FYI, lots of commenters saying I called the cops. No I didn't, you obviously did not watch the video. The train is coming to a stop well before it gets to my location, in fact I almost packed up and left because it was taking so long to arrive and starting to rain. I just happened to be there with my camera and radio and this is what I saw, stop blaming the messenger. The railroad has rules where if other trains spot riders they have to report them and stop to check them out. I have no idea why local police arrived other than the train dispatcher probably called it in as part of protocol.

@DrLumpy

3 жыл бұрын

If you called the cops you wouldn't be the bad guy here. Quite the opposite. You would have been doing the right thing. No different than ME calling in a trespasser on YOUR property, or any other crime in progress. Trespass and violating federal law is not the mark of a hero. It's what criminals do. There's not an argument about train hopping being right or wrong. It is simply wrong. Illegal at the federal statute level. You couldn't get more black and white "wrong" than that. The only argument is "I don't want it to be wrong". There are no good reasons for it being acceptable, there are hundreds of reasons for it being wrong. But throw out all the reasons, and it still is, simply, unarguably, against the law - wrong. Here's a simple test when faced with some kind of question like this - If you were a parent, and a school teacher was telling your kids "It's ok to hop trains, even if it's against the law", would that be acceptable to you as a parent? Do what is right, always, and you'll always be right.

@digitalchaos1980

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrLumpy While I enjoy watching some of the train hopper videos, it's mainly because I enjoy seeing the scenery that most people dont get to see, all from my couch. I am not justifying it with this comment either, just stating I like to watch sometimes. To answer your question, no I would NOT want my daughters being taught that it's ok and safe and acceptable to hop a train. It might be a rush to the ones doing it but it surely is dangerous on so many levels!

@swashington942

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrLumpy busy body

@invisi-bullexploration2374

3 жыл бұрын

As the one tool already commented rail fans have a baaaaad reputation. That's all. And a lot of rail riding videos document this behavior from rail fans. >Railfan sees the rider. Out comes the phone. I am not saying ALL of you do it but at least some are 'Time For Wapner' individuals who snitch on every rider they see. Like standing there. All day. To snitch on riders. To the point where rail fans are the *bane* of riders.

@spcraleigheas

3 жыл бұрын

Did the driver call the cops?

The public can finally let their guard down knowing this crime of the century was foiled.

@enrique12338

2 жыл бұрын

Shit better then the cops shooting mexican and black kids

@47nodoubt

2 жыл бұрын

A crime has to be against someone or their property, pedophile government has nothing to do with rail lines they stole ownership just like the rest of their shit.

@toddjones1403

2 жыл бұрын

@@47nodoubt And I’m sure you’d be all for this guy suing the company if he got injured while trespassing. Your logic is incredible sir..umm, kid.

@ChadDidNothingWrong

2 жыл бұрын

This is the result of tort law going sour

@SoulShurpa

2 жыл бұрын

And I would have gotten away with it !! if it wasn't for you meddling kids👅

My great-uncles would ride the rails in the 20's and '30's to find work. They said sometimes they'd find hobo's frozen to death from going through the mountains.

Buddy hides in bushes, as train moves, gets back on ...

@inyobill

3 жыл бұрын

"Police searched, but didn't find him", ... ummnmmnnmn, no kidding ...

@Rayman1971

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, that would be priceless!!! also, what are th3e chances of several hobos on the same train but different cars...unbeknownst to one another!!!

@tomcatt998

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rayman1971 i see nothing i know nothinggggg .... Sergeant Shultz

@smashlee6181

Жыл бұрын

@@Rayman1971 I've seen that happen on some train hopping videos lol

@tomcatt998

Жыл бұрын

Now if he hadda Donut on him da popo would've sniffed him out

The hobo outsmart them all. Hobo wins

@DrLumpy

3 жыл бұрын

"Wins" is not exactly the term I'd use to describe his life situation.

@onenerdvs9639

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrLumpy Some folks choose that life because it's what they enjoy and it's how they want to live. Just because it's different it doesn't make it wrong.

@DrLumpy

3 жыл бұрын

@@onenerdvs9639 Well, I didn't say "wrong". But if he's riding trains, yes, it's simply wrong. It's a federal crime, it's not an emotional, poetic interpretation. My point is, again - "Wins" is not exactly how I'd describe his lifestyle.

@alabasterfigueroa4431

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrLumpy I think the "win" was against getting caught, not his life situation. Yeah it's against the law, but a lot of things are against the law that aren't wrong morally. Train hopping doesn't hurt anybody, unless God forbid they slip or make a mistake. In that case they're only hurting themselves.

