Hobo Riding the Train - Police Arrive! + 3 Passing Trains

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  • @CentralPennRailProductions
    @CentralPennRailProductions  3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    FYI, lots of commenters saying I called the cops. No I didn't, you obviously did not watch the video. The train is coming to a stop well before it gets to my location, in fact I almost packed up and left because it was taking so long to arrive and starting to rain. I just happened to be there with my camera and radio and this is what I saw, stop blaming the messenger. The railroad has rules where if other trains spot riders they have to report them and stop to check them out. I have no idea why local police arrived other than the train dispatcher probably called it in as part of protocol.

    • @DrLumpy
      @DrLumpy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      If you called the cops you wouldn't be the bad guy here. Quite the opposite. You would have been doing the right thing. No different than ME calling in a trespasser on YOUR property, or any other crime in progress. Trespass and violating federal law is not the mark of a hero. It's what criminals do.
      There's not an argument about train hopping being right or wrong. It is simply wrong. Illegal at the federal statute level. You couldn't get more black and white "wrong" than that. The only argument is "I don't want it to be wrong". There are no good reasons for it being acceptable, there are hundreds of reasons for it being wrong. But throw out all the reasons, and it still is, simply, unarguably, against the law - wrong.
      Here's a simple test when faced with some kind of question like this - If you were a parent, and a school teacher was telling your kids "It's ok to hop trains, even if it's against the law", would that be acceptable to you as a parent?
      Do what is right, always, and you'll always be right.

    • @digitalchaos1980
      @digitalchaos1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DrLumpy While I enjoy watching some of the train hopper videos, it's mainly because I enjoy seeing the scenery that most people dont get to see, all from my couch. I am not justifying it with this comment either, just stating I like to watch sometimes. To answer your question, no I would NOT want my daughters being taught that it's ok and safe and acceptable to hop a train. It might be a rush to the ones doing it but it surely is dangerous on so many levels!

    • @swashington942
      @swashington942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@DrLumpy busy body

    • @invisi-bullexploration2374
      @invisi-bullexploration2374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      As the one tool already commented rail fans have a baaaaad reputation. That's all. And a lot of rail riding videos document this behavior from rail fans.
      >Railfan sees the rider. Out comes the phone.
      I am not saying ALL of you do it but at least some are 'Time For Wapner' individuals who snitch on every rider they see. Like standing there. All day. To snitch on riders. To the point where rail fans are the *bane* of riders.

    • @spcraleigheas
      @spcraleigheas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did the driver call the cops?

  • @13squier
    @13squier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    The public can finally let their guard down knowing this crime of the century was foiled.

    • @enrique12338
      @enrique12338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shit better then the cops shooting mexican and black kids

    • @47nodoubt
      @47nodoubt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A crime has to be against someone or their property, pedophile government has nothing to do with rail lines they stole ownership just like the rest of their shit.

    • @toddjones1403
      @toddjones1403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@47nodoubt And I’m sure you’d be all for this guy suing the company if he got injured while trespassing. Your logic is incredible sir..umm, kid.

    • @ChadDidNothingWrong
      @ChadDidNothingWrong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is the result of tort law going sour

    • @SoulShurpa
      @SoulShurpa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And I would have gotten away with it !! if it wasn't for you meddling kids👅

  • @chanvalentine8283
    @chanvalentine8283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    My great-uncles would ride the rails in the 20's and '30's to find work. They said sometimes they'd find hobo's frozen to death from going through the mountains.

  • @LuckyBaldwin777
    @LuckyBaldwin777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    Another fine example of a small town with WAY too many cops that have WAY too little to do.

    • @voxer99
      @voxer99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      So true. 2 vehicles used in pursuit of 1 guy who they'll never find.

    • @redrock717
      @redrock717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I mean it’s kinda their job to answer the call. What if it turns out there’s more than one rider? What if the FTRA has a rider on this train. The FTRA riders are very dangerous.

