name for us to try and remember!
Glad the beeping started AFTER your nice conversation.
Have a great Saturday!
Jean
Good afternoon, Jean; I thank you for stopping by along with the comments. That was a great encounter with Sam this morning. As for Mid-West Iron Works early start for an overtime day... BAH HUMBUG! Ruined my chance to catch the outbound horn music. That will happen again tomorrow as I have found out. Oh well.
Have a great afternoon and evening back there.
Please take care and stay safe!
Hi Mike. I watch your video every day. I am going on my first Zephyr trip in August. What a beautiful train. Thank you for your videos!
Good afternoon, merrybb1617; I thank you for looking in along with the comments. I hope your trip on the Zephyr is a wonderful experience for you. I have never had a bad one yet.
Have a great Saturday afternoon and evening.
Please take care and stay safe!
good morning Mike thanks for the catch of #today. glad you had a chance to chat with Sam. hope your day is great and safe.
Good morning, Ken; I thank you for stopping by as well as the comments. This is the second time I have had that chance to chat with him. A nice young gentleman.
Have a great Saturday.
Please take care and stay safe!
Excellent my friend Be safe out there Cheers Mike
Good evening, James; Thanks for dialing in and the comments. I appreciate it.
Please take care and stay safe up there!
Good Saturday morning Mike on this nice day. What a great stop today. It seems that the Zephyr has the nicest staff in business and it’s a pleasure to meet Sam. Have a great safe day 😃👏👍
Good morning, Gene; I thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. That was a nice station stop this morning. With the added dwell time for being early, the chat with Sam made it all worthwhile.
The added side stories were the "Darwin Award" bicyclist darting around the cross arms in front of the engine and the "caretaker" of the depot. Not quite sure what the story is there.
Anyway, there's always something different at the station.
Have a great Saturday.
Please take care and stay safe!
Awesome catch. Hopefully I'll be on the Amtrak California zephyr in the future to the west Coast
Good afternoon, Kevin; I thank you for looking in and the comments. Let me know as your trip gets closer and I'll be on the platform to wave from behind my camera as you roll thru.
Please take care and stay safe!
Morning Mike. Always happy when you get to visit with the Zephyr crew. Have a great weekend and be safe out there.
God morning, David; Thanks for dropping by as well as the comments. It was a great way to kill some time with him today. Being he had to wait anyway.
Hope that you have a great Saturday over there.
Please take care and stay safe!
We just off the east bound Zepher a couple weeks ago,it was a great ride and great personnel. Second Zephyr trip in a year,one west one east, will probably do it again sometime.
Mike - looks like a beautiful day out there this morning. Enjoy the day & the weekend. The video was a good start for mine. Stay Safe.
Good afternoon, Jim; Thanks for dialing in as well as the comments. It has been really nice here so far. It's 84 F with a chance of storms later. Only 80 F for the high tomorrow. After the triple digit yesterday, this is refreshing.
The chance to chat with Sam this morning made it all worthwhile. Hope that I get a chance to travel with him sometime.
Have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning Mike. Looks like a beautiful morning. Nice stop this morning . Train crew taking time to talk to you. Another warm day in Albuquerque. Have a great day and be safe.
Good morning, Gerald; Thank you for dialing in as well as the comments. I couldn't think of a better way for Sam to kill some time this morning. A nice young gentleman.
About 20 degrees cooler here today. As usual, the wind will be up around 28 mph later. Guess I'll get out the other anchor. LOL!
Have a great Saturday down there.
Please take care and stay safe!
A good Saturday morning to you Mike from 70 clear mid Tenn. From sounds of the loco engines it must be up hill from there til over the continental divide. That would be the moffatt tunnel I believe. Good talk with Sam, he sounds like a likeable fella and should go far with Amtrak. Have yourself a good day in whatever you do.
Good morning, Ben; Thanks for tuning in along with the comments. That train has been climbing since it left McCook, NE. LOL. There is a grade elevation of about 5 ft. in less than one tenth of a mile at West Street where the rails climb above an irrigation canal just to the west of signal mast in the video. You are right about the Moffat Tunnel. This side is eastern slope or front range and at the west portal is western slope of the Rockies and the Colorado River Basin.
This was the second time I have had a chat with Sam. He has some great people skills. Much better than mine.
Have a great Saturday back there.
Please take care and stay safe!
Well that's something that they've had three train stations their. So anyway I hope you put the squeegee back where you found it. And he got all that time to hang out with the train gets early. Trade day and Franklin Park was really nice. They had a bunch of the CPK stuff. You know Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad bridge. They had some of that they had a big metra train unfortunately no Amtrak or no vintage Santa Fe equipment or anything cool like that. But nonetheless we had a good time out there. And you know we took the metra the 7:30 a.m. train out of Union station. They have that under reconstruction again. So you know it's been like that for a year or two. And I was in the car with all the farmers. That they were younger people and boy everybody was foaming it up! And I really enjoyed hearing all that foaming going on.
Good evening, Robert; Thanks for dialing n along with the comments. Sounds as though the Metra ride was more exciting that the railroad showing. I could have enjoyed that too.
The CPKC merger has produced a lot of media stuff. I am sure there was a lot.
Nice to read that you enjoyed the show.
Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning Mike. The chorus is in fine form this morning. A beautiful sunrise for the Zephyr's arrival, today. Kind of a busy stop, too. WX back east must be pretty good for the early arrival. Hope it stays good for you, today. We hit 113, yesterday, but the humidity was only 11%. Expect 109, today. I'm finally hitting the sack now. It's my up all night, sleep all day season, now. You take care, stay safe and I'll check back next time I'm awake (chuckle).
