Man, I'm so glad I found this channel. It hasn't been very long, and I'm not sure why the algorithm suggested it to me, but I'm glad it did. Since I started out with your most recent videos, I've had questions, and it's interesting as I go back how they get answered and just getting to know your story and what you're about. Your videos have meant a great deal to me lately, and you seem like a genuinely good dude. That's what I love about your channel, there's not angle or gimmick, you're just a guy sharing your trips and life and maybe some education about trains/train life. Don't wanna sound like too much of a weirdo but thanks for doing your thing and sharing it with us
Actually I walk right into this on purpose because it teaches me patience and strengthens me..... The only thing I consider a hardship is if someone were to hurt Ken or Brandon
I hear you tell your story of being an Alcoholic and I can relate with you on so many levels my friend. I spent my whole early adulthood swimming to the bottom of a bottle and I completely understand what it takes to rid that of your life. Hats off to you my friend I imagine if you were stilll drinking you would have never had the chance to make these videos and show the world your life. I appreciate everything you do buddy you bring a smile to many peoples lives keep up that good work my Friend
There is something about trains that get my interest. Riding along with you is very relaxing. My grandpa that lived in Ontario Canada was a railroad brakeman throughout the depression and further on. He fell off a box car and shattered his ankle later in his career. It was rebuilt at the time but the injury ended his railroad brakeman career. He built his home in 1917 a short distance from nearby railroad tracks. He eventually retired from the railroad. Every time I'd stay over he would take me down to the rail yard. He would take me to see the engines. We'd climb up on them and go inside. I loved it. Sorry about all the hurdles you have had to overcome but thanks for taking me along for the ride.
Just for ya know, I am one of the folks that likes hearing about Shoestring. Trains are cool but just make a good backdrop for his story. This man tells a story that the world needs to hear. It won’t listen but I sure appreciate his efforts.
I totally agree man. I like the trains, I wanna hop soon, but I watch shoestring for shoestring. He’s a wise older-than-me man who really knows the rails and I wanna hear what he has to say.
Shoestring, you certainly get a lot of exercise and fresh air! I enjoy hearing your stories and watching your travels. I wish you well. Thanks for your videos.
I only discovered Hobo Shoestring on Christmas day 2022. Going through my own battle with depression and other issues I just love the simple, yet interesting content He posted. Glad we will have his content for some years to come.
I'm glad those days are over for you too Brother. Most of us heavy drinkers don't make it back. For me it was December 28, 1999 and a lot of family support that I didn't deserve. Best Wishes
My uncle worked for the railroad in the sixties and his foot got ran over by the train and he lost half of his foot.... He said the pain was so bad he almost died of a heart attack..... Very tragic experience.
I watched this one twice and here I sit by myself. When you said holy chandelier I truly LOL'd. I've got to remember that one, Shoestring. Thanks for the laughs!
@@TheHoboShoestring That's when I plan to use it!! Hope you aren't hurting too badly. Still waiting to get my 1st one. Mass. doesn't have enough to go around. Take care!
Dayum, that last story. I felt that. I crushed my wrist and forearm uncoupling my float from my tri-axle dump truck about 13 yrs ago now. Didn't realize the operator had started backing off the trailer with his equipment when the tongue of the float took my arm up and jammed it up against the bottom of the dump box. Lost an arm bone and did a whole bunch of soft tissue/nerve damage got a few pins in holding the rest of my arm together. Partially disabled now. But at least he saved the rest of my arm and it missed most of my hand. Took me 5 surgeries and about 3 yrs to finally recover. I won't soon forget that day. Doc said he even removed a blood clot while he was in there. Coulda killed me I guess. I know I've never screamed quite like that before or ever since. Lol. Had to sit there trapped until a laborer ran around screaming and yelling at the operator to pull the backhoe back on the trailer. I was used too hauling a much bigger 3 axle float that would sit stable once you disconnected and had never worked with a smaller unit until that day. Just didn't do the math. It was literally the first day I had ever used a smaller tandem float that tipped like that. I got lucky though. I was literally 2 blocks away from the second best orthopedic surgeon in my country that day. No joke. I have almost 90% full range of motion and can still play my 6 string guitar to this day. Its just not as strong as it once was being that I only have the one arm bone now and no wrist to speak of. Other doctors who have seen my x-rays said it was either an act of God that I recovered as well as I did or I had one of the most amazing doctors on the planet. I tell em it was both. Lol.
Man I love your videos! I've been a sub now for a few months and have enjoyed binge watching your content. My father-in-law was an engineer for CSX for 41 years, most of those out of Tampa, FL. He moved to Georgia for the last 8 or 9 years of his career. He ran from Fitzgerald, GA to Jacksonville at first, and from Waycross to Tampa the last few years before he retired. It's entirely possible you have been on one of his trains. His father was also a career railroad man as a conductor for CSX when he retired in the early 90's. Before then worked for Seaboard before they merged with Chessie in 1980 to become CSX. Keep up the awesome content and take care of yourself out there on those rails!
Thank you for your story. My sympathy to the pain. I was stopped by a deer last October; took me off my bike. I didn't experience much physical pain, but man, that bar in my leg now. It is never the same. Stay safe; stay well. Woodwinds for life.
"Im just glad I can still get up and get on the railroad cars. Oh god...if I didn't have no arms or legs or anything, I swear to God i could figure out some way to get up onto the train. To ride. And then they could change my name to Stubby. Laying up in the boxcar they'd call me Matt. Floatin in the water, could call me Bob. " To me this sums up Shoe's warm adventurous soul. I'm so glad to see you continue to gain more support, to be getting past your injuries and moving around again properly. Not that I figured you wouldn't, just life can throw a lot your way at once and sometimes we don't come out of It. You're a walking inspiration brother. Love what you do man I hope to catch out after I'm off the books, maybe I can meet you some day.
Thanks for sharing the personal stories about addiction and accidents. That was a lot to overcome. Giving up chewing tobacco I bet was tough too. Do the people on the upper floors of the apartment building have a view of the tracks? That would be nice to watch the trains go by. Maybe you could move up there. I liked seeing all the railroad items in the apartment. Thanks for making videos. I hope you get to see your Dad in Texas.
My yard was small so I wasn't after to get the guys coming through any crap. As long as they didn't cause trouble we let them be or if they were good guys we would help them out. They kept some of the rookies and wild bucks in line also. There was no reason to bust their asses for just getting on. I miss the times of sitting with some and hearing their stories. Some really good people mostly. Helps remind you that you're no better than anyone else
You sound like a really good man. Not too many people these days like that anymore. Everybody wants to be nosy or in confrontational even worse judgemental.
