The Seabees STOLE locomotives full of BEER in Korea?!?! | Citation Needed - 3/4 Show S3e2

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[@Johndoe-jd]

I fully know this story. This story is passed down and every Seabee knows it. The best part of the story is that they say it is the Seabees again. Again means they did something like this before.

[@clairekholin6935]

Well of course they did!

[@Don__]

This might actually be better than the original citation needed.

[@cadence4527]

Will never forget the Korean War. I knew someone who fought in it and he met his wife there. He passed away a few years ago, but I and my family are still close friends with his wife.

[@BMMEC6000]

They’re back!

[@Donald.H]

The Fat Electron has a video on this.

[@johnandrews23]

I knew an old Seabee who served in the pacific island hopping campaign during WWII. (Now deceased 😢) He told me with great pride how whenever they setup at a new island to build an airfield, they would get the distillery setup before the mess hall! He said.. "John Wayne was right, we do build and fight, but he left out the drinking part for the movie!!!"

[@aydenthes10man72]

My great grandpa was a Seabee he told a similar tale

[@jmcosmos]

Based on this, I think I need to tell my father's story about the hometown boy and the WWII ice house on Guam. Late in World War II, the island of Guam served as a base for B-29 bomber squadrons that were flying to bomb the Japanese mainland. Leroy, a native of my small hometown, was stationed as a gunner on one of these aircraft. Guam is hot. Crazy hot. In that climate anything that could keep you cool was valuable and the most valuable thing was ice. Leroy realized this, and after he had been out there a short time, he started to think. He wrote to his brother who was still stateside, and somehow managed to get a small ice-making plant shipped to the island. Leroy found a wrecked Japanese truck left from when the Americans had retaken the island, which still had a good engine in it. He pulled out the engine, connected it to the ice making machinery, and started producing ice for his friends. Word spread in a hurry about the man who had the ice machine. Leroy was like the only man in a mining camp who knew what a gold nugget looked like. Very soon he had a stream of enlisted men and officers coming to him, wanting to trade whatever he was willing to take for his precious commodity. The O club could suddenly have ice for their whiskey and mixed drinks. It didn't take long for squadron command to decide that Leroy was a lot more valuable to morale on the ground and making ice than in the air and not shooting down Japanese aircraft, because there weren't any Japanese aircraft left to shoot down. He was informally and unofficially grounded, and reassigned to the duties of making sure there was ice for the officers and whichever enlisted men were lucky enough to be his friends. This was all fine, except that being on the ground meant Leroy was not flying the required number of missions to qualify for extra combat pay, which knocked a hole in his paycheck. So a cooperative company clerk was voluntold to fudge the papers so that Leroy appeared to have flown the minimum number of missions, and would get his combat pay. The ice plant kept going. When the Japanese truck engine finally broke down beyond fixing, a Jeep was "conveniently" wrecked, with its engine miraculously saved and put to work running the machinery. The word spread among boys from my rural Texas county serving in the Pacific that Leroy was a source of the luxuries that you needed special pull to get, and anyone who could made sure to stop by Guam to say hello to Leroy at the icehouse. You want to keep your friends. Leroy kept making ice until V-J Day, then came home once his enlistment had expired. He went to work as a body shop and tow truck operator, as I knew him.

[@aydenthes10man72]

@@jmcosmos people knew my great grandpa as Jr Jeffries he was a carpenters mate second class

[@Nareimooncatt]

17:08 "...and how does this go for them?" Everyone watching in unison with the cast: "Poorly!"

[@The_cestelin_Holland]

And everyone is wrong 😂😂😅😅😅😊😊

[@DrSteamy]

I was crying when I just heard the line "Naw, it's just the goddamn Seabees again." I haven't laughed like this in a long while

[@nathanielhill8156]

"again" what had they done last time?

