Hobo Shoestring

222K subscribers

I've been riding freight trains since 1989 and have since ridden over 2,700,000 of steel rails in 49 USA states, eight provinces of Canada and 14 states in Mexico. I spent my first 31 years homeless riding trains then last year I had to get a small apartment because of medical issues. It's very hard having walls and a roof because I prefer to be outside. I still stay gone riding more than I stay in the little apartment. Doing my best after getting hit by a car December 13 and ran over by a train October 2017. Hand and arm healed quite well! My merchandise store that's connected to this YouTube channel is run by my family is the only one endorsed. Thanks for watching!

35:06

Near miss derailment!

Hobo Shoestring · 224K views · 5 years ago

22:29

Beautiful Wind River Canyon riding from Cheyenne to Greybull, Wyoming

Hobo Shoestring · 101K views · 8 years ago

48:44

Snowy boxcar ride north ❄ ❄ ❄

Hobo Shoestring · 1.1M views · 4 years ago

15:58

Main Maine freight train

Hobo Shoestring · 117K views · 6 years ago

1:08

Spreading Hobo Shoestring's Ashes with Anywhere Man Hobo

Hobo Shoestring · 81K views · 3 months ago

7:56

Busted but rolled on! Conductor at switch seen me! the BOOM slack action....always deafening

Hobo Shoestring · 1.1M views · 8 years ago

52:39

The evils of the wait! ☆ Rolling on the high prairies

Hobo Shoestring · 371K views · 3 years ago

1:02:04

Boxcar ride to Tennessee

Hobo Shoestring · 470K views · 4 years ago

36:34

Railroad yard knowledge

Hobo Shoestring · 263K views · 5 years ago

33:00

Knowing your railroad equipment/CSX Erwin yards

Hobo Shoestring · 129K views · 5 years ago

42:34

Riding amber waves of grain ♧ North Dakota territory

Hobo Shoestring · 259K views · 3 years ago

33:04

Best ride to Ohio!

Hobo Shoestring · 4M views · 4 years ago

49:05

Warm dry ride to Pennsylvania/Maryland

Hobo Shoestring · 1.6M views · 5 years ago

9:43

Gear I travel with (See description below also)

Hobo Shoestring · 43K views · 6 years ago

13:34

Boxcar comfort and ground air

Hobo Shoestring · 391K views · 6 years ago

16:18

How I got the name Shoestring. (see song link in description)

Hobo Shoestring · 128K views · 6 years ago

1:00:18

Viewers questions answered and testing a hand chainsaw

Hobo Shoestring · 106K views · 3 years ago

51:15

Sandpoint, Idahobo tracks, trains, camps and yards (Please see description below):

Hobo Shoestring · 202K views · 3 years ago

54:50

Amazon train speed record to Chicago/shampooing beard afterwards ~

Hobo Shoestring · 300K views · 3 years ago

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