Riding amber waves of grain ♧ North Dakota territory
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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RIP Shoestring. Thank you for of these videos which are ours to remember you by.
I may even buy one of your shirts
He passed away? What happened??? When???
What happened to him??
@@donaldmilhoan6379 Not sure. They found his body in a lake behind his residence
I had a great great uncle who was a sheriff in a county in South Dakota back in the early mid 20th century. He knew just about every person in the county. He had permission from the farmers and ranchers to cut across their land in an emergency. He'd go through a gate and just barrel across their land rather than add time following the roads as some of those farms and ranches are huge.
Enjoy hearing all you have to say, very interesting and informative 👍
Had some exciting times he did but still wonder why he didn't get a regular job & have a home. I'm thinking he just loved the freedom of having no boss. Rip Shoestring.
He had an Apartment in Junction City TN, so there was his Home. Shoestring rode because it was his 'therapy'; many times Mark admitted he suffered from both Asperger's Syndrome and a form of Autism.
RIP ST, prayers all kk said it mean it TY ST :)
Damn! $3.00 a hotdog? They must be good!
Nathan's are the best
Nathan's nuff said. 😊
Me and the kid love your vids bud kind of a dream of ours to meet you
I literally just went to look for any Hobo Shoestring videos I haven't finished or seen yet and see this was uploaded two minutes ago. What a pleasant surprise.
Same… this guy is awesome!!!
I’ve been doing the same !!!!!!!
They are always so soothing. Sometimes I will have them on in the background when I take naps.
@@bradspringer2372you ever dream you're on the train when you fall asleep listening to one of Shoestring's videos?
@@bradspringer2372 lol
Godspeed Mr. Nichols, We Thank you for all you gave, and have given.. R.I.P Shoestring,, You will be missed..✌
RIP Shoestring 😥. I pray your riding in luxury on the big train in heaven. Thanks for the years of memories.
This man has left such a great legacy through these videos and didn’t even realize it at the time. What a treasure of Americana… a train hoppin hobo.
He seemed like a great person I started watching his videos about 4 months ago and was hooked he'll be missed
"RIP Mark Nichols aka "Hobo Shoestring"
In the shadows of the train yard,
Where dust swirls and echoes fade,
Lies the memory of a hobo,
Known as Shoestring the UA-cam renegade.
With a camera in his hand,
He documented life on the trails,
Sharing stories of adventure,
And the joy of riding the steel rails.
He captured the beauty of the open land,
From the mountains to the deserts, with a steady hand.
His videos were a window into a world unseen,
A glimpse into the life of a wanderer, a man with a dream.
So rest in peace, dear Shoestring, ride on in the sky,
May your videos live on, may your spirit never die.
For the hobo in you will forever remain,
In the hearts of those who loved you, and in the rhythm of the train.
You will always be missed Hobo Shoestring...🥲🚂❤️💯
Sincerely, Lynn Cagle
Thank you.
😪😪😪😪😪😪😪
RIP SHOESTRING! He was missing for a few days in March 2024 and his body was found by some fishermen in the lake close to where he lived.
north dakota- where you can watch your dog run away from home for 3 days
Good to see you Hobo, hope you are doing well!
$TAR-BUCK'$ ? that $ort of talk put your Hobo $tatus in jeopardy Shoestring ? I ain't NEVER tasted that $ilver$poon crap , it's a long ways from my boot strings to the top of my pallet !
Greetings from London U.K..my dad was born in South Dakota in 1909. My grandad was a Cornish tin miner who went to South Dakota to mine ..came back to Cornwall in 1911
FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! Hope your doing well Shoestring :)
I should get a heart Shoestring for being the first comment! :(
A “milk train” or “milk run” was common in the northeast where farmers sent fresh milk to larger dairies by train, the stops picked up milk cans with cars refrigerated with ice. Because they stopped at nearly every small town, all along the route they were the ultimate stop&go trips
Hey, I know your route! Me and my sisters were bike tramps for 2.5 months going from Portland, OR to Portland, ME. We took an Amtrak from Whitefish to Shelby since Glacier was looking expensive. We paralleled the BNSF for the first half anyway. I wonder how easy it would've been to stash a road bike on a grainer? Take care, thanks, Mr. Shoestring!