@DrLumpy

3 жыл бұрын

@@alabasterfigueroa4431 "Morals" are your personal decision to obey or violate laws and rules or not. If you choose to violate a rule or a law, and you consider that "good morals", that's your personal choice. That's your set of morals. If you were an employer or owned a company, or even just a co-worker, how would you feel about a potential employee who says "I know there are laws about a lot of things, I choose to disobey some of them", during his interview? How about if you heard an elected official or your teachers or your children say the same thing? Would you be satisfied with that elected official? Would you be proud of that offspring of yours? On "They don't hurt anyone": Yes, they do. They cause the railroad, the governments that pay for the police, and ultimately YOU, the taxpayer, and the end user, to incur costs to deal with those "Winning Hobos" who choose to violate property which is not theirs. If they do slip and "Hurt themselves", you and me will pay for the police/fire/ems/hospital/rehab/jail time/court appearances. On Winning by not getting caught: You "Win" when you do the right thing. Not when you do the wrong thing but just don't get caught. I've got my morals in the right room. Perhaps you should consider where yours currently reside.

Another fine example of a small town with WAY too many cops that have WAY too little to do.

@voxer99

5 жыл бұрын

So true. 2 vehicles used in pursuit of 1 guy who they'll never find.

@redrock717

5 жыл бұрын

I mean it’s kinda their job to answer the call. What if it turns out there’s more than one rider? What if the FTRA has a rider on this train. The FTRA riders are very dangerous.

@TheCheapReefer

5 жыл бұрын

@@redrock717 Not all of them are assholes so quit believing what u read . Ive met a few FTRA and they were just average guys who network together

@humanresearchtestsubjecth.1184

5 жыл бұрын

They make money writing tickets to people for doing the exact same shit they do. There is big money in traffic tickets.

@HoboRoadrunner

5 жыл бұрын

@@redrock717 shut up so what a few FTRA did some bad things . so what? if thats the casw that every FTRA is bad , then every cop is bad.

This is the Ghost of Stobe the Hobo riding the rails into eternity---this particular train is dubbed the Flying Dutchman

@yachtboy6756

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. This Flying Dutchman however already has a captain😁

@zachthompson1376

3 жыл бұрын

Stobe’s dead?

@ShakespeareCafe

3 жыл бұрын

Zach Thompson Died when his backpack got caught on part of the train....don’t know all the details just what was reported

@crash_davis

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the Stobe incident happened in 2017 near Baltimore. Is well documented in comments on his channel(s). RIP.

@fritzcolburn

3 жыл бұрын

It's almost 3 years now and I think he'd get a kick out of the fact that people are still talking about him. I miss that character.

Someone saw a stowaway so lets stop the train, send out a crew for a slow inspection, call out the cops--for someone that doesn't have a mailing address or bank account....

@blake_edwards

5 жыл бұрын

He's trespassing.

@jasoncentore1830

5 жыл бұрын

Sad part they would lock him up for a few weeks and set bail on a homeless guy... Ohh America

@run6run751

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelfreeze2949 Everything you listed is tops 500 bucks. Gopro, scanner, laptop, free editing software

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

These people are operating heavy equipment and do not want to be liable for a Noob tresspasser that scoffs at the laws about hopping aboard a private companies train so he can get free transportation. This kind of stupidity can get him killed.

@fearlesscrusader

5 жыл бұрын

@@wes9619 "per say"? You don't say!

This is major overkill for a petty offence.

The hobo just needed to show his "Take A Ride on the Reading Railroad" Monopoly card.

@bobertmcboberty1385

5 жыл бұрын

Scott Barnes I always carry my get out of jail free card!

@maggie0285

5 жыл бұрын

That’s funny! He might land on the go to jail spot.

@bigthunder2860

5 жыл бұрын

Or his get out of jail free!!!

@Mike-tg7dj

5 жыл бұрын

That's a good one.

@Mike-tg7dj

5 жыл бұрын

@@bobertmcboberty1385 He should always carry that one, especially when jumping a train. Got to have that get out of jail card.

I don't know much about this other than from watching KZread videos, but I would think catching the hobo would be a bit like trying to catch a fly off of an animal. They can jump off, run away, hide in the woods, come back on again, whatever. Naturally, I'm sure the police cannot afford to conduct a large-scale manhunt like they would for a dangerous escaped prisoner.

@toyotaalltheway1

5 жыл бұрын

Stopping the train there wasn't the best idea for catching him either. The videos I have seen of them getting caught are usually in rail-yards.

@garywheeler7039

5 жыл бұрын

@@toyotaalltheway1 If a hobo is smart, he will jump off if it is coming into a yard. They are often fenced and patrolled.

@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889

3 жыл бұрын

@ ...But then again, he could have been just out for a fun train ride. He might have been an ordinary individual.

@paxmule

3 жыл бұрын

The cops needed a dog. Then he's have been caught.

@brocki95xxx

2 жыл бұрын

@@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889 Well he isn't because he is riding a train. No ordinary person does that.

To Honour people like Stobe... leave the Hobos in peace to ride the trains. They are not hurting anyone.

@thomasschreiber9559

5 жыл бұрын

Calling the cops seems pretty busybody

@Andrew-jn9yp

5 жыл бұрын

Stobe was the best

@DixiePokerAce

4 жыл бұрын

Most "hobos" are hardcore junkies that would cut your throat. I don't want to see them get arrested. I would rather see them crushed beneath the wheels of a moving freight train. The deader the better.

@rhuttrho88

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a George Soros puppet we have here!

@heyitshuttz3705

3 жыл бұрын

I lot of hobos are dangerous and mean so they have to do something...

