Since this video is getting a bunch of views out of nowhere i just want to say that while i had a bad experience in the city, i understand that is a very narrow slice of what bakersfield really is. I played up my dislike of bakersfield in this video, but i know every city has its dark side and i'm sure the whole city isn't like that.
As someone who was raised in Bakersfield, I spent the first 10 minutes of this video confused like "He's definitely in CA but where?" The part of Bakersfield where the trainyard is located is a verrrrrry bad part of town. Truly neglected. And from the sounds of it, the bus took you down Union Ave which is historically our town's center for bad deeds. Had you been able to camp more towards the orchards in the northwest side of town or something you probably would have had a much better time. Crazy cool video, given our law enforcement's attitude towards the unhoused, I'm glad to hear you made it in and out of town safely and I just subbed so I can watch more of this journey!
@@danielschear556 I couldn’t tell ya. What I can say is it’s really funny how non-Californians will comment on our large unhoused population cuz growing up in CA, you never meet an unhoused person who’s actually FROM here. They’re always from like Texas or Michigan or Indiana or something
I think lots of people just like you, your spirit, and your commentary. You're an interesting guy. I don't think it matters what you're up to. Your perspective and personality is what's up:) God bless you.
Although hobo shoestring doesn’t train hop much anymore, he has a lot of useful information contained in a large library of videos. You could learn a lot about train hopping from watching his old videos.
@@technohobo also stobe the hobe and ranoutonarail. Brave Dave's Big Fat Freight Hop is a good one too. that you barely know what an autorack is / concerning. you need more education about trains cargo and hobos. please dont die out there.
To open a car carrier find a rail spike and a rail plate in the yard locate door keyhole. Put rail spike thru rail plate insert into keyhole and use rail plate to open door. Hope that helps I learned this from hobo shoestring. You only ride car carriers if there empty according to a#1 hobo
Stay away from Manteca( man tweaka) if you can. Its a horrible place. I'm way further north in Sonoma county, about 50 miles north of SF. If you get stuck somewhere in the bay and need a ride, reply to this message and we'll figure something out. ✌️ Stay safe
You've got this constant comment that matches my inner dialogue somehow. We all have one, and here you are moving along as a travelin' man. My thought us with you, inasmuch as I'm stuck a desk job, this dang rat race. TY for posting. Subbed in Ak😁
You need boots bro... Never fold roll, its better for compression. Weather is starting to get decent in shitattale. Cameras are on lite polls, yards close midday everyone goes home, then new shift comes on for smaller yards.
Boots can be good. But it's not always the best option for everything. I'd try not to tell the man what he needs if you've never been in his shoes (pun intended). I've hitched thousands of miles in ozark trail brand hiking sandals, Florida swamps to Arizona sand spur desert to nor call mountain climbing, all fine.
Ya I didn’t choose to live in Bakersfield, and you are in the bad areas it looks like. Some areas feel like are over exaggerated but definitely got to be careful especially where it looks like your at
Hahaha! So you found Bakersfield! The place where dreams die. The town is a black hole. Dont ever break down there because you'll never leave. Coming from a Bakersfield native myself you just got the easy side of Bako. You should of headed to Oildale
You may have had a different opinion about Bakersfield had you not just chosen the most ghetto homeless neighborhoods. JS. However, bcuz most homeless are thieves and violent you may have easily been arrested hopping trains either by the train police or BPD which would have been a much worse experience. Seems like you judged Bakersfield negatively from a preconceived idea.
@@technohobo you really need to learn that you can learn a LOT from veterans like @Yard Buzzards. No offense, but you are a major newbie at this, don’t know what the signals are saying, and don’t know what you don’t know. Get a radio (and learn how to use it), learn the signals (not that tough), and keep trying.
Keep doing what you love, most don't even know what that want in life, God blessed you and Always remember Gods with you always, And With God all things are possible, Much love
So much for the geertop tent, I was interested so I looked them up and they are marketed as a quality tent, polls seem pretty weak, I appreciate the real life reviews.
