Train Travel to the Frontier

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Train Travel to the Frontier

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Train Travel in the Old West
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@OverOnTheWildSide 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I’m against “progress”, I think the building of the railroads across the U.S. is an incredible feat of mankind. So many fascinating stories about it’s being done. You mentioned by 1870 folks could already go all the way by rail, that’s just mind blowing.

@jasonattenborough4026 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious about your lack of progress stance, are you about 90% pre-1900 and 10% progress, it's obviously you have internet access, but do you have and out door shitter and content in wearing wild west style of clothing? Don't get me wrong, we have the same type of people in Australia who basically feed off the land and have very limited modern life, just wondering what is it like?

@OverOnTheWildSide 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonattenborough4026 I live without running water or plumbing. I have a solar panel for one light bulb and to charge my phone, laptop and speaker. I’d gladly give up my phone if it meant doing away with all phones. The way technology and “progress” has evolved has separated people from the satisfaction of providing for themselves in a way that has more immediate results and it’s separated people from nature. I’m not into it and the poor state of society gives evidence. Progress could’ve come about in a way that was beneficial to people but it didn’t.

@jasonattenborough4026 2 жыл бұрын

@@OverOnTheWildSide that's pretty cool, it's becoming very popular here, so many of us want to return to an era when being someone of worth and having more less complicated life free of the false society standards, well done on your choice Sir.

@OverOnTheWildSide 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonattenborough4026 thanks, that’s good to hear too.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

It was an amazing feat.

@NGMonocrom 2 жыл бұрын

_"....And we'll see you on down the trail."_ Ah, Santee making new friends everywhere he goes. One thing that always amazed me was the sheer accuracy of Rail Road conductor's pocket watches during that time. Back then those mechanical watches could easily keep up with modern-day quartz examples. They had to. Train schedules back then were measured almost down to the second when it came to arrivals and departures. Nowadays you only get that level of professionalism in Japan's rail service.

@EricDaMAJ 2 жыл бұрын

German rail is pretty reliable too.

@JeffDeWitt 2 жыл бұрын

Considering that most of those tracks were single lines with trains running in both directions accurate schedules were vital, otherwise the results could be unpleasant... I believe that was called a "cornfield meet."

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they were in good contact with the each stop and they were all speaking to each other and updating times as needed.

@doughesson 2 жыл бұрын

I transport railcrews to & from their trains. Freight doesn't run on a schedule. "It'll get there when it gets there"

@doughesson 2 жыл бұрын

@Number 1 Western Fan Cool. See you around sometime then

@snappers_antique_firearms 2 жыл бұрын

Always thought traveling by the rail road. Would.be fun. But I want a western style rail road

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yes..there are still places to do it. Durango-Silverton.

@ZeRowe 2 жыл бұрын

I traveled by train with mom back in 60’s 😎 I don’t even think it was called Amtrak yet.. We rode from South Carolina back to Kansas when dad went to Vietnam ✌🏻

@joecuppko40uh29 2 жыл бұрын

Must have been a lonely ride, as a veteran who has taken the trip going the other way, even surrounded by your comrades their is a hole inside that we rarely speak of when we leave those we love behind, but we are also often too busy with the minutiae of our daily grind for it to burden us except in those rare moments when we aren't too exhausted to just fall directly asleep at every break. But for those left behind it is much different, I know this because it cost me 2 wives and a family, I hope your dad came home safe and sound and thank you and him for your service as both of you served just in different ways.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!

@nancybarnett2832 2 жыл бұрын

Over 20 years ago we took Amtrak from south-eastern Iowa to Reno Nevada. It was a 2 day and 2 night trip. We didn't get a sleeper car, just slept in our seats, won't do that again. We also brought most of our food with us. I loved watching the country side, I even seen several abandoned log cabins in the mountains, I'm certain they were from the 1800's, well they sure looked like it anyway. That was a long trip to just go bowling in the Nationals.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@ralphperez4862 2 жыл бұрын

I like this episode. Learned new stuff. I love old trains and the history they hold. I remember as a kid traveling from Los Angeles to El Paso on a train. That was nearly 60 years ago. My favorite parts, the Arizona landscapes. Probably contributed to my love of anything Old Westy. Thanks Santee

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@SmallCaliberArmsReview 2 жыл бұрын

ALL ABOARD! I love the old steam engines. I've been looking for one for the farm for years, scale of course. Kind of weird to stage a train robbery with a 7.5" gauge ride on! Great video Santee!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@robertbuckey6517 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome episode Santee! My dad was really into trains, had a model trains as a hobby. Some of my earliest memories with him in PA was visiting places like Horseshoe Curve and staying at cabins made from converted train cars. He passed away four years ago, but I think he would have enjoyed this episode.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry he passed. Glad you enjoyed for him!