    • @TheCheapReefer
      @TheCheapReefer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@redrock717 Not all of them are assholes so quit believing what u read . Ive met a few FTRA and they were just average guys who network together

    • @humanresearchtestsubjecth.1184
      @humanresearchtestsubjecth.1184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They make money writing tickets to people for doing the exact same shit they do. There is big money in traffic tickets.

    • @HoboRoadrunner
      @HoboRoadrunner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@redrock717 shut up so what a few FTRA did some bad things . so what? if thats the casw that every FTRA is bad , then every cop is bad.

  • @geoffreylee5199
    @geoffreylee5199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Buddy hides in bushes, as train moves, gets back on ...

    • @inyobill
      @inyobill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Police searched, but didn't find him", ... ummnmmnnmn, no kidding ...

    • @Rayman1971
      @Rayman1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL, that would be priceless!!! also, what are th3e chances of several hobos on the same train but different cars...unbeknownst to one another!!!

    • @tomcatt998
      @tomcatt998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Rayman1971 i see nothing i know
      nothinggggg ....
      Sergeant Shultz

    • @smashlee6181
      @smashlee6181 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rayman1971 I've seen that happen on some train hopping videos lol

    • @tomcatt998
      @tomcatt998 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now if he hadda Donut on him da popo would've sniffed him out

  • @PacificAirwave144
    @PacificAirwave144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    Someone saw a stowaway so lets stop the train, send out a crew for a slow inspection, call out the cops--for someone that doesn't have a mailing address or bank account....

    • @blake_edwards
      @blake_edwards 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      He's trespassing.

    • @jasoncentore1830
      @jasoncentore1830 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Sad part they would lock him up for a few weeks and set bail on a homeless guy... Ohh America

    • @run6run751
      @run6run751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelfreeze2949 Everything you listed is tops 500 bucks. Gopro, scanner, laptop, free editing software

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      These people are operating heavy equipment and do not want to be liable for a Noob tresspasser that scoffs at the laws about hopping aboard a private companies train so he can get free transportation. This kind of stupidity can get him killed.

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ithasaname "per say"? You don't say!

  • @ShakespeareCafe
    @ShakespeareCafe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    This is the Ghost of Stobe the Hobo riding the rails into eternity---this particular train is dubbed the Flying Dutchman

    • @yachtboy6756
      @yachtboy6756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Interesting. This Flying Dutchman however already has a captain😁

    • @zachthompson1376
      @zachthompson1376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Stobe’s dead?

    • @ShakespeareCafe
      @ShakespeareCafe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Zach Thompson Died when his backpack got caught on part of the train....don’t know all the details just what was reported

    • @crash_davis
      @crash_davis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I believe the Stobe incident happened in 2017 near Baltimore. Is well documented in comments on his channel(s). RIP.

    • @fritzcolburn
      @fritzcolburn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It's almost 3 years now and I think he'd get a kick out of the fact that people are still talking about him. I miss that character.

  • @richiesquest3283
    @richiesquest3283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is major overkill for a petty offence.

  • @doubleagent6951
    @doubleagent6951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    The hobo outsmart them all. Hobo wins

    • @DrLumpy
      @DrLumpy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Wins" is not exactly the term I'd use to describe his life situation.

    • @onenerdvs9639
      @onenerdvs9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@DrLumpy Some folks choose that life because it's what they enjoy and it's how they want to live. Just because it's different it doesn't make it wrong.

    • @DrLumpy
      @DrLumpy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@onenerdvs9639 Well, I didn't say "wrong". But if he's riding trains, yes, it's simply wrong. It's a federal crime, it's not an emotional, poetic interpretation.
      My point is, again - "Wins" is not exactly how I'd describe his lifestyle.

    • @alabasterfigueroa4431
      @alabasterfigueroa4431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@DrLumpy I think the "win" was against getting caught, not his life situation. Yeah it's against the law, but a lot of things are against the law that aren't wrong morally. Train hopping doesn't hurt anybody, unless God forbid they slip or make a mistake. In that case they're only hurting themselves.

