[VIDEO] Technology Connections and Connextras are two YouTube channels I've been following for a while now. Connections basically looks at everyday technology from dishwashers to TVs to analog cameras to air conditioners to car horns to amusement park rides to basically you name it. You will learn something new when you're done.
Connextras however is considered a companion channel. While it might compliment some of the material covered on the main channel basically what we're seeing here is basically what you might consider "extras". Basically everything else.
Technology Connextras is sharing with us their ride on my favorite Amtrak train The Southwest Chief. He even shows us his footage on board Amtrak's Surfliner. He breaks down his trip, his roomette accommodations, even who owns Amtrak. He might talk about price and how much it costs to see the landscape going back and forth from California to Chicago.
Basically I'm just sharing with you yet another train video that has caught my eye.
ALSO! I want seven more subs to my own YouTube channel. When I get to 100 subs I can have a fancy url like Technology Connections. Much appreciated! :)
I'm putting this mildly as both of these talents were former world champs. Adam Cole was the former NXT champion though probably not as high up as Daniel Bryan who had been a former WWE champion.
Bryan Danielson aka Daniel Bryan was last seen losing to Universal Champion Roman Reigns at WrestleMania Backlash and being taken out with a "con-chair-to". Adam Cole of course was last seen losing to former stablemate in Undisputed Era Kyle O'Reilly effectively ending that ongoing feud.
Bryan Danielson's debut on AEW was widely speculated over most of the past summer and I suppose no one was sure where Adam Cole would go. Cole's contract had already expired and there was some extensions so that Cole could finish up whatever creative i.e. the O'Reilly fued.
Thanks to WrestleTalk since I didn't watch last nite's All Out PPV we know they both signed with AEW. [VIDEO]
It's amazing that they have so much former WWE talent. While I have a difficult time getting into their programming they seem to have a great fanbase. It was shocking to see Paul Wight or Mark Henry or Malakai Black go over there. Wight and Henry especially had long careers in WWE and they went to the upstart who seems to be gaining moment.
In recent weeks we see C.M. Punk debut for AEW and even had a match at All Out last nite here in Chicago. Since Punk had a very strained relationship with WWE even going so far as to state that he might have died if he had stayed it's great to see him return to a wrestling ring after seven years away. And letting go of his not very good MMA career with UFC.
I don't know what the future may hold for AEW, but allow me to posit one thing. You have a number of top guys who were former WWE talent from Jon Moxley, Jake Hager, Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Christian Cage, in addition to the others I have already named so far. I like some of the other talent such as Orange Cassidy.
I begin to wonder if AEW could suffer the issues of WCW towards the end. Getting all these well known talent instead of showcasing the indy talent who should really have the opportunity to shine. Perhaps AEW is a long way from losing money as WCW ultimately did, I just hope plenty of these new signings with former top WWE talent will help put over the indy talent who should be able to sign on a new worldwide stage.
And as for Adam Cole well I hope he does shine a lot more at the top in AEW. I could've bought him as a future WWE world champion, hopefully he gets his show as the AEW world champ.
[VIDEO] This is something to look forward to when you watch the Virtual Railfan webcam on Sept. 8th. Amtrak will stop at that depot you see on the webcam in Ft. Madison, Iowa. There was a lot of construction you see going on starting with the road next to the railroad and then creating a platform for those passengers on the Southwest Chief who are "de-training".
Soon this cam will be just like other cams along the Southwest Chief in Galesburg, IL; LaPlata, MO; Flagstaff, AZ; and Barstow, CA. You can see these various stops on my Amtrak webcam page here. I need to update some of my links to share this with you all.
The last time I took the Southwest Chief I got off the train on the way back to Chicago in Ft. Madison at the non-descript depot which the train will currently stop until Sept. 8. A nice man offered to take my pic and I turned him down although one pic was taken on the platform there which ended my recording of the vacation back to Chicago. I barely remember it and like I said that depot was non-descript. It was likely a building in the railyard and who knows how long that has been in service for Amtrak.
Either way it's great to see this nice dept restored for service and look forward to see passengers getting on and off in Ft. Madison live on video.
