North Dakota to Washington state

[@TheJohnny1x]

Hello Shoestring. I worked for CP Rail. And just pasts that big brick building (library) was a small spot in the overgrown trees where others with your mode of transportation would leave things. I passed through the trees every after noon doing a train transfer to and from the BN yard. I always carried a handful of waters, and a bag of candy nd threw them over to the belongings area. I retired 6 yrs ago and don't do that anymore. I hope they enjoyed the goodies. Be well and safe.

[@renegadebt1374]

Godspeed Mr. Nichols, We Thank You for all you gave, And for all you have given.. R.I.P. Shoestring, ✌

[@Hankjones1]

⛩️🏖

[@seanavery7265]

Stay warm as snow is coming,thanks for showing America .love from England.

[@mikestrauss9735]

Thank you for your kind words to shoestring

[@kens.3729]

It’s NOT Sunday Night unless we’re Watching a Brand New Episode of Hobo Shoestring. YEA! 👍

[@dannystewart1412]

I'm so impressed with Shoestring's knowledge of the railroads and how they all connect and which tracks go where. That's years of accumulated experience speaking. Godspeed Shoestring!!!

[@lanah43]

He is very intelligent too.

[@chadgeorge6770]

I like how you explain things about the railroad. My grandfather work for the Western Maryland railroad. My Uncle work for the B&O Chessie system an CSX. Be safe.

[@brandonoswald2392]

Serious, you talk about always trying to be clean.. I know I smell at the end of each day. When you jumped in my truck I was really amazed.. here’s a guy that just rolled in on a train and it was as if you had jumped out of the shower 5 minutes before I showed up. Man I wish I would have just said screw it and stayed longer. Much love and respect my friend.

[@TheHoboShoestring]

Yeah I hate sweat

[@treerat6959]

I sweat just thinking about the California sun lol.

[@billythekid5196]

@@TheHoboShoestringthis stuff is cool man

[@0BRAINS0]

@@TheHoboShoestring hey there , I have a care package to send you, please give a holler.

[@mr16325]

@@TheHoboShoestring how do you stay clean while on the road?

[@phillipivey4110]

The absolute best view of a train going over a diamond. Four stars.

[@kylewilliam487]

You have the memory of a elephant my god. Just found this channel and I love it! I enjoy listening to all the train facts. You are smart as heck!

[@doomsdaydad2488]

The next HO scale model train car I build is going to have shoestring on it

[@joelphillips6264]

A boxcar in his merchandise?

[@BipolarBear777]

HO is the scale I started in.. 😊

[@davidthurmond2466]

Heck I don't have to take a vacation I can watch u and go any where in the world I want to go be safe out there

[@samuelclemens538]

Awesome work Shoestring! Your working knowledge of the train industry is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing. It’s almost like being there with a tour guide 😊

[@Neph-v5r]

You should definitely be some sort of guide at a rail museum as you'd hold peoples interest with how much rail knowledge you have, the amount of stuff you know about the railroads is amazing, it keeps me glued to every clip you film. Keep it up mate, its a great channel & I never even used to have an interest in trains until I started watching you & Stobe (RIP)

[@Neph-v5r]

Ive also subscribed so I can keep up to date with the stuff your doing.

[@z_dog7739]

I remember when I was younger I hopped on the last hopper of a Coal train during a festival in Applachia Virginia called Railroad Days and I road to the yard about 1 mile from town only to get through off by a brake man that was on the NS Caboose and had to walk through the mountains back to town

[@retasmith409]

My Dad rode the rails when he was a teenager. I have fond memories of him telling stories. He would have caught a train out of Walla Walla Washington. He lived in Milton Freewater. I miss my dad so much. I would do anything to hear him tell a train story again. By the way I live in the the Flathead Valley in Montana. It is so beautiful here. Thanks for your videos.

[@deanwest7623]

I'm from Echo Oregon

[@charlesmetcalfe9183]

The first thing I do in the morning on my phone is check to see what your up to where your at an where your going... An also I want to know how you are health wise... Love you an your videos... Hopefully I can meet you some day

[@ciscoponch67]

WoW!!! Thanks, ShoeString. I never knew about Devil's Tower and others were formed by cooling magma. Thats really fascinating!!! ❤❤❤❤ Be safe out there, Mr. String!!!!

