Hobo Riding the Train - Police Arrive! + 3 Passing Trains

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

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.

[@DrLumpyDMus]

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]

@@DrLumpyDMus 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]

@@DrLumpyDMus busy body

[@invisi-bullexploration2374]

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]

Did the driver call the cops?

[@13squier]

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

[@enrique12338]

Shit better then the cops shooting mexican and black kids

[@47nodoubt]

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]

@@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]

This is the result of tort law going sour

[@SoulShurpa]

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

[@chanvalentine8283]

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.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

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

[@voxer99]

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

[@redrock717]

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]

@@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]

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

[@HoboRoadrunner]

@@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.

[@PacificAirwave144]

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]

He's trespassing.

[@jasoncentore1830]

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

[@run6run751]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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]

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

[@ShakespeareCafe]

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

[@yachtboy6756]

Interesting. This Flying Dutchman however already has a captain😁

[@zachthompson1376]

Stobe’s dead?

[@ShakespeareCafe]

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]

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

[@fritzcolburn]

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.

[@geoffreylee5199]

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

[@inyobill]

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

[@Rayman1971]

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]

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

[@smashlee6181]

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

[@tomcatt998]

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

[@movileone7420]

It would be cheaper to just keep that train moving

[@ES-nq8uu]

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

[@chrisv3863]

Or something happens and the train derails

[@maureenolin199]

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]

@@maureenolin199 exactly

[@stephanroller3209]

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

[@doubleagent6951]

The hobo outsmart them all. Hobo wins

[@DrLumpyDMus]

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

[@onenerdvs9639]

@@DrLumpyDMus 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.

[@DrLumpyDMus]

@@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]

@@DrLumpyDMus 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.

[@DrLumpyDMus]

@@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.

[@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889]

I don't know much about this other than from watching KZbin 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]

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]

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

[@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889]

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

[@paxmule]

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

[@brocki95xxx]

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

[@biged8290]

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

[@anangelsstar]

@Carol Ziegler and? your point is

[@rhuttrho88]

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

[@garyjohnson1970]

The last free men....

[@jscottbarnes]

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

[@bobertmcboberty1385]

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

[@maggie0285]

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

[@bigthunder2860]

Or his get out of jail free!!!

[@Mike-tg7dj]

That's a good one.

[@Mike-tg7dj]

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

[@Chief176]

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

[@KarlOtterman]

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

[@KarlOtterman]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@richiesquest3283]

This is major overkill for a petty offence.

[@rossguillory5556]

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!

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

[@Gypsy839]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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

[@oregonrailfanner9835]

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

[@iwebb5258]

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

[@anangelsstar]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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

[@AndreiTupolev]

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

[@jeremywilliams1835]

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

[@srats56]

@@jeremywilliams1835 stupid hypothetical question

[@Sshooter444]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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

[@jonastoftdalkonarski7533]

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

[@tommycarr1513]

That's barely any time to skip ahead for

[@peterp1158]

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

[@lasagna19.6]

Thanksss

[@avisjohnson6185]

Bless you brother !!!

[@elang3366]

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.

[@JGPlisken]

seems like a lot of time and resources wasted

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

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]

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

[@fastcsx1412]

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]

I always called it the greybar motel.

[@Jleed989]

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

[@voxer99]

Aren't most motels concrete motels?

[@tomegg]

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

[@dragoflamer786]

People who have nothing else in their life

[@PuuberZ]

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

[@darksydephillip8791]

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

[@Trehugindrtlvr1]

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

[@JerryNSretired]

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]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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.

[@TheCheapReefer]

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

[@explorecorn]

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.

[@elang3366]

The hobos have an annual convention in Brit Iowa...thank God for the hobos....if not for them, the crops would probably spoil on the vine! They were earning their keep...long before the agricultural industry went high teck...and high entropy!

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

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]

That was really safe!!

