My Story: Elevators and Autism: Thanks for 30 years 100K Subscribers and 5000 Videos!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- (June 2023) I can't believe it. 30 years ago today, I filmed my first elevator at the Hilton Atlanta, followed by the Hyatt and the Marriott Marquis. This was a very special day in 1993 because Darlene Marlow took me to Atlanta to fulfill a dream I have had since 1988. This is also pretty much the start of elevator filming as we know it today.
This video is several things. It is a 30th Anniversary special, a 100K subscriber special, and a 5000 video special. More importantly it is me hopefully showing all of you guys gratitude in supporting me and it is also the closest thing to my life story I have ever posted on the internet.
In this video you will obviously hear my story but you will also be treated to alot of content that is unreleased at the time of the shooting of this video. You will also get to see the 3 famous elevators both in 1993 and 2023.
During my storytelling phase of the video, I supplement it with relevant photos and videos as well as fitting background music from Epidemic Sound.
I must sincerely thank every one of you who has watched a video, subscribed, or supported me in any way. I truly am grateful for each and every one of you.
THIS VIDEO IS DEDICATED TO THE LATE DARLENE MARLOW 1949-2016 YOU ARE MY HERO.
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Music: Epidemic Sound: Helmut Schenker-Among the clouds, 369-Blue Adrian, Lo Mimieux-Misericorde, Hushed-Tomorrow's Rain, Luella Gren-Trans Siberian Express, Alfie-Jay Winters-The Slow Tick of Time, Johan Glössner-My Regular Life, Lofive-VHS Hero, Ch@ntarelle-Private Detective, Magnus Ringblom / Trabant 33-Streets Of Hannover / Cotton Street, Benjamin Carey-Steam Engine, ELWIN-I Wanna Get high on You. AUDIO MICRO: Euginmartinov-Cheerful Ragtime
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:06 My story
23:52 Hilton Atlanta 1993
27:46 Hyatt Atlanta 1993
29:19 Marriott Atlanta 1993
31:24 Hilton Atlanta 2023
39:08 Hyatt Atlanta 2023
42:22 Marriott Atlanta 2023
49:41 Sears/Willis Tower Service Elevator
58:35 City Building Asheville Final Ride
1:00:05 Haughton in Crappy Apt Building
1:00:57 Machine Room of Haughton
1:02:27 Vintage Elevator in Denver
1:03:06 Shepard in Roanoke
1:04:40 Getting Stuck in Vintage OTIS
1:06:19 Vintage Monty in Cheyenne WY
1:07:35 Modded Elevator in KC
1:08:17 TJ Starts my Scooter!
1:09:27 Peelle Factory Tour
1:09:58 Bus Museum Fire
1:10:24 Plenty of Hotel Tours coming!
1:11:25 Dead Mall Tour!
1:12:42 Final Thoughts and Outro
#Elevator
#Lift
#elevaTOURS
Congratulations on such an amazing accomplishment. I'd never imagine we'd be where we are today. It's been an honor and pleasure having you as a friend. Andrew, your story is truly inspirational. Here's to another 30 years of elevator photography!
Connor, thanks for being an AMAZING friend and supporter. You are an amazing person.
30 years? It’s been that long, Andrew? Wow. What a milestone!
He was called retarded, that is so wrong! no one should have to go through that kind of torment. but, it sometimes and quite of can make a person stronger! so I hope all bad things in Andrew's can and will grow stronger!
You’re kidding me right?
Yeah. It's very impressive.
Happy 30th anniversary of elevator photography, Andrew! Thank you for inspiring me and countless other people with this hobby that was started by YOU! For this reason, you also have made me the person that I am today as well as making me and my dad much closer in person as we do these elevator filming trips all across America and beyond!
Wow, 30 years? Never thought that elevator photography would go on for this long, and I also never knew that it started back in 1993! Congrats on your achievement Andrew! You inspired me to start filming elevators back in 2017, right after when I started my channel. Keep up the great work!
Congrats!! Thank for for all you do!
Congraulations on 30 years! Looking forward to the next 30 :)
Happy anniversary Andrew! You were the reason back in mid 2017 why I decided to join the community. A lot like you, I also enjoyed riding elevators as a young kid. My parents would take me out to ride a few at stores and other places as well. Nice to see we have some things in common when it comes down to origins of being interested in elevators.
