Thanks Mike-hearty soul that you are. Somewhat surprised that platform hadn’t been cleared. It’ll be in interesting to see how 3 & 4 do across Kansas & Missouri-area really getting clobbered.
Good evening, PCBill0622; I thank you for dialing in and the comments. I worked in this type of weather for too many years. It really doesn't bother me as long as I am dressed for it. I have found that my fingers react more and more to the cold but the heat packs in the mittens help. The local company with the contract to clear the platform and the parking area was working to clear as they could. That clear area along the edge of the platform was from an east bound manifest the blew thru here at road speed. I am sure the platform has been cleared for the #6 tonight and the #5 in the morning. They use a blade on an ATV to clear the platform but can't do it while there is rail traffic coming thru. Anyway, have a great evening and a super Monday. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
God morning, Chris; I thank you for looking in and the comments. The had some time to kill this morning but they almost all are friendly. The snow has stopped, and the sky has cleared making for lower temperatures. There is not much moisture in this snow. I'll take another 5 to 6 inches of it to make .05 inch in the gauge. Right now, any moisture is good. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning, Mike! I'm sitting over here where it's sunny although quite cold. Your video in the snow and cold had me sipping my hot coffee as some kind of auto response to that weather. Thanks for the video. Take care!
Good morning, suz; I thank you for dropping by and the comments. I envied you but the sun is shining here, and the coffee is very warming after moving the snow from the sidewalks at al. It is to go even chillier tonight. One would think this is Colorado! LOL! I am excited to have a recordable snow event finally out here. Very little moisture in the snow but any is better than none. Hope that you have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good afternoon, Stepnen; Thanks for dialing in and the comments. I appreciate it. It is still all fun and with a killer heater in the pickup almost tolerable. LOL! Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good day, Robo; I thank you for tuning in and the comments from Australia. It didn't take too long before I was home and warming the fingertips. I have spent too many early mornings working in weather like this. If one dresses for it, the weather is tolerable. Kinda. LOL! Habe a great day! Please take care, stay cool and safe in Adelaide!
Good morning Mike. What a snow morning. Thanks for getting out in this weather bringing us train #5. Looks like maybe an inch of snow. You have a nice warm day stay safe. I’m still under the weather. They have give some more pills to take.😊😊😊😊😊
Good morning, Gerald; Thanks for dialing in along with the comments. There was about 5 inches on my lawn this morning. Snow just ended about an hour ago. I was happy to have brought the snow removal gear home from the summer shed. The snow-thrower moved it very rapidly and the wide blade push scoop got the areas the thrower won't get to. It is a Troy-built I purchased several years ago, and this was the first use on more than a year. That clear area along the platform was created by an east bound manifest "Q"-train that blew thru at road speed. The snow removal team was on site as I videoed. I hope that you get to feeling better pretty soon. Enough antibiotics will help as will a lot of good old chicken noodle soup (I hate that stuff, but it works for me). Please take care, stay warm, and safe down there!
Good afternoon, Mike; Thank you for stopping by along with the comments. with a really great heater in the cab of the pickup, I recovered the feeling in my fingers quickly. All else was just fine. I will have another shot of coffee! Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good afternoon Mike, 2:42pm and pretty good snow coming down. Taffy has taken up position in front of the register. Stay warm and safe, thanks for the Zephyr.