Hobos have been doing it for years so I say let them!

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

You say that because you dont understand. Once you understand, youll sing a different tune.

@oregonrailfanner9835

4 жыл бұрын

E S you obviously don’t know what fun is then... hobos have always been and always will be

@iwebb5258

4 жыл бұрын

@@ES-nq8uu hahahahaha I love that you're on some sort of KZread train safety crusade. Get a life clown.

@anangelsstar

4 жыл бұрын

@@ES-nq8uu dont understand what? that its a way of life and others like yourself love to shit on others?

@ES-nq8uu

4 жыл бұрын

@@iwebb5258 better than the train company telling your family that they cant sue because you were an idiot and played on the train tracks.

Who cares!!?? Let them ride!! Sad thing is, most hobos know more about trains than some employees.

@KarlOtterman

5 жыл бұрын

Well that one clearly didn’t because he almost ate shit dismounting the train.

@KarlOtterman

5 жыл бұрын

And then he gets run over, potentially delaying the train, delaying opposing traffic, and then the railroad loses money over a person who shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

Highly doubt it. They just know how to screw someone else over for free stuff. Hes a safetly hazzard. If they found him, I would have been happy to see him carted off in cuffs.

@dr.delray2767

5 жыл бұрын

E S the fact that you spend your free time replying to people’s comments rambling on about how this guy is a safety hazard is absolutely hilarious. Get a hobby.

@solarsatan9000

5 жыл бұрын

He's probably not even a hobo just a guy who trainsurf's for fun

So many rides on that train with all the open box cars

seems like a lot of time and resources wasted

Hobo's keeping history alive...just don't lose any limbs.

@anangelsstar

5 жыл бұрын

@Carol Ziegler and? your point is

@rhuttrho88

3 жыл бұрын

@@anangelsstar don't lose an arm or leg! Reading is fundamental!

@garyjohnson1970

Жыл бұрын

The last free men....

It would be cheaper to just keep that train moving

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

Till the guy gets run over, then the stopped traffic and investigation will cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

@chrisv3863

5 жыл бұрын

Or something happens and the train derails

@maureenolin199

5 жыл бұрын

It’s illegal to be riding on a freight so if someone gets hurt it’s on them and the railroad shouldn’t be liable and have it in writing.

@Belleville197

5 жыл бұрын

@@maureenolin199 exactly

@stephanroller3209

5 жыл бұрын

I think if the hobo wants to risk his life riding on the train for free getting across the whole country for free I don’t blame him I would do the same damn thing

Roses are red Ketchup is too The moment you're here for Is at 1:32

@tommycarr1513

5 жыл бұрын

That's barely any time to skip ahead for

@peterp1158

5 жыл бұрын

2:23 you can see him hanging on to the ladder 2:29 his legs as he jumps off

@lasagna19.6

5 жыл бұрын

Thanksss

@avisjohnson6185

4 жыл бұрын

Bless you brother !!!

@elang3366

28 күн бұрын

At 233...you can see his boots/feet dangling down on the other side...then his feet hit the ground...and "he's off"... perfect timing! Best wishes to you sir. Newbies take note.

I was a pretty hardcore rider from 2002-2008 and rode freight trains all over but mostly the South East. We called NS “Nazi Southern” because of their strict policies against train riders. They encourage new employees to always call in tramps, and even had a worker in Irondale (B-Ham NS Yd) call to me in the woods “you can come out just wanna tell ya when next train is coming” while two local police cars were parked next to him. If they wanted to arrest me they woulda had to trek through the thick poison ivy like I had to to get away! Regardless of their policies still always preferred riding NS to CSX less trains but more efficient and less delays! Plus that paint scheme!! SEXY!

2 жыл бұрын

oh, is THAT why its called that? try being an employee, dumfuk

My father road the rails during the 30's to feed our family. He saw the brutality of the "train Bulls" who beat the brains out of many helpless workers.

@paxmule

4 жыл бұрын

Paublus Americanus AMERICANUS YEAH! I saw that movie too!!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6CKpqeek9iXgpc.html

@motomark9736

4 жыл бұрын

How do you feed a family riding a train ?

@gregrowe1168

4 жыл бұрын

MotoMark you don’t, it’s a made up story

@Vanlifecrisis

4 жыл бұрын

@@motomark9736 by working the farm/mine/dock few towns over.

@Mrcharles.

4 жыл бұрын

@paublus Americanus. Just imagine seeing this exact scenario today and it would cause a ton of unrest for this nation especially with what happened with George Floyd earlier this year.

All this for 1 dude chilling on a train seems a bit much.

@darksydephillip8791

5 жыл бұрын

Agrred, but i would imagine if the train company is notified, doesn't stop, then he dies...talk about a lawsuit + bad publicity

@Trehugindrtlvr1

5 жыл бұрын

@Seckswithatoaster I suggest looking up trespassing laws before you kill someone.

@JerryNSretired

5 жыл бұрын

And if I see one, even tho I am retired, I will call in on him--just like I did when working! They got no business TRESPASSING! End of story!