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

@@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]

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]

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]

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.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

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]

Paublus Americanus AMERICANUS YEAH! I saw that movie too!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e525dXibmNpkiJY

[@motomark9736]

How do you feed a family riding a train ?

[@gregrowe1168]

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

[@Vanlifecrisis]

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

[@Mrcharles.]

@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.

[@h.r.puffnstuff8705]

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]

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]

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

[@firefalcon100]

@@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]

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.

[@alabasterfigueroa4431]

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

[@edwardjones9631]

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.

[@timbrown2637]

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

[@musicinspire1745]

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]

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]

lol glad you're not my lawyer.

[@brandons2411]

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

[@TBoy205]

MusicInspire That is not the only issue

[@musicinspire1745]

@@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.

[@viewfromthehillswift6979]

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.

[@theblackhawkbear]

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

[@paullaurent9771]

Stobes is dead since november 2017

[@Joe-sn6ir]

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

[@Xostrich12X]

@@Joe-sn6ir seethe

[@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks]

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]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@eugenkramaric1173]

Ron: Agree.

[@lignow9762]

Good camera work

[@stevynschlinsog7478]

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

[@sreejithar450]

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

[@skuzlebut82]

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]

No one has the right to steal a free ride!

[@misternobodysixtynine]

Yet it's either Death or Taxes

[@waynethurman2144]

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]

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

[@ryanwolf7174]

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]

Bless those guys...

[@mikejw58]

Are you a real live hobo?

[@gabeslawncare9104]

so you didn't go to jail what the hell

[@tonyhill5418]

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]

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

[@Aiijuin]

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

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

You were at the right spot! 👌

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks, sometimes it happens!

[@cl7304]

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[@derekward3144]

To call the cops

[@Mrcharles.]

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]

Lol why do I see balatamore on every video

[@JustCalMeBozeman]

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]

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

[@ES-nq8uu]

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]

@@ES-nq8uu Wow dad, thanks.

[@martyjones566]

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

[@antonio1681]

Agree with you

[@TreyJ_Mollo]

Hopefully Hobo shoestring doesn’t end up like this 😂

[@gerardmoran9560]

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

[@JawTooth]

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

[@doubleutubefan5]

Hey surprised to see you here !

[@bluestar465]

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.

[@Renville80]

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]

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

[@scotmhead]

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

[@suzannewilde6733]

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.

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

[@cool2180]

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

[@Automcanic]

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

[@richardorourke4571]

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

[@ElementofKindness]

*_"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]

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

[@redbaron474]

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

[@suzannewilde6733]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@danidiaz2377]

let the man ride if he wants to ride.

[@billyreynolds4749]

Exactly!!!

[@TNS17]

Dani Diaz why it’s free u need to pay

[@jacksons1010]

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

[@thecheeseburglar8544]

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]

nope, aint smart

[@colonelcactus2462]

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

[@mshrailfan129]

True

[@andrewsmithphoto]

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

[@christopherdibble5872]

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

[@awizardalso]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

@@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.

[@perceptionmanagement2116]

Real good work there, Barney Fife

[@hudsonhawk0016]

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

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

It's a GP38-2.

[@asfd74]

Gosh darn those hobos. Putting police officer's lives in danger and disrupting commerce.

[@RishayanPorMexico]

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]

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

[@ferdievanderwalle7631]

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

[@stephenyoung2742]

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

[@mr_man72]

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😂🤣

[@josephbalinski]

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

[@KB4QAA]

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

[@rkelsey3341]

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

[@Okahandjaman]

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]

None of them work lol

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

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

[@stephaniestephers4586]

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.

[@jagc1969]

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

[@Dogvinity]

What a treat to be near such an active railway.

[@M4G4M4N]

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

[@Dogvinity]

@@M4G4M4N 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.

[@M4G4M4N]

@@Dogvinity 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

[@Dogvinity]

@@M4G4M4N 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.