June 1st and I just found out about Shoestring....... Coolest guy I've never met but, his spirit will live on with all of us that have watched his YT channel!
Glad to see you're still livin the dream Shoestring~!!
RIP my friend
RIP Hobo Shoestring. He was a real legend.
Awesome ride Shoestring! Beautiful countryside there! Thanks for sharing it with us! Stay safe and Happy Rails!👍
I remember couple years back you were in north Dakota outside Bismark, it was cold 🥶 and you stayed between those two little buildings near the tracks, then you stayed under that semi trailer, had crates on the sides to hide you, stay safe out there shoestring. 👍
Just thinking about that day today
I watched that one yesterday
nice - thanks for the vid sir. My daddy rode that line as a child after they lost the farm outside of Minot. Ended up in Seattle and g'ma worked at the veterans hospital out here.
Shoe shine don't forget to stop at grand forks nd its very exciting
wow, theres some peaceful scenery out there! great video, hope you stay well!
Lil drinky poo to keep the jitters away. Slur that speech, flash that winkle. Choo choo.
Your videos are better than 95% the shit on Netflix, thats why we and YT are lucky to have you
If your Boxcar a'rockin...don't bother knocking..thanks Shoestring
22:15. LOLOL!!! Anyone Else Catch The Missed Easy 10 Yard Field Goal?? LOL.. Come On Shoestring you have better aim than that... Lololol.. Your The Best Buddy, Great Laugh...😂
You are a classic hobo, shoestring. You make us folks wish we were as seasoned a train hopper as you are.
Who really knows what lurks in the hearts of men?
The Hobo Shadow knows.
Hobo experiences the high line of Mr. Hill and the Great Northern Railway system across Montana.
Route of the famous Empire Builder and Glacier Park and Rocky the mountain goat.
You coming thru Minnesota
That was fun and nostalgic for me. Thanks, Shoestring! I road this line in the opposite direction from Chicago. Got off in Havre, MT 2 or 3 days later because I ran out of water and food. I ate at Pizzahut. I remember being able to see my train I got off of while eating pizza. Went back hoping to catch the same train then got busted, but thankfully he just escorted me out of the yard with advise to catch out in the early early morning. It was the same day Mike Tyson bit Holyfield's ear, June 28, 1997. I remember, because I got a room at a motel and watched a White Sox game. Also went out to some old lounge that had great locals. The next morning caught the hi-line to whitefish and then went on to Portland. Still one of the longest most beautiful rides I've taken. Now I gotta watch your Sandpoint and Idahobo vid!
The hobos are so stealthy that there might have been 2 or 3 of them on Shoestring's train in this video.
If you get stopped in Minot I’ll bring you some lunch if you’d like.
Such a great video! I love seeing Hobo Shoestring riding a 130 ton ‘grainer’ and telling a story with his deeply melodic voice and uniquely storytelling prose.
I get hooked every time!
Keep it up Shoestring!
You mean a lot of different things to a lot of people.
We all enjoy your travels and stories on the railways… ❤
Great to see Shoestring again and back on the tracks
doing what he loves and riding the trains.🤠👍
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇸💨
Go bootstring, go.😀😄😀
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃HOBO Shoestring 🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
=================================================== COPY CAT LOL
This is awesome, I rode the empire builder amtrak from Fargo to Seattle and back and saw all of this, incredible scenery, it's awesome to see a Hobo's pov vs a passenger!
Looky here,,,a brand spankin new video from my favorite Hobo shoestring / aka Brother M !! i love the crap outta that coffee !!!
Black Rifle coffee is hella great
@@lorettashepherd. I agree to that!
The Original Videos are gone of Shoestring.. This guy is 5.9 218 ibs.. Original 6.1. 165 ibs thin guy.. something very wrong.. new ads too. Original very different charactor..
@@annahardina1831 take your Kool aid and tinfoil hat BS somewhere else. Ridiculous.
Good day mark i am happy you are doing very well. Stay safe my friend. 👍🙏🚂🚃🚃🚃 🇨🇦
Lookin good old mate!
28:29 Sadly yes, yes it is Shoestring. But lucky for us you've got the barn full so we can feast for year's on your bounty. Peace Brother.