@norbertsiewert3917

5 жыл бұрын

There have been instances where a tramp has set a fire to a box car, or damaged freight.

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

A bit much, till the guy makes one misstep, falls to his death and then the entire railway is shut down to investigate his stupidity. Sorry, but us intelligent adults have to keep the stupid N00bs out of danger.

I see nothing wrong with someone jumping on a train and taking a ride on it for free. As a teenager I used to jump on top of freight trains jump off a bridge onto the train and ride to the end of the line it was great fun. My cousin and I did this when ever we could and we got a lot of exercise walking back 😁

@thomaskauffman2108

2 жыл бұрын

That was really safe!!

@elnabjelland-hughes8172

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomaskauffman2108 😂😂 No we were just lucky - you know how it is when you’re young you’re in fallible nothing can happen to you we were just lucky that nothing did 😊

@junowatt5802

2 жыл бұрын

Let the hobos ride I say, historically railroads caused a lot of death and suffering. Wealthy Rail barons slaughtered Indians and killed off the buffalo to near extinction. They took advantage of immigrants and used them for slave labor often working them to death.

@358trucking

2 жыл бұрын

ALL kids should learn train hopping skills! This was popular in a bygone era! They should take their masks off and give it a try. Should get a credit from school for life skills training.

@brocki95xxx

2 жыл бұрын

Well, here is the thing. Guess who gets sued if the moron falls off and injures himself? Not to mention if he is a minor.

I'm rather pleased he got away in a way. Keeping the old traditions of riding the rails going.

@jeremywilliams1835

5 жыл бұрын

He was trespassing. Want him trespassing on your property?????

@srats56

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeremywilliams1835 stupid hypothetical question

@Sshooter444

5 жыл бұрын

He just killed a child and is on thenrun, let's root for him.

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

Great. Now there are people rooting for illegal actions. Come on man. Dont be stupid.

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

Great. Now there are people rooting for illegal actions. Come on man. Dont be stupid.

Hopefully Hobo shoestring doesn’t end up like this 😂

Who in the world would call the cops for this? Anyway, thanks for sharing. Glad the cops didn't find him.

@dragoflamer786

2 жыл бұрын

People who have nothing else in their life

Hard to believe they want to bust someone riding trains but not actual criminals or illegal immigrants.

the hobo probably is experienced at this and figured he was spotted and dipped

I love the clear and beautiful sound of that ballast train!

We're the only country that takes freight hopping so seriously, its ridiculous. Most places its a slap on the wrist, $50 fine, and a lecture. Here it can be jail time. I mean c'mon...

@Jleed989

5 жыл бұрын

John Marston in the 1930s the rail road BULLS hit you over the head with a stick

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

First, its a private rail company. It would be like a guy bumming a ride on your car bumper and not offering a few bucks for gas. Second, its EXTREMELY dangerous. Men like this die every day from mishaps on private property such as rail lines.

@paxmule

4 жыл бұрын

@@ES-nq8uu Wow dad, thanks.

@martyjones566

3 жыл бұрын

@@ES-nq8uu You ALWAYS in other folk business? I bet you are. I bet everyone hates you in your life.

@antonio1681

3 жыл бұрын

Agree with you

I hopped trains as a teenager. Never got caught. Statute of limitations is over. Now it's a bedroom on Amtrak.

the guy was spooked. If the videographer saw him, then he saw the videographer. notice he RAN from the car? bo's do not run without a reason. this guy had a feeling something was up and did not want to spend a night in the local concrete motel.

@ALL-bj7mj

5 жыл бұрын

concrete motel...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

@fastcsx1412

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I love that, but yeah I’m sure he did something bad and doesn’t want to get caught. Or maybe he’s one of those twin hopper people and didn’t want to get caught.

@Joeybagofdonuts76

5 жыл бұрын

I always called it the greybar motel.

@Jleed989

5 жыл бұрын

Doubt he was a true hobo. Not dressed for the part

@voxer99

5 жыл бұрын

Aren't most motels concrete motels?

You were at the right spot! 👌

@CentralPennRailProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, sometimes it happens!

@cl7304

5 жыл бұрын

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@derekward3144

4 жыл бұрын

To call the cops

@Mrcharles.

4 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine what would happen if the hobo happened to be a minority particularly an African American. I really don’t wanna go into details but given the past incident with George Floyd, I could see this happening.

@trainfan-1012

3 жыл бұрын

Lol why do I see balatamore on every video

People are responsible for their own actions. If he gets hurt, it's on him, not the railroad. However, this sue-happy culture of ours allows this kind of responsibility shifting to go on unchallenged in the halls of legislators.

@railroadmcdailroad1565

5 жыл бұрын

Not in this case... this is clearly Norfolk Southern's fault. The man was walking along minding his own business when out of nowhere "POOF" a railroad and moving train came out of the ground beneath his feet.

@thirstfast1025

5 жыл бұрын

lol glad you're not my lawyer.