Good afternoon, Ginny; Thank you for stopping by and the comments. Our snow quit several hours back. The temperature is doing a wonderful impression of a yo-yo from 14 F to 17 F and back. The predicted high for tomorrow is 15 F. I seem to have pulled muscles across my right hip. Over did something this morning here at the house. I think I may have to follow Raffy's led and fold up on the couch for the rest of the day. Anyway, I hope that you have a great afternoon and evening back there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Hey Hey Mr. Mike, Glad to be back with ya for the Amtrak #5 coverage. Thanks for all your hard work. Nice double-spot stop. I got new earphones for Xmas, so your ambient noise catch is great. Nice to be with y'al for your first of the season Ft. Morgan (FMG) snow. I ain't gonna lie, it's always nicer to see it than live in it 😅 I'm originally from Southern California, but lived in Reno NV for 15+ years. Yes it snows in Reno, especially in the Northeast area out in the country where we were ☃️ Here in Houston (HOS) tonight they're calling for the first night of low tenps less than 32F. Not severe "pipe bursting" as they called it. But enough to bring the pets inside (ours are anyway), people dress and stay warm and piipes - Protect outside pipes and drain lawn sprinkler systems and bring outside plants inside as needed. They're also eliding to "snow" ❄️ later in the week. It's more likely more up north in Dallas than here - We'll see. Health is remaining steady and I hope yours as well. We're currently 59F and mostly cloudy @ 1701 Hrs CST. See ya on the next one - Be safe my friend 👍 Okay Papa Geoff, let's Highball On Signal Indication - Here we go on a clear - Copy clear, thanks, OUT 🚦🚦
Good evening, Papa Geoff; Thanks for tuning in and the comments. I am glad you are able to pick out some stuff with the headset. Nice! I have to get into the Best But sound shop to fins a directional mic and mount for this camera body. I hear the horn music as they approach but it seems the camera mics don't hear it. Same with the outbound horn toots. Oh well. We did get a smattering of snow in early November that melted without accumulating anywhere. This was the first to amount to anything, yet the moisture content is very low. Typical of the snow here this time of year and on into March. We may get mot tomorrow evening and into Tuesday. Sadly, way too many have forgotten how to drive in snow or have never had to navigate thru the snow before. I hope the pipes don't pop with the low temps down there. If they are deep enough, they should not get hurt. Good idea to being the pets inside though. It is 1838 MST, and the temp has risen to 17 F. may get a thaw of this stuff yet. LOL! Glad to read you are on an even keel with the health. I tweaked my right hip muscles somehow this morning here at the house. A big old goose egg right over the hip joint. Not sore now but that could change tomorrow. Anyway, I hope that you and yours take care, stay warm and safe down there.!
Good afternoon, Norman; Thanks for tuning in and the comments. The Zephyr has made it thru worse weather events and at least the heat stayed working in the cars of the train. If the wind had been howling and whipping everything into a blizzard, the cab of the pickup would have been as far as I would have ventured. Less than 3 mph this morning. I can deal with that. Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning Mike. Well the weather guesser did better for you than me. We got nothing on the ground. A little moisture in the air but that was it. Have a great Sunday and keep warm.
Good morning, David; OI thank you for dropping by and the comments. I got to use the snow-thrower today! Whee!!! I have waited well over a year to crank that toy up and move some snow. My fingers even stayed almost warm. LOL! Maybe another shot tomorrow. Radar kept showing the snow band from Greeley southeast thru Wiggins. The cam at Wiggins showed snow there and nothing here until after 1900 last night. I was surprised to see the 5 inches or so on the lawn here. Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening over there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning Mike. Cold and snowy there, supposed to get a few inches and cooler here as well. I like the two car stops, especially during inclement weather. Thanks as usual for getting out in the cold and snow, enjoy your Sunday, perhaps catch a good game on the screen.
Good afternoon, Dan; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. We have about 5 inches in the lawn at the house. This is that very dry powdery snow with very little moisture content. maybe 0.01 inch of real moisture if that much. I won't complain though. It is moisture. That was a very smart move on the conductors' part for the 2-stop passenger work. I'd prefer that type anytime out here. With a killer heater in the pickup cab, I wasn't exposed that long. the heater packs in the mittens helped a bunch today. So did the piping hot coffee afterwards. Have a great afternoon and evening back there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good afternoon, Kenny; I thank you for tuning in and the comments. We were on the back side of the arctic mass. Maybe more snow tomorrow. I say: "bring it on!". LOL! Have a great Sunday afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe back there!
Thanks for the sight of #5 in the snow Mike. Looks good. We would love to see some of that here in desperately dry Southern California. Though, privileged as always, we would ask that it be in liquid form. Stay warm and don’t slip!
Good evening, Thomas; Thanks for dropping by along with the comments. There is so little moisture in this snow. But any moisture out here is looked upon with a smile. We may see more of this power snow tomorrow evening and into Tuesday. Bring it on! I do hope that you get moisture out there in that liquid form. These weather patterns are strange. Anyway, have a great evening and a super Monday. Please take care and stay safe!