[@rcm2zoom]

Man, the stuff you know mister. The RR should hire you!

[@mikeyyoyo6464]

Yeah! Just to do documentary videos for us lot 👌

[@HAWKSTA24]

Is that because the railroad hires people who know nothing?

[@factsharris5354]

The RR can’t afford this man.

[@leeepps239]

You Are A Very Smart Man To Be A Train Hopper !! You Knows More About Train Then People Who Working For the Train Company . I Hope God Bless You And Keep You Self ...

[@waynek921]

Shoestring that was cool to see that c.p rail train.and how far that our products go .... neet tjks .

[@richardhelliwell1210]

I could just watch your uploads all day. They are so relaxing & we're all getting to see places we'll never see or get time to visit. Stay safe as always on your travels.

[@dmkays]

I really love your videos Shoestring. Your depth of knowledge about the American railroad system is amazing. My grandfather worked out of McKees Rocks for the P&LE. His two brothers and a few of my cousins worked for the Pennsylvania.

[@freshiefreshcannabisco.6758]

Feel so blessed to have found your channel 2 days ago😊 Seating here in Oklahoma and was feeling little homesick and started going thru your vids and seen the name Wishram and well I'm from Oregon and spent a huge part of my 52 years not far from Wishram and Living in The Dalles in the late 80's. L💚ved watching.. God bless 🙏

[@everettnichols9062]

Those hexagon pillars that you talk about at 27:01 are known as 'Columnar Basalt' to Geologists. Thanks for the video. Be Safe!

[@stevencooper3956]

Shoestring thank you so much for the videos and sharing your RR knowledge and experience with all of us. That new camera sure is everything you were wanting and then some! Thanks again and safe travels to you!

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Love the way this starts with the diamonds! 🔹️🔹️

[@0BRAINS0]

You live in rosedale Maryland, correct?

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@@0BRAINS0 not rosedale

[@0BRAINS0]

@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR well, very close by ...chesaco

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

@@0BRAINS0 no, im on the other side of the tunnel

[@josephwoehlerii2855]

Lewis & Clark plaque is an official sign of the first adventurers West and it's great to see that your carrying on in their path and sharing these great sights in detail,maybe you could work as a railroad guide and historian. Thank You for sharing! And please be careful out there.

[@tfajsh]

Best channel on KZbin ! Keep it up for us folks that ain’t moving

[@1eyejackffs934]

I love this channel, as a kid I was obsessed with trains and railroad tracks, but I am visually impaired and it is really nice to be able to zoom in and see what these behemoths actually look like, me and my father would always walk railroad tracks back in the 80s and early 90s, I had a nice collection of railroad spikes back then, they were all the same, but I did not care, my dad would always find at least one on our walks.

[@navigator902]

That's a hobo morning sandwich, had a few, America 's good eats. Thanks Shoestring for all the memories you log and we share, we all need to wonder someplace. Cheers.

[@Scobyland]

Thank you for all your stories and video. So much to see and learn. Stay safe “geologist” Hobo Shoestring. Appreciate the explanations. Leave a tag if you are ever in Fort Wayne, IN.

[@TreeofLiberty1791]

Thats a switch heater its to melt snow and ice off the switch so it doesn't jam. The ones we use are electric the dispatcher can remotely turn them on when its snowing

[@michaelnicholls3651]

Hi Shoestring, Best wishes from a big fan in England. You have many admirers here who think highly of you, and care about your health and safety. If I was a younger man, I'd give the hobo life a try myself. Look after your health and keep safe. ATB, Mike.

[@cmphighpower]

You should have a merchandise store!! Love to have a tag!!

[@knucklehead7456]

OH YEAH!!😳 A Hoody with the Shoestring tag would be COOL as 💩😳 GREAT IDEA👍

[@TheHoboShoestring]

Thought about it... lol

[@artelwell8027]

@@TheHoboShoestring you are a pretty awesome hobo be careful out there buddy.