@brandons2411

5 жыл бұрын

It SHOULD be their own responsibility but nope everyone else gets blamed in todays society

@TBoy205

5 жыл бұрын

MusicInspire That is not the only issue

@musicinspire1745

5 жыл бұрын

@@TBoy205 I know, I know. It's everyone elses fault for people being out of a job and home. Never mind that individuals make choices that have various affects upon personal success. Only when it goes wrong is it everyone elses fault.

I rode the rails from Thunder Bay Ontario to Banf Alberta. We jumped in one of the diesel units and the crew came to us with coffee and sandwiches during the ride! Better jump off before the train gets in the yard, otherwise your fenced in and railroad cops will get ya.

The foaming is strong. Long live Stobe the Hobo! KFC rides again!

@paullaurent9771

5 жыл бұрын

Stobes is dead since november 2017

@Joe-sn6ir

3 жыл бұрын

@Josh huh???? tf you on about?

@Xostrich12X

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joe-sn6ir seethe

Back in the day the hobos waved to traffic as much as the crews did. I met a few of the old time hobos that camped under a rail bridge near the Katy RR yard when I was a kid. They learned me how they chalked cryptic messages on rail cars to tell each other where they were or had been. Most were real down to earth fellas when u gave Em a chance.

@ES-nq8uu

5 жыл бұрын

Back in the day people died a lot more often around railroad tracks foe this reason. We are trying to keep that from happening. Its sad that youre encouraging it.

@voornaam3191

2 жыл бұрын

What is a yard, here? I read it over and over again. But what IS it?

@firefalcon100

2 жыл бұрын

@@voornaam3191 a place where they store, load and switch train cars to create the longer trains for transport to other locations and customers. think of it as a big train car parking lot if you will, kinda like an airport of sorts

@themanformerlyknownascomme777

Жыл бұрын

thouse boys aren't the ones the railroad (more importantly the crews) are worried about, they are worried about crackheads and the like who will damage the train and try to kill the crew if given the chance.

I should've tried train hopping when I was younger. I still could, physically, but I can't risk getting hurt since I have responsibilities and a family and whatnot

Trains are fascinating! They run on all steel wheels, on steel railroad tracks. Every individual freight car has its own brakes and when stopped has a few extra inches of hitch-slack, between each and all freight cars! This individual railcar slack & brake system allows the train to stop and start, one car at a time, on inclines, uphill, downhill, or on level track & how a very few train-engine cars, can pull the trailing 30 to 80 million lbs of freight-cars. Hobos did ride freight trains before 1960, used to sleepover in our neighbors hay & straw barnlofts, steal a chicken or 2, and sometimes haunt our midwest farm neighbors, only 1 to 2 miles distant.

Thanks for not ratting the guy out, It's a tradition in this country and they should just let them be, I'm sure it can be dangerous but those who do it know the risk.

@themanformerlyknownascomme777

Жыл бұрын

thing is, it isn't just innocent idealists who do this, much more... destructive individuals also try and do it.

For those griping about the unwanted passenger on the train, I now understand why railroads are sensitive about people trespassing on their property, especially if it’s a heavily used line like here. I was reminded of someone I knew of who was late for work many years ago and tried to cross between a pair of stopped rail cars, only for the train to suddenly lurch into motion, causing her to lose her balance, and then her arm at the shoulder. She ended up going back to her hometown and living on disability with family members until she passed away of old age a few years ago.

@lyndonlucier791

2 жыл бұрын

so your friend is a dumb ass ....ok good to know

The backs of those ACF centerflow hoppers are where most hobos preferring ride.

@mshrailfan129

3 жыл бұрын

True

Seems almost as if the light crew thought you were the hobo, once they passed you they resumed track speed.

I used to be a brakeman out in the Rockies. Hobos would gather in camps at the edge of the yards, and every now and then one or more would hop a boxcar (never an open car). We didn't care and neither did the railway bulls. We can't all fly first class, but we're all going to the grave.

Even for the day. That is the best NS video I have seen in along time. Nice Job.. It is clear. It is detailed well.

@CentralPennRailProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@eugenkramaric1173

5 жыл бұрын

Ron: Agree.

@lignow9762

5 жыл бұрын

Good camera work

@stevynschlinsog7478

5 жыл бұрын

@@CentralPennRailProductions that's totally ossum!good catch.

Back in the 80s I got caught and the border patrol let me back on the train I was lucky and and was getting cold going up to the mountains and the engineer was pretty nice he stopped the train and that me ride in the cab

@markmark2080

3 жыл бұрын

Bless those guys...

@mikejw58

3 жыл бұрын

Are you a real live hobo?

@gabeslawncare9104

3 жыл бұрын

so you didn't go to jail what the hell

Must have been a very slow day for the cops.

@lt1montess

2 жыл бұрын

everyday is a slow day, meanwhile Crime is going up like a saturn V

I worked at a convenience store next to the Reading Railroad/Conrail tracks in the late 1970's/early 1980's. Hobo's would hop off the cars when they came into the yard. Conrail police always on the lookout for them. This was in Reading,PA. This was an active yard, with the maintenance buildings still working.

2 жыл бұрын

70's and 80's.. ill take bullshit for 500, alex.

That was pretty cool! I always like videos that have a story

@doubleutubefan5

5 жыл бұрын

Hey surprised to see you here !

