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Good evening, Carolyn; Thank you for stopping by along with the comments. Hope your sleeping issues correct themselves. I have to be careful with over napping in the afternoons. I do think we will hear from Ric. I also think he is working the Winter Park Express from Denver to Winter Park Resort and back. That train is running a full schedule now and not just weekends. Later in the year I am sure he will come back out here running the Zephyr. I think there will be some snow with this incoming weather event. That I will take. The ultra cold could have sated with Mr. Putin in Siberia. But it is supposed to n=be thru over the weekend and gone with some warming coming back on Tuesday. anyway, have a great evening and a super Friday. Please take care and stay safe! 🤓👋👌👍👍

Good afternoon and thanks for dialing in as well as the comments. That sounds like almost perfect weather for the bay area. I'd rather have that than what is headed our way. Oh well. Have a great afternoon and evening out there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good afternoon, Ben; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. I would like to have at least 40s today. It would help melt more ice/snow mix from the streets here. Sounds as though we will get a double shot of snow with this event. I'm just not happy with the ultra-cold air. Putin could have kept that to himself. We have been there before and more than likely will have it again. Anyway, have a great Thursday afternoon and evening back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Paul; Thank you for tuning in and the comments. There are a couple of soft spots including one just east of the depot by about a car length. What was the saying from the toy commercial? Weebles wobble but they don't fall down. I think that was the adage. LOL! Should start seeing color in the eastern sky in a week or so. We are gaining daylight by 2 minutes a day. Or so. Have a great Thursday. Please take care and stay safe!

Hi Mike-a different look in daylight for #-5 & a quick stop. Thanks for your time & please stay warm! Jeb

@@jebstewart6270 Good afternoon, Jeb; Thank you for looking in and the comments. I appreciate it. It is a bit different with some natural lighting. It will be in the dark again in the morning. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!

Hi Damien; Thanks for stopping by and the comments. I appreciate it. Yep. If I have a chance to speak with Mandy, I'll pass along your greeting. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Mark; I thank you for dropping by along with the comments. Just hit 28 F. here at 0952. I am hoping for more melting on the streets and sidewalks today. Tomorrow night is when the Siberian Express blows thru here. They could have kept it over there. I am sure Putin could find a use for it. LOL! I believe there was/is a couple of broken rail segments back in western Nebraska. I know it was late from the gate in Chicago but lost more time between McCook and here. Oh well, they made it and ere gone just as fast. Hope that you have a great Thursday back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, David; Thanks for dialing in and the comments. The coffee came immediately after I departed the depot. Zazzy's was open and calling to me. LOL! I agree with the call for moisture out here on the eastern side of the Rockies. Maybe a double shot. Have a great Thursday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good afternoon, Jim; Thanks for dialing in along with the comments. I think there were some broken rails back in western Nebraska. They lost more time between McCook and here. I am sure the BNSF ground crews are dreading the incoming weather event. The track workers will have a busy time splicing rails. We are making all preparations for burrowing in here at the house over the weekend. Possible double shot of snow tomorrow night and again on Sunday morning if the timeline holds. The predicted temperatures continue to drop as well. If we can get some moisture from this event, then all is well. Anyway, have a great Thursday back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, BBQRando; I thank you for stopping by and the comment. I am enjoying today and will enjoy most of tomorrow. Saturday, I may turn into a burrowing party with the extreme cold. Been there. Just not as aged as I am now. LOL! Have a great Thursday down there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Ken; Thank you for dropping by and the comments. I am hoping to clear more ice and packed snow from around the pickup parking spot in preparation for the incoming weather event. The morning temperatures keep going down. Oh well. I've been there before. We will be stocking up over the next couple of days in readiness for Siberian weather. Have a great Thursday back there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!

Good morning, Gerald; Thanks for tuning in as well as the comments. It was warm by the standards of what will arrive here tomorrow night and into the weekend. I was still dressed for cold. We just hit 28 F. here at 0952. Glad to read that you are feeling a bit better. I hope that trend continues for you. Have a great Thursday down there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good evening, James; Thak you for dialing in and the comments. It looks as though you are getting a taste of that Siberian air mass coming thru. We are getting set up for that here and throw a F. behind the -23 you wrote. We are to be that cold Monday morning. down here. Possible 5 incher so new snow and heavy on the winds come Monday. Sounds like winter to me. LOL! Hope that you have a great Thursday up there.\Please take care, stay bundled up, and safe!