    • @DrLumpy
      @DrLumpy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alabasterfigueroa4431 "Morals" are your personal decision to obey or violate laws and rules or not. If you choose to violate a rule or a law, and you consider that "good morals", that's your personal choice. That's your set of morals.
      If you were an employer or owned a company, or even just a co-worker, how would you feel about a potential employee who says "I know there are laws about a lot of things, I choose to disobey some of them", during his interview?
      How about if you heard an elected official or your teachers or your children say the same thing? Would you be satisfied with that elected official? Would you be proud of that offspring of yours?
      On "They don't hurt anyone": Yes, they do. They cause the railroad, the governments that pay for the police, and ultimately YOU, the taxpayer, and the end user, to incur costs to deal with those "Winning Hobos" who choose to violate property which is not theirs. If they do slip and "Hurt themselves", you and me will pay for the police/fire/ems/hospital/rehab/jail time/court appearances.
      On Winning by not getting caught: You "Win" when you do the right thing. Not when you do the wrong thing but just don't get caught.
      I've got my morals in the right room. Perhaps you should consider where yours currently reside.

  • @biged8290
    @biged8290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Hobo's keeping history alive...just don't lose any limbs.

    • @anangelsstar
      @anangelsstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Carol Ziegler and? your point is

    • @rhuttrho88
      @rhuttrho88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@anangelsstar don't lose an arm or leg! Reading is fundamental!

    • @garyjohnson1970
      @garyjohnson1970 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The last free men....

  • @jscottbarnes
    @jscottbarnes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    The hobo just needed to show his "Take A Ride on the Reading Railroad" Monopoly card.

    • @bobertmcboberty1385
      @bobertmcboberty1385 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Scott Barnes I always carry my get out of jail free card!

    • @maggie0285
      @maggie0285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s funny! He might land on the go to jail spot.

    • @bigthunder2860
      @bigthunder2860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or his get out of jail free!!!

    • @Mike-tg7dj
      @Mike-tg7dj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a good one.

    • @Mike-tg7dj
      @Mike-tg7dj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobertmcboberty1385 He should always carry that one, especially when jumping a train. Got to have that get out of jail card.

  • @explorecorn
    @explorecorn ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m glad they didn’t find him. Our country was built upon hundreds of thousands of people hopping looking for work in the 20’s and 30’s. It’s good to see people keeping the tradition alive! There should be a national trainhoppers and hobos day.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I'm rather pleased he got away in a way. Keeping the old traditions of riding the rails going.

    • @jeremywilliams1835
      @jeremywilliams1835 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was trespassing. Want him trespassing on your property?????

    • @srats56
      @srats56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@jeremywilliams1835 stupid hypothetical question

    • @Sshooter444
      @Sshooter444 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He just killed a child and is on thenrun, let's root for him.

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great. Now there are people rooting for illegal actions. Come on man. Dont be stupid.

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great. Now there are people rooting for illegal actions. Come on man. Dont be stupid.

  • @FalconXE302
    @FalconXE302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    To Honour people like Stobe... leave the Hobos in peace to ride the trains. They are not hurting anyone.

    • @thomasschreiber9559
      @thomasschreiber9559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Calling the cops seems pretty busybody

    • @Andrew-jn9yp
      @Andrew-jn9yp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Stobe was the best

    • @DixiePokerAce
      @DixiePokerAce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Most "hobos" are hardcore junkies that would cut your throat. I don't want to see them get arrested. I would rather see them crushed beneath the wheels of a moving freight train. The deader the better.

    • @rhuttrho88
      @rhuttrho88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds like a George Soros puppet we have here!

    • @heyitshuttz3705
      @heyitshuttz3705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I lot of hobos are dangerous and mean so they have to do something...

  • @JGPlisken
    @JGPlisken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    seems like a lot of time and resources wasted

  • @rossguillory5556
    @rossguillory5556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was a pretty hardcore rider from 2002-2008 and rode freight trains all over but mostly the South East. We called NS “Nazi Southern” because of their strict policies against train riders. They encourage new employees to always call in tramps, and even had a worker in Irondale (B-Ham NS Yd) call to me in the woods “you can come out just wanna tell ya when next train is coming” while two local police cars were parked next to him. If they wanted to arrest me they woulda had to trek through the thick poison ivy like I had to to get away! Regardless of their policies still always preferred riding NS to CSX less trains but more efficient and less delays! Plus that paint scheme!! SEXY!