Awesome! Thank you! I really appreciate your long time support as well 😀
@@DieselDucy You're very welcome Andrew!
Happy 30 years of Elevator Photography Andrew! I remember when I first watched you on TH-cam since I was 8-9 back in 2009. And congrats on 103K subscribers!!🎉🎉
P.S. I absolutely loved elevators when I was a little kid as well and have autism. But I love watching your videos.
Sincerely yours Nathaniel aka Metro Elevators.
I just want to say congratulations. You have inspired a whole lot of people including myself to film elevators. I have been a dedicated elevator fan since 2014. I am looking forward to the future.
Congratulations on the accomplishments Andrew! I really enjoyed your story and the special. And I hope you continue to get support. Happy 30th anniversary!
Congratulations Andrew! I totally liked this. I can't believe you have made it this far and hope you continue to thrive.
This is a very big milestone, Andrew! Congratulations!
Wow! Elevator filming has come a long way! Thanks andrew for all you have done, if you haven't came up with the idea of elevator filming, elevators would probably just be the forgotten thing nobody cares about, but you have inspired all of us here watching to go and do the same thing you are doing! Thanks for making an influence on a lot of people's lives! And I can't wait to see what you have in store for us in the future, Good luck to you and God bless you!
Happy 30th anniversary of elevator photography! I became an elevator enthusiast back in 2012 and found your channel sometime after I got off my cruise. I have been watching you since and I'm happy to see this go on for so long and inspiring so many people. Keep up the good work, man!
Congrats on 30 years elevator photography Andrew! Thank you for the great story and the adventure you took us on today, it was really great to see how everything grew to what it is today. While hearing your story about being interested with elevators when you were younger and how are you actually got scared of elevators for two years after just that small incident, it was interesting to me now that I wasn't the only one afraid of elevators.
Sure we had a fear of the same thing, for a little while but eventually we got through it, and I'm happy to say that you're the reason I am no longer afraid of elevators and I'm also happy that I got a chance to celebrate my 10 year anniversary on TH-cam earlier this year. I'm also glad that I have been able to meet fellow content creators with the power of social media throughout the elevator community. I can't wait to collaborate with one of our community members in the future I think it will be awesome. Once again happy 30 years of elevator photography and here's to many more years in the future!
Happy 30th Anniversary of elevator photography, Andrew! I can't believe you have been doing this for so long! I have been doing elevator photography since 2019. I love your videos. Can't wait to see what happens in the future! Congratulations on your 30th anniversary and I hope you be a dedicated elevator photographer for 30 more!
Congratulations on 30 years of TH-cam Andrew! So proud of all your hard work!
Congratulations on your channel and thank you so much for sharing your story! You are amazing!
Congratulations, Andrew! I’m so proud of you! You deserve that play button!
Congratulations, Andrew. You're a true inspiration for us in the elevator world. 😊❤️ See you in your future livestream soon. I wish you the best and good luck!
Thanks for your elevator videos. 🤗❤️
Congrats on this major milestone. 30 years flies by so fast. Andrew, thank you for not only inspiring me but everyone else in this community and for being such a big part of my life and making me the person I am right now. I started watching you in 2014 and to see how far you’ve come since then is something I’d never thought I would live to see, mind blowing eh? Here’s to many more years in this community.
Congratulations Andrew, and happy 30th anniversary of elevator photography! Your videos inspire hundreds of thousands of people.
congrats Andrew on a great milestone and a great celebration video! it was beautiful at best!:')
Happy 30th Anniversary! I've been a long time viewer of your channel since 2009 and started my own channel in 2020. This would never have happened without you
I Cant Wait!! to see what the 3 Legendary Elevators look like today. Congratulations, Keep up the amazing work.
Congratulations for this milestone! You were definitely an inspiration to me & many people out there & I can't wait to see what the future holds. Sadly I'm going to bed like right now but I can't wait to watch this tomorrow.
Awesome video. I started watching your videos way back in 2015 Rand you were the reason I started filming elevators. Awesome channel, awesome content. Thx
Happy 30 anniversary! I remember as a kid, the first video that I watched on your channel was the imperial elevator at the sentinel office centre. The Dieselducy show was one my favorites. I’ve been watching your channel ever since. And it’s amazing on how much you have accomplished these years.