Great video Shoestring. Back in 1973 I was a cabinet maker and caught my hand in a sharper. Your injury and mine are similar. Same issues to this day. So glad to see you have family and a nice home to return to. Many don’t for sure. God Speed my friend.
Yeah, I virtually never had any family or home. I had 99 percent bad family members and they kept me and my only good family members apart my whole life. Psychopaths.
Shoestring, I realize that you are finding it difficult to have an apartment. However, I am thinking that you are going to need a bigger place pretty soon if you don't stop collecting all of the memorabilia. On the other hand, glad you have the friends that you do, a place to go back to and reset.
Mr ShoeStrang gives me inspiration, I'm truck driver with a plan. I'm buying a rv and paying off my debt. Then I'm gonna explore this country. I've been to all lower 48, but I want to experience all lower 48. That's my 2 year plan. Mr Shoe Strang I want adventures like you.
This is one of the best videos I've watched in quite sometime. You (Shoestring) have interesting stories to tell, and you share them in such an effortless, elegant way. Fantastic! Truly fantastic!
What a pleasant way to pass time! Shoestring seems to be a kind man, who’s needs are simple and few... great stories and fun history. Beautiful landscapes too on the rails!
Cracked up at your pine needle incident there, HAHAHA! Enjoyed this one. 45 minutes went by in a blink! Just like hanging out, shooting the crap with an old friend. Great stuff, Mark. 👍😎
I've been binge watching all of your videos for a several months now and I have really enjoyed every single one of them. But this one today is really the most fascinating to me so far because you give us a 45 minute sit down talk about your experiences and knowledge. You are just an amazing person Shoestring. I really give you credit for your train knowledge, train routes, and just for being who you are! Please be careful and stay safe out there on your journeys and I'm looking forward to continue following you on RUclips channel. I wish you peace and continued happiness!
I just found you.... your the man .... my uncle was a traveler ... now I think of it I have a uncle on both sides who was a traveler ... don't like the word hobo but I guess that what they was....God bless
@@TheHoboShoestring You really should! You're a wealth of knowldge and I'm sure you have tons of awesome stories to tell. Think about how much riding the rails has changed since the begining to now, how it has changed and will continue to change. It would be realy cool if you were able to part of that history and document it.
@@matthewcarocci9032 it is a brilliant idea but also it comes with a special bonus. While researching for a book you could contact yards and different rail companies to inspect, ride, document as a writer, a journalist even. I could see Shoestring getting a real kick out of getting that up close and personal with the other side of the rail world.
Shoestring I'm a truck driver I watch your videos all day long actually listen to them and take a peek at them while I'm driving makes my day go by so much better when I'm waiting at long lines at the landfills when I can watch your videos thanks for the posts 👍
Please include any KFC tags you find in your videos! I have seen a few in my travels and always brings a tear. Never a Shoestring tag yet though! Thank you for all that you do with the videos
This is the first time I've heard your fingers story. One of those things you wonder about and don't ask. I'm happy you found a way forward to keep up your life as you want to live it. Well done mate.
Shoestring you've been to places slot of people only dream of. I'm glad I found your channel get to see things I wouldn't ordinarily see and hear some great stories. Thanks for sharing
You sir are an American Treasure. I enjoy your knowledge, trivia and homespun stories. I thank you for your service and pray that god keeps you safe, heathy and always with a charged battery to keep us informed of your travels.
One of your best non riding videos. We even got a Shoestring Railroad Museum tour. You're looking good in your new hat and hoodie. Thanks Shoestring, stay safe.
Train tracks certainty are a peaceful place, The smells never leave you I can always bring up the smell in my head of steal, Douglas fir and pine dipped well in creosote and bitumen and all the nature around you, Nice hidden place for a fire if possible! Obviously this is the perfect place, not the usual 😁 but that's ok if her still on or near the rail road..
Nice, 1st locomotive was a NS Heritage Unit! I have a bunch of them in N Scale! Stay safe Shoestring! For anyone interested, not sure of the web address but NS has or had a page where you can track the heritage units!!!
you are a great narrator. you have a welcoming, soft-spoken style that many youtubers could really learn from. it really is all about the simple things in life.
I can relate to the phantom feelings from losing a limb. My left leg has been gone 30 years now and it still aches and itches. The doc told me that would go away but it never has. Its especially bad on cold days. I find myself scratching at my peg all the time lol.
Sir Shoestring !!!! Thanks for the video & sharing !!!! Yepper !!! TX. can be beautiful in spring with the flowers & ""Blue Bonnets"" !!! Have a great trip & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!
I hope this comes across as positive. I am serious and not making light. I heard Shoestring talking about the rocking that you see people who are autistic and how its a soothing mechanism. And riding the trains sort of emulates that with the motion. That got me thinking whether you could make something for the home that did this rocking motion. Lets say you started out simple with an actual rocking chair and attached a motor to it and a little raspberry pi to program it based on gyro motion or something like that. What I'm getting at is would that help a whole group of people who may be autistic but may have other conditions or even just plain old depression or something like that. How effective is that rocking motion. Does it need an auditory component that syncs with it. I think that would make a fascinating maker project with a very large audience who would want a thing. Imagine mothers who have a particular badly smitten autistic child they can't control well. Would a device like the rocking chair soothe and calm them? I guess this has probably already been studied but I'd not heard about it. It did get me thinking about that train motion that I really loved as a kid. I wasn't sure why I loved it but I would often sleep on train journeys as they kinda rock you to sleep. So there is something to what shoestring was saying. I mention that as I'm not autistic and it sure works for me. No ones going to read all that but I had to write it anyway.
There is a line of thought that the calming effect of the rocking motion goes back to the days before we crawled out of the oceans and became land dwellers. That is if one believes in evolution.
Perhaps there is a link between the vibrations / sound of the train and the subconscious memory of being in the womb, the security of the mother's heartbeat. Good luck, nice Idea
@@alpacamybag9103 YES I was doing a bit more reading and it seems the heartbeat from the mother while in the womb is what rocks the baby as its just a powerful muscle and baby kinda rights itself each time floating in the fluid so it gets this rocking motion throughout the whole pregnancy. That's some pretty powerful stuff and I can understand why baby would become so in tune with that sound and regular motion that is in line with its own heartbeat too. Fascinating stuff. So the sound is just as important as the motion it seems. My rocking chair prototype needs a speaker. I think I'm going to call it "The Choo Choo Chair" heh. Open to better names! If it tests well with victi... I mean volunteers, I'll float the idea around disability charities or large chains that sell mobility aids and such. Happy to give it away or maybe create a kit so people can buy the parts. We'll see I guess. Thanks for the encouragement!