It's been fine. The poles have held up to some serious winds. The rain slip is not very waterproof, and the zippers are starting to fail, but other than that, it's served me well
7:20 that's south and central cali cities all over man. And in town anywhere in that region rides are gonna be few and far between mostly, find the edge of a good sized town n shoot for a long haul ride several hundred miles north is what I would do
That's basically what i ended up doing. The little teaser at the end is one of those catchouts just north of town. I'll be looking more in places like that in the future
Yupp those are good spot bro, pretty much everywhere, at least out there, has something like that. The bus stops like that too lol its actually that sort of care for the public you wanna keep an eye out for when your looking for this short of hopping point. Theres gonna be a good hitch spot somewhere close as well, and prolly the near edge of town roughneck bar/ sketchy might as well be a circle k parking lot liquor store will be near too.
I'll keep watching regardless. I enjoy the commentary alot. As i mentioned before.. Dunsmuir will have riders there, or hit up some youtubers like Ranoutonarail or John E Ringo . Stay safe out there.
At least you're safe on the train...I would try an have some experienced riders give you advice. Yard Buzzards are good people, an get a radio. Be smart an be safe.
Yard buzzard that's the name of their TH-cam channel. They do a lot of train riding in your area Bakersfield they come through Texas and stuff like that date be good folks to hook up with
If you're retired here life is good, trying to live along the river valley is not recommended, Bakersfield is growing quickly and the laws are changing about homelessness please find other places to migrate to in your travels, this desert town can be dangerous for those on the streets Bakersfield is changing into a major metropolitan. Good luck on life's journey.
Bro you in a hot spot, right on Sumner and Baker st.. . . Watch your ass right there, lots of homeless thatll shank your ass. I live in Bakersfield. Stay away from the East Side.
BNSF rolls right by Amtrak. You can grab Barstow to Vancouver/Pasco, empty boxcars, empty lumber, BN cars , emptys go north. For union Pacific, the only thing is just wait at the yard.
@@technohobo ok, from Amtrak, west is the BNSF yard. My double stack stopped on the mainlines, two tracks furthest east. Now you can walk west on truxton ave to the west end which is where you grab northbound trains. If it's IM double stack it will get you to atleast Stockton, if it's junk, you could go alot of places including long distance. If you walk east on truxton to summer that will dead end at union Pacific yard. Edison is a right you can take and that will follow the yard on west side. Trains there will likely be better. You can get double stack to Portland Oregon or atleast Roseville
I like your spirit and I respect that your rolling solo. If your still in Bakersfield next week, either come to Colton or something and we can meet up. I'm rolling to Roseville then cutting east to go over the hill. But I can definitely get you going in the right direction and it will make the trip alot better. Show you some tricks of the road. They will help bubba
15:30 get some small solar batteries bro, will save you. Theres lots of places that are real grumpy about that outlet. Also coffee shops. Starbucks almost always holds to there free ice water police. Good wifi and especially for a content creator, sit down n do some "work".
im not a big fan of Bakersfield but/ pretty much everywhere i have ever been there is someone who says "why would anyone live here" / putting aside the reasons why someone might want to live somewhere, there is Always a reason to not want to be somewhere./ The Bad parts of Bakersfield are not so bad. The good parts are ok. Seems like boring rural semi suburbia for the most part but at least if you have a car and a job you are not too far from all kinds of outdoor adventures. I sure would rather not live there but it is not the worst. Funny is most of the people there cant understand why anyone would live in most of the other CA cities or towns
So i work with the boxelder fire crew (wild land) and we traveled to California for a fire assignment. We stayed one night in Bakersfield. We woke up and somebody tried stealing the catalytic converters off of our trucks but thankfully hotel security caught them in time 😂 first time in California for a lot of us lol. Warm welcome
One of the things you may not have calculated. I watch your videos because you have no idea WTF you are doing. everybody starts from square one, keep up the hard work.😁
I lived next door to a homeless encampment. Just be aware of their social hierarchy because they arrange those social structures into who are the savagery, soldiers and territories, and whoever is on top influences their behavior.. Similar to a pack of dogs and their areas.
