RIP Shoestring, thanks for everything.

Godspeed Mr. Nichols, Thank you for all you gave, and have given.. You will be missed..✌

You don't need to be riding all the time Shoestring. I'm guessing lots of us enjoy just seeing the scenes of you wandering about out in the woods and would enjoy a tour of that old abandoned factory (or whatever it is) that you showed the smokestack of. Stuff like that. You have an audience. People even interested in your little plants you've put in here and there. I sure do. Just wander about all over and shoot whatever you bump into. Speaking for myself, I'll enjoy it. Because I enjoy YOU.

@jamesmacpherson8219

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@jeffky6153

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@goodjohnhunting

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@tomcatt998

3 жыл бұрын

Some people can't sit still, i speak from experience

@royahold1966

3 жыл бұрын

agreed

We are going to miss you Mark. RIP

That metal is swarf, the smell is oil, and or mistic coolant, probably the latter. As soon as I saw it, my life returned to the early 80's when I was an Aircraft Component Engineer. The smell is still fixated in my brain. 👍😎👍🇬🇧MDS

@rodneydaub3812

3 жыл бұрын

I have this relationship with the smell of creosote , ammonia ( skunk ) and oil/ gear oil

@markemarkpsv1

3 жыл бұрын

@@rodneydaub3812 Feel you brother. 👍😎👍

@petero2693

3 жыл бұрын

Ford assembly line summer jobs edison nj late 70s.. I can tell an assembly plant miles away from the smell...drove wife nuts.. i hate that smell...

@markemarkpsv1

3 жыл бұрын

@@petero2693 It's amazing how are brains interact with the smell and memory senses. 👍😎👍MDS

@MAUREENALLEN79

2 жыл бұрын

You never forget it

Good ol’ Shoestring, leaving camp better than how he found it! Love the spouts and happy you’re feeling better! Keep the updates coming!

@uuuultra

2 ай бұрын

He left the world better than he found it. 🕯

Your train videos are made much better by the interesting commentary 🙂

@garyhotchkiss4207

2 жыл бұрын

I Agree

@johngreydanus2033

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I am able to binge-watch and still do other things; never have I appreciated having 3 monitors as much as I do now!

A working caboose. WOW! That was interesting about how it gets power. Thanks, as usual, for your knowledge.

Caboose! Another American legend, on the extinct endangered list. Sure do miss them. 🛤️❣️

You’re fantastic. Growing up my father worked for Conrail then went to Amtrak. Some of my first memories were riding in the engine. Even had the privilege of driving it at the age of 12. I lost him in 2015. Thank you for bringing my railroad memories back. God bless and stay healthy

@bobpaulino4714

2 жыл бұрын

If we know our Lord and Creator we are never 'lost'. Going to be a heck of a reunion some day. Stand on scriptures promises. Revelations 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:26, 2 Corinthians 5:1, etc.

@FromDark2Light-

2 жыл бұрын

I miss the days of Conrail. Very sorry for your loss.

@alkennedy1124

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobpaulino4714 praise Jesus grace Christ, oh yeahhhhh amen brother, thanks BigAl California.

when I was a youngster hopping trains the car carriers were open, you could climb in a brand new car and start it up, the keys were in them. run the heater or the ac, when it ran out of the little gas in them, get in another one 🤣

@charlesdillon6155

3 жыл бұрын

Now your talking

@snowydemo6629

3 жыл бұрын

🤨 Do they still do this? If so might hav to try it just ain’t a fan of heat…

@freefromit2

3 жыл бұрын

@@snowydemo6629 No, somewhere in the late 70's the theft and damages became way too costly and we started becoming America today.

I was watching a shoestring video when i got this notification 😂

@uuuultra

2 ай бұрын

R.I.P.

Garden blooming. The smell on the turnings is the lube they use.

@gavanhillebold3131

3 жыл бұрын

Cutting oil

@bonafidesmitty

3 жыл бұрын

@@gavanhillebold3131 oh how I love the smell of cutting oil

@tomflendodo7297

3 жыл бұрын

That BUM SMELLS TOO !!!!!! P U 2 U !!!!!!!!!!

@WarrenRCG

3 жыл бұрын

Cool tool

I loved the brief caboose tour. Nice to see that NS crew threw in an old recliner on the one end and a fan installed on the upper shelf on the other side. Anyone else notice the cooler and water case one of the crew left in the caboose? I haven't seen an apartment with a basement/upstairs combo like you have, that's cool. Another awesome vid here, Shoestring.

As a young man I had dreams of riding the rail like that, but too chicken. (rode motorcycles instead) Now I'm an old man and my health would NOT allow it! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH US, MAN!

Shoestring the Gardener!! Glad your feeling better shoe!!🙂

What a beautiful apartment you have. I like how clean and neatly you have decorated it. I think if you just keep displaying railroad memorabilia and keep furniture to a minimum it will be like a personal museum . Love your videos, hope your health stays with you.