If you get that feeling, don't ride the rail it is not worth going to jail for a video.
Shoestring Army 4 Life
Yay Montana, and also North Dakota. Grew up up there as a railroading family. Trains rule!!!!!! Father worked for the Great Northern at Whitefish.
I still can't get over, you out free and easy enjoying life , after all those health problems.
If my heart is beating and I wake up everyday, I'm gonna be living it. Probably what he feels, too. Always live while living.
@@OnlyHuman2.0 well said.
Beautiful but desolate country out there in the Upper Plains. Very different from here in Tennessee. Safe travels Shoestring. I love watching your videos. God Bless.
Hay S.S. in BIG SKY country. Real glad to see you back,I was getting fobick 😉〰️〰️happy trails 👣 my friend,,be safe.
I always watched the trains, but I never saw Shoestring. I bet he rode past me at some point before he took the westbound.
UA-cam is cracking down on Train hopping channels. I hope You're not next. I seen a few are now describing it as passenger trains.
Awesome and I just ran out of stuff to watch on you tube! 🤠
Cops bring on Sphincter power!!!
41:00 the train crossing the bridge sounds like the Terminator music 😀
The hobo who talks about poop.
He is sick
@@Netties8266you shouldn't say mean things like that about @williamhagen
Spent the night in Williston in the middle of a big snow storm in April, 1986. We were driving to Minot from Great Falls for Air Force business - TDY for 179 days.
25:31 timestamp. What is that. Looks like a underground entrance. Cement looking hatch cover?!
Just think Shoestring, you were traveling in the footsteps of the 7th Cavalry under Custer which they traveled in the days before Little Big Horn. Its pretty cool to see the Dakota territory in all of vastness.
Like new t shirts , grab some merch. HAPPY RAILS . OH YEAH been on amtrack thru once . SAFE RAILS SHOWDOW MAN 🎉
Did you ever meet a rider who went by the name "Rail-Top" aka (Real Rail Top)
Greybull area 1995/96/97???
Been through the yard at Shelby a bunch of times on Amtrak's Empire Builder....absolutely love Shelby and especially Whitefish.....safe travels Hobo
Just watching Marks videos that I haven't seen yet, RIP Shoestring.........miss ya
Killer bra another GRATE‼️ production by the one and only‼️ ya🤘✔️
Mexico has a train ride thru Cooper Canyon! The El Chappee! I would like to go on this ride with one. Yet, Paul is just too sick to go, the liver and the kidneys. Am doing my best to care for me. Just staying at home is not much fun. Yet, I do what I have to do. The packs are on the front purch. Ring the bell for me to bring down the stuff to put into the pack. I really don't want much company either. This fifteen-hour course started at sea level, crossed the Continental Divide, and eventually stopped in the high plains of Chihuahua. For 400 miles, through 86 tunnels, and five climactic zones, over 37 bridges, up and down steep grades, el Chepe rumbled along its track. It is recommended to get three or four stops on the ticket along the way. The cooper canyon has nine canyons inside of it or mountain ranges. They mine gold and silver from this canyon too. No cooper. The stuff I have for one is free. One is just getting a friendly hand up from me that's it. Enjoy the riding and go as far as one can go. I always came back to Youngstown Ohio after most of my trips. Paul in Ohio
Do you actually know Shoestring?
You know about the Beast by chance down there. Helluva ride. A dangerous ride due to the people nowadays.
Just get a white sheet and you will blend in
He is great n so are y’all 🤟👍
That's good stuff Shoestring. I bet the heart was pumping fast when you thought the Police was waiting on you.
40:50 - "I love Sundays because theyre so quiet"... 41:00 - Terminator Theme Song
Hobo shoestring you might want to write a couple of books. think about it man I really think they'd do good thanks 🇺🇸✌️
Watching your Videos sooths my troubled soul and sets me free through your travels and adventures. Thank you. Safe travels Shoestring 🙏
Shoestring, you are truly “free”. Most of us wish we could be free like you. Glorious eternal journeys. Peace.
Some people love the ocean or the high seas. I love the high plains. Especially where there are buttes and mountains in the distance. Kinda like an island sticking up out of the water.