[@garysprandel1817]

61 years old and I had a similar response as Mark to the name of the Korean town. That story absolutely needs to be turned into a movie. And this just became my second favorite Korean War story with the first being US battleship group off NK held coast,battle wagon gets a little close to shore and NK light gun emplacement sees the Americans have gotten within range of their pop gun so they spin the gun around ( IIRC the NK gun was not coastal but intended for land targets) and touch off a round. Despite range they land a hit on the battleship and celebrations all around as they've slapped the Americans and then they notice one of the 16 inch turrets swinging around in their direction. After the NK gun and it's crew and a sizable chunk of surrounding real estate was restored to it's original molecular components and free floating hydrocarbons one of the destroyers in the battle group was supposed to have signaled the message temper temper to the battleship.

[@knules2]

From what I've heard they turned all of the turrets and returned a full salvo

[@Oceanus_Rex]

It wasn't just one turret. It was the USS Wisconsin and upon getting struck (superficially by the way, no damage) proceeded to return fire with a full broadside of all 9 main guns and completely.destroy the emplacement. The escorting cruiser then signaled the "Temper, temper" message.

[@garysprandel1817]

@@Oceanus_Rex yes been a bit since I last heard the story. Still have to imagine one guy on the gun crew uh guys I think we made it mad right before the world lit up.

[@jamesTBurke]

I believe that was the Wisconsin

[@ryanwiese5280]

They gave a small shore battery a full broadside, completely wiped them off the face of the earth. They never repaired the shell holes on the ship, and you can still see it today.

[@superbluhedgehog1]

"Leighton, give us a double-brief version of the Korean War." Me, who's watched Spaceballs: "Okay, here we go: The Short-Short version."

[@TheMostUt]

I love the Top Gearesque opening. Beautiful. Also, yeah, how is this not a freakin movie? 9 guys sneak into a train yard, one voice across the way, "hey sarge, you wanna come check this out?". A door slides open, golden light and angel choir ensues. "Boys, we're gettin hammered tonight!" Boisterous whispering cheers, and a montage of loading up pallets of booze onto NOT CARS, but tinders of locos......genius.

[@datguymiller]

Tenders, tinders is like thee stuff you need for fire

[@THE_BaconPirate]

Add in the theme song "Smokey and the Bandit"... We've got a long way to, and a short time to get there...

[@justat1149]

The SeaBee’s are well versed in the age old military tradition of Strategically Transferring Equipment to Alternate Locations 😂 Usually while putting the RGS drunkenness to shame

[@lukemendel8197]

YES

[@sawyerawr5783]

I'm fairly sure even the RGS is looking at the SeaBees like "Dude...that's a bit much"

[@kirknitz3794]

A person who shall remain nameless was a Seabee in WW2 and served in Europe. Anywho, fast forward a few decades later. A natural disaster occurred resulting in considerable damage. Said former Seabee was responsible for maintenance in this area. The appropriate agency had a large equipment yard in adjacent city. A bulldozer was strategically relocated to the disaster cite. When asked about the bulldozer, the former Seabee responded I thought you guys brought it up.

[@aidanburns7797]

"WE'RE STEALING THE LOCOMOTIVES AND THE BEER GODDAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!" That was my favorite moment.

[@MachRacer4]

And this incident caused the Seabee’s to be known to, in the words of The Fat Electrician, Strategically Transfer Equipment to Alternate Locations. The Marines Yeeteth, and the Seabee’s Yoinketh away. And I would say they were 2-8-0’s as we shipped many over there after WWI or WWII. One ended up back in the US in Green Bay, WI at the National Railroad Museum.

[@sawyerawr5783]

The Erie actually sent a 4-6-2 over as well. I believe a K5 class? Sadly, it's more or less confirmed to have been cut up.

[@MachRacer4]

@@sawyerawr5783 didn’t know about the Erie sending a 4-6-2 over there. I knew about the General Pershing class 2-8-0’s that were sent there in 1947, having seen the one in Green Bay which had been in Korea from 1947 until it was donated to the National Railroad Museum in 1957.