I love how you just walk around like you own the place lol may the force be with you sir, I really enjoy ya!

Thanks Larry and David! Awesome additions for the collection! Hey Shoestring that car you called a odd ball carries switches! There strapped on the car! Glad the flowers are growing! Great video! Apartment looks good. Glad your feeling better! Any video you give us is a great video Shoestring!!

That was a really interesting episode Shoestring, always good to learn something new . Always enjoy watching your episodes, thanks my friend 👍👌

Dang .... That was one LONG TRAIN...always learn something from your comments . Thanks man !! 🙏😊

@leecowell8165

3 ай бұрын

Yeah huge sure was.

@uuuultra

2 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Shoestring 🕯 🕊

Shoestring keeps talking about empty yards. That’s the state of the American economy. I’m a truck driver and I will never forget 3 years ago driving by Port Elizabeth and seeing containers stacked on top of each other as far as the eye can see. I’ve been OTR for 20 years and that was the first time I ever saw the ports packed like that. That is the difference between today’s American economy and the economy of 2 or 3 short years ago. I wonder what changed?

So glad you are feeling better. Do yourself a big favor and all you fans………..take it easy for a while, give your body time to heal. You provide a lot of happiness to your fans! Looking forward to the next video my friend.

it;s been awhile Shoestring.......try Not to rush things,go slowly. Take care of YOU.....LATER

Thanks for everything you do! Blessings from colorado

Good to see you out and about!!

One of my favorite channels.

I didn’t know they had generators hooked up to the wheels on cabooses! That’s pretty cool! I see as there was more automation they didn’t need as many workers and got rid of them.

Back when Missouri Pacific was still Missouri Pacific and before they put oil in the caboose[crummy] my brother and I ,each November, would shovel 16 tons of coal onto the ground beside the crummy track. Back in the day they heated the caboose with coal. We made $30.00 each for the job. That was good money then.

I absolutely love hearing all the RR knowledge you give us in your videos. I especially love the historical stuff, its so fascinating. I wanted to be a hobo after i graduated, but before that i had a kid. Discovering you now tells me I'm not too old to start yet and probably have a decent amount of years i could ride before i couldn't handle it anymore

@dennissutter2331

10 ай бұрын

Yea, you had to get a job to support your family. instead of being a bum. hats off to him, he is making videos to support his life style.

@dennissutter2331

10 ай бұрын

But he is still a bum, that never had a trade are worked liked everybody else. but he is making a living now thanks to ytube, have to admire him he capitalized on how to make money.

Your videos are what I call good t.v. Thank you Mark.

@TheHoboShoestring

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Those cabooses bring back good o memories. You don't see many of them on the rails anymore like you use to back in the day before FREDs, defect detectors, & dragging defect detectors.

Hi Hobo Shoestring! I grew up in Bristol, VA and the smokestack at minute 15:00 is the old Columbia Paper Mill, later became Tenneva Foods....at minute 16:45 is the old steam locomotive roundhouse, the turntable was filled in sometime in the very early 60's.....

Very happy to hear you're feeling better. Prayers &safe travels goin out to you Shoe 💖💖💖🚂🚂🚂

I owe most of my train hopping knowledge to Hobo Shoestring, and Stobe the Hobo. I'm so glad Shoestring is still out here showing us how it's done.

at 15:00 that was the Columbia Paper Mill built in 1900 then later it was Twin-Cities Iron and Metal. It is being redeveloped into condominiums by Stramco. 950 Fairview St.

Glad to know you are doing better and taking it easy. You have a really nice place now, and with time you will add furnishings. Stay well!

This is what I found on that site with the tower/smokestack. I found an article at the EPA that listed it as "Twin Cities Iron and Metal Site".

OMG!!! Those trucks on that caboose are so outlawed...........

@TheHoboShoestring

2 жыл бұрын

They're just not used much because they require maintenance so much. Not really outlawed. You still see them on cars that are used just locally because not many miles are put on them

When I was a young whippersnapper I loved watching the trains going by and I loved looking at the caboose'es on the end of the trains.

@tomsdotter3228

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Quite often, there was someone waving back to us and we'd be so excited ☺️

The summer I turned 18, I lived right next to the depot in the tiny town where I called home. My sister (she was 15) and I spent that summer hitching rides. We made friends with the crew on the midnight freight train that came through every night. We rode in the locomotive the first two times, but it was cramped. I literally sat on the lap of one of the guys. Later, we rode in the caboose. It had bunk beds and a breakfast nook of sorts. No cupola. That was 1980 and it was BN back then.

0813 here at Tamoshanter Tasmania. Good Tassie morning to you. Love the guerrilla gardening.

I just love your teaching films. The sweet smell is the cutting oil used to keep the cutting heads cool in the machines.