After 911, you couldn't be too careful about who was on the trains. Exeter police caught an Afghan man that ICE was looking for for 2 years after he overstayed his visa. He had all kinds of surveillance equipment and they suspected he might have been heading for the Limerick Nuclear Plant. He was living in West Reading.

@edsmith438

5 жыл бұрын

Until I was 12 years old I lived on the place next to the farm they demolished to put in that power plant. A place called Possum Hollow, they bought and demolished our house as well. An interesting and historical place nearby was the Hood mansion, which vandals have since pretty much destroyed. But it was fun to play in when I was a child.

@UkrainianBazooka

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what a fucking joke. Like that's even remotely common. Don't be a fucking pissy Paula or a whiny Wendy. You probably haven't ever experienced real adrenaline or real adventure.

@jshepard152

5 жыл бұрын

That has nothing to do with anything. He could have traveled unmolested by any other means and in a car he would have been subject to must less suspicion.

How many people were brought here by Stobe the Hobo videos?

This video makes me remember the time I was walking along a RR in central Mexico, and this train went by just covered with people on the roof and in the boxcars( more than likely central americans), and they all waved at me and encouraged me to jump on.....but no thanks, I was in no hurry to go were I was going....Most of those guys today are probably cutting y'alls grass.

@mksybr

2 жыл бұрын

What are you doing? Cutting grass in America sounds pretty chill

Hobo? The 5072 high hood SD was the star of the video.

@RyansColoradoRailProductions

5 жыл бұрын

It's a GP38-2.

Sledgehammer to crack a walnut?

@rodgiacoleetch6193

5 жыл бұрын

Plan for the worst, hope for the best...no need being caught short. As Bugs Bunny once said, "one never knows, does one?"

"When I first started hobo'in I took a freight train to be my friend." --JLH

"Emperor of the North"

Hobo = travels and works, Tramp = travels and does not work, Bum = neither travel or works

@KB4QAA

5 жыл бұрын

Hobo = rides trains. Tramp is on foot. Neither name has any bearing on their employment status.

@rkelsey3341

5 жыл бұрын

"Hobo" was a contraction for someone who was "Homeward Bound" and often got there by riding the rails.

@Okahandjaman

5 жыл бұрын

One of my names in my passport/official documents is 'Hobo'. I applied for it (back in 1988 in Sweden) for that exact reason! :)

@gregrowe1168

4 жыл бұрын

None of them work lol

@themanformerlyknownascomme777

Жыл бұрын

what's the term you guys use for the crazies?

What a treat to be near such an active railway.

@SkarKingg

2 жыл бұрын

Not at all, I am surrounded by two of them and it sucks IMO both have very long trains all day with frequent stops on the track and the crossings I need to cross to get out of my part of town

@EliChristman

2 жыл бұрын

@@SkarKingg I think it's crazy they keep building them longer and longer. Even a small one-mile train blocks every single crossing downtown where I now live. Most of our trains are up to two miles long. (I just started on the railroad). That being said, I live on the side of town where tracks don't block the entire area.

@SkarKingg

2 жыл бұрын

@@EliChristman dont get me wrong I understand the importance trains are for the economy, for the daily luxuries we take for granted and everything else. I also love trains but I didn't research my area with trains in mind and when I move I will because it sucks for convenience when surrounded by major transportation tracks and in all it wouldn't bother me hardly if they didn't stop on the major crossings because I have plenty of patience to wait 10 minutes but when they stop here it can be upwards of an 30-45 minutes for them to start moving again and it happens everyday

@EliChristman

2 жыл бұрын

@@SkarKingg even the people who run the trains don't like it. It's dangerous. More can go wrong. Especially with executives pushing one man crews. Can you imagine a three mile train blocking crossings... they would not have a conductor, so if anything happened away from the terminal, it could be an hour or more for help to arrive... only then you'd tack on the time to fix it.

The "hobo" probably has his own video of the ride on KZread. Let 'em ride I say.

The way you put the three dots at the end of 15T is coming makes it feel like that one scene in horror movies where people are searching for something then all the sudden they hear a monster coming for them😂🤣

Bailing out while the train is moving is extremely dangerous as because of your backpack your legs are drawn towards the wheels. The hobo was somewhat lucky.

@lt1montess

2 жыл бұрын

No they are not, I worked on the railroad for 4 years that is a myth.

*_"Someone"_* called the police. "Someone" surely being a railfanner. Nobody else pays close enough attention to notice someone chilling on a train, especially one typically trying to stay out of sight. Maybe the video should be titled, "Railfanners vs. Trainhoppers."

@algrayson8965

5 жыл бұрын

Railroad police take notice. But they aren't everywhere.

@redbaron474

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, the rider was likely spotted because (like an idiot) he was riding on top in plain view

everyone gangster till the hobo is riding the train

I’m glad they didn’t find him. Our country was built upon hundreds of thousands of people hopping looking for work in the 20’s and 30’s. It’s good to see people keeping the tradition alive! There should be a national trainhoppers and hobos day.

