I really appreciate your work and all of your hard earned knowledge. I love getting to go with you like this. Thank you for sharing. I pray the Good Lord gives you many more years. Safe travels old buddy

I was got stuck in Havre in 1991 - the Amtrak train stopped to refuel and the conductor said I had a half hour. There was a bar/package store right across from the fuel station so I went over there to buy a bottle to take back to the train. I heard the whistle blow and hauled ass only to watch it speed west! So I got the stationmaster to call the train and drop my pack at Glacier. I stayed on some guys couch that night and caught the next westbound Empire Builder and they had my pack waiting for me when I got there! I started riding freights after that and wound up in Yosemite, worked for 3 months and caught an Eastbound stack train in Roseville and made it all the way back to Virginia by way of Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cumberland. I hopped a few times out of Roanoke after that but haven’t ridden much since. I met a lot of awesome folks on the rails but some shady ones too. I kind of miss it - my wife would split if I caught out! Nice to live vicariously through your videos. Thanks Shoestring!

@stillfree47

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had a good time sir. Good old days

@johnscherf1228

3 жыл бұрын

Nice story! Thanks for sharing!

@jacknordby1468

3 жыл бұрын

That was really decent of them to watch over your backpack like that.

@michaelrasmussen426

3 жыл бұрын

Any tips for catching out of Roseville?

classic Shoestring video RIP

I've come across some tough times and your videos help me. Thanks.

@TerraExplorations

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, kinda takes ya away for a lil while with a friend. 🙂

@rebeccaromig2561

3 жыл бұрын

I'm mostly homebound, and his videos help me to have a little sense of freedom

@swillm3ister

3 жыл бұрын

Hey brother, it will get better. Stay strong.

@seconds-kr5uj

3 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaromig2561 Me too. This is wonderful to watch

@jacknordby1468

3 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaromig2561 Take care and stay safe.

Awww yeah a 24-minute video. Hope you're doing well and still having a fun trip Shoestring! Those cinnamon sticks are good.

I worked on the production line that built The last two red BNSF hopper cars at the Diesel filling station. I welded the sides of those cars together. We did those cars about 3 years ago. We built about 300 of them. Stay safe Shoestring.

This is where my life begin, Willmar, Minnesota. lived not far from that bridge. Used to hear the trains all the time.

Your videos are great. I feel like I've learned so much from you, and not just about riding. Stay safe, warm and healthy, Shoestring. Glad you have a place to call home and family.

That Twistred Tea Half and Half is AMAZING.!!!! Half lemonade half iced tea YUM

You’re living a life that most of us would love but you’re the only one brave enough and smart enough to actually do it !! Greatly Enjoy your videos

Beautiful hat and warm. Wish you had the long coat to go with it. Then they would think you were the KGB. Lol. Great Update 🚂🚂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@TheHoboShoestring

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah.... lol

I inspected all public rail xings in Montana for 6 years. Spent a lot of time around these trains. Hell maybe you or Stobe may have passed me a few times on the high-line. Love your videos! Stobe the hobo brought me to your channel. Stay safe out there brother and ride on!!!

Awsome video and great footage shoestring! Yea that UP was a 70MAC and the CP in front either was a Dash-9 or a AC4400 and the CP behind was a GP-20...looking good in the winter gear! Overall a great video! Thank you! B safe

@XUrbanNinja

3 жыл бұрын

Close. It was an SD70M and an Evo. Evo`s have a pretty good tell from the angle he was at with it having air to air fans just ahead of the radiator and rad fan.

Glad to see you still going. The phone works great hardley heard the wind, heard you very well, stay warm, stay safe.

Hello Mark! Thanks for the Update on your Adventures. Be Careful and stay Safe with Virus. 👍

Hey Shoestring! Greetings from Willmar! I was born and raised in this area. If you have any questions, i'd be happy to answer. If you are still in the area tomorrow, or in the future, send me a message and I can bring you supplies if needed. Love your channel!

@Matthunter0767

3 жыл бұрын

A trip thru the drive thru is what this man needs! Lol

@Kahnza

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matthunter0767 I was thinking more cold weather stuff. But I offered to bring what he needed. If that meant fast food, I would bring it.

@Matthunter0767

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kahnza i know what you meant! Im from St cloud but don't have a vehicle at the moment... I only said the drive thru because he was trying to go to McDonald's in this video but they are only open in the drive thru! Have a good night!

@caroljohnson9429

3 жыл бұрын

Also in willmar. Yes let us know if you need anything.

@shannondaberkow9313

3 жыл бұрын

I live a block away from railroad. Next time you're here stop by and stay warm for awhile and I'll cook you a meal 🙏💜

The old Burlington Northern green locomotives were cool Used to see them all the time in Cohoes NY

I retired from CP 2 years ago…in calgary ab Canada ! Love your videos ..Stay safe 🤗😊

Thanks for the update Shoestring, stay warm my friend, safe travels.

The sound is really great with the new camera. I hear almost no wind noise! You should be teaching geography- you know more about how this country is put together! I love getting the map to connect the dots. Head for Pennsylvania- our colors are glorious!