This is all so awesome! I love that you've done this. I had boxes of Kodak Disc pics of elevators from throughout the late 70s & 80s that all burned in a fire.
Happy 30th Anniversary!
That’s so cool to hear Andrew. What a great story. I had no idea you’ve been doing this for 30 years. Well done bro!
Looks like time went flying. I found your channel randomly back when I was a kid and decided to start mine 7 years ago, and if it wasn't because of you, I wouldn't have filmed any lifts/elevators. Thank you so much and congrats for your milestones. You're one of the most amazing people I've ever come across.
Just want to say congratulations to Andrew for making a big milestone. I would also like to say thank you for being one of my first yters who I still watch to this day. I hope you get to make more videos of more innovations of elevators in the future!
Andrew thank you! You videos have helped me to get over the trauma of being stuck in an elevator before.
I started watching a lot of TH-cam in middle school in 2013-14, and your channel was one I found fascinating because I also was really into elevators at the time (One Christmas or Birthday I got “Up, Down, and Across” which is practically a textbook on elevators). Partially inspired by you and other channels I watched at the time, I created my channel in 2016 and the first few videos I posted were elevators, whether real or built in video games. I’ve kind of moved out of being completely obsessed with elevators, but every now and then I come back here to watch a few videos because I know they’ll be good quality and fun to watch! Congrats on 30 years, and I hope we continue to get to see awesome content for years to come!
Andrew thank you for all that you do. Ya a phased out of the elevator community but you impacted my life in a great way. I discovered that having high functioning autism isn’t a bad thing. Filming and conquering a massive fear. Thank you so much again andrew
I found your channel in 2009, was obsessed, and then forgot about it for a while. I rediscovered it some time later and started my own channel last year. I would love to come to the museum some time and I definitely want to go to Atlanta some time since those were some of the first videos I watched.
I'm so thankful for everything... Without you, my elevator passion wouldn't be how it is today. I am so passionate about filming & riding elevators, and it all began when I overcame my fear of elevators at age 10-11, then I got obsessed over both you & JimLiElevators' videos! 6-7 years later, I've filmed almost every elevator in my entire city. Once again, I am so thankful for everything. Huge congratulations, I think this is well deserved.
Let the passions go on! I don't think most people understand how important our elevator passions are, and how this passion can make a positive difference in the world. It's a shame how many security guards correlate taking videos to terrorism.
I am also obsessed with 3D modeling elevators & writing controllers for them on a virtual platform, and my desire is to work up to building up a whole new elevator company in the real world!
The first elevator I've ever ridden since birth is a 2008 KONE Monospace, but my favorite elevators I grew up riding & overcame my fear on were Schindler 500A elevators at a local medical center. Those elevators have a very special place in my heart, and I still ride them to this day. I couldn't have imagined what my life would be like now if I never became obsessed with riding them, let alone overcoming my fear on them.
Same, I got interested in elevators because I saw the first episode of the DieselDucy Show at the Church Ave Parking Garage.
Happy 30th anniversary of elevator photography! I have been watching elevators since I was 8 years old. And I started to fall in love with elevators.
Congratulations on your 30th anniversary of elevator photography! Without you, I wouldn’t have filmed any elevators in the first place! You are awesome and inspired me to film some elevators! This is why you are my favorite elevator TH-camr in the whole wide world because I really like you a lot and watching your videos! I really hope this comment makes your day :)
Congratulations on 30 years Andrew cheers to a other 30 more
Congratulations Andrew I been watching your videos since 2013.
I honestly remember watching your TH-cam channel from age 3. I used to be obsessed with elevators, and your channel was my ability to go abroad and see elevators from my home in suburbia. I’m 14 now, and I respect seeing you still posting content, man. Keep going, and know you have inspired me as well as many others.
Congratulations on 30 years on elevators including specially on the videos that you’ve been doing first for a long time since you joined 2006 at the so long, you’ve been really a great friend to us
Congratulations man
HAPPY 30TH anniversary dieselducy!