[@derekrohan9619]

@@TheHoboShoestring you should bro, it wouldn’t hurt and I’m sure you would sell a few.. with your RR knowledge and experience on the rails I’m sure you could come up with some stuff that would sell.. think about it.

[@thenewjerseydevil997]

Wow! Very interesting and beautiful views. Thank you for the lesson on those lava towers. You are awesome! Enjoy your day and night! Thank you!

[@kens.3729]

Loved the SOO Line Railroad and still Enjoy seeing the Old SOO Line Railroad Cars and Bridges. 👍

[@tomcatt998]

C&NW gone too..

[@davidbass7593]

I'm thankful to have known shoe string these videos are very interesting informative and even soothing your still with us brother rip sir❤

[@southernboy7437]

I am amazed by your knowledge of the tracks, forks, different railroads, and different destinations. I'm enjoying your travels.

[@milesremmel]

This comment is really late on this vid, but I discovered you channel today through the BNSF riding video off my recommended. I have really been enjoying the content I have gotten.

[@EricSmith-ve7qi]

Nice haircut shoestring!! Well the lessons are getting longer from professor shoestring and we are learning alot more!! Thanks Brandon!! Great video shoestring thanks and b safe!!

[@boaboy8052]

To the memory of those dauntless Pathfinders and Pioneers who followed The Great thoroughfare of the Colombia at this place Among them were: List of names There you go Shoestring, thats what the plaque at the bottom.of the rebared igneous rock said Cheers

[@victorserkiavic9419]

I have a diary of my grandfather who took that journey back in the 1800s. It's it very good shape but I still don't like opening it up. (It's not my grandfather I just didn't want to put all of those greats.) He worked in northern California and along with the Oregon coast before coming back to Kentucky

[@beercanrich99]

Hopefully those losers in Portland won't come over there and tear it down!

[@uttaradit2]

neat memorial

[@danielebrparish4271]

@@victorserkiavic9419 That diary should be donated to a museum so that it can be properly preserved. They could also digitize it to make it more accusable to researchers. I just think we lose too much history to fires, floods, bugs and just plain misplacement.

[@MrMopar413]

Awesome video. I live in troutdale, Oregon excellent history lesson. A lot of the big rocks made it down to Portland in those floods. I’ve driven 18 wheelers on both sides of the river. I-84 and state highway 14 and I know quite well exactly where you are and the railroad bridge.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.

[@BrianBousquet-z1h]

Shoestring has an incredible amount of knowledge. He is the Professor!

[@dantop1280]

Big Sky country !! Loved it when I was there!! Even took the steamboat up the Columbia River and the train ride up Mt. Hood!! Great footage thanks again!!!!

[@stealth244]

My son sent this link to me a few days ago. He works for BNSF. I see you were in my hometown in October. Be safe out there and God bless!

[@beeble2003]

Beautiful sunrise and beautiful geology in this one.

[@53zapata]

I am starting to introduce your videos to folks I know and hope I get them hooked. I love your life Shoestring. Yours is the most awesome life I've ever known. God bless. Take care Shoestring.

[@tadcobert1307]

Mmmmmmm coffee makes everything better, keep making great vids! Best history and geography lessons ever!

[@Romeo-kp8tc]

Saint Paul is where my great-grandfathers brother went from Norway in late 1800s . My grandfather came to Australia. Name Tronerud. Safe travels 😄🤠🇦🇺

[@MrMopar413]

I’m Norwegian in Oregon but my mother was from Hawley , Minnesota and my father from Revillo , South Dakota. The old folks came over from Norway in the 1890’s. Do you eat lutefisk?? The best way I eat is with spaghetti sauce on it, drives the other Norwegians nuts but it’s not bad

[@Romeo-kp8tc]

@@MrMopar413 Lutefisk, I'll look it up. Me eat it maybe , I'm an Aussie might bring it back up🤣🤣, Your folks travelled about the same time , looking for a better life like mine. My great grandfather married into money, but sadly his first wife died after 5 th child , remarried had another 9 kids , died on operating table in 1939. He lived on King Island , Bass Strait Tasmania, He died a poor man sadly.

[@paulmicks7097]

Thanks for having that beautiful squaw walk by , awesome.