@@FrankBenlin oh that's some real primal stuff there. The amygdala is an ancient part of our brain that seems to back long before we were even human so you could be onto something there.
@@NoNORADon911 no i totally agree, he should have a line of merch and take sponsorships. I mean damn that bucket is practically a branding icon. I would absolutely use that in branding. Imagine what Shoestring could do with the profits. I imagine homeless charities would be right up there or if he just wanted to comfort his own home out with a mega train set, then I wouldn't begrudge the guy that. He's served his country and a lot of people send him things because it makes them feel good. Merch can work like that too.
Why shoot so low? I say railway tours with shoestring...this guy is a wealth of knowledge. There are a ton of people who would pay a premium for a one on one day with the man on site. I think it would take away from the star personally though. Damn I wish we had this kind of weather right now...stay safe shoestring. Glad you got your shots!
Really like the new sweatshirt. Looks very comfortable. Your stories and videos are great! Im almost your age and have had many challenges and blessings. Im disabled now and these videos let me escape and ride the rails in my mind! Thanks Shoestring!
CSX is beginning to go back to wooden ties. They're realizing that the concrete ties doesn't have flexibility and give like the wooden ties do, which causes them to crack, especially once they're sitting in water too long. They've been going back to the wooden ties all over south Georgia.
And I’m thinking the steel ties didn’t work well because you’d have to insulate the rails from the ties on each one so they wouldn’t shunt the track and cause circuit issues. If the insulation failed it would cause a TOL.
Yep and having to buy them all from China or Mexico, because it's virtually impossible to get anything creosote made in the USA anymore. Power companies are doing the same thing. They replaced the 50 year old creosote power poles along our road with "Yellawood" (that crap "treated wood" that they started using after they outlawed CCA (arsenic) treated wood...) First off they had to wrap the poles with hardware cloth (basically fine chicken wire) in a spiral from the top down, because that yellawood crap won't even deter a woodpecker at all, and woodpeckers will hollow out a utility pole pretty quick. They didn't mess with the creosote ones too much til they got old and most of the creosote was gone from the top end of the pole after 20-30 years, THEN they'd start pecking holes in them and building nests. If the pole was good and "wet" with creosote the peckers would leave them alone. SO anyway they wrap these yellawood poles with hardware cloth in a spiral from the top down, tack it down to the pole, and drop them in the ground and put the wires up. About five years later they ripped them all out and put up brand new CREOSOTE poles in their place. I read the tags on them after they dropped them off in the ditch for a few weeks before the line crew came and changed them all out-- they were all made in Mexico. Still legal to manufacture creosote down there so they get all the business. Creosote seals and protects the wood from rot, decay, fungus, birds, etc for many years. That Yellawood stuff is treated with some boric acid or something that is corrosive, so it eats up the metal hardware you attach to the pole, plus within a couple years it starts to rot... We tried using "treated" posts in the fence and they were garbage-- you'd put in a post nearly a foot in diameter and within a few years it'd be rotted off underground down to a spindle about maybe 2-3 inches in diameter, soft as a sponge. You could push them over with one hand! Just garbage. That was back when we had CCA posts-- this yellawood crap is even worse! We started building fence from #1-2 used RR ties-- so long as they aren't cracked from one end to the other or hollow inside, they hold up really well. Whatever happened to this country that now to get stuff that actually WORKS you gotta buy it from Mexico or China, because they've made all the good stuff ILLEGAL here?? I remember as a kid we used merthiolate and mercurachrome on cuts and abrasions, good stuff it'd take the soreness out of a cut or abrasion you'd get otherwise, particularly if you got it from a thorn tree scratching or cutting your skin open. Nope can't have that anymore-- mercury poisoning... we used it for years and didn't die or have our brains rot... Guess some idiots DRANK the stuff somewhere and so "let's make it illegal!". Same thing with the treated wood... "oh, people are gonna get arsenic poisoning from the arsenic in the wood!" Maybe if you ATE about half a truckload of wood! Don't know of anybody doing that. First thing they did was make it illegal to use on playground equipment-- guess they figured little Johnny was gonna stand there licking the arsenic off the playground equipment... he'd have to lick every square inch of it for a year to get enough arsenic to make him sick! Crazy! Same thing with creosote... heck when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's we had a cough syrup made with creosote... it was called "Creomulsion" and it was BLACK... it was basically water, sugar, alcohol, and a bit of creosote. Stuff didn't taste too good but it sure worked! One time I came down with something and was sick for like six months, well, not sick sick but coughing all the time, every day. I'd tried all the regular cough syrups like Vicks 44 and the rest and nothing would dry it up. Grandma bought some creomulsion and I tried and within a week that cough was dried up and GONE! I tried to get Creomulsion several years later when I got a cough and found that the stuff was RED... the gubmint made them quit using creosote in it (about the time they basically made creosote illegal) and so they basically put the same stuff in it as Vicks 44 or whatever... and it didn't work on the cough. When I was a kid in the 70's and we'd get sick and be puking our guts out, from food poisoniing or rotavirus, stomach virus, whatever, mom would give us a dose of paragoric, or what was called "coke syrup", which basically it tasted like the concentrated syrup that they used to mix with carbonated water in soda fountains to make a coke, but it was clear. One teaspoon of that and you were CURED... I had something SO bad one time I was puking up my toenails-- I mean I was literally puking up yellow and green bile, which is absolutely horrible about like puking up battery acid and the taste is like rancid dogsh!t... Anyway, one dose of paragoric and I didn't puke again period... no dry heaves, nothing! They outlawed that stuff before I was in junior high because it had 'opioids" in it... the stuff was basically related to codeine or morphine, BUT IT WORKED! I guess some idgit somewhere sat around drinking the stuff by the quart or something so they made it ILLEGAL... and of course after that it's just puke your guts out for a few days til you get better... Really STUPID. Later! OL J R :)
@@lukestrawwalker I didn't know they outlawed creosote, but that explains why new utility poles I've seen in the past few years have the looked they do. I was a CATV plant maintenance tech for several years in my 20s and absolutely loved that smell of creosote at the poles.