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh, is THAT why its called that? try being an employee, dumfuk

  • @movileone7420
    @movileone7420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    It would be cheaper to just keep that train moving

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Till the guy gets run over, then the stopped traffic and investigation will cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    • @chrisv3863
      @chrisv3863 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or something happens and the train derails

    • @maureenolin199
      @maureenolin199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It’s illegal to be riding on a freight so if someone gets hurt it’s on them and the railroad shouldn’t be liable and have it in writing.

    • @Belleville197
      @Belleville197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@maureenolin199 exactly

    • @stephanroller3209
      @stephanroller3209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I think if the hobo wants to risk his life riding on the train for free getting across the whole country for free I don’t blame him I would do the same damn thing

  • @indoorandoutdoorendurance3889
    @indoorandoutdoorendurance3889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I don't know much about this other than from watching TH-cam videos, but I would think catching the hobo would be a bit like trying to catch a fly off of an animal. They can jump off, run away, hide in the woods, come back on again, whatever. Naturally, I'm sure the police cannot afford to conduct a large-scale manhunt like they would for a dangerous escaped prisoner.

    • @toyotaalltheway1
      @toyotaalltheway1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Stopping the train there wasn't the best idea for catching him either. The videos I have seen of them getting caught are usually in rail-yards.

    • @garywheeler7039
      @garywheeler7039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@toyotaalltheway1 If a hobo is smart, he will jump off if it is coming into a yard. They are often fenced and patrolled.

    • @indoorandoutdoorendurance3889
      @indoorandoutdoorendurance3889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ ...But then again, he could have been just out for a fun train ride. He might have been an ordinary individual.

    • @paxmule
      @paxmule 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The cops needed a dog. Then he's have been caught.

    • @brocki95xxx
      @brocki95xxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889 Well he isn't because he is riding a train. No ordinary person does that.

  • @PuuberZ
    @PuuberZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    All this for 1 dude chilling on a train seems a bit much.

    • @darksydephillip8791
      @darksydephillip8791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agrred, but i would imagine if the train company is notified, doesn't stop, then he dies...talk about a lawsuit + bad publicity

    • @Trehugindrtlvr1
      @Trehugindrtlvr1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Seckswithatoaster I suggest looking up trespassing laws before you kill someone.

    • @JerryNSretired
      @JerryNSretired 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And if I see one, even tho I am retired, I will call in on him--just like I did when working! They got no business TRESPASSING! End of story!

    • @norbertsiewert3917
      @norbertsiewert3917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There have been instances where a tramp has set a fire to a box car, or damaged freight.

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A bit much, till the guy makes one misstep, falls to his death and then the entire railway is shut down to investigate his stupidity. Sorry, but us intelligent adults have to keep the stupid N00bs out of danger.

  • @Gypsy839
    @Gypsy839 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Hobos have been doing it for years so I say let them!

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You say that because you dont understand. Once you understand, youll sing a different tune.

    • @oregonrailfanner9835
      @oregonrailfanner9835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      E S you obviously don’t know what fun is then... hobos have always been and always will be

    • @iwebb5258
      @iwebb5258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@ES-nq8uu hahahahaha I love that you're on some sort of TH-cam train safety crusade. Get a life clown.

    • @anangelsstar
      @anangelsstar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@ES-nq8uu dont understand what? that its a way of life and others like yourself love to shit on others?

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@iwebb5258 better than the train company telling your family that they cant sue because you were an idiot and played on the train tracks.

  • @tomegg
    @tomegg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Who in the world would call the cops for this? Anyway, thanks for sharing. Glad the cops didn't find him.

    • @dragoflamer786
      @dragoflamer786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People who have nothing else in their life

  • @TheCheapReefer
    @TheCheapReefer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    So many rides on that train with all the open box cars

  • @Chief176
    @Chief176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Who cares!!?? Let them ride!! Sad thing is, most hobos know more about trains than some employees.