Grain cars on both ends have a hole between the V metal frame. That is where I rode sometimes

Everyone has the right to live and travel.. Let them enjoy their freedom. They are not harming anyone.

@skuzlebut82

2 жыл бұрын

So if you're at a stop light and a random person hops in your car, you'll just drive them wherever they want to?

@waynethurman2144

2 жыл бұрын

No one has the right to steal a free ride!

@misternobodysixtynine

2 жыл бұрын

Yet it's either Death or Taxes

@waynethurman2144

2 жыл бұрын

Everybody does not have such a right. if the train companies do not want you on their trains, then it is stealing! God is not mocked! You sound like another millennial socialist. Does everyone have a right to use your home when no one is there?

@PhilWorley

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynethurman2144 Just what are they stealing & who are they harming?

It is rumored that locomotives still patrol that area to this day for the monster...

That dude was gone way before the cops even got there. I bet just slowing the train to a stop let him know something was up. Normally its forbidden in the hobo code-of-conduct to expose yourself like he did, but I think he was just looking to see if the bull was there and which side to get off.

Your video is so clear and so good. Light locos look so good.

The problem is if this hobo fall under the wheels of the train injury or killed the crew and train are taken out of service the crew for a drug test and train have to be clean of human remains- that’s the problem FRA don’t play

@Jleed989

5 жыл бұрын

Alberto Candelaria back in the 1930s it was a way of life

@foxtrot312

5 жыл бұрын

And the liability for the fatality

@fearlesscrusader

5 жыл бұрын

Why test the crew for the hiobo's stupidity? Wouldn't it make more sense to test the hobo? Only in America...

@ronroebuck1656

5 жыл бұрын

The train crew is not taken out of service and drug tested.

@LynnCDoyle-ek2oh

5 жыл бұрын

I doubt the hobo is likely to get run over. This ain't his first rodeo and if people leave him alone he'll be fine.

What a catch! Thanks for sharing this!

Interesting to me that he disembarked from the ADM hopper; only to get onto the covered hopper behind it - the one that had 1; if not 2, wheelsets with badly flat-spotted wheels... LMAO

Great video ! Thanks for sharing. I thought that hobos were something from the past...

Makes me wonder who first saw him? Now if I were the hobo, you'd THINK when the train stops in an odd place, the jig is up and it is time to find an alternative mode if transportation... Hop off and hide at least!

@whoodiestyle

4 жыл бұрын

The trains stop all the time at junctions and siding for passing trains etc.

@robertadner2809

4 жыл бұрын

When a train stops the slow rolls /stops again thats when u start to worry

@lifetimedreamvideos985

2 жыл бұрын

If he was smart, he had a radio and already knew the jig was up. That's probably why he bailed when it stopped.

That's a fine mixed power there! Awesome shot, well done!

Fist time i saw perfectly embedded commercial break in a youtube video. I hate it when a commercial disturbs the story line. One Like from me.

From 1959 to 1965, I grew up in Brookpark, Ohio in a new housing area on the edge of civilization and spend most of my time out in the woods. In 1965, when I was 11, my parents moved into the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. For over a year I watched and studied yard crews getting on and off rail cars getting sorted at a yard east of the Cleveland airport. At 13, I took to hopping New York Central then Penn Central trains with a friend to escape the city as I hated Cleveland. Most of the time we didn't get caught and got off the train before it came into a yard, and caught another train leaving in the direction we came in from. A few times we did get caught and were not charged with anything. Just sent back home. At my age now, I wouldn't get the same treatment as we did as juveniles. I've also noticed that freight cars are no longer passenger friendly like they were in the late 60's.

@CaptainColdyron222

5 жыл бұрын

I’m the opposite. I grew up on the west side of Cleveland right near the railroad tracks. As an adult I moved to Brook Park.

@awizardalso

5 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainColdyron222 We lived at 6496 Claudia Dr. the last house at the dead end on the west side of the street. I spent most of my time in the woods by Abrams lake. When we moved to Cleveland, we were in a 4 unit apartment bldg, at 1451 W.112th in between Detroit Ave and Franklin Blvd (?). When I took to hopping freight trains and got caught, I was court ordered to see child psychologists. They would not accept I was running away from Cleveland as I hated being there. They kept insisting I had a problem with my parents but I didn't. They couldn't accept I hated the city. I currently live in Canton, Ohio and I'm stuck here. I'd still rather live in a rural area.

@louismiller7

5 жыл бұрын

Been there done that up in Indiana back in the mid 40s from Evansville to somewhere down in Kentucky and the back to Evansville 😂, I'm 86 now so it looks like I made it .

@awizardalso

5 жыл бұрын

@@louismiller7 I rode trains to many places, Elkhart, Indiana, went through Horseshoe Curve in Pennsylvania at night. I think it was Horseshoe Curve as the wheels squealed for a long time. Got off in some small town and some hippies gave us a ride back to Cleveland. Made it to someplace close to Pittsburgh got off as we came into a freight yard, caught a train going back the way we came in but instead of heading back to Cleveland when we came through Alliance, Ohio the train headed west and we got of as it came into a freight yard east of Canton Ohio. Looking back, I have some regret to what I put my parents through. When I was gone they were afraid to answer the phone thinking they would get bad news. I never did anything I didn't have complete confidence in my ability.