@@K-Riz314 yeah they tried yellawood poles in our area, found them no good, started buying poles from Mexico and China where complete FOOLS aren't in charge... One more business down the tubes, "YAY Demonrats!" There's one company called "Stice Sawmill" in central Texas that still had creosote fence posts available last time I checked a few years ago, but you have to preorder like six months in advance and the price... If you have to ask you can't afford it. Crazy! We're using #2 RR ties for fence corners and corrals now, Yellawood is absolute SH!T went hold up five years.
I spent my working life when I quit school when I was 17 to 25 working on the railroad. It was the best thing I've ever done. Watching your videos are great you have a good knowledge of being a hobo I have a knowledge of putting those tracks together. I swung a maul spiking miles. We had modern machines but they broke down constantly. Or we'd get junk. Just parked them in the siding. Never rode trains. Shoestring your an American legend my friend.
I swear we had to have crossed paths. My time in the 90's had time in Johnson City, Ashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Bristol. Your talking Baldwin Yard, going on up to Waycross, out to the coast to Savanna, over to Valdosta. Then on up to Atlanta, Ya I bet we did cross paths.
Enjoy your videos brother. I've had covid and set me back a few weeks but no way in hell would I take the jab even after having covid. To many variants and mutating for the jab to work and to many side effects . To each his own ... Hope it helps you brother. Stay safe!
I Have watched many many "Shoestring" videos and always wondered about that terrible hand injury. Finally the unfortunate story is told in graphic detail !
#HoboShoestring Awesome video 💯 it looks like a beautiful day outside , hope your second covid-19 vaccine is going to be ok, that road that was running below you was Mckinley Road have a blessed day 🙏
On our Clinchfield Railroad profiles, that trestle location is called “Southern Rwy Knoxville Division crossing “. There is supposed to be a National Geodetic survey benchmark there, but I can’t find it.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Viewing this presentation from the comfort zone of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast "🚀 of Florida 🐊🐊. Wonder if Hobo shoe 👞string ever spent any time in the region -??? Wonderful area to spend quality time in & around during the winter months.😉. Remember the " Singing Break Men " Jimmie Rogers-??? A genuine break men till switching to a singing entertainer 🎸🎶. Most memorable song. " Break Man's Blues " . For more " Hoboism " Hobo Times journal on the internet. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous(2024)🌈🎉💵😉.
You look good in sneakers and dressed down Shoestring!! The hoodie is very nice!! The first engine was Heritage unit!! Nice catch!! I can sit and listen to your stories all day! You have been through so much and I admire how you beat it all! I am happy you are heading to Texas and spending time with Dad! Tell him we all said hello! You are a amazing man and its a honor and privilege to know you! Hopefully one day I get to meet you! Lol you need to get up here to Johnstown Pa!! You are a inspiration to all Shoestring! Thank you for being you!! Great video!! B Safe.........
Godspeed Mr. Nichols, We would like to Thank You for all you gave, and all you have given.. R.I.P. Shoestring, You will be greatly missed.. ✌
Just discovered this gentleman...R.I.P. Shoestring! A man of great knowledge.
Man, I'm so glad I found this channel. It hasn't been very long, and I'm not sure why the algorithm suggested it to me, but I'm glad it did. Since I started out with your most recent videos, I've had questions, and it's interesting as I go back how they get answered and just getting to know your story and what you're about. Your videos have meant a great deal to me lately, and you seem like a genuinely good dude. That's what I love about your channel, there's not angle or gimmick, you're just a guy sharing your trips and life and maybe some education about trains/train life. Don't wanna sound like too much of a weirdo but thanks for doing your thing and sharing it with us
I watch these videos and forget all about my problems.
Ohhhhh, sureeee
@@daves7079 Damn, wanker.
My problems aren't shyt compared to this guy!
Actually I walk right into this on purpose because it teaches me patience and strengthens me.....
The only thing I consider a hardship is if someone were to hurt Ken or Brandon
@@TheHoboShoestring Hobo, you're probably living a more interesting life than I am. I just lurk around the house eating cookies and watching TV lol
The person who made that hoodie for Shoestring did a great job.
I’d love to have one of those, maybe 3 or 4 of them.
@@Solitaryman70 it is a great hoodie. Shoestring should get some merch going.
@@Number-oo8xq Agree
He can grow into it.
@@hhawg1 The great thing about it being loose is movement and layering clothes underneath.
I hear you tell your story of being an Alcoholic and I can relate with you on so many levels my friend. I spent my whole early adulthood swimming to the bottom of a bottle and I completely understand what it takes to rid that of your life. Hats off to you my friend I imagine if you were stilll drinking you would have never had the chance to make these videos and show the world your life. I appreciate everything you do buddy you bring a smile to many peoples lives keep up that good work my Friend
There is something about trains that get my interest. Riding along with you is very relaxing. My grandpa that lived in Ontario Canada was a railroad brakeman throughout the depression and further on. He fell off a box car and shattered his ankle later in his career. It was rebuilt at the time but the injury ended his railroad brakeman career. He built his home in 1917 a short distance from nearby railroad tracks. He eventually retired from the railroad. Every time I'd stay over he would take me down to the rail yard. He would take me to see the engines. We'd climb up on them and go inside. I loved it. Sorry about all the hurdles you have had to overcome but thanks for taking me along for the ride.
Just for ya know, I am one of the folks that likes hearing about Shoestring. Trains are cool but just make a good backdrop for his story. This man tells a story that the world needs to hear. It won’t listen but I sure appreciate his efforts.
I totally agree man. I like the trains, I wanna hop soon, but I watch shoestring for shoestring. He’s a wise older-than-me man who really knows the rails and I wanna hear what he has to say.
So happy for you that you were able to beat alcohol addiction and enjoy life while sharing your travels
Shoestring, you certainly get a lot of exercise and fresh air! I enjoy hearing your stories and watching your travels. I wish you well. Thanks for your videos.
I only discovered Hobo Shoestring on Christmas day 2022. Going through my own battle with depression and other issues I just love the simple, yet interesting content He posted. Glad we will have his content for some years to come.
I'm glad those days are over for you too Brother. Most of us heavy drinkers don't make it back. For me it was December 28, 1999 and a lot of family support that I didn't deserve. Best Wishes
Day 587.......
@@justinhardin7318 that's GREAT !
@@justinhardin7318 how many days is now brother?
@@karkitty202 on the 24th I get my two year coin
congrats to you all for your efforts to stay sober! i hope you've been able to maintain your sobriety and that you're in good health today 💞
My uncle worked for the railroad in the sixties and his foot got ran over by the train and he lost half of his foot.... He said the pain was so bad he almost died of a heart attack..... Very tragic experience.