GREAT VIDEO..I SURE WOULD buy a Hoody with the Shoestring tag on the back if I knew where to get one 😳 hint hint 🤣😂😂🤣😂😂🤣from what I understand all the channels that have Merch dont have to handle ANY of it. The company that makes it does all the shipping and orders and you just get a royalty off everything they sell 🤔 I think I it would be WAYYY COOL with your full size tag on the back and a pic of a Locomotive on the left breast ya know?

@smoochmysnoot9957

3 жыл бұрын

I’d wear a Shoestring hoodie

@bumprjak

3 жыл бұрын

See i told you, good idea.the people have spoken.

@KP-si4rt

3 жыл бұрын

Sure I would buy one.

@James-blond007

Жыл бұрын

Does Shoestring have any merch? I’d love a shirt or hoodie!!

Another great vid. I enjoy spending my mornings over coffee watching your latest posts...keep on rollin' and stay safe sir!

Thanks for the update!

I am very happy and honored to see the salt still has plenty of seasoning.God bless you💕🙏🌄

"Line Up" Yard worker who I asked about where the trains were going. He says "HERE" pulls a lineup of which and when trains were coming thru Dillworth. Ya in the 90s.

Lookin good champ and the audio was awesome no worries on the wind noise at my end. Thats a real nice winter hat you got too. Thx for making these👍

Twisted Tea good drink! Thanks for sharing another non-boring show!!!👍👍👍👍

excellent video diary. i really enjoy seeing the tags and camps. thanks Shoe✅😎✌️

Those are my parts! I took the train from Wilmer to Sioux Falls about 8 years ago. Goes right thru Camden State park. Lots of beautiful sights and you can really watch the landscape change in such a short trip.

Love the videos shoestring. Keep them coming!

Originally from Nebraska but in kentucky for work. You are making me feel anxious that I won't be able to take an actual winter when I go home shoe string lol

True freedom is no fear

@olafvidar9315

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that to and thought, absolutely right!

Nice 24 min video s t a y warm and safe need to hobo down to the warm soon thanks for the view in your journey

So many dope names on that dumpster! Pear, Forte, fario, and now the legendary hobo shoestring🤘

I’m literally 20 minutes from Willmar. Damn just missed yah. Another good video

You were north of me. I'm near Helena. You just missed winters start, been the most beautiful fall here in the Northern Rockies. God Bless and Be Well!

Wow shoe!! The camera quality and filming is awesome! Next level!

From MN amazing videos!

Sir, You are real gentleman of the railroad 👍

Glad your having fun. Stay safe

Animals and most humans don't like wind.

Awesome length video my friend, keep on keeping on shoestring!

I live in Willmar. Born and raised. Loved the video!!

God bless both you and Jacob

Great to see you posting. I was just talking about you at work today and wondering when you were going to upload.

I enjoy watching your adventures winter is coming fast soon the snow fly's

Excellent ! Keep 'em com'in !

Still sufferin down here in Mesa, AZ. Another 100°+ day, supposed to break soon though into I think the mid 90° range. Still hot but not too bad with a breeze, take care brother safe rails. 👍🏼

That audio and video work.... Mark, your a natural... Sounds great even in the wind...

Awesome!!! I'm from Havre montana, will follow you

Great video. Love the new phone.

I was out on the rails today too. Went to visit the Fostoria Ohio, Iron triangle railpark. that Hobo Strobe highlighted in one of his videos

Hope you're doing good shoestring, great video ✌️

I dream of doing this all the time, you are living my dream!

10:48 crazy seeing the walking bridge on a youtube video. I'm just a few blocks away from that very location. Been watching trains from it since a was a child. Very interesting breakdown which about the lines and where they go. Lived here my whole life and never knew this much about those lines. My grandpa retired from that very yard in '87 and told me a bit about it, but not in this kind of 1st hand detail. Thank you for that.

Good to see you again shoestring. Had not seen you post in a few days and was wondering about ya. Glad to see your ok. God Bless.

Awesome video it made my day. Here in Amboy Ca. It will be 98 degrees. Dang it. I wish it was cold here for a change.

My grandparents used to live in sight of that pedestrian bridge. My grandpa and I would walk across the bridge and look at the engines. We would find stuff like sleeping bags and lighters under the bridge. I even have a rail road spike sitting next me right now, that we picked up some 8 years ago. I was even at that Mcdonald's two weeks ago!

The St Cloud line ends a couple miles outside of town. They turned it into a bicycle, ski, snowmobile trail to Cold Spring Mn. They still use the turntable by the roundhouse to turn power units around.

Loved it

Hey! I live near the Willmar rail! Very cool area for photography! Willmar is known for Jennie-0. Let me know if you are ever in the area again!

Very Education

Shoestring we would have hired you in a minute , your sharp. Conrail steel gang Elkhart In , Retired!!

God bless safe trips

Spent a couple cold nights at that Havre campout, nice to see I still got a tag there. Safe travels.

this Ol' Florida boy would be shivering to death up there....keep safe brother

@russellnindynine5905

3 жыл бұрын

tigerman mccool he avoids Florida like the plague

I live about an hour north of Willmar I've walked on the same tracks that he's riding on, pretty amazing

Man I wish winter would get here in California. I’m tired of these fires.