Good late Sunday morning Mike! Just before noon here in the chilly Heartland! Currently 14 degrees here and we have missed the snow so far! It’s all south of us yet! The majority of the winter weather is along and south of US 34 as it runs across Iowa. Kansas and Missouri really got hammered with the ice and snow!! Nice to see number 5 made its stop in Ft. M.! Stay warm today! I’ll be glad to share some of this cold 😂! Have a great Sunday regardless Sir! Mark in Iowa.
Good afternoon, Mark; I thank you for dropping by and the comments. You are still warmer than the 12 F. here. We are to go below zero F. overnight. The snow stopped about 1.5 hours ago and the sky cleared. I had to use my welding hood to see in the snow out there. LOL! Thought it was rather telling that the KC Chiefs airplane was stuck at KC due to icing on the runways. The question is why did they delay departing KC for Denver?? HMMMMMM.... Oh well. I am not a fan of either team and really don't care. I have not heard or seen any data on I-70 across eastern Colo and Kansas. I am sure it is closed somewhere back there. Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Hi Mike! We took the Zephyr over to Denver this weekend from the Western Slope to attend the Broncos/Chiefs game. We'll be catching the #5 at DUS tomorrow morning to return home. The google map shows them a couple of hours late at this point.
Good morning and I thank you for dropping by along with the comments. That ride on #6 beat driving I-70. Hope that you enjoyed the Bronco/Chiefs game. I have not stepped into that stadium. Maybe next year. #5 was right at 2 hours late out of Chicago yesterday. I am watching their run into McCook on the tracker maps now. That should provide some excellent viewing on your return trip. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good afternoon, Ken; I thank you for dialing in and the comments. I'd have accepted that coffee! As it was, the drive-thru coffee house I frequent had my coffee waiting for me. Have a great afternoon and evening back there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Sad to say you cannot blame that snow on me as I have frigid and sunny so someone else sent you snow my friend. Stay safe my friend enjoy your snow LOL Take care Mike
Good evening, James; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. I don't put the snow on you. We really needed this coverage. Would like to get more! Now for the frigid temperatures... I think we all have gotten a shot of those. Have a great Evening and a super Monday. Please take care, stay WARM, and safe!
Good Mornint Mike! Officially in Grand Junction now and start with BNSF tomorrow! I’ll see this one in Junction! Just saw 6 a bit ago. Have a good day! Stay safe!
Good afternoon, Brandon; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. That is really awesome starting a new career with BNSF! I am envious. Good luck with the training. You'll do well. Please take care and stay safe!
Hi Mike checking in late today having a lot of calls for welfare checkups as we have that virus going around here. thanks for the catch of #5 today out in the cold and snow. hope the rest of your day was great.
Good evening, Ken; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. I would think the safety and welfare checks are many back there. Hate to hear about the bug going around. It has been a so-so day. I tweaked my hip somehow here at home and now have a big goose egg right over the hip joint. It's not sore until I turn just so. I'll get by. Please take care, stay warm, and safe back there!
First time in a long time I've seen snow there. They had the plow in the parking lot, is that the city or the railroad that does that. Who gets the snow off the platform? Stay safe and drive carefully, I've seen new reports of crashes on the highways.
Good afternoon, Jay; I thank you for tuning in and the comments. AMTRAK now owns the depot and the surrounding area. They have a contract with a cleaning company and a grounds care team the clear the parking and will clear the platform. They have an ATV with a blade and a rotary broom attachment. Have not had occasions to use them for more than a year. Same with my snow-thrower. It was fun to crank it up and clear the sidewalks. The city has nothing to do with the station here. BNSF did won it but ownership was transferred to AMTRAK about 2 years ago. Anyway, they do get it cleared. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
Good afternoon, Dennis; Thank you for tuning in along with the comments. Nah. Just a fan of passenger trains who has spent many work hours in this type of weather. At lest the wind was not howling today. Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good evening, greatnorthern930; Thanks for dialing in along with the comments. Nah. I have not played in snow for well over a year. Tomorrow may be a different story though. LOL! Have a great evening and a super Monday. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning Mike from 41 rainy mid Tenn. Nashville north ice & snow but just rain and later thunderstorms here. Feeling better with bronchitis receding than I have been. Now with meds and hot coffee all will be better. What's that white stuff on the ground I see?