I watched this one twice and here I sit by myself. When you said holy chandelier I truly LOL'd. I've got to remember that one, Shoestring. Thanks for the laughs!
I grew up around kids and had to learn how to get around curse words.... lol
@@TheHoboShoestring That's when I plan to use it!! Hope you aren't hurting too badly. Still waiting to get my 1st one. Mass. doesn't have enough to go around. Take care!
So thankful this channel is still on.
"Dang got an ass load of pine needles"...lol...
At first i thought he had a itch😂
LMAO!
Dayum, that last story. I felt that. I crushed my wrist and forearm uncoupling my float from my tri-axle dump truck about 13 yrs ago now. Didn't realize the operator had started backing off the trailer with his equipment when the tongue of the float took my arm up and jammed it up against the bottom of the dump box. Lost an arm bone and did a whole bunch of soft tissue/nerve damage got a few pins in holding the rest of my arm together. Partially disabled now. But at least he saved the rest of my arm and it missed most of my hand. Took me 5 surgeries and about 3 yrs to finally recover. I won't soon forget that day. Doc said he even removed a blood clot while he was in there. Coulda killed me I guess. I know I've never screamed quite like that before or ever since. Lol. Had to sit there trapped until a laborer ran around screaming and yelling at the operator to pull the backhoe back on the trailer. I was used too hauling a much bigger 3 axle float that would sit stable once you disconnected and had never worked with a smaller unit until that day. Just didn't do the math. It was literally the first day I had ever used a smaller tandem float that tipped like that. I got lucky though. I was literally 2 blocks away from the second best orthopedic surgeon in my country that day. No joke. I have almost 90% full range of motion and can still play my 6 string guitar to this day. Its just not as strong as it once was being that I only have the one arm bone now and no wrist to speak of. Other doctors who have seen my x-rays said it was either an act of God that I recovered as well as I did or I had one of the most amazing doctors on the planet. I tell em it was both. Lol.
I've worked in a rail yard 16 years and I bet shoestring knows it better than me. Love you buddy ❤
MacMillan yard toronto. If your ever up this way give me a shout
You can crash at my condo overlooking younge st.
Did you notice he undid the valve on the train and did not re screw it on just set it on so it will fall off for sure lol AND posted vid of it!
@29:00
I don't know you but I like you already.
Man I love your videos! I've been a sub now for a few months and have enjoyed binge watching your content. My father-in-law was an engineer for CSX for 41 years, most of those out of Tampa, FL. He moved to Georgia for the last 8 or 9 years of his career. He ran from Fitzgerald, GA to Jacksonville at first, and from Waycross to Tampa the last few years before he retired. It's entirely possible you have been on one of his trains. His father was also a career railroad man as a conductor for CSX when he retired in the early 90's. Before then worked for Seaboard before they merged with Chessie in 1980 to become CSX. Keep up the awesome content and take care of yourself out there on those rails!
"holy shhhhchandlier"
Love this channel.
You are a walking encyclopedia , love the explanations and the stories!
Thank you for your story. My sympathy to the pain. I was stopped by a deer last October; took me off my bike. I didn't experience much physical pain, but man, that bar in my leg now. It is never the same. Stay safe; stay well. Woodwinds for life.
"Im just glad I can still get up and get on the railroad cars. Oh god...if I didn't have no arms or legs or anything, I swear to God i could figure out some way to get up onto the train. To ride. And then they could change my name to Stubby. Laying up in the boxcar they'd call me Matt. Floatin in the water, could call me Bob. "
To me this sums up Shoe's warm adventurous soul. I'm so glad to see you continue to gain more support, to be getting past your injuries and moving around again properly. Not that I figured you wouldn't, just life can throw a lot your way at once and sometimes we don't come out of It. You're a walking inspiration brother. Love what you do man I hope to catch out after I'm off the books, maybe I can meet you some day.
Haha that was funny! Pull ya out of a pile of leaves and call you Russell :)
Thanks for sharing the personal stories about addiction and accidents. That was a lot to overcome. Giving up chewing tobacco I bet was tough too. Do the people on the upper floors of the apartment building have a view of the tracks? That would be nice to watch the trains go by. Maybe you could move up there. I liked seeing all the railroad items in the apartment.
Thanks for making videos. I hope you get to see your Dad in Texas.
My yard was small so I wasn't after to get the guys coming through any crap. As long as they didn't cause trouble we let them be or if they were good guys we would help them out. They kept some of the rookies and wild bucks in line also. There was no reason to bust their asses for just getting on. I miss the times of sitting with some and hearing their stories. Some really good people mostly. Helps remind you that you're no better than anyone else
Thank you. Please teach the new guys to leave us tramps alone if we aren't fucking around.. lol ur good peeps...
agreed, and very well said sir!
You sound like a really good man. Not too many people these days like that anymore. Everybody wants to be nosy or in confrontational even worse judgemental.
Spiffy duds ya got there Mr. Shoestring. Lookin good.
Thanks for the recreation of your accident.
Obviously it’s a question on our minds.
💪🏻💪🏻❤️🔥
I love stories told by someone you know lived hard and survived to tell the tale.
Cheers Shoestring
Great video Shoestring. Back in 1973 I was a cabinet maker and caught my hand in a sharper. Your injury and mine are similar. Same issues to this day.
So glad to see you have family and a nice home to return to. Many don’t for sure. God Speed my friend.
Yeah, I virtually never had any family or home.
I had 99 percent bad family members and they kept me and my only good family members apart my whole life.
Psychopaths.
Shoestring, I realize that you are finding it difficult to have an apartment. However, I am thinking that you are going to need a bigger place pretty soon if you don't stop collecting all of the memorabilia. On the other hand, glad you have the friends that you do, a place to go back to and reset.
Your apartment brings back a lot of memories. Love trains!!
Mr ShoeStrang gives me inspiration, I'm truck driver with a plan. I'm buying a rv and paying off my debt. Then I'm gonna explore this country. I've been to all lower 48, but I want to experience all lower 48. That's my 2 year plan. Mr Shoe Strang I want adventures like you.
Please do make sure you make that come true
This is one of the best videos I've watched in quite sometime. You (Shoestring) have interesting stories to tell, and you share them in such an effortless, elegant way. Fantastic! Truly fantastic!
What a pleasant way to pass time! Shoestring seems to be a kind man, who’s needs are simple and few... great stories and fun history. Beautiful landscapes too on the rails!