One thing you notice with so many of these towns and small cities is how most of them look all alike. They all have the same chain stores and (mainly) fast food restaurants and there always seems to be a Starbucks. Talk about gross homogeneity.
Great content. If your serious about hopping trains, do your homework. Shoestring, Stobe, Jumping overacliff are good study. Have fun, live life and Bsafe.
This review of Bakersfield is hilarious to me. I have no problem with anyone trying to do whatever to survive, but coming to a town with no money, resources, research and having a vague goal of train hopping. lol what did you expect? You’re hanging around a homeless shelter half the video wondering why the area looks rough, upset there’s no McDonald’s around to charge up. Bakersfield is far from perfect, but you could have a bad experience with these circumstances anywhere. Comedy
interesting how some of these TH-camrs that do reviews about Bakersfield only visit the worst parts of town. The SW and NW parts of town are very nice and attractive and still growing.
I like thinner soles. Boots could be good too, but i always have trouble finding comfortable boots. The last couple jobs i had where i had to wear boots i ended up with painful blisters
I'm from bkfld, first ride was north from there. It's super easy there just not a city for the weak that's for sure. I fucking love it, top of the bottom shelf
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Since this video is getting a bunch of views out of nowhere i just want to say that while i had a bad experience in the city, i understand that is a very narrow slice of what bakersfield really is. I played up my dislike of bakersfield in this video, but i know every city has its dark side and i'm sure the whole city isn't like that.
Read “The Grapes of Wrath.” I don’t think Steinbeck liked it either.
Yea you were in a very bad area 😂
As someone who was raised in Bakersfield, I spent the first 10 minutes of this video confused like "He's definitely in CA but where?"
The part of Bakersfield where the trainyard is located is a verrrrrry bad part of town. Truly neglected. And from the sounds of it, the bus took you down Union Ave which is historically our town's center for bad deeds. Had you been able to camp more towards the orchards in the northwest side of town or something you probably would have had a much better time.
Crazy cool video, given our law enforcement's attitude towards the unhoused, I'm glad to hear you made it in and out of town safely and I just subbed so I can watch more of this journey!
Question: Are "the unhoused" anything like the "the undead?"
@@danielschear556 I couldn’t tell ya. What I can say is it’s really funny how non-Californians will comment on our large unhoused population cuz growing up in CA, you never meet an unhoused person who’s actually FROM here. They’re always from like Texas or Michigan or Indiana or something
I think lots of people just like you, your spirit, and your commentary. You're an interesting guy. I don't think it matters what you're up to. Your perspective and personality is what's up:) God bless you.
Although hobo shoestring doesn’t train hop much anymore, he has a lot of useful information contained in a large library of videos. You could learn a lot about train hopping from watching his old videos.
Can you reccomend one in particular? He has a lot of videos. I have watched some, but i don't think i've really scratched the surface
He still hops out where have you been?
@@technohobo th-cam.com/video/iDRrEbQeY5U/w-d-xo.html
@@technohobo also stobe the hobe and ranoutonarail. Brave Dave's Big Fat Freight Hop is a good one too. that you barely know what an autorack is / concerning. you need more education about trains cargo and hobos. please dont die out there.
Looks so unsafe and you so need a vehicle. Modern day hobo - ing
Train hopping doesn't really matter to me! I enjoy watching your journey trying to get to Seattle and beyond. Stay safe out there!
As long as you keep it real bro I’ll be watching.
As a resident of Bakersfield I'd like to say, run.