Good afternoon, Ben; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. Nice to read you are feeling better. That stuff isn't fun or easy to sluff off. It is 15 F at 1205 MST. and it is headed down to subzero overnight. Should be really chilly in the morning. Anyway, hope that the meds and the hot coffee continue to help. Maybe a bowl of Chicken noodle soup as well. (I can't stand that stuff!) LOL! Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Happy Sunday, Mike. Hope you're enjoying the initial snow of 2025. Quite cold, which is really worse than the snow. QUESTION: who was/is responsible for clearing the platform for a walkway.? Did a good job, very straight. Hope your temps go up a bit. Stay safe, be careful and get home & warm up those hands.
Good afternoon, Jim; I thank you for dialing in along with the comments. The grounds keeper was plowing the parking and had nor touched the platform. That was cleared by an east bound manifest at road speed thru here. Thought I was gonna have to dig out the pickup after he cleared the area. I am sure the platform will be cleared as will the ramps into the building. We will see in the morning. Anyway, please take care, stay warm, and safe back there.
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Good morning and thank you for looking in. I appreciate it.
Please take care and stay safe!
Hi Mike,finally some of that white stuff-thanks for bearing the elements &the footage of #5, Jeb☃️
You sir, are a trooper.
I thank you for looking in, Jim. Please take care and stay safe!
Thanks Mike-hearty soul that you are. Somewhat surprised that platform hadn’t been cleared. It’ll be in interesting to see how 3 & 4 do across Kansas & Missouri-area really getting clobbered.
Good evening, PCBill0622; I thank you for dialing in and the comments. I worked in this type of weather for too many years. It really doesn't bother me as long as I am dressed for it. I have found that my fingers react more and more to the cold but the heat packs in the mittens help.
The local company with the contract to clear the platform and the parking area was working to clear as they could. That clear area along the edge of the platform was from an east bound manifest the blew thru here at road speed. I am sure the platform has been cleared for the #6 tonight and the #5 in the morning. They use a blade on an ATV to clear the platform but can't do it while there is rail traffic coming thru.
Anyway, have a great evening and a super Monday.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning Mike,
It’s great to hear from these wonderful conductors and great weather of course.
Stay safe, warm, and take care.
God morning, Chris; I thank you for looking in and the comments. The had some time to kill this morning but they almost all are friendly. The snow has stopped, and the sky has cleared making for lower temperatures. There is not much moisture in this snow. I'll take another 5 to 6 inches of it to make .05 inch in the gauge. Right now, any moisture is good.
Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
That was very cool!
Good morning and thank you for stopping by. I appreciate it
Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning, Mike! I'm sitting over here where it's sunny although quite cold. Your video in the snow and cold had me sipping my hot coffee as some kind of auto response to that weather. Thanks for the video. Take care!
Good morning, suz; I thank you for dropping by and the comments. I envied you but the sun is shining here, and the coffee is very warming after moving the snow from the sidewalks at al. It is to go even chillier tonight. One would think this is Colorado! LOL! I am excited to have a recordable snow event finally out here. Very little moisture in the snow but any is better than none.
Hope that you have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good job Mike. Thank you for your bravery....
Good afternoon, Stepnen; Thanks for dialing in and the comments. I appreciate it. It is still all fun and with a killer heater in the pickup almost tolerable. LOL!
Have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Hi Mike from Adelaide, Sth Australia, u should be home keeping warm @ that early hour, but thanks for giving us #5 again
Good day, Robo; I thank you for tuning in and the comments from Australia. It didn't take too long before I was home and warming the fingertips. I have spent too many early mornings working in weather like this. If one dresses for it, the weather is tolerable. Kinda. LOL!
Habe a great day!
Please take care, stay cool and safe in Adelaide!
Good morning Mike. What a snow morning. Thanks for getting out in this weather bringing us train #5. Looks like maybe an inch of snow. You have a nice warm day stay safe. I’m still under the weather. They have give some more pills to take.😊😊😊😊😊
Good morning, Gerald; Thanks for dialing in along with the comments. There was about 5 inches on my lawn this morning. Snow just ended about an hour ago. I was happy to have brought the snow removal gear home from the summer shed. The snow-thrower moved it very rapidly and the wide blade push scoop got the areas the thrower won't get to. It is a Troy-built I purchased several years ago, and this was the first use on more than a year. That clear area along the platform was created by an east bound manifest "Q"-train that blew thru at road speed. The snow removal team was on site as I videoed.