[@deanow3631]

Good upload. I still see old cars of the BN and Sante Fe line when they weren’t one. That one Sante fe with the cross was very vintage. Good history for the future. Stay warm and dry! Great video with the new camera phone.

[@paconrail1238]

I swear I saw Shoestring’s name on the pioneer memorial plaque! Great video!

[@JawTooth]

Wow, you sure put some rail miles behind you!

[@blaneycrabbe3390]

A Shout-out to Jaw-Tooth !

[@kevinflick61]

Shoestring, I do want to say that I really appreciate the the jokes that you throw into your videos like when you climbed up the tower in the ghost town then joked like you were falling right before you turned off the video and cut to the next scene.

[@jasonbabila6006]

You were on the Oilfield Ave overpass in Shelby

[@ScottyGMusic]

You zoomed in on the I. Keating building, which is the big gray one. There are supposedly old bootlegging tunnels in there.

[@AsianManZan]

Greetings from Minot! I worked for CP for a while in Harvey and Minot. Never once saw anyone hopping trains. Would’ve been nice to meet you!

[@KenanTurkiye]

Don't you love trains, trams, aren't they all beautiful :) come take a ride! (at folder 2, look my way)

[@MikeHenry3280]

ive been watching this guy for the last few days awesome information and sure knows his stuff.. awesome,

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi Hobo shoestring. You tell a fantastic story on your travels that make it very interesting 👍🏻 As I’m not for the US so it makes a great video. Cheers Stevie 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jasonking2943]

Should be easy to find a grainer corn season is in full swing up there now

[@TheGuitar1962]

I heard some farmers weren’t selling. Too cheap.

[@jasonking2943]

@@TheGuitar1962 ive heard the same thing friend of mine has a brother that farms in Minnesota. Said the prices are shitty. They have a good crop this year and they are holding on to it but the problem is they will have more corn the. They will have storage so he says

[@MNDood2122]

Prices are up for wheat and beef cattle right now in northern mn. Corns been pretty shitty but not too bad.

[@WilliamHenryRoll]

A full set of dentures in Algodones, Baja California, Mexico, will be in the range of $250-$450. (Feb 5, 2020). In the USA a set could cost $3000 or more. My wife (deceased) used to buy them there when needed.

[@K_Hicks]

Yes sir! My grandparents used to get all their dental work done there when they lived in Yuma.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

One of my good friends go there for all dental work.

[@billchapel3194]

Hell, i just got a new set of teeth, mid grade for $500, i live in Indiana, who ever you go to is ripping you off.

[@RailfanNoah]

Holy cow, Wishram is right in my neck of the woods. Stay safe out there my friend!

[@chop8]

Those rock formations are called flood basalts. I think you would enjoy Nick Zentner's youtube channel and also his work on the Central Washington State University geology lecture series. Also check out Randall Carlson's theory of the huge floods in the Northwest.

[@MrVosh-nj2lc]

Thank you chop8 for leading me to Nick Zentner's channel. He's quite a dynamic lecturer and knows his stuff about the Northwest geology.

[@chop8]

@@MrVosh-nj2lc You are welcome.

[@jasonbabila6006]

That one train at Wishram could be the H PASBAR ( Pasco to Barstow) or H PASVBT or H PASVBC ( Pasco to Vancouver BC) not 100 percent sure, it's been since 2011 since I've worked in that area.

[@ervinesprouse3041]

Beautiful country Shoestring! Really enjoyed your video!! Be safe Brother!

[@stevenikitas8170]

I rode from Minot, North Dakota to Spokane in 1977. Over Marias Pass. Very scenic. Burlington Northern at the time.

[@skyartrc8286]

Very cool video, glad you had fun and be safe.

[@roscoeelcocko1863]

Ba da tish

[@dogsarebetterthanpeople4603]

Really nice job on this episode. Looking forward to more

[@tegothecat1519]

that rock formation was awesome..i love your video`s...thanks

[@larryburnell7913]

Keep up the good work, very informative my Grandfather worked for you RR for over 30 years!

[@charleshankbukowski4426]

Hope you’re doing well my friend

[@adventureswithnateshaw4249]

Chinaski Lives!