Keep doing what you are doing man. Enjoy your vids. Stay safe
To open a car carrier find a rail spike and a rail plate in the yard locate door keyhole. Put rail spike thru rail plate insert into keyhole and use rail plate to open door. Hope that helps I learned this from hobo shoestring. You only ride car carriers if there empty according to a#1 hobo
even if there is 2 or 3 spikes add anotner that door slqms shut you are fucjked from Bakersfield yes i rodetrains
Stay safe friend. I admire your spirit and live the adventure with you.
Glad you didn’t lose your gear, stay safe bro.
Solar Chargers are definitely worth it especially when you’re not sure where your next device charge is going to happen. 👍🙏
Stay away from Manteca( man tweaka) if you can. Its a horrible place. I'm way further north in Sonoma county, about 50 miles north of SF. If you get stuck somewhere in the bay and need a ride, reply to this message and we'll figure something out. ✌️ Stay safe
Manteca is actually a pretty safe place. Yeah, there's tweakers but tweakers are everywhere now.
You've got this constant comment that matches my inner dialogue somehow. We all have one, and here you are moving along as a travelin' man. My thought us with you, inasmuch as I'm stuck a desk job, this dang rat race. TY for posting. Subbed in Ak😁
Your video just popped up on my feed I watch alot of these hobo videos and I'm from Bakersfield. Keep doing your thing
You need boots bro... Never fold roll, its better for compression. Weather is starting to get decent in shitattale. Cameras are on lite polls, yards close midday everyone goes home, then new shift comes on for smaller yards.
+1 need boots, waterproof boots
Boots can be good. But it's not always the best option for everything. I'd try not to tell the man what he needs if you've never been in his shoes (pun intended). I've hitched thousands of miles in ozark trail brand hiking sandals, Florida swamps to Arizona sand spur desert to nor call mountain climbing, all fine.
Dude, you lucked out big time with your gear!
In Slab City a guy named Bo Keely rides rail and he wrote a book called "The Executive Hobo"
Ya I didn’t choose to live in Bakersfield, and you are in the bad areas it looks like. Some areas feel like are over exaggerated but definitely got to be careful especially where it looks like your at
Hahaha! So you found Bakersfield! The place where dreams die. The town is a black hole. Dont ever break down there because you'll never leave. Coming from a Bakersfield native myself you just got the easy side of Bako. You should of headed to Oildale
I got out without getting stabbed or robbed, so i guess i got out easy
I don't need to see my dad in these videos.
I live in oildale. It's not as bad as many outsiders think. Then again, I was raised in Stockton, ca. Lol so that may be why I feel this way.
You may have had a different opinion about Bakersfield had you not just chosen the most ghetto homeless neighborhoods. JS. However, bcuz most homeless are thieves and violent you may have easily been arrested hopping trains either by the train police or BPD which would have been a much worse experience. Seems like you judged Bakersfield negatively from a preconceived idea.
Where are u from?? You look Amish❤
im glad the leather journal made it~
I'd recommend a " Rite in the rain" note book for your journaling. It will stand up to the weather much better and preserve your writing.
Next time you hit up Bakersfield take the bus to lake Isabella and camp out on the kern river and check out free hotsprings four miles from town
I quit carrying tents years ago because of this stuff.
Glad to see you got outta LA, but lord Bakersfield is so bad.
Don't think living there is really a choice. Also all those horrible people who live there pick/pull all our food... Abit of food for thought 🤔
I'm sure you know the area better than i ever will. I'm sure plenty of decent people live in bakersfield. I didn't meet any of them while i was there.
@@technohobo you really need to learn that you can learn a LOT from veterans like @Yard Buzzards. No offense, but you are a major newbie at this, don’t know what the signals are saying, and don’t know what you don’t know. Get a radio (and learn how to use it), learn the signals (not that tough), and keep trying.
I've lived in bakersfield my whole life. Please get rid of it. The whole city
Do you have PayPal?
A good pair of water proof boots would serve you well brother.
Keep doing what you love, most don't even know what that want in life, God blessed you and Always remember Gods with you always, And With God all things are possible, Much love
So much for the geertop tent, I was interested so I looked them up and they are marketed as a quality tent, polls seem pretty weak, I appreciate the real life reviews.