Wow you moved. Big place, nice!

That smell on that scrap was machine tool oil and coolant. As soon as I saw those chips and you mentioned smell I knew exactly what you were talking about. Machine shop scraps.

I didn’t realize caboose were still around. It’s been years since I’ve seen them. Thanks, Shoestring.

@ronald5629

Жыл бұрын

They were basically replaced by the f r e d

This is one I must have missed. I like when you show us the different things in and around the train yards.

Hey shoestring great video . Under the weather my self kidney stones and urinary infection much better my self haven’t been watching much hope you get feeling better. As stephen said you don’t have to be on the road all the time ,you need to take care of your self we want to keep you around we enjoy watching your videos and just hearing from you . Take care buddy.

@TheHoboShoestring

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I'm amazed at the length of american freight trains, they seem endless!

@freedomfan4272

3 жыл бұрын

It's not unusual for them to be over 10,000ft sometimes. Now days with PSR here in the US they have laid off people and that's another reason the trains are long also because they're adding trains together.

LARRY WAS TAKEN A LEAK !!!

I'm happy to see you're feeling much improved.

In joy watching this one over and over again thanks shoustring

Always glad to hear back from my favorite youtuber.

Good to hear your feeling better 👍👍

Great to see and hear you again Mark, especially out on the track's on a summer's day, stay safe and well for the next trip, 👍👍👍👍.

Four generations of my father's family worked for the Canadian National Railway. The tracks were passing behind the family home, and I remember running to the back fence with my brother and cousins and counting the cars. That how I learned to count. Even now, I sometimes count cars when I see a train.

Glad to hear you're feeling better. Can't wait to watch you riding again.🌟

Nice to see you out and about 👍 Thanks for the caboose tour

Loved seeing the caboose thank you

Those extra large tall gondolas new to me ...lived by railway 20 years and never seen those

Good to see you shoestring! Just take it slow an eat well stay hydrated much love!!!

Love. Your apt. Videos are. Very good. Sir. Can't stop watching them.

Good to see you out there again

I love your videos - I find them very calming & focusing! 😁💖👍

Glad to see you are feelin better. Keep up the great work my friend. Stay safe!

The smell on the metal is cutting oil it smells sweet

Great video, I love watching the SD-40s at play...

Good to see you out and about. Take care!

Love you little apartment, and your videos too.

I appreciate your rail knowledge.

Great to see you at the yard buddy!

Happy to see your feeling better and getting out and about.

Love the video bro very clear and detailed!!💪🏾

All metal shavings that I've machined smell like cutting oil -- an odd, somewhat pleasant odor.

Thanks for sharing all the technical knowledge about trains I'm a computer engineer so naturally I love listening to that kind of stuff

I am hooked on your videos! God bless and BE SAFE!!!!

Coolbeans Brother!! Thanks for the update and tour of the area. Love your train collection...🚂...

@BoulderCreekSteve

3 жыл бұрын

Cool beans, eh? What are you, about 9 years old?

Glad to see you out and about.

That is awesome a working cabose 👍 love it.

Good to see you out.

THIS IS THE OLD NEW YORK ONTARIO and WESTERN RAILWAY !!!! LONG GONE !!!!

Glad you doing better and you have a lovely apartment. Love the set up

Great fun listening to you Shoestring! Have learned much I never would have known. Thanks!

Glad to see you out

Thanks for another great video Shoestring! I hope you continue to feel better, it's so exciting to get the notice when you post another video. Stay well and thanks again. 👍🚂🚃🚃🚃

Well shoestring glad your feeling better and you have your place looking nice love watching the videos !👍👌🚂

You've done a nice job decorating. Whatever is pleasing to you. Love te posters. HUGE!

Thanks for showing shoestring really enjoyed it

REALLY liked this! Love learning about this stuff!! Very interesting. Thanks!!

Nice Birthday gift from Larry!! Its really cool love the little Hobo sitting on the back. Hes getting around.

Good to hear you're doing better today. Better for tomorrow to I always hope.👍

A professional video by the Legend "Shoestring".. Great video! Glad you got out and feeling better! Keep on and ride when you can. God bless you!

Enjoyed seeing inside the caboose .

I agree with Stephen Cook.... Loved Larry's gift of a hopper and a box car with you sitting on the almost cadillac.

Thank you for sharing your videos there very enjoyable. Mary -Floyd, Virginia

Shoestring I really enjoyed your veido..Chris watched it with me..so glad you are feeling better..

Loved the video! Very nice apartment!

great video shoestring really enjoyed the description of the cars on that train look forward to your next ride on the train when you feel better thanks

Glad you’re feeling better Shoestring! I hope you continue to recover. Enjoyed the video!

Thanks for the video Shoestring. So glad you’re feeling better. You’ve got a nice apartment. Looking good with all your decorations. Take care and have a good one 👍👍👍❤️🙏🏻