Good evening, John; Thank you for stopping by and the comments. I do remember reading all of that on a news article from the daily blab (shipboard newspaper) aboard USS Independence (CV62). There was also an editorial piece in the European "Stars and Stripes". It's like many things I have not forgotten. Just laid them on the back burners. Thanks for bringing them up again. Please take care and stay safe!

Mike Small world, I also Navy 65-69 RM2 my CO aboard ammo ship, 66-67, Westpac, went on to become CO CV62 about 69-70 Captain BB Forbes, after CV62, received first star.around your time on the big lady?

@@JohnBarnett-dt5rm Hi John; It is a small world at times. I was a DC 2. Then Zumwalt blessed me, and I was magically transformed into a Hull Tech. I attended 3 Change of Commands while in CV62. The last skipper was John Smith. I had a gap in the CV62 tour with 13 months assigned to Operation Deep-Freeze in the 73-74 winter over party. Returned to CV62 and then on to the USS Vulcan (AR5). That was followed with a tour at Port Services tending to the tug boats assigned to Naval Station, Norfolk. There were other commands after that shore duty tour. I retired in 93 with a major RIF as they decommissioned commands with the fall of the USSR. I'd do it all again but only with those I served with the first time around.

Good day, Robo; I thank you for dropping by and the comments from Australia. Please take care, stay cool, and safe!

Good afternoon, BBQRando; Thanks for stopping by and the comments. I appreciate it. Please take care and stay safe down there!

Good afternoon, Jeb; I thank you for dialing in along with the comments. They were all Amish waiting for their driver to take them to South Dkota area and the large enclave they have there. I was struck that he wanted pics of the train. Not a normal thing for them yet it was nice of him to do that. Teir driver showed about 5 minutes after I wrapped u and put the camera away. Trying to get the homestead ready for the "Siberian Heavy Hauler" bringing those below zero temperatures and snow in here. Almost ready. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please tyke care and stay safe!

Good day, Lance; I thank you for dialing in from hot and humid Australia. Yep. We would like some of that here. LOL! Have a great day over there. Please take care, stay cool, and safe!

Good afternoon, Dan; Thank you for stopping by and the comments. We are struggling to make that freezing mark. Maybe later this afternoon. It was a great stop and a chance to chat today. Have not had that opportunity for some time. Ollie was mindful of the young man wanting to get a picture and all. It was also neat that he was watching from the cab. Security and safety come first. Anyway, I did enjoy that stop. Not thrilled with the incoming weather event but I'll survive it as well. May be taking the video from the cab of the pickup in the really cold. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe back there!

Good afternoon, Ken; I thank you for dialing in and the comments. That coffee did help warm the body up. I was not expecting the station stop to last s long as it did. Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Norman; Thank you for stopping by along with the comments. I was caught off guard as he is Amish. With a phone and camera. I know they are using them away from home. Not the first I have seen. That he walked to the head end also was interesting. Both Dana and Olie were taken by that. Another rail fan is good! Hope that you have a great Wednesday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, David; I thank you for looking in and the comment. I may have to break out the swim trunks later if it gets as warm as predicted. LOL! Have a great Wednesday up there. Plese take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Jim; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. Yep. we have been promised a weekend and beyond with the Siberian Heavy Hauler bringing below zero temps to the area. Maybe some more snow as well. I'll be taking video from the pickup cab if it is that bad. Anyway, I hope that you have a great Wednesday back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Damien; Thank you for dialing in and the comments. I appreciate it. Plese take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Mike; Thanks for stopping by and the comments. I used to work in those temps. Now I can watch from the pickup cab. I'll still have all the layers piled on. And coffee waiting at the end. LOL! Have a great Wednesday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Ben; Thank you for dialing in and the comments. It is 23 F. at 0945 local. I am hoping for higher temps in a bit so I can clear some snow and ice from where I park the pickup in front of the house. The prognosticators of weather are spouting snow to be along with the incoming Siberian Heavy Hauler coming thru. Sounds as though most of the country gets to enjoy this one. It was neat to have a chance to chat with Dana again. It has been a few years. And always nice to know the Ollie is in the cab. I did like him watching that young man today. Security and safety are foremost. Their driver appeared about 5 minutes after the Zephyr departed. That was going to be a long haul in a small vehicle for them. Anyway, have a great Wednesday back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Gerald; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. As I told Dana, they were kicking along out east of here. I was surprised to see them in here that early. It did work out nicely as well. We weren't too much lower in temperature than what you had down there. It is now 23 F. and climbing. I have to wait a while before I try to clear ice and snow from where I stand to get into the pickup. Getting kinda slick right there. The coffee here was tasty and warming. Hope yours was the same. Have a great Wednesday down there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!