Thanks for your service fellow veteran! I enjoy watching your videos.
You were a legend, brother.hopefully, you're riding the golden rails in heaven!!!
Thanks for the tour of your pad Mark.. Lol.. That sure is a lot of Railroad memorabilia...😁👍
Hello shoestring mighty fine of you to share your day with us, really enjoy the stories you tell, keep up the great work, safe travels to Texas! 🚂
Thank you for the show. Can't wait for the next one. God bless!
Shoestring you are a great storyteller. I am always on an adventure watching your videos. Thank you!
Cracked up at your pine needle incident there, HAHAHA! Enjoyed this one. 45 minutes went by in a blink! Just like hanging out, shooting the crap with an old friend. Great stuff, Mark. 👍😎
I've been binge watching all of your videos for a several months now and I have really enjoyed every single one of them. But this one today is really the most fascinating to me so far because you give us a 45 minute sit down talk about your experiences and knowledge. You are just an amazing person Shoestring. I really give you credit for your train knowledge, train routes, and just for being who you are! Please be careful and stay safe out there on your journeys and I'm looking forward to continue following you on RUclips channel. I wish you peace and continued happiness!
I just found you.... your the man .... my uncle was a traveler ... now I think of it I have a uncle on both sides who was a traveler ... don't like the word hobo but I guess that what they was....God bless
Welcome aboard!
I never really liked the sound of the word hobo either but the word helps describe what type lifestyle I live..... lol
I really like your demeanor. You are always so calm and informative
You tell a good story... feel like you covered a lot of your life in one video.
It would be awesome if you can sit down with someone and write a book about your travels. I buy one!
I actually thought about doing it that way
Probably 66.3k subscribers would buy one, me included!!!!👍👍👍
@@TheHoboShoestring You really should! You're a wealth of knowldge and I'm sure you have tons of awesome stories to tell. Think about how much riding the rails has changed since the begining to now, how it has changed and will continue to change. It would be realy cool if you were able to part of that history and document it.
@@matthewcarocci9032 it is a brilliant idea but also it comes with a special bonus. While researching for a book you could contact yards and different rail companies to inspect, ride, document as a writer, a journalist even. I could see Shoestring getting a real kick out of getting that up close and personal with the other side of the rail world.
Or do a Podcast as your voice helps to re-create the moment!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Always informative.
Shoestring your stories are pretty interesting.... Definitely will get a laugh at some point. Keep safe... love from 🇬🇧🇯🇲
Band-Aids seem to help with the wind. Great footage.
Yep,,, it healed the wind damage.
Thank You for your service Hobo!!
Shoestring I'm a truck driver I watch your videos all day long actually listen to them and take a peek at them while I'm driving makes my day go by so much better when I'm waiting at long lines at the landfills when I can watch your videos thanks for the posts 👍
Shoestring, you are one of your kind.
I love you almost as much as I love Stobe.
Please include any KFC tags you find in your videos! I have seen a few in my travels and always brings a tear. Never a Shoestring tag yet though! Thank you for all that you do with the videos
@@daviddunn5648 Kols. Freight Crew. Look up Stobe the Hobo!
This is the first time I've heard your fingers story. One of those things you wonder about and don't ask. I'm happy you found a way forward to keep up your life as you want to live it. Well done mate.
Yeah first time I actually heard it too , this was a great video
It's the first time I even noticed he was missing fingers.
Shoestring you've been to places slot of people only dream of. I'm glad I found your channel get to see things I wouldn't ordinarily see and hear some great stories. Thanks for sharing
Another great vid Captain Shoestring.. much love and safe travels from Northern Ireland again
You sir are an American Treasure. I enjoy your knowledge, trivia and homespun stories. I thank you for your service and pray that god keeps you safe, heathy and always with a charged battery to keep us informed of your travels.
NOR FOLK’N WAY RAILWAY 😂😂😂 shoestring got shoestrings on💪❤️your videos brother stay safe👊
Just watching one of my favourite shoestring videos, come home safe miss you. ❤
One of your best non riding videos. We even got a Shoestring Railroad Museum tour. You're looking good in your new hat and hoodie. Thanks Shoestring, stay safe.
Train tracks certainty are a peaceful place, The smells never leave you I can always bring up the smell in my head of steal, Douglas fir and pine dipped well in creosote and bitumen and all the nature around you, Nice hidden place for a fire if possible! Obviously this is the perfect place, not the usual 😁 but that's ok if her still on or near the rail road..
Nice, 1st locomotive was a NS Heritage Unit! I have a bunch of them in N Scale! Stay safe Shoestring! For anyone interested, not sure of the web address but NS has or had a page where you can track the heritage units!!!
you are a great narrator. you have a welcoming, soft-spoken style that many youtubers could really
learn from. it really is all about the simple things in life.
Thanks for video hobo, and for showing your lovely home, looks real cosy. Good luck and take care. Mike UK.
I can relate to the phantom feelings from losing a limb. My left leg has been gone 30 years now and it still aches and itches. The doc told me that would go away but it never has. Its especially bad on cold days. I find myself scratching at my peg all the time lol.
That sounds like a tough 16 days in the psych ward. I'm glad there was no Nurse Ratched.
Sir Shoestring !!!! Thanks for the video & sharing !!!! Yepper !!! TX. can be beautiful in spring with the flowers & ""Blue Bonnets"" !!! Have a great trip & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!
Great video, even without the trains. You are a true renaissance man! Be safe, ride well!
Johnson City, Tennessee. They used to make fire hydrants there.
They make Shoestrings too
I didn't know that
I hope this comes across as positive. I am serious and not making light. I heard Shoestring talking about the rocking that you see people who are autistic and how its a soothing mechanism. And riding the trains sort of emulates that with the motion. That got me thinking whether you could make something for the home that did this rocking motion. Lets say you started out simple with an actual rocking chair and attached a motor to it and a little raspberry pi to program it based on gyro motion or something like that.
What I'm getting at is would that help a whole group of people who may be autistic but may have other conditions or even just plain old depression or something like that. How effective is that rocking motion. Does it need an auditory component that syncs with it. I think that would make a fascinating maker project with a very large audience who would want a thing. Imagine mothers who have a particular badly smitten autistic child they can't control well. Would a device like the rocking chair soothe and calm them? I guess this has probably already been studied but I'd not heard about it. It did get me thinking about that train motion that I really loved as a kid. I wasn't sure why I loved it but I would often sleep on train journeys as they kinda rock you to sleep. So there is something to what shoestring was saying. I mention that as I'm not autistic and it sure works for me.