@joelhurley2678 2 жыл бұрын

Another great episode 👏. A fast fact, Fred Harvey's home is in Leavenworth, Kansas. He is also buried here in Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kansas. At the local County Museum, we have a tea set once belonging to him.

@gravemarker 2 жыл бұрын

I live about four blocks away from Fred Harvey’s home.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good fact!

@marcthomas2482 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Santee. It's difficult to convey to people today how important and significant the Railroads were to the growth and development of the country. The Transcontinental R.R. and the telegraph that ran alongside were like the internet of the day. Mail order shipping of everything from clothing to houses, Richard Sears, pocket watches and time zones, Pullman cars and his influence on the labor movement, not to mention refrigerated cars and fresh steaks to the east coast via Chicago. I'm hoping to do some train travel this summer and in the coming years.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated.

@dcb_75 2 жыл бұрын

It is pretty amazing how an idea as a simple as a train transformed North America. Like you said, across the country in a matter of days and not months - it opened up so many new possibilities. One town about an hour from me here in Saskatchewan has a train like this and takes people on rides during the summer, it would have been quite the experience for someone to take a ride on one of these out to a new land and new life.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

It is and progress just shifted into high gear from that point on.

@franks6857 2 жыл бұрын

Choo, Choo!! I could watch the entire history on trains...if only presented by Santee!! As always, another Great video! 😫 "Aaaall Aboard!!"

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@joep4235 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best trips we ever took was a road trip to Seattle, then grabbing an Amtrak sleeper car over to Glacier National Park, 4 nights at the lodge, and then the sleeper car back to Seattle. The train trip back was even more fun, as the train had a "bar car" which was strangely missing on the way there !! (I never did get an explanation as to where the bar car was heading east !!!! :-) Train travel is a hoot, thanks Cheese !!!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you did that. Must be interesting.

@robertmarshall2521 2 жыл бұрын

Another frosty morning in the UK but the sunshine’s every time the notification bell lets me know there’s another gem of the old west from Santee

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Awww, thanks, man!

@robertmarshall2521 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders my pleasure

@notdeaded1416 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all make my Saturday mornin’. Thanks,

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@TimKoehn44 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Santee. Great to hear the prices, food, and luxury. I'm a big fan of steam locomotive and love riding them, even though they're shorter trips these days. Keep up the great work!

@OverOnTheWildSide 2 жыл бұрын

We only have one steam engine near me, it’s actually closer to Seattle, but grateful it’s there!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

There are many in the US that are used mainly for tourism.

@TimKoehn44 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders yes. I have ridden a few. Got plans to visit two in Southern Colorado.

@michaelpage4199 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. My dad was a fireman on a coal fired train on Chicago northwestern. My wife’s great grandmother was a Harvey girl. This was a great video. You really chugged along on this one.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Just keeping it rail.

@tmapes1989 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in both Ogden UT and Sacramento CA, both of which have awesome train museums!!! Keep up the great vids!!! Just wish they were longer!!! Love your content!!!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Knightshospitaller Жыл бұрын

Railroad was a very popular way of transportation, even long after the Wild West ended. I'm currently going to college in a town in central Pennsylvania that was a railroad town. There's a huge area of buildings and tracks dedicated to the industry. However, when the railroad business declined in the late 20th Century, most of the town's railroad facilities shut down. I pass a large abandoned railroad building whenever I head downtown, and I could admit that it looks creepy at night.

@ArizonaGhostriders Жыл бұрын

🥃

@doughesson 2 жыл бұрын

I'm told that the stagecoach lines would measure the keister of a prospective passenger because there was only so much room on the seats. If someone was too wide, they couldn't ride the coach. This gave rise to the saying"No West for the reary." Thank you! I'll be here all this week. Folks,be sure to tip your waitresses. They've all got kids & ain't none of them married.It's tragic.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Awww, you made them passengers the butt of a joke! Thanks for commenting and watching..

@doncarlton4858 2 жыл бұрын

As I lifelong lover of trains of all kinds, this an awesome episode! The story of the railroadd is intertwined with the story of the Old West. The expansion of railroads opened up the West in the 1860's and closed the Old West by the 1890s.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@bostonrailfan2427 3 ай бұрын

not long after you made this, Amtrak announced that it plans on replacing its aging fleet of Superliners…those are the last passenger cars made by the company before focusing exclusively on freight cars. the last of the cars that dumped waste directly onto the tracks were forcibly retired in the 90s while the last sleeper cars in the US not privately owned were retired in 2005

@ArizonaGhostriders 3 ай бұрын

Interesting.