I can’t believe it’s been 30 years.. that’s a huge milestone! Congratulations Andrew
This was a fantastic video his story was so amazing
You really deserve it, Andrew. I’ve been watching since 2015.
keep up the good work. you are an inspiration
Thanks :)
Congrats on the 30 years and that great iconic 1993 Atlanta Marriot Maquette elevator.
Hey, keep on keeping on! Congratulations on your success!
Thanks so so much ❤️
Congratulations on 100K subscribers well deserved it and nice outfit btw
Love your story! I saw a shout out from my nephew @AwesomeWill and came to see your channel. Thank you for inspiring the Autism community and others who love elevators. I know my nephew would love to visit your museum some day!
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Happy 30th Anniversary Andrew of Elevator Photography, Since you filmed elevators at Atlanta. That was a very long time ago. Congratulations.
Looking amazing!
Happy 30th anniversary of elevator photography!
Congrats to you my Andrew love you and if you weren’t there I wouldn’t be where I am today. You have always helped me love elevators and trains and old stuff and my own matchbox 24 shunter green and yellow dieselducy that I have. I’ve been watching and loving elevators since 2012 and you’ve helped me come a long way. Please stay on forever and never ever leave you always make me feel great. Always love love your stuff and always will
Happy 30th anniversary congrats on 104k
Rip dieselducy mom
Congrats
You are a TH-cam prodigy! Also, I find it very neat on how much you and me are alike: We have the same 'uniquenesses', and went through the same hardcomings while in school (I was in 10th grade when I was in my dark age), and to know that I am not alone on this makes me feel special! I will never be spectacular like you are because I am not a people person, I am not good with strangers, and I am somewhat agoraphobic... But I love watching your videos and I do love playing video games (they're my life, and my first was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan on the Game Boy when I was only 3 years old, and I was born in 1992)! So, as unique persons, let's keep doing what we love doing, and never give up on it! ;)
Thanks so much. This made my day. Don’t ever tell yourself you are not amazing. You are amazing
Congratulations Andrew, 1993 brings back the good memories :)
Congratulations 🎊 👏
Keep up the great videos! I really enjoy seeing elevators as well. If you are ever in Huntsville Alabama, there's a building called the Landmark that I know the owner of and he has an all original 1960's Monty that is in really decent shape. Happy 30th Anniversary of filming elevators!
Keep it up!
Once again I just want to take this time and say happy 30th anniversary of Elevator photography! I can’t believe we’ve made it this far! Without you I would lose my interest in elevators. Keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the future!
Happy 30th anniversary
Thanks
I LOVE how you use the word "uniqueness"!
Now you’re on the road to 200,000 subscribers
I have sensory processing disorder in a lot of similarities, I started out secretly watching your channel right from the first video back then, I never told anybody because I never thought that other people were like us, but then because of you I was inspired and to this day you have inspired me, so much respect that you never gave up,
Andrew, I am impressed! Thanks for all of this hard work you have put into this. Very proud of you and the rest of the elevator community.
Thank you very much!
This video was cool, from beginning to end, one of the Hilton's Glass elevators had a squeaky wheel. the Marriott Marquis Internal elevator had a new chime. Amazing, Congrats goes to you Andrew, thank you.
Congrats brother. I used to actully be scared of elevaters but becuse of you, i'm not scared anymore. Great job.
just wow, 30 years of elevator photography. my elevator passion wouldnt exist if this community never existed. i am very glad to be in this community and you are my inspiration to keep going. god bless!
Ever since I first found you in 2009 to meeting for the first time in 2014 to being a part of the community for 10 years I’m proud of you for all you do for the community what you’ve made become I love you & am very proud to call you one of my best friends 😊
Been in the elevator community since 2022. You brought me inspirations since 2015!
Aww thanks so much 😃😃
Happy anniversary! 30 years is an awesome milestone. Please continue doing what you're doing for the autism community as we need more of that in this world. :)
Congrats on 3 decades of lift filming!
Your story about how your family thought you were never going to be able to be the person you are now is incredible. I would have never guessed that you had a past like this considering how you are such an amazing person with people with Autism that are into elevators like I am. I’m on the Autism spectrum too and faced many challenges too when I was little with school and a bunch of other things. Once I got to my Junior year of high school I’ve become a different person than what I used to be. Anyways congratulations on 30 years of elevator photography and one million subscribers!
