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Train Travel in the Old West
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@OverOnTheWildSide 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

It was an amazing feat.

@NGMonocrom 2 года назад

_"....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 года назад

German rail is pretty reliable too.

@JeffDeWitt 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

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

@doughesson 2 года назад

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

@snappers_antique_firearms 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@ralphperez4862 2 года назад

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 года назад

You're welcome.

@ZeRowe 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

WOW!

@nancybarnett2832 2 года назад

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 года назад

Cool!

@SmallCaliberArmsReview 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you!

@robertbuckey6517 2 года назад

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 года назад

Sorry he passed. Glad you enjoyed for him!

@joep4235 2 года назад

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 года назад

Glad you did that. Must be interesting.

@doughesson 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@franks6857 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@notdeaded1416 2 года назад

Y’all make my Saturday mornin’. Thanks,

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Much appreciated!

@robertmarshall2521 2 года назад

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 года назад

Awww, thanks, man!

@robertmarshall2521 2 года назад

@@ArizonaGhostriders my pleasure

@michaelpage4199 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you! Just keeping it rail.

@joelhurley2678 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Nice

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

That's a good fact!

@marcthomas2482 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you! Much appreciated.

@Miltypooh2001 2 года назад

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 года назад

Much appreciated!

@dcb_75 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@Knightshospitaller Год назад

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 Год назад

🥃

@AbsyntheAndTears 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you! Where in Indiana did you land?

@AbsyntheAndTears 2 года назад

@@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.

@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

I bet he has some great stories, Darin.

@doncarlton4858 2 года назад

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 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it.

@georggeffken3330 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Our pleasure!

@RhettyforHistory 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@victorwaddell6530 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@rhondaz356 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@kirkmorrison6131 2 года назад

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 года назад

You're welcome.

@bostonrailfan2427 3 месяца назад

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 месяца назад

Interesting.

@TimKoehn44 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@TimKoehn44 2 года назад

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

@357bullfrog9 2 года назад

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 года назад

🤠

@c-secofficer123 2 года назад

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 года назад

Much appreciated!

@ohboyitscoffee Год назад

Working for the railroad, this episode is epic

@ArizonaGhostriders Год назад

Thank You!

@stanley917 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@arthurleino 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@ilfarmboy 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@ilfarmboy 2 года назад

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

@indigowolf556 Год назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jfsinc 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@homessiegerson1033 2 года назад

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 года назад

Not yet, but I will touch on it.

@alvinsanchez967 2 года назад

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

@skydiverclassc2031 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

LOL! 🤠

@JeffDeWitt 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@notsosilentmajority1 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Me too!

@notsosilentmajority1 2 года назад

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

@keithwoznek3429 2 года назад

Great video Santee. Nice humor in this video.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@indigowolf556 2 года назад

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 года назад

You're welcome.

@tmapes1989 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you!

@WheelgunDan 2 года назад

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 года назад

So cool, your history. Thank you!

@joecuppko40uh29 2 года назад

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 года назад

Cool history there!

@BradSprinkle 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@marcosaraiva9205 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@gijoe508 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Neither did I.

@stevethecountrycook1227 2 года назад

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 года назад

Yeah, right?

@led8541 2 года назад

Great video Santee. Its Saturday night about 18 degrees and I'm watching RU-vid

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Oh wow!

@ronauldcameron3623 2 года назад

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 года назад

Yeah, it's a terrific show.

@Rags2Itches 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

You're welcome.

@jasonattenborough4026 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@HootOwl513 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@HootOwl513 2 года назад

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

@chelseadanico877 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you!

@chelseadanico877 2 года назад

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks and your welcome 👍🏼😎🌟

@ricoramirez4678 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@huongtoituonglai24 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thanks for visiting

@FutureRailProductions 2 года назад

Huzzah! It's finally arrived! Glad I could help you out on this Santee!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@werelemur1138 Год назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders Год назад

Glad to have helped.

@bigbill2444 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you!

@MomentsInTrading 2 года назад

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 года назад

LOL! 🤠

@peterott9162 2 года назад

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 года назад

No doubt!

@oper12m 2 года назад

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 года назад

You should!

@Remoniq 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Cool

@done168 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thanks! Will do!

@glennevitt5250 2 года назад

Thanks Santee for this information

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

You're welcome.

@scotto9591 2 года назад

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 года назад

LOL! You're welcome. HAHA!

@billsmith981 2 года назад

Interesting and even fun. Thanks

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

You're welcome.

@jeff9104 2 года назад

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 года назад

HAAH!

@chrissewell1608 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@chrissewell1608 2 года назад

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

@FletcherFinance 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Yeah? Good to know.

@wadejustanamerican1201 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Yes!

@Dsdcain 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you!

@jamesa.7604 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you!

@BoyNamedSue4 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@LivingHistorysMysteries 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@bigblue6917 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@Idahoguy10157 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Preferable to wagon trains

@Idahoguy10157 2 года назад

@@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

@roblowe9283 6 месяцев назад

Great as Always !!!!!!

@ArizonaGhostriders 6 месяцев назад

Thanks again!

@jjsadventures 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@oregonoutback7779 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

It did.

@chelseadanico877 2 года назад

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 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@chelseadanico877 2 года назад

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks and your welcome 🌟😎👍🏼

@justinweaver8787 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

You're welcome.

@AIRRAID2 2 года назад

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 года назад

LOL!

@jeffgrier8488 2 года назад

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 года назад

WOW!

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 года назад

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 года назад

You're welcome.

@cindysplace 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@babayaga6275 2 года назад

I always wanted to know about railroad companies and train travels and the facility in it and many more and the robberies too the railroad contracts and facilities and it’s bar counters and fans 1:27 lol that cracked me up your my favourite wild west RU-vidd and one my favourite youtubers because you make quality videos listen to fans and your humour is the best thing lol love you Santee

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you! Much appreciated!

@handlebarslim78 2 года назад

Thank you Pard! Another good video.🐂

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thank you too!

@Squib1911 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@Squib1911 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

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

@Squib1911 2 года назад

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

@dontcallmemrs.squibload1142 2 года назад

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

@joshuabrande2417 2 года назад

Very interesting. Thanks.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@OpieDogie 2 года назад

My great grandmother kept a diary about training across the southwest. It would be the northern AZ route along what is today route 66.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Very cool!

@MECH-MASTER 2 года назад

😁 You got me on the movie…👍

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Good.

@tedebear108 2 года назад

Good morning Arizona Ghost Riders. I definitely enjoy your videos. I wish they were longer, but that's the way it is. Keep putting out cool videos and I will keep walking. Your friend Ted

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Will do

@nagjrcjasonbower 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Yep! The supernatural just follows me.

@moorshound3243 2 года назад

Great video thanks for posting, maybe do another on famous train robbers for all us outlaw loving types.

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Sure thing!

@stevetuttle5472 2 года назад

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

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thanks! Will do!

@CarryonJeffnJohn 2 года назад

Dropping a like santee thanks for dropping by sorry I’m late but iv got your back 👍

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Thanks for the visit

@BillMrWild 2 года назад

Hey nice touch, "see you on down the trail"...Ha ha

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

🤠

@rhorn8038 2 года назад

Choo Choo to you AGR one of the logos on the engine and another on the wall between your friends.... Might them two fellers be Mr Earp and Mr Holiday ? Great subject matter well done lots more content on that topic can hardly wait for more!!!!!

@ArizonaGhostriders 2 года назад

Good catches and yes they are. That is the train depot they ventilated Frank Stillwell at.