@Miltypooh2001 2 жыл бұрын

Trains were a massive improvement in the wild west its fascinating how far people come up with such inventions that made travel very easy and luxurious at the same time

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@AbsyntheAndTears 2 жыл бұрын

Love the humor on your channel! I lived in AZ for most of my life, now live in Indiana. The one thing I miss about AZ is Tombstone. Always loved the Old Wild West. Wish that the state held on to more of that mentality, it was quite a time.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Where in Indiana did you land?

@AbsyntheAndTears 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders Greensburg (small city between Indy and Cincinnati). It's a nice, slow paced town - known for a tree that grows out of their clock tower downtown.

@kirkmorrison6131 2 жыл бұрын

The subject covered my other hobby. It was needed as well. I have dozens of period photos and such of cars from the era. Thanks Santee

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@skydiverclassc2031 2 жыл бұрын

Poor old Fred Harvey. Looking down on the first Hooters ever built and he said, "Why didn't I think of that?"

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! 🤠

@victorwaddell6530 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Santee & Co . You should read the book Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. In the 1840s Dana sailed on a merchant ship from Boston Massachusetts to what is now California and back again . While in California he worked at processing cattle hides for the return trip back to Boston . Sailing around the Southern tip of South America twice is a phenomenal feat of human endurance even in modern times.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. Once I learn to read....🤠

@indigowolf556 Жыл бұрын

I know it's a year ago but I had to re watch this again. Great information

@ArizonaGhostriders Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Another great episode! Good to see Rex like checking out cabooses.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. He likes train travel. Clearly he can't fit IN them....

@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Santee my Father in law worked for the railroad for 47 years and was a engineer 🍻🥃👍👊🤠 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

I bet he has some great stories, Darin.

@WheelgunDan 2 жыл бұрын

TRAINS! What a great subject! Good timing too as I have recently reignited my interest in model railroading and started buying O Scale and N scale trains. But first, a quick story... Back when I was growing up as a kid in the 1970's, I would often ride my bicycle to Himmel Park, where I would always enjoy seeing the Southern Pacific 1673 steam locomotive on display right next to the public swimming pool. Good to see that it is being taken care of in its new location.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

So cool, your history. Thank you!

@keithwoznek3429 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Santee. Nice humor in this video.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@357bullfrog9 2 жыл бұрын

I remember in the 1960s Pullman cars coming past my old home place. I was a quarter mile away from the track but I'd be in bed at night and could see the lights from the east bound passenger train headed for Ashland KY pass by

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

🤠

@jfsinc 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thank you Santee. Have you done one on trains being held up by bandits? Looks like LA and Chicago are experiencing a revival. Time again for the Pinkerton’s to ride again.

@rebelhorse1882 2 жыл бұрын

😂 yep our government has given up 🤷🏼‍♂️ or wrong people in office!!!!..........

@homessiegerson1033 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing some “cinder dicks” armed with buckshot loaded shotguns couldn’t cure. And some prosecutors and judges with a backbone who are willing to send surviving criminals to prison.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Not yet, but I will touch on it.

@alvinsanchez967 2 жыл бұрын

Pinkerton's, and watch Dirty Dan high tail it into hiding faster than greased lightning.

@arthurleino 2 жыл бұрын

I gave this a like. Set up trains every Christmas. The logging Shays and Climax were popular where I grew up!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@stanley917 2 жыл бұрын

Another steamy episode about the wild west from the Arizona Ghostriders! See ya on down the rail..........

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ohboyitscoffee Жыл бұрын

Working for the railroad, this episode is epic

@ArizonaGhostriders Жыл бұрын

Thank You!

@ilfarmboy 2 жыл бұрын

love those steam engines (even if they are a pain to get ready- 6-7 hours to get ready to run)

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Water stops every 7-10 miles....man, the resources needed for 'em!

@ilfarmboy 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders and a bunch of it imagine loading up the train "Big Boy" a 4-10-10-4 locomotive ugh

@JeffDeWitt 2 жыл бұрын

Santee, something to consider along these lines (so to speak). Time in the old west. In the old days no one really knew what time it was. It might be noon in one town and 12:25 in the next town a few miles away. The railroads and the telegraph gave us uniform time and the time zones.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I mention that in my pocket watch video. Each station could telegraph the next to synch up the times.