No ones going to read all that but I had to write it anyway.
There is a line of thought that the calming effect of the rocking motion goes back to the days before we crawled out of the oceans and became land dwellers. That is if one believes in evolution.
Perhaps there is a link between the vibrations / sound of the train and the subconscious memory of being in the womb, the security of the mother's heartbeat.
Good luck, nice Idea
@@alpacamybag9103 YES I was doing a bit more reading and it seems the heartbeat from the mother while in the womb is what rocks the baby as its just a powerful muscle and baby kinda rights itself each time floating in the fluid so it gets this rocking motion throughout the whole pregnancy. That's some pretty powerful stuff and I can understand why baby would become so in tune with that sound and regular motion that is in line with its own heartbeat too. Fascinating stuff. So the sound is just as important as the motion it seems. My rocking chair prototype needs a speaker. I think I'm going to call it "The Choo Choo Chair" heh. Open to better names! If it tests well with victi... I mean volunteers, I'll float the idea around disability charities or large chains that sell mobility aids and such. Happy to give it away or maybe create a kit so people can buy the parts. We'll see I guess. Thanks for the encouragement!
@@FrankBenlin oh that's some real primal stuff there. The amygdala is an ancient part of our brain that seems to back long before we were even human so you could be onto something there.
I've thought about a swaying bed made perfect motions and surround sound rails noise
that is so cool how you decorated your place. again, thanks for your service L.C.
Nice place sir , so glad you have a place to start writing your advice and experiences.
Shoestring You Can Start Selling Shoestring Merchandise Like Other You Tuber .. Starting With That Hoodie Or Shirt And Caps ..
No man...stop trying to commercialize everything
@@NoNORADon911 no i totally agree, he should have a line of merch and take sponsorships. I mean damn that bucket is practically a branding icon. I would absolutely use that in branding. Imagine what Shoestring could do with the profits. I imagine homeless charities would be right up there or if he just wanted to comfort his own home out with a mega train set, then I wouldn't begrudge the guy that. He's served his country and a lot of people send him things because it makes them feel good. Merch can work like that too.
Hell, I'd buy a shirt
Why shoot so low? I say railway tours with shoestring...this guy is a wealth of knowledge. There are a ton of people who would pay a premium for a one on one day with the man on site. I think it would take away from the star personally though. Damn I wish we had this kind of weather right now...stay safe shoestring. Glad you got your shots!
@@NoNORADon911 based account name king 👑
"jimbus crinch"... "holy chandelier" what other non cursey explitives did shoestring teach us today?
Thank you for brightening my day your stories and experiences always cheer me up and dying laughing over the cedar needles in the butt
God'ch day'am
Ef you see Kay tell her I'm on the way. How have I never heard any of these? Keep em coming Shoestring. Love it.
Have you watched his old old videos ? Hus language used to be pretty bad. I think maybe shoestring kept his promise he made God in that boxcar...lol
I like this one I heard in a movie once can’t remember the name of the movie…
“ HOLY UNDERWEAR!!!”
Love you hoodie! Thank you for your service, Shoestring. Be safe.
Really like the new sweatshirt. Looks very comfortable. Your stories and videos are great! Im almost your age and have had many challenges and blessings. Im disabled now and these videos let me escape and ride the rails in my mind! Thanks Shoestring!
CSX is beginning to go back to wooden ties. They're realizing that the concrete ties doesn't have flexibility and give like the wooden ties do, which causes them to crack, especially once they're sitting in water too long. They've been going back to the wooden ties all over south Georgia.
And I’m thinking the steel ties didn’t work well because you’d have to insulate the rails from the ties on each one so they wouldn’t shunt the track and cause circuit issues. If the insulation failed it would cause a TOL.
@@railnut8453 Just like my Lionel train set. LOL
Yep and having to buy them all from China or Mexico, because it's virtually impossible to get anything creosote made in the USA anymore.
Power companies are doing the same thing. They replaced the 50 year old creosote power poles along our road with "Yellawood" (that crap "treated wood" that they started using after they outlawed CCA (arsenic) treated wood...) First off they had to wrap the poles with hardware cloth (basically fine chicken wire) in a spiral from the top down, because that yellawood crap won't even deter a woodpecker at all, and woodpeckers will hollow out a utility pole pretty quick. They didn't mess with the creosote ones too much til they got old and most of the creosote was gone from the top end of the pole after 20-30 years, THEN they'd start pecking holes in them and building nests. If the pole was good and "wet" with creosote the peckers would leave them alone. SO anyway they wrap these yellawood poles with hardware cloth in a spiral from the top down, tack it down to the pole, and drop them in the ground and put the wires up. About five years later they ripped them all out and put up brand new CREOSOTE poles in their place. I read the tags on them after they dropped them off in the ditch for a few weeks before the line crew came and changed them all out-- they were all made in Mexico. Still legal to manufacture creosote down there so they get all the business. Creosote seals and protects the wood from rot, decay, fungus, birds, etc for many years.
That Yellawood stuff is treated with some boric acid or something that is corrosive, so it eats up the metal hardware you attach to the pole, plus within a couple years it starts to rot... We tried using "treated" posts in the fence and they were garbage-- you'd put in a post nearly a foot in diameter and within a few years it'd be rotted off underground down to a spindle about maybe 2-3 inches in diameter, soft as a sponge. You could push them over with one hand! Just garbage. That was back when we had CCA posts-- this yellawood crap is even worse! We started building fence from #1-2 used RR ties-- so long as they aren't cracked from one end to the other or hollow inside, they hold up really well.