Good morning, Phil; Thank you for dropping by along with the comments. We did break 100 yesterday and will be 20 degrees cooler today. Humidity was 15% and is now at 63% after a very brief "mudball" fall last night. Not quite rain and filled with Wyoming dust to make flying mudballs. Makes for wonderful scratches on the windshields and wiper replacement every other storm.
Hope that you get some good rest down there.
Please take care, stay cool, and safe!
HOWDY MR MIKE, hope all is well with you I was a little worried about that feller walking towards you but guess u knew him..plus meeting that new conductor holding up the train to visit with yal'll!! Take care my friend
4 minutes early ! 😱 Glad you documented that !
Good afternoon, John; Thanks for dialing in and the comments. That's the second Saturday in a row. Doesn't make up for some others though. LOL!
Tornado warning and severe thunderstorm her right now. Not gonna play storm chaser though.
Have a great evening back there.
Please take care and stay safe!
HAPPY SATURDAY everyone…be safe and prosperous and happy!
Good morning, Eolafan; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. I appreciate it.
Please take care and stay safe back there.
Good Saturday morning Mike! Wow! What’s with that “individual”! A great video this morning! Nothing wrong with a chat with the CA! Sam is pleasant! That’s neat he introduced himself to you! Hope he likes the greater Denver area! My ex-law enforcement officer kicked in when you were chatting with the first individual! Regardless…please have a great Saturday out your way Sir! I am here in southeast Iowa! Mark in Iowa.
Good morning, Mark; Thanks for stopping by along with the comments. The "individual" has been around here for a while. A "local". Not quite sure what his story is. To add some fuel to your former programing, he had been around the depot as I arrived, trespassed across the tracks to the fuel station on the south side. Then returned with a squeegee to wash the windows in the waiting room. Thus, my statement to him about returning it to the fuel station. Note: He didn't as far as I know.
It was nice to chat with Sam and a great intro to him for everyone. I certainly liked the chat.
A bit cooler today by about 20 degrees. Should be nice until the wind kicks up later this afternoon. Oh well.
Have a great Saturday back there.
Please take care and stay safe!
G😊ood 😊morning Mike, hope all is well with you. fter watching most all of the long routes, the CZ is the one I would want with the beautiful scenery
😊I did not check to see if the spelling was correct but noticed the emoji's my phone thought I needed.Hope the rest of your day is blessed Sad to say but I think my days may be numbered for my texting.😪💥
Good afternoon, Carolyn; I thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. It has been a nice change in the weather here. It is 82 F. with clouds and a nice breeze right now. That breeze is to turn into a wind in a few hours. Oh well.
I too include emojis with some of the replies. They do seem to show a point to be made.
Alas, I do understand about the days being numbered. I am saddened yet do know that is part of life.
Please take care and stay safe down there.
🤓👋👌👌👍😟🐓🐦🕊
Hi again Mike.Just saw where AMTRAK is discounting tickets between the 13th-18th & will have the sightseers car on.That sounds nice but I dont care for crowds but if that extra car is left on a little longer I might.❤
@@carolynsteed3649 With luck, that extra car will stay. Who knows? Those may not be a loaded as one would think. It sounds like a fun ride.
@@MikeJensen-jt9yr No, the car wont be left on but it should go on to the Texas Eagle.Ever sinc she was chopped & no dining car, she's really taken a hit & the power that be dont seem to care..I see the complains & makes me want to forget being a southern lady.
Good day Mike. Another nice morning, birds are happy too. Nice of Sam to come over for a chat. Every time someone has a chat with you we learn another tidbit about Mike. I was a bit confused why you called the local guy an idiot, I didn’t think he said anything too idiotic. Had to rewatch a couple of times then I saw the real “idiot” run across in front of the train, idiot indeed. Thanks and stay well.
Good afternoon, Dan; Thank you for dropping by along with the comments. Yep. The local has other issues. The idiot was the true "Darwin Award" contestant. The coincidence was them being close together in the video.
But that was offset with the chat with Sam. Another nice guy with AMTRAK.
Hope that you have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care and stay safe!
If that is main line track, it looks like it is in rough shape. Looks likes it needs a good grading with a regulator and tamping.
Good morning, Paul; Thanks for stopping by and he comments. I am not a track specialist but from the geometry techs I have chatted with say this sub is in better shape than a lot of them. I have watched videos of UP, CSX, CN, and NS "main lines much worse.
There is some maintenance being done this year with the tampers and ballast regulators as there is every year.
Now that BNSF bean counters have furloughed 6 thousand or more track maintenance workers, one can expect the track structure to become worse.
Have a great Tuesday.
Please take care and stay safe!
meant to say #5 lol,
Gotcha!
Boy, to coin a phrase, you had a Darwin candidate there that cut it pretty close. Good one Mike. Conductor Sam seems like a pretty nice young man. Thanks and have a great weekend.
Good afternoon, Lou; Thanks for stopping by along with the comments. Those candidates are everywhere. Or so it seems. But that was offset with the chance to chat with Sam. I look forward to seeing him again.
Have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care and stay safe!
Did some idiot scoot across the tracks in front of the train at 2:37? Nice to know a new conductor.
Good morning, John; Thank you for dialing in along with the question and comments. Yes. You did see an idiot on a bike cross the tracks directly ahead of the Zephyr. Thus, my whispered statement. We have as many "Darwin Award" contestants here as elsewhere.
That was a neat chat with Sam. A great intro to everyone. Also, a great way to kill some time waiting for departure time.
Anyway, have a great Saturday.
Please take care and stay safe!