@indigowolf556 2 жыл бұрын

I Love trains I love the old west trains the iron horse. So this video was super super interesting to me thank you so much .

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@rhondaz356 2 жыл бұрын

This was so cool, and very informative. I know that I will never whine about a train trip again.🙏🏼👏🚂🌞

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@notsosilentmajority1 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. You are right, there's just so much to cover concerning railroads. Can't wait too see any follow ups. 👍

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@notsosilentmajority1 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders Good, so get to work right away, will ya? Lol. 😂

@gijoe508 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great ending, didn’t see that one coming!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Neither did I.

@Rags2Itches 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Santee! I really needed this information for future use.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@georggeffken3330 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Arizona Ghostriders... ive been waitin for this video for a long time :D

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@BradSprinkle 2 жыл бұрын

Love trains from that period a lot. Big symbol of the expansion. Thanks for great one. Keep chugging along 🤠

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@c-secofficer123 2 жыл бұрын

I used to work with two guys who used to be Canadian Pacific Rail Police, and from the stories they told me, the mentality of the old west Train tycoon has not changed

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@joecuppko40uh29 2 жыл бұрын

I as many other here have state love the old steam trains and have also been lucky enough to have once been in an old caboose, also your talking about being in the observation cupola made me think of the old move "The Chartreuse Caboose", where the old RR man lived in a converted caboose. As a youngster between the age of 3 & 5 we lived right beside & I mean right beside the train tracks in Prichard, Al. The tracks were less than 10' from the fence of our back yard, I pretty sure our neighbors hated me, whenever i heard a train coming I was out the back door and giving the universal signal of pulling the horn cord and no matter the time of day or night if the Engineers could see me they always gave me a blast or two on the huge airhorns, according to my Mom, I even went out the back door in my birthday suit once as I had just gotten out of the bath getting ready for church, she was not happy, but according to her the Engineer was laughing his head off and blowing the horn repeatedly. She also blamed my Uncle Grafton for teaching me how to get them to blow the horn, he was an over the road truck driver and showed me how to get them and truck drivers to blow their horns. Thanks Santee for again bringing back so much of our nation's history but memories of the past that have not been thought of in years. By the way I heard that if you slipped the conductor a couple of bucks he would get you into the caboose during movie time where they had the really "good" movies like "behind the stall door" when it was a first run. hahahahaha! Missed Ole Dan in this one and Miss Rita's Pewpew, hope both are doing well, you too, but from the looks of you, you seem to be doing so. Tell Brazen Bill to have a good piece of Jerky and a nice cold beer with a Irish backer, and for a chilly Northeast Florida this morning ya'll take care! And that goes for Ghostriders everywhere!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Cool history there!

@marcosaraiva9205 2 жыл бұрын

On my way on my way to West 🎶 I made that up just now! 🤠

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@billsmith981 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting and even fun. Thanks

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@roblowe9283 6 ай бұрын

Great as Always !!!!!!

@ArizonaGhostriders 6 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@HootOwl513 2 жыл бұрын

My first ''movie job'' was scraping down old paint on the vintage passenger cars at Old Tucson for the TV movie ''Dream West.'' I was paid $50 bucks flat for all day. When I took the gig, I didn't realize how long their ''day'' was. Easy money turned into below minimum wage, but Hey! I was working in the Biz. Gee, was I ever that young?

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

HAHA! The things we do when we're young.

@HootOwl513 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders Sadly, I think those old wooden railcars burned up when the Studio got torched.

@werelemur1138 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was exactly the information I needed for my story!

@ArizonaGhostriders Жыл бұрын

Glad to have helped.

@Remoniq 2 жыл бұрын

This is something I have been wondering for a long time.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@BoyNamedSue4 2 жыл бұрын

I hear santee a coming. He’s rolling around the bend. Been telling us to subscribe since, I don’t know when.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! People still watch and don't subscribe! They never learn.

@ricoramirez4678 2 жыл бұрын

Good Morning Santee, Another awesome video… keep them coming!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jasonattenborough4026 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video, although it should be stated that cattle carriages was used also, and more fancy privately owned locomotive carriages like the Pullman Company from Chicago who built private dining carriages for well paying guests around 1867, I know this was fact from my family history of a journey I once spoke about, continued the boy and his dog (with his actual grandpa who was very well to do) heading towards San Francisco, they caught a train in Kansas City going towards Sans Francisco, and it took more than one week to get there. Anyways an excellent video, and when you mentioned the hole in floor underneath a seat, it should be mentioned men and women had different carriages for the lower paid passengers, due to the um smells.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Emigrant class was really the roughest way to go, but still better than a wagon train.