[@brownpcsuncedu]

The Seabees were well known for strategically transferring equipment back into WWII, well before this incident. Gotta agree with you, though, this one was pretty amazingly strategic-and the location more "alternate" than usual-even for the Seabees.

[@oriontaylor]

There presumably would have been a good amount of Japanese locomotives around as well (since they controlled it for most of the first half of the 20th century), assuming the Soviets didn’t just steal those too in 1945.

[@erikunderbar4265]

this is gonna be really fun to look back at in like 50 years

[@MrTea_Man]

Lol

[@Finat0]

its fun to look back at NOW, why wouldnt it in 50 years

[@erikunderbar4265]

@@Finat0 thats a fair point

[@ColtonRMagby]

The Fat Electrician did a video on this. He's former military, and his videos are funny as hell.

[@kam833]

What about the time a submarine crew sunk a steam engine? That could be a good story No you arent getting any more context than that

[@eshock9208]

Not even a date?

[@sooline3854]

@@eshock9208 USS Barb

[@nathanielhill8156]

​@@sooline3854Commander "Lucky" Fluckey

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

A sub's battle flag with a train on it was always going to worth a look but that story was WILD.

[@bluejacketwarrior2457]

We build! We Fight! WE DRINK TO THE FOAM! From the SeaBee's that I know. This checks out.

[@Spook_Boi]

im so happy that this is on an episode. i was seriously about to submit this exact story in the form of the fat electrician video cuz its hella entertaining. moral of the story is that the SeaBees AKA combat construction crew are fucking insane. this and Paul Bunion are my 2 fav Korean War stories

[@lukemendel8197]

STEAL THE BOOZE

[@Telemachus2814]

I came here to drop a comment about the Fat Electrician myself (and watch the video), nice to see another fan in the wild!

[@Spook_Boi]

@@Telemachus2814 we're all the same kinda stupid lol

[@whitelightinggaming3737]

Same here would love to see their reaction to his video on this.

[@silverfoxgaming1236]

I too would like to se the 3/4s react to Nics video on this story.

[@angryrailfan5711]

This has topped the RGS in ridiculousnesses. I didn’t think that was possible but the amount of things that had to go right for this to work is insane. The mental images for this are just hilarious. This needs to be a movie.

[@The_cestelin_Holland]

This is the complete opposite of the rgs story for the rgs every thing went wrong but with the seebee everything went right

[@evil_me]

Boooo reruns! Oh wait members get to watch early!

[@GrantDolanMusic]

But this is a rerun worth watching.

[@Hyce777]

Early and uncensored :D

[@evil_me]

@@GrantDolanMusic shhhh I'm covertly advertising to give people a reason to join memberships 😜

[@True_NOON]

Always nice having the Hyce local arrive, and each time this month (or there about) dropping off a 30 foot boxcar full of "¾ of an idiot" show

[@SegaSteve0429]

Their priorities when delegating whos doing what to get the locomotives ready are spot on. Bare minimum crew to get the engines steamed up and everyone else grab as much alcohol as we can carry 😂

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

As someone who has seen M.A.S.H reruns at most stages of my life, the Korean War is not an unknown war theater. But this was completely unknown to me and freaking amazing! It's so wild and somehow very stereotypical to Americans as we view them.

[@ethanthedamonknightgod4418]

You should do an 101 on passenger coach's and rolling stock Combat engineer are probably. Most important unit in the military. Also had a big roll in stoping the Germans from capturing Antwerp Their also national guard unit called old hickory who had to hold a hill in WW2 at all costs

[@hipeopleidkwhatisgoingon]

could we have an episode on the abomination of a train known as the ATSF 3000 series, aka the 2-10-10-2?

[@BandanRRChannel]

Now THAT's a story! Too bad not all of the cameras were working...and too bad we can't expect limes this time. (We'll make sure you get them later!)