@clodwolf

3 жыл бұрын

One more month for nor cal

@rcbanjanin4314

3 жыл бұрын

Second that! We bought a house in Paradise in May 2018 to vacation in and eventually retire to. Spent all summer remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms and moving furniture and tools up there. That was a gut punch. Still dealing with insurance. Our neighbors up there wound up in Oregon and lost that one too, so things can always get worse... We were heading up there the morning of the 8th and got a call from our neighbor to wait a day as we might have a little trouble getting into town due to a “little fire” on the south side...

@Charles_Anthony

3 жыл бұрын

@@Helpasos: California's aging electrical system that sparks randomly and sets old dead brush on fire is the culprit. Newsom should fix it, but then he won't be able to push his global warming agenda.

@jacknordby1468

3 жыл бұрын

People who don't believe in global warming (heating) should communicate directly with people who live in other parts of the world. Like Antarctica, Northern Yukon, some South Pacific Islands that are being evacuated, etc. I myself have seen evergreen trees in Canada turned reddish brown by invasive beetles that normally couldn't survive Canadian winters. And then they burn.

Love the videos bub

Wow, I like that pedestrian bridge over the 18 tracks at Willmar! That would be an awesome video all by itself showing a train going under it and showing a walk over it.

@phily-phil

3 жыл бұрын

That bridge (we call it the walking bridge) is like 4 blocks from my house.

@hambone950

3 жыл бұрын

bnsf has a road way across their yard in KC its their biggest yard nation wide

@vennic

3 жыл бұрын

@@phily-phil i miss the tunnel under the tracks by the power plant

@phily-phil

3 жыл бұрын

@@vennic I know. Used to speed up my bike so I could shoot right out the other side by the high Rise.

@aliciaevans2012

3 жыл бұрын

I live here

Your narration of the cold and windy raw weather there in Willmar made me put on a sweater while watching this in my 75 degree living room... Brr!

I need to get one of those hats!!

Panama Coushatta said hi good job and be safe

Oh snap I met you in sw mn a couple yrs back! Keep on keepin on!

Willmar in the house! Great video man!

Stay safe shoestring, those cinnamon sticks looked delicious 👍👍

these sheds are now fenced off and no trespass signs posted all over..too many people blowing it up.. Ride safe Shoestring

I saw that yard recently. It surprised me how massive it is.

CP is cool. I like the all blue locomotives, I think those are MT Link. I really miss D&H and B&M

Just found this. This video is as good as many of those documentaries on public TV. I hope you find a good warm place to hang out. They're saying it's going to be a cold La Niña this time. Stay safe!

Be Safe brother.

Just found your channel and thought "oh, I wonder if he's ever been in havre".... and here we are

I know you know this but for those that dont, cross ties are extremely flammable from the creosote baked into them for durability. A few slivers with your knife and you can start a fire in wet conditions, however avoid breathing the creosote smoke. ✌ *Happy Rails* #HoboMeistro🎵####￦

Shoestring that UP unit is an SD-70 MAC

@cementmason822

3 жыл бұрын

Correct!!

@DanMeyer80

3 жыл бұрын

Its a SD70M not a MAC

@CraigPetty555

3 жыл бұрын

Very little difference!! Both banned for failing emissions requirements, only allowed for local use only

@CraigPetty555

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanMeyer80 tell me the difference!

@gregjr812

3 жыл бұрын

@@CraigPetty555 SD70MAC’s have a slightly larger radiator area while the SD70M’s have a shorter radiator section, but besides that they’re nearly identical.

Be safe Brother!!

FWIW...rain which evaporates prior to hitting the ground is called "Virga". At least that's what we called it out west.

We did find your tag under the bridge in willmar this summer.

Just stay safe, make it back, and start planning the next hop. PBWU

👍👍🔥 Stay warm

Hey Shoestring, You were in my area [ Minot ] again. Be glad you got out when you did. It got down into the teens last night Fri. Oct.16, with windchill in single digits. Today Sat. Oct.17, it only got up to 26° with a windchill in the mid teens. I hope we can meet up some time. Stay Safe. BTW I have a hat just like that. Up north, here you have to have them, if you don't want to freeze your head, face, & ears. You will really like it.💂‍♂️

Yeah, its starting to turn cool weather old pal. Winter be here soon. Z Dartt

good role model for someone tired of trying to fit in

Dang Shoestring I'm two years late but the next time you come around I'd like to have coffee with you & I'm buying TB:

Make more ridein vids we love to see them

Your phone works good,cant hear wind,on bridge ect....safe travels....

Shoestring, the Union Pacific locomotive 4519 is a SD70M. It was new in December of 2001.

Great tags . Big R

I live in Aberdeen just off the yard. Maybe see you rollin through someday.

Shoe, I sure would buy one of those cards with your tag on it I seen em in one of your videos there made of cardboard completely original,Ive gotta have one bruv!

... Hello to Hobo ShoeString from The Rocket City in the Heart of Dixie Sweet Home Alabama