Whatever happened to this country that now to get stuff that actually WORKS you gotta buy it from Mexico or China, because they've made all the good stuff ILLEGAL here?? I remember as a kid we used merthiolate and mercurachrome on cuts and abrasions, good stuff it'd take the soreness out of a cut or abrasion you'd get otherwise, particularly if you got it from a thorn tree scratching or cutting your skin open. Nope can't have that anymore-- mercury poisoning... we used it for years and didn't die or have our brains rot... Guess some idiots DRANK the stuff somewhere and so "let's make it illegal!". Same thing with the treated wood... "oh, people are gonna get arsenic poisoning from the arsenic in the wood!" Maybe if you ATE about half a truckload of wood! Don't know of anybody doing that. First thing they did was make it illegal to use on playground equipment-- guess they figured little Johnny was gonna stand there licking the arsenic off the playground equipment... he'd have to lick every square inch of it for a year to get enough arsenic to make him sick! Crazy! Same thing with creosote... heck when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's we had a cough syrup made with creosote... it was called "Creomulsion" and it was BLACK... it was basically water, sugar, alcohol, and a bit of creosote. Stuff didn't taste too good but it sure worked! One time I came down with something and was sick for like six months, well, not sick sick but coughing all the time, every day. I'd tried all the regular cough syrups like Vicks 44 and the rest and nothing would dry it up. Grandma bought some creomulsion and I tried and within a week that cough was dried up and GONE! I tried to get Creomulsion several years later when I got a cough and found that the stuff was RED... the gubmint made them quit using creosote in it (about the time they basically made creosote illegal) and so they basically put the same stuff in it as Vicks 44 or whatever... and it didn't work on the cough. When I was a kid in the 70's and we'd get sick and be puking our guts out, from food poisoniing or rotavirus, stomach virus, whatever, mom would give us a dose of paragoric, or what was called "coke syrup", which basically it tasted like the concentrated syrup that they used to mix with carbonated water in soda fountains to make a coke, but it was clear. One teaspoon of that and you were CURED... I had something SO bad one time I was puking up my toenails-- I mean I was literally puking up yellow and green bile, which is absolutely horrible about like puking up battery acid and the taste is like rancid dogsh!t... Anyway, one dose of paragoric and I didn't puke again period... no dry heaves, nothing! They outlawed that stuff before I was in junior high because it had 'opioids" in it... the stuff was basically related to codeine or morphine, BUT IT WORKED! I guess some idgit somewhere sat around drinking the stuff by the quart or something so they made it ILLEGAL... and of course after that it's just puke your guts out for a few days til you get better... Really STUPID.
Later! OL J R :)
@@lukestrawwalker I didn't know they outlawed creosote, but that explains why new utility poles I've seen in the past few years have the looked they do. I was a CATV plant maintenance tech for several years in my 20s and absolutely loved that smell of creosote at the poles.
@@K-Riz314 yeah they tried yellawood poles in our area, found them no good, started buying poles from Mexico and China where complete FOOLS aren't in charge... One more business down the tubes, "YAY Demonrats!"
There's one company called "Stice Sawmill" in central Texas that still had creosote fence posts available last time I checked a few years ago, but you have to preorder like six months in advance and the price... If you have to ask you can't afford it. Crazy! We're using #2 RR ties for fence corners and corrals now, Yellawood is absolute SH!T went hold up five years.
I don’t like the concrete ties. It takes away the smell of the railroad that you get off the wooden ties.
Your windproofing worked pretty well.
I spent my working life when I quit school when I was 17 to 25 working on the railroad. It was the best thing I've ever done. Watching your videos are great you have a good knowledge of being a hobo I have a knowledge of putting those tracks together. I swung a maul spiking miles. We had modern machines but they broke down constantly. Or we'd get junk. Just parked them in the siding. Never rode trains. Shoestring your an American legend my friend.
I’ve wanted to ride trains since I was a little kid. Grew up next to the tracks in Anoka MN. Watching these makes me want to finally take a trip.
I swear we had to have crossed paths. My time in the 90's had time in Johnson City, Ashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Bristol. Your talking Baldwin Yard, going on up to Waycross, out to the coast to Savanna, over to Valdosta. Then on up to Atlanta, Ya I bet we did cross paths.
That is the best decorated dwelling I have ever seen.
Holy chandelier!!! Ahh! So funny Hobo. Stay safe. 👍👍💖💖 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Much much much love from Longview, TX mentioned here in the video. I remember all that snow we got. Things were shut down for days
We all drank Mad Dog 2020 back in the 90’s. At least I think I did. I can’t really remember...
St. Ides Special Brew here.
...MD2020 and Mickey's Bigmouths.
Boones Farm if you were fancy.
Concord grape too
70s used to keep a case out on the window seal at the barracks in GERMANY '76
Enjoy your videos brother. I've had covid and set me back a few weeks but no way in hell would I take the jab even after having covid. To many variants and mutating for the jab to work and to many side effects . To each his own ... Hope it helps you brother. Stay safe!
Me neither I’ve never listened to any of the media I’m in my 50s and jab free and wouldn’t take the vaccine
Unfortunately, Kentihj76 should have gotten the jab. I am sorry to report that he has not been heard from since this comment.
You like Hemingway,the free spirit moving you and you are one of the few free person! Good bless you.
Hope your enjoying this amazing Tennessee weather today. Love the content bro. Keep it up
I Have watched many many "Shoestring" videos and always wondered about that terrible hand injury.
Finally the unfortunate story is told in graphic detail !
He told it before in an earlier video
Replacing the Oak crossing ties were the worst. Heavy as hell and usually had to pre drill for spikes.
Great catch, Shoestring!! The NS HERITAGE unit leading that train!
I’m only a little envious of your home 😁 stay safe and best of luck on the way to Texas. Stay funky man 🤟
#HoboShoestring Awesome video 💯 it looks like a beautiful day outside , hope your second covid-19 vaccine is going to be ok, that road that was running below you was Mckinley Road have a blessed day 🙏
On our Clinchfield Railroad profiles, that trestle location is called “Southern Rwy Knoxville Division crossing “. There is supposed to be a National Geodetic survey benchmark there, but I can’t find it.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Viewing this presentation from the comfort zone of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast "🚀 of Florida 🐊🐊. Wonder if Hobo shoe 👞string ever spent any time in the region -??? Wonderful area to spend quality time in & around during the winter months.😉. Remember the " Singing Break Men " Jimmie Rogers-??? A genuine break men till switching to a singing entertainer 🎸🎶. Most memorable song. " Break Man's Blues " . For more " Hoboism " Hobo Times journal on the internet. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous(2024)🌈🎉💵😉.
S and A is my favorite ns train man. Glade u having fun and staying safe.
“I’ve got pine needles in my butt!!” 😂
Man way to start the video with a heritage!
Awesome video as always! I loved the Savanna and Atlanta heritage unit at the beginning
You look good in sneakers and dressed down Shoestring!! The hoodie is very nice!! The first engine was Heritage unit!! Nice catch!! I can sit and listen to your stories all day! You have been through so much and I admire how you beat it all! I am happy you are heading to Texas and spending time with Dad! Tell him we all said hello! You are a amazing man and its a honor and privilege to know you! Hopefully one day I get to meet you! Lol you need to get up here to Johnstown Pa!! You are a inspiration to all Shoestring! Thank you for being you!! Great video!! B Safe.........