It's been fine. The poles have held up to some serious winds. The rain slip is not very waterproof, and the zippers are starting to fail, but other than that, it's served me well
@@technohobo Good to know, I thought the poles snapped, I'm always on the lookout for good gear.
No dont trust that it will be there.
You went to all the bad parts of bakersfield only 😭
7:20 that's south and central cali cities all over man. And in town anywhere in that region rides are gonna be few and far between mostly, find the edge of a good sized town n shoot for a long haul ride several hundred miles north is what I would do
That's basically what i ended up doing. The little teaser at the end is one of those catchouts just north of town. I'll be looking more in places like that in the future
Yupp those are good spot bro, pretty much everywhere, at least out there, has something like that. The bus stops like that too lol its actually that sort of care for the public you wanna keep an eye out for when your looking for this short of hopping point. Theres gonna be a good hitch spot somewhere close as well, and prolly the near edge of town roughneck bar/ sketchy might as well be a circle k parking lot liquor store will be near too.
Camouflaging your campsite on the empty lot, like a pile of garbage? Brilliant!
I'll keep watching regardless. I enjoy the commentary alot. As i mentioned before.. Dunsmuir will have riders there, or hit up some youtubers like Ranoutonarail or John E Ringo . Stay safe out there.
It would be ideal if i could meet someone in norcal
At least you're safe on the train...I would try an have some experienced riders give you advice. Yard Buzzards are good people, an get a radio. Be smart an be safe.
Yard buzzard that's the name of their TH-cam channel. They do a lot of train riding in your area Bakersfield they come through Texas and stuff like that date be good folks to hook up with
we were somewhere around bakersfield when the drugs began to kick in!
Awesome videos watch ur 6! 🤘👀
If you're retired here life is good, trying to live along the river valley is not recommended, Bakersfield is growing quickly and the laws are changing about homelessness please find other places to migrate to in your travels, this desert town can be dangerous for those on the streets Bakersfield is changing into a major metropolitan.
Good luck on life's journey.
Stay safe !
Bro you in a hot spot, right on Sumner and Baker st.. . . Watch your ass right there, lots of homeless thatll shank your ass. I live in Bakersfield. Stay away from the East Side.
BNSF rolls right by Amtrak. You can grab Barstow to Vancouver/Pasco, empty boxcars, empty lumber, BN cars , emptys go north. For union Pacific, the only thing is just wait at the yard.
How do you get on a train from the amtrak station? I cut a scene where i scoped that out, and decided it was way too exposed
@@technohobo ok, from Amtrak, west is the BNSF yard. My double stack stopped on the mainlines, two tracks furthest east. Now you can walk west on truxton ave to the west end which is where you grab northbound trains. If it's IM double stack it will get you to atleast Stockton, if it's junk, you could go alot of places including long distance. If you walk east on truxton to summer that will dead end at union Pacific yard. Edison is a right you can take and that will follow the yard on west side. Trains there will likely be better. You can get double stack to Portland Oregon or atleast Roseville
I like your spirit and I respect that your rolling solo. If your still in Bakersfield next week, either come to Colton or something and we can meet up. I'm rolling to Roseville then cutting east to go over the hill. But I can definitely get you going in the right direction and it will make the trip alot better. Show you some tricks of the road. They will help bubba
@@timbnsfs.9275 I can't wait to see that episode.
15:30 get some small solar batteries bro, will save you. Theres lots of places that are real grumpy about that outlet. Also coffee shops. Starbucks almost always holds to there free ice water police. Good wifi and especially for a content creator, sit down n do some "work".