I hope that you get to feeling better pretty soon. Enough antibiotics will help as will a lot of good old chicken noodle soup (I hate that stuff, but it works for me).
Please take care, stay warm, and safe down there!
Hi Mike. I have bright sunshine and 40 degrees outside. No snow in sight.
Cool video well done!
Good morning and thanks for dialing in along with the comment. I appreciate it.
Please take care and stay safe!
It was good seeing you today. But stay safe and warm!! Have an extra coffee this morning.
Good afternoon, Mike; Thank you for stopping by along with the comments. with a really great heater in the cab of the pickup, I recovered the feeling in my fingers quickly. All else was just fine. I will have another shot of coffee!
Have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care and stay safe!
Yeah Mike I see all that snow out there yesterday. Now we're kind of getting it now here. But looks pretty cold out there.
Good afternoon Mike, 2:42pm and pretty good snow coming down. Taffy has taken up position in front of the register. Stay warm and safe, thanks for the Zephyr.
Good afternoon, Ginny; Thank you for stopping by and the comments. Our snow quit several hours back. The temperature is doing a wonderful impression of a yo-yo from 14 F to 17 F and back. The predicted high for tomorrow is 15 F. I seem to have pulled muscles across my right hip. Over did something this morning here at the house. I think I may have to follow Raffy's led and fold up on the couch for the rest of the day.
Anyway, I hope that you have a great afternoon and evening back there. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Hey Hey Mr. Mike, Glad to be back with ya for the Amtrak #5 coverage. Thanks for all your hard work. Nice double-spot stop. I got new earphones for Xmas, so your ambient noise catch is great. Nice to be with y'al for your first of the season Ft. Morgan (FMG) snow. I ain't gonna lie, it's always nicer to see it than live in it 😅 I'm originally from Southern California, but lived in Reno NV for 15+ years. Yes it snows in Reno, especially in the Northeast area out in the country where we were ☃️ Here in Houston (HOS) tonight they're calling for the first night of low tenps less than 32F. Not severe "pipe bursting" as they called it. But enough to bring the pets inside (ours are anyway), people dress and stay warm and piipes - Protect outside pipes and drain lawn sprinkler systems and bring outside plants inside as needed. They're also eliding to "snow" ❄️ later in the week. It's more likely more up north in Dallas than here - We'll see. Health is remaining steady and I hope yours as well. We're currently 59F and mostly cloudy @ 1701 Hrs CST. See ya on the next one - Be safe my friend 👍
Okay Papa Geoff, let's Highball On Signal Indication - Here we go on a clear - Copy clear, thanks, OUT 🚦🚦
Good evening, Papa Geoff; Thanks for tuning in and the comments. I am glad you are able to pick out some stuff with the headset. Nice! I have to get into the Best But sound shop to fins a directional mic and mount for this camera body. I hear the horn music as they approach but it seems the camera mics don't hear it. Same with the outbound horn toots. Oh well. We did get a smattering of snow in early November that melted without accumulating anywhere. This was the first to amount to anything, yet the moisture content is very low. Typical of the snow here this time of year and on into March. We may get mot tomorrow evening and into Tuesday. Sadly, way too many have forgotten how to drive in snow or have never had to navigate thru the snow before.
I hope the pipes don't pop with the low temps down there. If they are deep enough, they should not get hurt. Good idea to being the pets inside though. It is 1838 MST, and the temp has risen to 17 F. may get a thaw of this stuff yet. LOL! Glad to read you are on an even keel with the health.
I tweaked my right hip muscles somehow this morning here at the house. A big old goose egg right over the hip joint. Not sore now but that could change tomorrow.
Anyway, I hope that you and yours take care, stay warm and safe down there.!
Good to see that the Zeph made it thru the snow, and on time too !! Take care ike and thanks for getting out in this temperature!
Good afternoon, Norman; Thanks for tuning in and the comments. The Zephyr has made it thru worse weather events and at least the heat stayed working in the cars of the train. If the wind had been howling and whipping everything into a blizzard, the cab of the pickup would have been as far as I would have ventured. Less than 3 mph this morning. I can deal with that.
Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Awesome Video
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Good morning Mike. Well the weather guesser did better for you than me. We got nothing on the ground. A little moisture in the air but that was it. Have a great Sunday and keep warm.
Good morning, David; OI thank you for dropping by and the comments. I got to use the snow-thrower today! Whee!!! I have waited well over a year to crank that toy up and move some snow. My fingers even stayed almost warm. LOL! Maybe another shot tomorrow. Radar kept showing the snow band from Greeley southeast thru Wiggins. The cam at Wiggins showed snow there and nothing here until after 1900 last night. I was surprised to see the 5 inches or so on the lawn here.
Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening over there.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning Mike. Cold and snowy there, supposed to get a few inches and cooler here as well. I like the two car stops, especially during inclement weather. Thanks as usual for getting out in the cold and snow, enjoy your Sunday, perhaps catch a good game on the screen.
Good afternoon, Dan; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. We have about 5 inches in the lawn at the house. This is that very dry powdery snow with very little moisture content. maybe 0.01 inch of real moisture if that much. I won't complain though. It is moisture. That was a very smart move on the conductors' part for the 2-stop passenger work. I'd prefer that type anytime out here.
With a killer heater in the pickup cab, I wasn't exposed that long. the heater packs in the mittens helped a bunch today. So did the piping hot coffee afterwards.
Have a great afternoon and evening back there.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good Morning Mike. Getting alot of snow here in Worden Illinois today also. Have a great day stay warm.
Good afternoon, Kenny; I thank you for tuning in and the comments. We were on the back side of the arctic mass. Maybe more snow tomorrow. I say: "bring it on!".
LOL!
Have a great Sunday afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe back there!
Thanks for the sight of #5 in the snow Mike. Looks good.
We would love to see some of that here in desperately dry Southern California. Though, privileged as always, we would ask that it be in liquid form. Stay warm and don’t slip!
Good evening, Thomas; Thanks for dropping by along with the comments. There is so little moisture in this snow. But any moisture out here is looked upon with a smile. We may see more of this power snow tomorrow evening and into Tuesday. Bring it on! I do hope that you get moisture out there in that liquid form. These weather patterns are strange.
Anyway, have a great evening and a super Monday.
Please take care and stay safe!
Good morning 🙏 🌄
Good morning, BBQRando; Thanks for looking in and the comment. I appreciate it.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good late Sunday morning Mike! Just before noon here in the chilly Heartland! Currently 14 degrees here and we have missed the snow so far! It’s all south of us yet! The majority of the winter weather is along and south of US 34 as it runs across Iowa. Kansas and Missouri really got hammered with the ice and snow!! Nice to see number 5 made its stop in Ft. M.! Stay warm today! I’ll be glad to share some of this cold 😂! Have a great Sunday regardless Sir! Mark in Iowa.
Good afternoon, Mark; I thank you for dropping by and the comments. You are still warmer than the 12 F. here. We are to go below zero F. overnight. The snow stopped about 1.5 hours ago and the sky cleared. I had to use my welding hood to see in the snow out there. LOL! Thought it was rather telling that the KC Chiefs airplane was stuck at KC due to icing on the runways. The question is why did they delay departing KC for Denver?? HMMMMMM.... Oh well. I am not a fan of either team and really don't care.
I have not heard or seen any data on I-70 across eastern Colo and Kansas. I am sure it is closed somewhere back there.
Anyway, have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Hi Mike! We took the Zephyr over to Denver this weekend from the Western Slope to attend the Broncos/Chiefs game. We'll be catching the #5 at DUS tomorrow morning to return home. The google map shows them a couple of hours late at this point.
Good morning and I thank you for dropping by along with the comments. That ride on #6 beat driving I-70. Hope that you enjoyed the Bronco/Chiefs game. I have not stepped into that stadium. Maybe next year. #5 was right at 2 hours late out of Chicago yesterday. I am watching their run into McCook on the tracker maps now. That should provide some excellent viewing on your return trip. Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good afternoon Mike. If I could give you a nice hot coffee through the phone I would lol. Stay safe out there!
Good afternoon, Ken; I thank you for dialing in and the comments. I'd have accepted that coffee! As it was, the drive-thru coffee house I frequent had my coffee waiting for me.