[@fredhaines575]

Excellent coverage Shoestring, good information on the lines. Safe travels buddy.

[@marykrauthamel7559]

In California, near Mammoth Lakes, there is a similar but much smaller geological feature called Devil's Post pile. One can actually go to the top (I think) which looks like a patio made of uniformly shaped tiles but is actually the ends of the stone formations.

[@zerofox7347]

That rock is similar to the giants causeway in Ireland 🇮🇪☘️

[@zerofox7347]

@John Doh amen to that brother 🙏

[@Robon2ndShift]

Greetings. Thanks for visiting my state of NoDak

[@larryabrams3559]

Just had to wish u a Blessed day

[@buttdreads]

Bless him with cash

[@xladydriver]

@@buttdreads BUTTDREADS 4 CHILDREN!!!💚

[@buttdreads]

xlady driver lol, you find me everywhere! 😂

[@prairiepatriotpreacher9738]

Heah Shoestring, Sure wish would have known you were in Minot. I would have taken ya out for lunch.

[@jeffbatke4902]

My dads from minot graduated from max hs

[@deanwest7623]

The mountain goats are always on the shelves on the Oregon side. Pretty cool to see when you drive down the gorge.

[@tammymullins5240]

Thanks for carrying us along on ride be safe out there shoestring

[@ragheadand420roll]

Why not minot !? Freezin s the reason

[@craiganderson1933]

Two longs one short;and another long one.you have a blessed day!

[@jumbo747diecast7]

Great vido stay safe boy i love those Hoppers that all i like to weathered is Hoppers

[@daveh7945]

there is an awesome coffee wagon across from that amtrak station in Minot you were hanging out at

[@kennethprice5628]

Hey Shoestring, I rode from Gresham, Wa. to Spokane one time...long long tunnel through there, almost suffocated

[@southbronxpapi9632]

I love these videos love seeing America like it needs to be shown old school style

[@straycat2253]

Shoestring you should make your own power train rig !lol

[@07Giddyup]

Shoestring ur a national.....make that international treasure ....... I’m in Vancouver 🇨🇦 🙂. I always enjoy your vids and listening to your accompanying rail traveller’s wisdom . Stay safe. Ed

[@wavecreatures]

You sir are a free man. Amazing.

[@nv1493]

The depth of your knowledge of trains and the country is stunning.

[@nevertoopoortotour.3033]

Indeed

[@SaltyNationalist]

Beautiful country Mark.. Watch out fer them Bulls...👀

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Long ago I had a relation that was an engineer on the Soo Line. 60 some years ago I used to get cab rides with him... trains being a big part of my childhood.

[@marliesyanke4580]

You are so knowledgeable. Like all you videos. Thank you.

[@ocsrc]

I have seen the blue flame in Pittsfield Maine back when they had a switch just before the yard. They used to have a single track going into 2 tracks and they had switch heaters that would come on before they needed to move the switch.

[@Patrick.Weightman]

Still waiting to see you in Snohomish County one day! Whole lot of tracks around here

[@theathjr]

Shoestring that was one heckuva video. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. Safe Travels Amigo

[@craigfazekas3923]

Didn't you do a video in Minnesota that was across the river from this ? Or am I getting mixed up ?... It was near a river with a curved overpass in the backround, while you were talking a woman was walking her dog along a pathway, looked like a park of some sort....😎🇺🇸

[@deanhuffman48]

Hey I'm in Minot not to far from u lol safe travels bud!!

[@theronerd]

I have to admit. Your knowledge of the rails is amazing! It's like you're an offline Map Quest for rails

[@LesAtlas]

I rode the high line back in about 1974. I tagged in pencil since I thought they’d be more lenient if I was caught “vandalizing.” I wonder if that was my old tag, barely visible after all the years. I was just a dirty kid, who did college and a normal working stiff life after. I started the ride in Minneapolis and ended up in Seattle. And I’m still there. Now that I’m close to retirement, after seeing your videos, I’m wishing I could ride the rails again. But as bodies get older it gets near impossible to do what you do, Shoestring. I’ll instead have to imagine that the view from my RV is on the top level of an auto rack, like the one I caught through Sandpoint back in 1974.