Happy 30th anniversary of elevator photography, Andrew! You have been a huge inspiration in my interest in filming elevators! To be honest, my interest in elevators started back in 2011 during my middle school years. The elevator that got me interested in this hobby was a Schindler 330A, which was why my channel name for a long time was SchindlerFan7783; I eventually changed it to SchindlerElevatorFan7783, probably about 7-8 years later. Of course, you see what my name is now. Anyway, I actually discovered and started watching you in 2012 and have been a subscriber ever since! My point is that I probably wouldn't have known about this hobby if I hadn't seen your content and other OGs! Also, I liked your story and what made you want to film elevators! Keep up the great work and continue to make the world a better place! As far as my age of when I started being interested in elevators, I was 11 and now I am 23 and albeit not as interested in elevator filming as I was a few years ago, I still consider riding elevators and filming them as a hobby.
Thanks so much for sharing this and watching me :) Time flies!
@DieselDucy No problem! Yeah time does fly, it's kinda hard to believe that I've been interested in elevators for over a decade.
Hopefully you reach 1 Million subscribers
That would be awesome. Doubt it will happen but hey maybe :)
I have been watching your channel for 5 years now
Happy 30th anniversary DieselDucy.
love it 😃
Thanks! 😄
Congrats Andrew!
You're an inspiration, I found out about you through a friend's little brother who is also on the autism spectrum and has an interest in elevators. I think it's great to for kids like him to have a role model like you: someone who is unapologetic about who they are, what they're interested in and proves that you don't have to act "normal" to live a happy fulfilling life.
This made my day. Thanks so much for sharing this with me. I try my best to be a role model.
Love the flute on the Westinghouse AE at the Hilton
so sorry for your loss of your hero i actually am a fan i think i started watching videos when i was little so thank you very much disel ducy for being a part of my childhood
Thanks so much for watching.
Congratulations on such an incredible milestone!
I know I'm a few months late and I apologize, but I wanted to say how much as another autistic adult I love your content - by the time I got my first iPod touch in 2010 I fell in love with your content - it was some of the first videos I started watching on TH-cam
Seeing this truly fills my heart as someone who has questioned why they are the way they are and why I cant change it
keep up the awesome work!
Wow I can’t believe it’s now 30 years I remember when it was the 21 celebrate for elevator photography
Your videos are very good
Hey thanks I enjoy your videos. I’m a person who doesn’t like taking elevators I have a fear of getting stuck. But I find your videos relaxing so trying to use them to help me get over that fear.
Thanks so so much ❤️❤️
Awesome new intro
Happy 30 years of elevator photography :)
This just goes to show what a huge impact you can have on a youngster if you make the smallest (but thoughtful) considerations for them as an adult. This was super interesting! 👍
Sorry I couldn’t watch the premiere because I was busy with TH-cam and stuff. But I’m finally watching it. Happy 30th anniversary to DieselDucy.
Time whizzed by cuz I watched one of your vids in 2016, and I grew up watching your channel.
Aww thanks. Hope you still enjoy it 😃
I think your mom and Darlene are smiling right now. Very nice and very heavy.
You and I have a lot in common. I had autism for 24 years this year, and depression for 10 years this year, for a combined total of 34. You and I have a lot in common, and when I was diagnosed, the doctors said I would not be able to be verbal, or have friends. We now know that those doctors were 100% wrong! You, Andrew, have helped me become who I am today.
The first place I filmed at was at DoubleTree Hotel with scenic Dover Impulses in Jackson, TN; the second place I filmed at was at the nearby Holiday Inn with scenic Otis Series 1s. This was almost 15 years ago; 15 years after you started filming. I started out filming with my old Olympus camera, then more recently I moved on to filming with my Apple device. I was 13 at the time, but I’m now 27 at the time. I’ll be 28 by the time of my 15th anniversary of me starting to film. I’ve been watching TH-cam since 2007 and I started my channel 11 years ago; my channel turns 12 near the end of this year.
30 years? This is my first time rediscovering this channel since I was a kid! Ah, early TH-cam. So many memories. I think I first started watching this your videos since... 2007? Right after I turned 8. I turn 24 this year and I'm glad this channel, no. Relic of early TH-cam is still here.
Thanks so much :) TH-cam has changed. I miss the early days of youtube.