You stopped in Devon; my Grampa is buried just north of the tracks!!
Lol woohoo nice shoestring
Why not carry a small folding dust pan & folding brush to sweep out rotten grain, or any other filth you encounter?
Blows my mind you were in ND not only a year ago...
That’s good coffee
I would roll a few up for the ride and smoke right in that little cubby lol.
Best way to see the USA is this way 🇾🇪👍😏🇺🇸
Great ride Shoestring, thanks for taking us along!
Nice!
Just finishing my railfan trip in the east. Currently in Dalton,GA. Was in Bulls Gap a couple days ago and they have a small museum there. Not very much traffic north of Roanoke in Shenandoah Valley
Hey Mark, I came across your gold panning video in alaska a couple of weeks ago and I couldn’t help but noticed you look really familiar minus the grey hair & missing fingers. I use to ride the rails between Casper & Billings back in the mid to late 90’s and went by the name Weasel or DocHollywood. If I couldn’t find an open boxcar then I’d try to find a grain car w/those open cubbyholes so the bulls cant see ya and if those weren’t available then I’d have to wait for the next train rolling thru. Safe travels Shoestring 🍻
Shoestring we love you from United Kingdom
I can buy 2 Nathan’s hotdogs at the Walmart Neighborhood store for $3 bucks. $1.50 a piece but you can’t find those stores by RR tracks I guess. I need to get a hobo shadow TShirt so you can afford to buy them 🤣
Thanks again for the ride along Shoestring, you're good company 😊😊😊😊
Always enjoy your videos - thank you for sharing your experiences and railroad terminology 🚂🚞🚞🚞🚞
Watch your videos all the time, I love the knowledge you share with everyone about trains. Watching your videos allows me to do what I can't lol. I would love to try it sometime but I would end up with my luck south of the border. The views are my favorite of the places you go through. Will keep you in my prayers. Thank you for the videos Shoestring. Best regards ,RJSELBY
Keep the videos coming
Shoestring just hopped a smoker to another dimension death is just the end of a stage in your existence just like birth
Reminds me of something I heard a long time ago...
We're all travelers in this World
From the sweet grass to the packing house
Birth till Death
We travel between the Eternities
RIP Shoestring. 🚂😔😪
black rifle sold out sorry to say. try non-woke brand
Shoestring do you know where some of your old riding friends are today, like big buddy?
The life I couldn't do,but wish I could....thank you shoestring, I bet many would say this.
Good to see you old time✌🏽
I wanna roll with ya so bad🤣
Been 20 years since I hopped a freight but damn it feels like yesterday when I watch your videos.
Been to lots of the places you reveal🤙🏽
Safe travels mister
If you get busted, what's the charge and the penalty possible ?
Charge is trespassing and usually a ticket with a fine to be paid
@@lorettashepherd. I think Mark has received trespass warnings for every railroad except Florida East Coast RR.
These are views of the country you cannot get anywhere else.
Shoestring what frequencies do you use to listen to the conductors? I am studying to be a ham radio technician & love listening to all different frequencies
A friend programmed all them in for me. Most all the used ones...not really sure
You can purchased a radio scanner that has all the railroad frequencies already preprogrammed in. You don't need a license to listen, just transmitting. Good luck getting your Tech license, I'm a licensed ham radio operator.
@johnscherf1228 Great thank you I've got a Baofeng Uv-5r that I use to listen to my local repeaters & learn how to communicate b4 I get my license. I'm also getting a talkpod A36 so I can transmit GMRS when I get that license from the FCC
@@ExposingCorruptionNC Cool! You should not have a problem getting your Technician license it's pretty easy more easy now than when I took it I should really be a Extra but I haven't gone that far I should be a General now going for my Extra Class but just too lazy but good luck!
@johnscherf1228 thank you, I'm trying to find local hams I can go and shadow to see how the stuff is set up. I'm more of a hands on learner myself
How many train miles do you think you do annually?
Can you get Black Rifle ground coffee and how does it compare to that strong flavorful coffee you get at a reputable restaurant?
Any chance you can show us how to tape up a water jug ? and maybe a couple other little tricks you might know ....Thanks Shoestring !
If I can remember
thanks buddy@@TheHoboShoestring
Greetings from Maine