@oper12m 2 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to go down to the transportation museum downtown, mite do that this weekend. Thanks Santini, good topic as always sir.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You should!

@glennevitt5250 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Santee for this information

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@stevethecountrycook1227 2 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy reading menus of early times! Hard to believe chicken was higher than the porter house steak! I will take 20 porter house! Keep em cold, I'll get them at the next stop! Ha.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, right?

@chelseadanico877 2 жыл бұрын

Great job and well done on awesomely awesome inspiring and very informative video, it’s just what my old West inspired novel series needed. I’m working on writing a upcoming train scene for my story. But not just a ordinary train, a literal size shifting phantom train. That can go through doors of all kinds. That happens when the characters in the story open doors at a certain time of day, when their not supposed to. As soon as the door is opened the first thing they hear is the eerie whistle that sounds like the moans and wails of the dead and the thunderous roar of the engine approaching them at unnatural speed. When the phantom train is close enough the phantom conductor/shadow cowboy grabs them and drags them aboard. Where they’re taken to literally nowhere and are presumably never seen again.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@chelseadanico877 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks and your welcome 👍🏼😎🌟

@peterott9162 2 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome video Santee. It's just so mind blowing to see how far we've actually came from the ol days.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

No doubt!

@chrissewell1608 2 жыл бұрын

This would make a fun series of historic videos! Trains, depots & ho bos. Chew Chew.... Well, I suppose that was Justified! 🤠 But, no mention of the train from Back to the Future? Hum?🤔 Did you know Sears & Roebuck, would ship you a house, by rail car, to you, VIA mail order catalog?

@joecuppko40uh29 2 жыл бұрын

Sear & Roebuck was still doing that until the late 50's early 60's, they were still in the catalogues.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

I did know that. Sorry, but fusion generators weren't a thing in the age of steam!

@chrissewell1608 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders Good ole "Mr. Fusion". ☢ Yeah... well, that is understandable.

@huongtoituonglai24 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing 😯 video and beautiful view thank so much see you again ☺☺

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting

@AIRRAID2 2 жыл бұрын

Remember reading about a railroad tycoon who said something in the line of " give me swedes and enough whiskey n snus and i can build you a railroad to hell.."

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@bigbill2444 2 жыл бұрын

Another Saturday, another Ghostriders video! Thanks! Most people don't know it was the railroads that started Time Zones (in 1883). Schedules were very important, because sidings on the rail lines were few and far between, so trains going in opposite directions on a single track needed to meet at a siding *on time*, or bad things happened. Given that before time zones were a thing, local times were really local, as pretty much each town had their own local time (based on when high noon was at that particular longitude), some sort of standardization was needed. A Canadian named Fleming came up with the time zone we use today (it was standardized worldwide in 1884). Then there was rail gauge..

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MomentsInTrading 2 жыл бұрын

I used to work for a small technology company. I would often use the line- The problem with this company is that there are too many engineers, and not enough trains! 😀

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! 🤠

@done168 2 жыл бұрын

As always another great video 👍👍 with a fun ending 🤠 .. keep up the good work and looking forward to your next video .. JD Hawkins aka Don E in Denver Colorado

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@led8541 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Santee. Its Saturday night about 18 degrees and I'm watching KZfaq

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow!

@wadejustanamerican1201 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool stuff. Thanks as always, would have been fun to have gone 1st class back then.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@joshuabrande2417 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ronauldcameron3623 2 жыл бұрын

Brings to mind the show Hell on Wheels . I liked you added the Choo Choo scene it was silly but "Justified" is perhaps my Favorite all time show.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a terrific show.

@MECH-MASTER 2 жыл бұрын

😁 You got me on the movie…👍

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Good.

@justinweaver8787 2 жыл бұрын

I learned several things on this video very neat thank so sir!!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@scotto9591 2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE GIVE US A WARNING.....before you throw in a Hooters Girl slide in the 1880's. If you're drinking a whiskey rocks and watch that, it really burns the nose when you spew it across your patio. 😜 You are the best Santi. Pew pew

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

LOL! You're welcome. HAHA!