[@CharlesLangSamuel]

Glad he got away! Congrats to him. Another example of pointless harassment - a policy of hate - by the police.

[@brocki95xxx]

That isn't pointless harassment. He wasn't a rail fan but a trespasser

[@ddlk9913]

@@brocki95xxx I honestly never expected to see people that actually cared about hobos bumming rides on trains. For all the reasons to hate bums, this has to be at the very bottom of the list.

[@hojo70]

@@brocki95xxx You must have been born yesterday. People been hoppin trains since they were invented. Not a big deal, Karen

[@brocki95xxx]

@@ddlk9913 Because these asshats are why photographers are always seen as suspicious when they are near crossings or anything and just want to capture a nice shot of a train. You used to be able to walk into a rail yard and just take shots of railroad equipment. Not anymore. Why? Because people kept suing the railroads because of their own stupidity and got away with it.

[@brocki95xxx]

@@hojo70 People have been robbing banks since they were invented as well. Don't you think it is time that we enter a more civilized era and refrain from such jackass like behavior? Because in the end the railroad always gets sued and engineers start freaking out the moment they see you wander around a railroad crossing.

[@JetSettingBotanist]

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

[@anangelsstar]

Good Job hobo! keep it up and be safe brother

[@dave0z96]

I worked in a rail yard in north west Indiana and seen hobos quite a bit I didn’t care what did as long as they weren’t violent or shit faced drunk . I’d tell them to be safe, don’t get killed and carried on with my switching . I seen guy get arrested because he road a car into one of arcelor mittals steel mills you got to pay attention where your going and know where yours at .

[@mattalbrecht7471]

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]

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

[@robertadner2809]

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

[@lifetimedreamvideos985]

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

[@AcuraLvR82]

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.

[@NJtoAzMountainBiker]

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

[@railroadvelocipedeproducti2020]

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]

Either way, it's stupid.

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

There are no hobos anymore

[@brazillo19]

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

[@fredfrederickson]

brazillo19 so buy an Amtrak ticket

[@GeoffBlackmore]

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

[@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks]

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

[@kimberlyatwood5154]

Great video- like the storm coming in!

[@atelectro1]

Must have been a very slow day for the cops.

[@lt1montess]

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

[@georgewashington938]

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

[@jessicaarverne1181]

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]

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

[@nightrider6769]

I have a few hobo guys I follow and the reason I follow them is for one the scenery two what is it like to ride on a train three to see if they get busted. That's my reason.

[@maggie0285]

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

[@juankintana6533]

Angela L R.I.P to a real g

[@victorponciano4541]

Darkest hours of the night

[@rascallyrabbit717]

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

[@sunglassesron9464]

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

[@tomfire1972]

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.

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

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

[@RailFanRob]

Pretty cool footage.. The hobo added some excitement to video.. Awesome 👍🚂👍

[@Tiffy552]

Sledgehammer to crack a walnut?

[@rodgiacoleetch6193]

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

[@joeygentry1400]

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.

[@njh18]

Glad he got away!

[@Speciation]

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

[@charlesshivoder2887]

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]

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]

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.

[@TheLouisamite]

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

[@vectorm4]

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

[@DonVideoGuy007]

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

[@jackdough8164]

I’d highly recommend train enthusiasts to watch stobe the hobo’s videos. They’re amazing

[@casual9982]

Isn't he the one who got killed jumping trains?

[@DanMeyer80]

Also Hobo Shoestring, great story telling

[@Chiraqproductions]

Rather watch shoestring

[@95KIPPIE]

I say leave them alone, they’re not hurting anything. Let them ride!!

[@killroy9628]

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

[@trainfan1206]

you got that right lol

[@sthpac69]

There is a somewhat popular hobo on youtube who goes by the name "SHOESTRING", look him up.

[@georei]

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

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks!

[@moreclips805]

Probably hobo shoestring haha he’s got a KZbin riding trains all across the country