Is it a hobo or one of theses guys making videos hopping trains?

@railroadvelocipedeproducti2020

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Halucha as he film it getting off the train you can see its legs and it looked homeless which makes it look like a hobo so I’m pretty sure it is, like the hobo from the polar express

@jaredklock8754

5 жыл бұрын

Either way, it's stupid.

@CANControlGRAFFITI

5 жыл бұрын

There are no hobos anymore

@brazillo19

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaredklock8754 Nah, it's quite fascinating -- you get a good view of the countryside, and views you only would see on train routes.

@fredfrederickson

5 жыл бұрын

brazillo19 so buy an Amtrak ticket

Good thing the cops are out somewhere tonight saving us all from some guy riding on a train. I think I'll unlock my doors tonight knowing how much safer we all are.

@AlaskaErik

Жыл бұрын

They were just responding to their dispatcher. I'm guessing they didn't make much of an effort to find the guy, and I don't blame them. They have much more important things to do, like fight real crime.

The W&A sub where I live in NWGA is owned by the State of Georgia. I am a Georgia Taxpayer for 4 decades. I can't trespass on my own land.

Glad he got away!

I thought I saw a pair of legs running near the beginning of the first segment when the train first started slowing.

@tomcatt998

Жыл бұрын

Optical illusion

the hobo should just claim he is an illegal alien and get a free pass

Good luck shoestring hope things work out for u. Enjoy your holiday.

let the man ride if he wants to ride.

@billyreynolds4749

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!

@TNS17

5 жыл бұрын

Dani Diaz why it’s free u need to pay

@jacksons1010

5 жыл бұрын

Dani Diaz Ok, but riding on top is pure jackassery. I see videos of guys doing this for thrills and KZread subs and it’s ruining it for everybody.

@thecheeseburglar8544

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah god damn oogles, idiots out here trying to look cool for social media ruining it for the rest of the hobos n tramps

@katzgar

5 жыл бұрын

nope, aint smart

Good Job hobo! keep it up and be safe brother

Those are some very straight an level rails ,,the trains we have down south are shaking an rocking side to side ,you can really tell a differents

Some great video quality, I had asked what gear you used, but seen it in the description. I had a Vixia as well, great cameras for the price.

That was Arthur trying rob that train while still in chapter 2. He’s not very good at it yet.

@trainfan1206

5 жыл бұрын

you got that right lol

Hi Neighbor. Greetings from Cornwall. Very nice video. Almost like some reality TV show. So nice to see NS action in my own neighborhood. I’m particularly fond of train spotting in the center of Richland where the westbounds emerge from that tree lined corridor, and by the old Reading Company station in Lebanon. Thank you for posting your always fine videos. CAS.

@vangazmicvoyage5077

5 жыл бұрын

Richland! I spent the 2003 Labor Day weekend there camping at an old quarry used as a swimming hole, camping, and picnicking. I was learning to use antique hard hat diving equipment at a rally with the Historical Diving Society. Beautiful farm country there but the Amish had just fertilized a large field with manure and it stank something awful. But worst of all were all the freaking freight trains rumbling through and blowing their horns every half hour all night long. Couldn't sleep at all. I don't know how the residents can take it. Still it was an exciting weekend and I had some time to do some sight seeing. Beautiful countryside.

@voornaam3191

2 жыл бұрын

Is this in the UK? Cornwall is more British than anything like it. And the Lebanon? That is Palestine! Or some weed. How crazy have you all gone? Richland, yeah right.

Why call the cops over a hobo? Let them be they know the risks. Seems silly to stop the train for so long and waste cops time with such an issue

If I ever see someone riding the rails I'll just give them a thumbs up and then I'll keep on minding my own business.

That hobo better be careful or he will end up like Stobe The Hobo.

@juankintana6533

5 жыл бұрын

Angela L R.I.P to a real g

@victorponciano4541

5 жыл бұрын

Darkest hours of the night

@rascallyrabbit717

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not finding any reason to get off the train in these towns anymore, no chicken and no beer

@sunglassesron9464

5 жыл бұрын

@@rascallyrabbit717 K.F.C dude, that's were the chicken is at :)

1989 me and dude caught a UP in vegas to LA They stoped the train in barstow and told us to get off.

@Lucrativecris

3 жыл бұрын

How did you get to LA?

That hobo was long gone by the time the popo showed up. Maybe it was Shoestring?

If you're going to go train riding, don't ride on top the train cars. Its very dangerous and is a good way to get caught. He probably wouldn't have been spotted in the first place if he stayed hidden. That last train would sure be a nice find for a hobo. I've never seen that many open boxcars on one train.

Not every day you here about a hobo. Great job on the video!

@CentralPennRailProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I love this video because I love trains and this was well-made 💕😁👍💕

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore,not like they did back in 1954.

When I were a lad in the Fifties, I used to chug from St. Ives to St. Erth buy steam, a distance of 5 miles...................things have changed!