@chelseadanico877 2 жыл бұрын

Wow such a very awesomely awesome and very informative video, I really loved and enjoyed it. I learned a lot about train travel in the old West for my old West inspired book series I’m writing.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@chelseadanico877 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks and your welcome 🌟😎👍🏼

@jeff9104 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Santee, looking forward to more videos about train travel in the old west, now I know why my mom told me not to play on the tracks 🚂💩💩

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

HAAH!

@bigblue6917 2 жыл бұрын

The acting in this video was a bit wooden. One of the things Pullman did after the civil war was employ many of the staff who had worked in the big plantation houses in the south. Many of them were unemployed after the war but because of the standard of training the staff received this made the ideal for the Pullman. Observation decks were used on British railways as well. Though in Britain it was used in what was called a guards van as it was used by the train guard. This was a huge improvement on what was used before which was a seat perched on the end of one of the coaches and exposed to the elements. There was two such seats. One facing backwards and the other facing forward. You can imagine what it was like being the one who faced forward, what with all the dust, smoke and fine cinder from the chimney. I read one account were the man sat in the forward facing seat nearly choked to death. It took nearly half an hour for him to recover enough to carry on. Anyway. Thanks for the video, Santee. I found it enjoyable and informative. I had wondered how much train travel cost. I can see now why wagon trains were used so often.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the statue is bronze, but your joke still works!! Thanks and glad you learned and added your info as well.

@Squib1911 2 жыл бұрын

As a railfan I appreciate this video. I went downtown to film at the station, but I was too cheap to pay to park, so I went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner instead. I did catch a westbound UP manifest the next morning though. There's a live cam for the Tucson train station that I watch from time to time. It still isn't the same as being there.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know you were a railfan. Very interesting. Trains are so cool.

@Squib1911 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders yes they are. You are lucky. There is a lot of traffic through Tucson.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

@@Squib1911 The paid parking is free on the weekends, so the next time you come down you can park there!

@Squib1911 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanx! You just saved me some $$.

@dontcallmemrs.squibload1142 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders he goes out there with his tripod and scanner I got him and waits for hours for a train to go by.

@Idahoguy10157 2 жыл бұрын

Railroads were the biggest factor in settling the west. The bulk of settlers came west by RR.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Preferable to wagon trains

@Idahoguy10157 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders … more likely walking next to the wagon train. The immigrant trails can be viewed as both as long cemeteries and long cesspools. Trains are healthier

@jeffgrier8488 2 жыл бұрын

It would have been really neat to travel in one of those Pullman cars! The fares and meal prices are definitely cheap compared to today, the last time i travelled by train it cost me $4.00 for a can of soda!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!

@fordenginebuildersv8power184 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty darn cool!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@oregonoutback7779 2 жыл бұрын

The new show 1883 gave a good look at the differences between the classes of train travel.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

It did.

@Dsdcain 2 жыл бұрын

Great topic for today. Appreciate you getting me moving today with my regular Saturday video. Take it easy out there. 😎

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting topic. I'd wondered what details Louis L'Amour got right in his descriptions, and the inclusion of the prices was definitely appreciated.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@FletcherFinance 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Nevada Northern Railway! Don't forget to pet Dirt, the shop cat. :D

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah? Good to know.

@stevetuttle5472 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job! Would love to see you do a more in depth video on the early railroad in Arizona.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@handlebarslim78 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pard! Another good video.🐂

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

@nagjrcjasonbower 2 жыл бұрын

Now a statue is a stealin’ yur line! Bill must be close by...

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Yep! The supernatural just follows me.

@cindysplace 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome episode! That was some good information. Thank you!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Mr.56Goldtop 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like the T-REX was enjoying his train ride.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

I wondered how he got up there.

@Mr.56Goldtop 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaGhostriders Ah yes, the T-REX never fails to amaze. Another question is, where did the conductor go?

@jamesa.7604 2 жыл бұрын

This was a very good episode. I love train travel and do it as often as I can. I highly recommend business class travel over coach. LOL I must say I didn't see that out-tro coming. This channel is full of surprises.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jjsadventures 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting info about train travel. The prices were a bit high for folks. Food looked delicious

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the "Shirred Eggs" Had to look that one up.

@LivingHistorysMysteries 2 жыл бұрын

Great video there Big Kahuna... I don't know how you cram so much baggage into such a little space. lol. So the toilette's were a "poop shute" huh? Boy I'd hate to be that young newlywed couple standing on the rear deck of the caboose taking in the scenery when someone decided it was time to rid their bowels of the onslaught of those White Castle sliders they ate before the trip. Thanks for keeping the spirit of the west alive.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAH! Yes. Or the kid who put a penny on the rail. Ewwww.