[@Libnettem]

I was Air Force Combat Construction in Vietnam, we were constantly given impossible tasks without the means or material. When I left the service I apprenticed to these guys who went directly from the CCC's to the military, mostly Corps of Engineers and See Bees. So they were experienced older guys than regular troops. A lot of these guys got called up after they were discharged following WWII. I worked for a superintendent at one point who started out as a buck private in the Corp of Engineers and ended up a Major, building bridges across the Rhine. These guys were amazing individuals, all of them! Thanks for reminding me of them. They rarely told their stories. Combat engineering units are truly incredible. Thanks for the story, it brought back some of my own memories.

[@steamman5320]

I've run SW-8's 2015 and 2024 at the South Carolina Railroad Museum. Both of these locomotives were shipped to Korea and used by the Army during the Korean war. Both were returned and used by various stateside bases until they finally wound up at Fort Stewart, GA.

[@devthecoachattendant5469]

God I wish I knew about this story a few years ago. My grandfather was apart of the Seabees in Vietnam, so have easily heard about this.

[@awildjared1396]

After searching on google images, the only korean war era locomotives I could find that vaguely fit the description brett gave are chinese built mikados.

[@emm4rmstrong]

They could have been USATC S160s, which were operated by both the North and South Korean Railroads before the war. In South Korean service "they were used primarily in yard duty and occasional short local trains".

[@RGH2007]

I heard about this story about a year ago… still makes me laugh that a bunch of drunk naval men can steal 9 locomotives and survive it all😂

[@Rekuzan]

My Grandpa served as a U.S. Naval radio operator during the Korean war. Also this: Different U.S. military branches @ 5AM: Marines ~ Already doing morning exercises, Army ~ Still in the process of waking up, Air Force ~ Still asleep in their bunks, Navy ~ Still out drinking on the streets of whatever port they're currently anchored in! 🤣🤣🤣 That being said, they probably go through more coffee than the other three branches combined...

[@sooline3854]

A Navy friend told me this one What's the difference between Navy coffee and bilge water? Temperature

[@Rekuzan]

@@sooline3854 *spit takes* 🤣🤣🤣OMG, did you ever watch Black Adder back in the day? Reminds of the 'coffee' from the 4th series!!! ^.^

[@malice6081]

Hey, chair force, ground pounders, crayon eaters, puddle pirates, and queer peers are great people to be around. They all joke about each others but they all friends.

[@colton_fisher]

I'm surprised there weren't as many casualties as there were considering most of the crew (if not all of the crew) were hammered during the entire operation. Gotta say, this was the best episode yet imo, and this situation should for sure become a movie. Great Job!

[@3801NSWGR.]

The Official Report on this ridiculous story On September 15, 1950, American troops landed at Inchon and began fighting their way eastward toward the capital city of Seoul, Korea. From the air it was observed that 8 switcher locomotives were trapped behind enemy lines in a small town named Yong Dong Po, located a few miles away. Seabees from Amphibious Construction Battalion One volunteered to retrieve the locomotives and bring them behind the U.S. Marine lines. Chief Petty Officer E.A. Sidney, a Seabee veteran and former railroad man, volunteered to get the locomotives. Most reports say that Sidney took 8 others with him, and there are records of 3 men, Donald T. Bloomer, Walter Horn, and Gordon K. Barnett, receiving Navy Commendation Ribbons in 1951 for this action. Upon reaching the trapped locomotives in Yong Dong Po, the men realized the trains were sitting at the switching yard for Kirin Brewery and proceeded to load 15 cases of beer and sake onto the trains. As they headed towards the safety of the U.S. Marine lines, several broken rails had to be repaired by the Seabees along the way. Shortly after starting the engines, the North Korean infantry noticed the movement and began to fire rifles and machine guns at the moving locomotives. Minutes later, North Korean mortars began dropping shells on the trains, and shrapnel fragments showered the locomotive cabs and boilers as they moved. The men ducked down and kept moving towards the area occupied by the U.S. Marines. Marines of the First Division were unaware this was going on and upon seeing the locomotives approaching from behind enemy lines, the Marines set up a bazooka along the track to blow the trains up. Marines also began firing shells and bullets at the approaching trains. A young Marine private named Crestfallen noticed the men driving the trains were wearing green fatigues with a GI cut, and said “Hold your fire! Wait a second, these guys aren’t North Koreans!” He shook head and said to his WWII veteran platoon sergeant, “Imagine that, Sarge, there was a bunch of “doggies” out ahead of us.” “Naw,” the sergeant said, “it’s just them damned Seabees at it again!” The Seabees approached the Marines laughing and waving. One report says the beer and sake was not issued to soldiers because of danger of contamination but Sidney admitted that a sampling of the beer and sake back at the brewery may have influenced their resolve in the matter at hand. In an illustration of the event by Robert Pearson, all of the soldiers on the trains are waiving beer bottles in their hands as they come from behind enemy lines into the area secured by the Marines. The mystery of what happened to the beer and sake once behind Marine lines remains.