Good morning, Carolyn; I thank you for dropping by and the comments. It is nice to hear from you again. Yep. The weather guessers are pushing this "Siberian Heavy Hauler" to impact most of the country over the weekend and beyond. I am ready but will be taking the video from the pickup cab where the heater will be running full out. I tried to pick up the rooster that was out and about this morning. Sadly, I missed him crowing. Have a great Wednesday down there. Please take care and stay safe! 🤓🥶😎👋👋👌👍👍🐓

Good morning, megindenver; I thank you for tuning in and the comments. I have been shooting video there for over 9 years and the exterior lighting was replaced and working until about 3 years ago. The new LED lighting over the waiting room door hasn't worked since it was installed. The two exterior lights on the west end of the building need new lamps to make it better. The custodial contractor doesn't have that in the contract with AMTRAK. They are more concerned with starting new service instead of repairing what they have. AMTRAK owns the depot and the surrounding structure (platform and parking). Sadly, they don't want to put repair money into what they have now. The same will hold true to the "new and improved" transit they wish to start north to south along the front range. Nice idea but they don't keep up what they have now. How will the communities react along the front rang to that in their communities? HMMMMM. Anyway, I hope that you have a great Wednesday up there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Mark; I thank you for tuning in along with the comments. I am hoping to ee above freezing here soon. 23 F. at 0930 local. Need to clear the ice from around the parking spot here at home. The city street dept. decided to plow in the snow around where I park and not move it to the center of the streets. Must be from the Long Island and New Jersey areas where the schools of thought are to make it near impossible to move a personal vehicle after a snow fall. LOL! Dana has worked the Zephyr for many years. He is one of the more senior conductors. A nice guy as they all are. It had been a while since I had a chance to chat with him. Oh well. Ollie was watching as well. Security and safety above all. Hope it warms up back there. Please take care, stay warm and safe!

Good afternoon, Mike; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. Yep. I do use the "Grabber" hand warmers. I have tried the toe and foot pads as well but don't have an issue with my feet going cold as I do with my fingers. That has been an issue with me for several years as I get older. But fee? No problem. The flashers you are seeing are on the Trackmobile that Cargill uses to move their railcars around in their yard. I believe they also have blue flashers that are seen once in a while. I have no idea what other than to denote work in progress on or around railcars. The Trackmobile they have is very similar to one I operated while employed at Western Sugar here in Ft. Morgan. Hope that you have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Jeb; I thank you for dropping by along with the comments. I was impressed with a nearly clear sky this morning. I knew the humidity was low and then jumped but that is normal here. We may get to see more warning lights in mobile equipment in the near future with a cold storage facility being erected on the north side of the BNSF right-of-way to the east and across from the Cargill facility. All was good from the medical appointment yesterday. I'll try it all again in May. Have a great Tuesday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, BBQRando; I thank you for stopping by on taco Tuesday. I appreciate it. Have a great Tuesday down there. Plese take care and stay safe!

Good morning, James; Thanks for stopping by along with the comments. I appreciate it. Please take care, stay warm, and safe up there!