Yeah i have yet to get kicked out of a starbucks. As long as you're not making trouble they don't seem to care
@@technohobo only ever had problems in areas like Bakersfield or Sacramento where the homeless are actually a real issue.
im not a big fan of Bakersfield but/ pretty much everywhere i have ever been there is someone who says "why would anyone live here" / putting aside the reasons why someone might want to live somewhere, there is Always a reason to not want to be somewhere./ The Bad parts of Bakersfield are not so bad. The good parts are ok. Seems like boring rural semi suburbia for the most part but at least if you have a car and a job you are not too far from all kinds of outdoor adventures. I sure would rather not live there but it is not the worst. Funny is most of the people there cant understand why anyone would live in most of the other CA cities or towns
So i work with the boxelder fire crew (wild land) and we traveled to California for a fire assignment. We stayed one night in Bakersfield. We woke up and somebody tried stealing the catalytic converters off of our trucks but thankfully hotel security caught them in time 😂 first time in California for a lot of us lol. Warm welcome
One of the things you may not have calculated. I watch your videos because you have no idea WTF you are doing. everybody starts from square one, keep up the hard work.😁
There’s an old country song “The Streets of Bakersfield”.
lucky i been trying to leave bakersfield T^T
I lived next door to a homeless encampment. Just be aware of their social hierarchy because they arrange those social structures into who are the savagery, soldiers and territories, and whoever is on top influences their behavior.. Similar to a pack of dogs and their areas.
Loll
Those aren't almond trees dude. Those are bodypod trees, like in the movie "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers."
Boots, Boots, Boots. 👍🙏
One thing you notice with so many of these towns and small cities is how most of them look all alike. They all have the same chain stores and (mainly) fast food restaurants and there always seems to be a Starbucks. Talk about gross homogeneity.
Great content. If your serious about hopping trains, do your homework. Shoestring, Stobe, Jumping overacliff are good study. Have fun, live life and Bsafe.
You'll see more of me and trains in the upcoming episodes. I am thinking about stepping back and learning more before i give it another go
Gotta get some boots, brother 👍
This review of Bakersfield is hilarious to me. I have no problem with anyone trying to do whatever to survive, but coming to a town with no money, resources, research and having a vague goal of train hopping. lol what did you expect? You’re hanging around a homeless shelter half the video wondering why the area looks rough, upset there’s no McDonald’s around to charge up. Bakersfield is far from perfect, but you could have a bad experience with these circumstances anywhere. Comedy
I agree. A total comedy if you don't have to live through it.
interesting how some of these TH-camrs that do reviews about Bakersfield only visit the worst parts of town. The SW and NW parts of town are very nice and attractive and still growing.
Well i was trying to hop a train out so i kinda had to be there
Some of us have no choice okay! I didn’t choose where my mama popped me out 😭
Stay safe out there keep loven life
Its true
No I like you also hanging out in some of these towns a la Stobe
You're gonna need a good pair of insulated boots. You're gonna be on your feet most of the day.meh.
I like thinner soles. Boots could be good too, but i always have trouble finding comfortable boots. The last couple jobs i had where i had to wear boots i ended up with painful blisters
I personally pick up boots when I need them. I usually go to a pawn shop and ask . Good luck with that.
@@technohobo Wear 3 pairs of socks to avoid blisters.
To bad that you weren't in Tooele, Utah. You could have a nice place to stay
Bakersfield Library....
I'm from bkfld, first ride was north from there. It's super easy there just not a city for the weak that's for sure. I fucking love it, top of the bottom shelf
Ahh the Grapevine
i cant believe nobody took your stuff.
I was pretty much on top of my bag the whole time, trying to look like someone who would be dangerous to mug
almonds for sure buddy
Freight hopping is for the birds, get a MC. They're watching you hop train bc it's near impossible to find any reason to these days.
Nice digs!
That’s why I moved to Lamont it’s better
Bro you didn’t even really hit THE HOOD on this. Hahaha try again!!
Bro, Who you talkin' to? You talkin' to me?!
Jump on top need a ride?
I live in this town
Yeah I have some tips on train hopping, take a bus.
Try messaging Dancer, hes pretty good.
No body
Don't do it for the views