[@jackgamer6307]

Didn't the marines almost blow the lead engine up with a bazooka before they figured out the seabees were on board?

[@crystalrock18]

I would like to nominate Mark for an additional point for the sole reason he pronounced John Garand’s last name right (Gehr-rand) but that just me.

[@Hyce777]

It seems folks take either pronunciations these days, but as soon as I heard the way the man pronounced it himself I've worked on making sure I say it that way. Feels more proper.

[@crystalrock18]

@@Hyce777 I am with you though I can picture these men firing off rounds while they blasted their way back their lines. Also thank for the shoutout for us veterans we do deeply appreciated you and everyone at the CRRM for supporting the veteran community.

[@AgentWest]

Need to give your bird a "dunce hat" for the 3/4 show intro :)

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

Military engineers are just freaking AMAZING. Whether it's World War 2, Korea, Vietnam or modern days. The United States Army Transportation Corps and Corps of Engineers were the unsung heroes of WW2 on the Eastern front, with the CoE rebuilding or regauging tens of thousands of miles of German track to standard gauge. Often done while under extreme conditions, under heavy fire, under artillery and aircraft attack; explosions all around them, these brave and often-forgotten soldiers laid down rails straight through hellfire and brimstone, pulling heavy trains loaded with desperately needed supplies, with locomotives custom-made for the job, some of which exist in preservation in places like Britain to this very day. From D-Day to VE Day, the USATC and Corps of Engineers kept the trains running, the supplies moving and morale high. On time, on schedule, on target. No matter the time, no matter the place, no matter the conditions. If you wanted a railroad through literal hell, these would be the guys to call. And no demon or devil would bother them. That's how tough these military engineers were, lean, mean, merciless railroad-building machines. The railroad WILL go through! The USATC, the USACoE and the Seabees are some of the biggest and baddest god-damn heroes in the entire armed forces. The Seabees' unofficial motto of "We Build, We Fight" deserves a third phrase: "We Win". And this is a hill I will die on if necessary as it's not just their legacy, it's mine too. My late grandfather was part of the Corps of Engineers in the era they speak of in this video.

[@00Zy99]

Actually, Germany has always used standard gauge (aside from the inevitable pockets of narrow gauge in the mountains and industrial applications, etc.). So there wasn't really any "re-gauging" to do. Most of the work came from fixing bridges and re-grading the rail yards that had attracted the attention of Allied air power. And supplying rolling stock, fixing things, etc. That's not to say that they didn't do incredible, heroic, work. Just that a lot of the railroad work did not happen under combat conditions, at least partly due to Allied policy on the use of trains as opposed to trucks. Trains were generally reserved for strategic, rear-line, operations. The bulk of the re-gauging work took place on the Eastern Front, with Germany trying to rebuild Russian broad gauge to standard gauge and vice-versa. After the initial surprise advance, both sides took to using a VERY nasty device known as a rail plow, which was specifically designed to be towed behind a locomotive and thoroughly destroy track behind it.