Have a great afternoon and evening back there.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Sad to say you cannot blame that snow on me as I have frigid and sunny so someone else sent you snow my friend. Stay safe my friend enjoy your snow LOL Take care Mike
Good evening, James; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. I don't put the snow on you. We really needed this coverage. Would like to get more! Now for the frigid temperatures... I think we all have gotten a shot of those.
Have a great Evening and a super Monday.
Please take care, stay WARM, and safe!
Good Mornint Mike! Officially in Grand Junction now and start with BNSF tomorrow! I’ll see this one in Junction! Just saw 6 a bit ago. Have a good day! Stay safe!
Good afternoon, Brandon; Thanks for dropping by and the comments. That is really awesome starting a new career with BNSF! I am envious. Good luck with the training. You'll do well.
Please take care and stay safe!
Hi Mike checking in late today having a lot of calls for welfare checkups as we have that virus going around here. thanks for the catch of #5 today out in the cold and snow. hope the rest of your day was great.
Good evening, Ken; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. I would think the safety and welfare checks are many back there. Hate to hear about the bug going around.
It has been a so-so day. I tweaked my hip somehow here at home and now have a big goose egg right over the hip joint. It's not sore until I turn just so. I'll get by.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe back there!
First time in a long time I've seen snow there. They had the plow in the parking lot, is that the city or the railroad that does that. Who gets the snow off the platform? Stay safe and drive carefully, I've seen new reports of crashes on the highways.
Good afternoon, Jay; I thank you for tuning in and the comments. AMTRAK now owns the depot and the surrounding area. They have a contract with a cleaning company and a grounds care team the clear the parking and will clear the platform. They have an ATV with a blade and a rotary broom attachment. Have not had occasions to use them for more than a year. Same with my snow-thrower. It was fun to crank it up and clear the sidewalks. The city has nothing to do with the station here. BNSF did won it but ownership was transferred to AMTRAK about 2 years ago.
Anyway, they do get it cleared.
Have a great afternoon and evening. Please take care and stay safe!
I looked up 3 &4 -both canceled at original today
Good morning Mike jensen My Name is Damien I heard it snowed this morning and if you see mandy Tell Mandy Damien Says Hi
Good morning, Damien; Thanks for stopping by band the comments. Please take care and stay safe down there!
Look up dedication in the dictionary. You will se Mike's picture! Nice job this morning, Mike!
Good afternoon, Dennis; Thank you for tuning in along with the comments. Nah. Just a fan of passenger trains who has spent many work hours in this type of weather. At lest the wind was not howling today.
Have a great afternoon and evening.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Mike, today would have been the day I looked out the window and said I'm taking this one off.
Good evening, greatnorthern930; Thanks for dialing in along with the comments. Nah. I have not played in snow for well over a year. Tomorrow may be a different story though. LOL!
Have a great evening and a super Monday.
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Good morning Mike from 41 rainy mid Tenn. Nashville north ice & snow but just rain and later thunderstorms here. Feeling better with bronchitis receding than I have been. Now with meds and hot coffee all will be better. What's that white stuff on the ground I see?
Good afternoon, Ben; I thank you for stopping by and the comments. Nice to read you are feeling better. That stuff isn't fun or easy to sluff off.
It is 15 F at 1205 MST. and it is headed down to subzero overnight. Should be really chilly in the morning.
Anyway, hope that the meds and the hot coffee continue to help. Maybe a bowl of Chicken noodle soup as well. (I can't stand that stuff!) LOL!
Please take care, stay warm, and safe!
Happy Sunday, Mike. Hope you're enjoying the initial snow of 2025. Quite cold, which is really worse than the snow. QUESTION: who was/is responsible for clearing the platform for a walkway.? Did a good job, very straight. Hope your temps go up a bit.
Stay safe, be careful and get home & warm up those hands.
Good afternoon, Jim; I thank you for dialing in along with the comments. The grounds keeper was plowing the parking and had nor touched the platform. That was cleared by an east bound manifest at road speed thru here. Thought I was gonna have to dig out the pickup after he cleared the area. I am sure the platform will be cleared as will the ramps into the building. We will see in the morning.
Anyway, please take care, stay warm, and safe back there.
You got the hand warmers working?
Yep. They don't have any more at Murdock's. They do work quite well in the mittens.