Good morning, greatnorthern930; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. I have worked in a lot colder environments. You are correct that if one dressed for it, it isn't too bad. I admit the wind had a real bite this morning. I am planning on how to stay with the program as we get the sub-zero temperatures coming this weekend. I think that will be covered from the cab of the pickup. (I am a wimp anymore). LOL! Have a great Tuesday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Ken; Thanks for dialing in along with the comments. We will get even colder over the weekend out here. I think the Siberian freeze will cover a lot of the US. Anyway. have a great Tuesday back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Stephen; Thank you for dropping by as well as the comments. I am so happy that I don't have to rely on the nicotine to keep me going anymore. Gave that stuff up about 30 years ago. Anyway, have a great Tuesday. Please take care and stay safe!

@@davidjackson7281 Never used, never needed, and illegal in my days of being stupid. AMTRAK is federal and it is still illegal on federal property. Also, in the state of Colorado, it is still illegal to use cannabis outside. To be consumed indoors only.

@@Mikeinmorgan That sounds like a radical, leftist, Woke, fascist communistic control freak policy. No one has to worry about vaping 20 feet from the train. Meanwhile alcohol is encouraged. What hypocrisy.

Good morning, Ben; I thank you for tuning in along with the comments. I once did much the same as that vaper did. Happily, gave that up and haven't looked back. At least the A/C didn't have to dance on the platform here for as long as he did at McCook, NE. Zazzy's was a full house this morning with plenty of warm coffee all around. Now, I'm paying for it. LOL! Have a great Tuesday back there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Norman; Thanks for dialing in as well as the comments. I am sure there would have been if it were later in the day as the entire BNSF right-of-way thru Fort Morgan is a Quiet Zone. That dates back to when coal trains were coming thru every 25 minutes or so. The train crews would seem to lay on the horn from one end of the city to the other end and beyond with the horn music. Then too many people who didn't grow up around railroads moved in and complained more than it was worth. Hearing horn music never bothered me having grown up in a community with Union Pacific running the main to Kansas City and the former Rock Island running east and west. Anyway, the Quiet Zone exists at 2 other communities in Morgan County. Have a great Tuesday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Jim; I thank you for tuning in as well as the comments/question. The flashers you see are the car mover that the Cargill plant uses to shuttle the various train cars around. There is a lot of tallow and dried bones that leave via the tankers and covered hoppers. Once in a while you may see a flashing blue light at the same place. There soon will be another industrial complex that will be shuttling rail cars on the north side of the BNSF right-of-way at a cold storage facility that is being constructed near Barlow Road (Cnty. Rd. 20). Hope that you have a great Tuesday. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Thomas; Thank you for dropping by and the comments. The return of the Santa Anas has been made known back here. I am watching with interest as to how that all plays out for that area of California. Hope there aren't sparks and arcs out there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Kenny; I thank you for dialing in and the comment. I appreciate it. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!

Good morning, Mark; Thank you for tuning in along with the comments. My computer is telling me that it has hit 20 F. here at 0935 local. The results of the medical appointment have hit the computer and only 1 reading was out of the normal range. My doctor warrantied me for another 110 days. Now I have to come up with another lame excuse to drive over to Greeley for fun and recreation there. LOL! Anyway, have a great Tuesday back there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!

Goo day Robo; Thank you for dropping by from Australia. I appreciate it. Please take care, stay cool, and safe!

Good morning, David; I thank you for dropping by along with the comments. All but one test result from yesterday's medical road trip have come back in the normal range. Mind you that is physical and not mental. LOL! But I do have a piece of paper signed by a doctor that says I am sane. LOL! Hoping that the operating crew has made it home and into warmth after that run from Lincoln. I think it will be a decent winter day here. Not looking forward to the weekend temperatures. Oh well. Have a great Tuesday over there. Please take care and stay safe!

Good morning, Gerald; I thank you for tuning in as well as the comments. I was given a warrantee good for another 110 days or so. LOL! Now I have to find another lame excuse to travel to Greeley for other reasons. It has reached 23 F. at 1002 local. Seems as though the next couple of days will be the "Warm before the storm" up here. I think the snow has been written out of the forecast for here. It went from 2+inches to maybe 1 inch to possible skiff of snow. Oh well. Anyway, have a great Tuesday down there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!

Good morning, Damien; Thanks for stopping by and the comments. I appreciate it. Please take care and stay safe!