[@buckduane1991]

There were Russians in the war flying MiG-15s. All of them were WWII aces. They went so far to hide it as in one case where one got shot down and parachuted to safety, another MiG-15 straffed him twice with his twin 23mm and single 37mm cannons. Needless to say, there was hardly anything left of the guy. This incident, though, points to why the Seabee slogan is “Seabees Can Do”. One Seabee is worth 100 Army Engineers or 500 USAF Red Horse Engineers… since, fewer men to divide the alcohol between! Hyce, you should look up the history of USS Barb from WWII. The only submarine ever credited with “sinking a locomotive”, and had a locomotive painted on their sail / conn tower with their ship kills. The crew apparently went ashore on Japan (the only on foot attack carried out on the mainland by the US in the entire war) and dynamited the tracks of a bridge as the locomotive rolled over it.

[@FrameRate_24]

only the seabees could pull of a railroad story that doesnt go "poorly"

[@ajaxengineco]

Smells Like Kenosha began playing on Spotify just as the notification for this video appeared!

[@CameronMcCreary]

Hyce and the 3/4 show masters have you heard the story from WWII where a U.S. Submarine used it's deck gun to fire on a Japanese troop and weapons train traveling near the coast of Japan?

[@TheDutchRanger]

Me thinking the great snow on the RGS story couldn't be beaten. Seabees: Allow us to introduce ourself

[@WBTravels]

@1:30 GET THE LIMES GET THE LIMES CHUNK THEM AT BRETT GET THE LIMES!

[@Jopsyduck]

I learned the other day that the Oklahoma Railway Museum has an operational diesel shunter built for the navy around this time.

[@crazy_human2653]

Yay the thing I recommended was used

[@brucescott240]

This was painful to watch, frankly. I was interested to see if I knew the story, and I hadn’t heard it. Googling the story was helpful, but I’d like to know your source as it had details that versions I found didn’t. One glaring mistake is that “doggies” refers to Marines (“Devil Dawgs”). But it was a Marine who said it. The Pvt recognized the men in the cabs as American. He thought they were Soldiers, “doggies”. As in “Dog Faced GIs” from WWII, Willie & Joe, etc. the Marine said something to the effect of “Imagine that! There’s “doggies” out in front of us”! He is surprised that Soldiers would operate “in front of” Marines. The Sgt replied “Naw it’s just them damn Sea Bees again”.

[@jamesneumann2003]

I watched The Fat Electricians video on the Seabees stealing the beer train, hilarious

[@OfficialTrainzGod]

ya know, when i read the title, i thought they filled the boilers with beer and tried running like that i was even more sure of this when it was said the engines were at a beer distillery then i was laughing my ass off at the actual story

[@knules2]

Theres a story of a submarine "sinking" a train if you wanna cover that at some point lol

[@evernewb2073]

I thought it was a torpedo boat that did that? it definitely sounds like torpedo boat shenanigans. also not sure it actually happened considering this is a major politician from a "we own an entire branch of industry in the united states" family telling stories about their time in the military so, y'know, absolutely zero guarantee it ever happened let alone that they were part of it. ah, okay, I looked it up and I'm getting two completely separate stories conflated somehow, you're talking about the USS Barb right?

[@knules2]

@@evernewb2073 that's the one

[@ValarisAlden]

@the_fat_electrician talked about this as well as when the USS Barb sank a Japanese train.

[@vin_strikes9591]

Limes but if it’s in a place where there’s fragile items they should have to eat a lime

[@Hyce777]

that is a *GREAT IDEA* for next time.

[@kollinspencer847]

cant have a single have a single hyce video without smt going wrong

[@raymondchason2877]

this is so funny im laughing that my sides are hurting and im coughing

[@skeleton_craftGaming]

I mean setting the trains to s*** actually probably wouldn't have been a bad idea because worst case scenario you decommission a lot of Korean trains. Best case scenario you get more trains than people you put in.

[@Oceanus_Rex]

TheFatElectrician does a great video on this story as well as many other military history stories.

[@paulnieuwkamp8067]

Re: the DSLR stopping filming: Unless you flash them with alternative firmware like Magic Lantern, they will only film for 29 minutes and 59 seconds. This to avoid having to pay extra fees as anything that films 30 minutes or more is classed a videocamera instead of a photocamera, and videocameras are taxed (or something with patents, or whatever, I don't know the specifics) differently.

[@skeleton_craftGaming]

And obviously hyce was not paying attention because seven is neither one nor eight.

[@crazyjack3357]

I counted all the limes and it was exactly 69 limes

[@kittty2005]

I'm 70 my brother was in nam I knew a guy who was a former Sea Bee ,I know it's really C.B. For Construction Brigade, this guy was cool till you pissed him off he was a sick sadistic S.O.B. while sober, He wouldn't hesitate to slit your throat if you owed him 10 cents and refused to pay it back, he said he had to convince the shrinks at Bellview that he knew the difference between humans and deer. He knew he just didn't give a s***. Funny his oldest joined the SeaBees. His dad liked to deer hunt when he was in Korea I wonder if he acquired the same taste where ever he was stationed.

[@kittty2005]

This man I was acquainted with wasn't alcoholic I never had the displeasure to engage with him while he was drunk. Last time I saw him he said quote " If you ever have a "problem" with any one just let me know we'll take him deer hunting" ,He wasn't stupid I would just be his insurance ,but when it comes to secrets I keep my mouth shut. The only reason I tell you this is twofold he was a C.B. and he passed away of a heart attack about 8 years ago. I got a strange phone call about 8 years ago from his younger son telling me of his demise, and letting me know of it, he said his dad's death was suspect as he was in tip top shape didn't use nicotine and didn't abuse alcohol, I don't know what became of the circumstances, don't want to know, he was always shooting off his mouth.

[@cmartinxv]

Don't stand between a Squid and their beer... Not just the Seabees. We take our liberty SERIOUSLY!!!

[@tf_9047]

Goose. Goose on a train. Goose being hit by a train.

[@jacobramsey7624]

I would love to see a movie version of this story. Plus, if you are looking for a place to do the show, why not try doing the show inside one of the grease?

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

*track obstructed ahead* guy in the lead: 'f&ck we need to repair the track guys' *each seabee drinks one beer in sync* *track MAGICALLY APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE*

[@QuietMutedNothingness]

These videos get me to laugh harder and more often than meme videos and KZbin poops do. Thank you so much!

[@robkiger3434]

That sounds like the A-Team stories.

[@jamesTBurke]

That would be an awesome movie

[@Dan_Gyros]

For indoor lime purposes, you could put drops of lime juice in the offenders beverage

[@sycamorevalleyshops2841]

You need to do a react video to that army video.

[@frantasramota1359]

I hope somebody will turn this story in to the movie.

[@LunaRayToo]

well that was something.....

[@godlugner5327]

That chandelier is begging to be turned upside down and have a model train ride around it

[@moonwacher459]

I'd go react to the video where the new jersey got hit by an artillery shell And she Deleted The target that hit her.

[@Johndoe-jd]

Wisconsin got hit with artillery and destroyed a mountain, New Jersey sank an island

[@clairekholin6935]

We have Goose on the train!

[@KidarWolf]

This needs to be a movie, so badly. So so badly.

[@mattg5852]

I’m not sure if that story or the story of the one winter of the RGS is better

[@gbwdude]

Doubt it was sake, bet it was soju

[@MrTea_Man]

This video was hilarious and interesting because I have never heard of the seebees until now. On other words hyce, how was the VRA stream?

[@Hyce777]

It was fun!

[@katies6426]

These men are freaking legends, oh my god.

[@jasonpeace91]

limes!!! where be the limes!!! I don't know much but I can guess if that wasn't a brewery then it would have gone allot poorer one of the rare occasions blinding speed (where possible) liquid fueled judgement got both man and loco through the definition of hell and succeeded to drink about it afterwards

[@GraceFoulques]

I second Hyce by saying this was also my favourite story. I absolutely love listening to the wackiest railroad tales that hardly anyone talks about and love laughing along with you guys. Keep up the good work gang. :3

[@raymondchason2877]

yes episode 2

[@desmondk-o7148]

truly think this is the best episode of the 3/4th show to date; I think I've re-watched it at least three or four times at this point, I think the best part is how unlike every other citation needed episode where the refrain is "how did this go? Poorly." this episode is "how did this go? Surprisingly well."

[@kevinbeverly4086]

That is by far the best Korean war story I've ever heard lol

[@jeremiahharrison9749]

This NEEDS to be a movie LMFAO!!!!!!!!

[@Forest12896]

Being a Navy vet, i highly appreciate the Navy jokes. and the Sea Story. I knew a Seabee that went by the name of White, he got cross rated to GSE sice the Seabees are a dying breed. But let me tell you, they're every bit as smart as they are crazy

[@nicholmansgarage3501]

This is *almost* RGS level screwery... also, my Grandpa served in Korea. He was a mechanic in the air force, so thank your for that shout out to the armed forces :]

[@88porpoise]

9:40 There were Soviets in thr Korean War, in particular Soviet pilots flew MiGs throughout the war. They aircraft bore Korean or Chinese markings and they only operated over friendly territory so if they got shot down the UN forces couldn't capture them or their bodies. While the US and other countries knew that the Soviets were piliting aircraft, they ignored it because they didnt want to risk escalation of the conflict.

[@aydenthes10man72]

My great grandpa was a Seabee he flipped a Japanese tank with his bulldozer in ww2

[@sambrown6426]

Please tell me you know more than that. I want the full story.

[@aydenthes10man72]

@@sambrown6426 sadly I do not the man passed before I was born so I was unable to learn the full story

[@sambrown6426]

@@aydenthes10man72 Oh well, thanks anyway

[@GP30_Foamer]

I was laughing my ass off the entire time, this was hilarious!

[@MattyJ7316]

"Tonight, on Top Notch..." Also, did you come up with the idea for this topic after watching a certain video recap of this same event by a certain heavyset electrical technician?

[@yaysimonsays151]

not a fan of this country's military by any means and i firmly believe the korean war was one of the worst atrocities we've ever committed, but my god if the image of 9 guys highballing through an active warzone in a random assortment of switching locomotives loaded with beer isn't the most hilarious thing ever i don't know what is 😂

[@Satchmoeddie]

There were Soviet Russian pilots secretly flying fighter planes in The Korean War.

[@justinmcdaniel8193]

Korea: Fi it goes bump into the night it's either the devil dogs or the fucking Seabees stealing your locomotives again Also another great story it doesn't pertain to steam locomotives but it's the uss o'bannon

[@WBTravels]

SO WAIT, THEY HAD AN ENTIRE TRAIN FULL OF ALCHAHOL, YET NO ONE THOUGHT OF A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL PARTY FOR THE NORTH KOREANS?

[@GrantDolanMusic]

Why use the alcohol in any other way than drinking it?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Telling a seabee to use alcohol for anything other than getting drunk is like telling a bird to use it's wings for something other than flying.

[@robertlinscott1551]

As a Seabee, I just watched you idiots ruin a perfectly historic mission taken on by the Seabees!

[@Milamberinx]

Gordon K. Barnett got a commendation? Gordon Bennett! Probably most people here won't get that.

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

Yeah the freaking seabees who else would have the nuts to pull of grand theft train in enemy territory and snag booze along the way Oh shit free bird started playing