    • @KarlOtterman
      @KarlOtterman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well that one clearly didn’t because he almost ate shit dismounting the train.

    • @KarlOtterman
      @KarlOtterman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And then he gets run over, potentially delaying the train, delaying opposing traffic, and then the railroad loses money over a person who shouldn’t have been there in the first place.

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Highly doubt it. They just know how to screw someone else over for free stuff. Hes a safetly hazzard. If they found him, I would have been happy to see him carted off in cuffs.

    • @dr.delray2767
      @dr.delray2767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      E S the fact that you spend your free time replying to people’s comments rambling on about how this guy is a safety hazard is absolutely hilarious. Get a hobby.

    • @solarsatan9000
      @solarsatan9000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He's probably not even a hobo just a guy who trainsurf's for fun

  • @timbrown2637
    @timbrown2637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hard to believe they want to bust someone riding trains but not actual criminals or illegal immigrants.

  • @Aiijuin
    @Aiijuin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love the clear and beautiful sound of that ballast train!

  • @TreyJ_Mollo
    @TreyJ_Mollo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hopefully Hobo shoestring doesn’t end up like this 😂

  • @edwardjones9631
    @edwardjones9631 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Trains are fascinating! They run on all steel wheels, on steel railroad tracks. Every individual freight car has its own brakes and when stopped has a few extra inches of hitch-slack, between each and all freight cars! This individual railcar slack & brake system allows the train to stop and start, one car at a time, on inclines, uphill, downhill, or on level track & how a very few train-engine cars, can pull the trailing 30 to 80 million lbs of freight-cars. Hobos did ride freight trains before 1960, used to sleepover in our neighbors hay & straw barnlofts, steal a chicken or 2, and sometimes haunt our midwest farm neighbors, only 1 to 2 miles distant.

  • @bluestar465
    @bluestar465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I rode the rails from Thunder Bay Ontario to Banf Alberta. We jumped in one of the diesel units and the crew came to us with coffee and sandwiches during the ride! Better jump off before the train gets in the yard, otherwise your fenced in and railroad cops will get ya.

  • @tonyhill5418
    @tonyhill5418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for not ratting the guy out, It's a tradition in this country and they should just let them be, I'm sure it can be dangerous but those who do it know the risk.

    • @themanformerlyknownascomme777
      @themanformerlyknownascomme777 ปีที่แล้ว

      thing is, it isn't just innocent idealists who do this, much more... destructive individuals also try and do it.

  • @sreejithar450
    @sreejithar450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Everyone has the right to live and travel.. Let them enjoy their freedom. They are not harming anyone.

    • @skuzlebut82
      @skuzlebut82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So if you're at a stop light and a random person hops in your car, you'll just drive them wherever they want to?

    • @waynethurman2144
      @waynethurman2144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No one has the right to steal a free ride!

    • @misternobodysixtynine
      @misternobodysixtynine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet it's either Death or Taxes

    • @waynethurman2144
      @waynethurman2144 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everybody does not have such a right. if the train companies do not want you on their trains, then it is stealing! God is not mocked! You sound like another millennial socialist. Does everyone have a right to use your home when no one is there?

    • @PhilWorley
      @PhilWorley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@waynethurman2144 Just what are they stealing & who are they harming?

  • @PaulHigginbothamSr
    @PaulHigginbothamSr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My father road the rails during the 30's to feed our family. He saw the brutality of the "train Bulls" who beat the brains out of many helpless workers.

    • @paxmule
      @paxmule 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paublus Americanus AMERICANUS YEAH! I saw that movie too!!!
      th-cam.com/video/ElVDEecu1R4/w-d-xo.html

    • @motomark9736
      @motomark9736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How do you feed a family riding a train ?

    • @gregrowe1168
      @gregrowe1168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MotoMark you don’t, it’s a made up story

    • @Vanlifecrisis
      @Vanlifecrisis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@motomark9736 by working the farm/mine/dock few towns over.

    • @Mrcharles.
      @Mrcharles. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @paublus Americanus. Just imagine seeing this exact scenario today and it would cause a ton of unrest for this nation especially with what happened with George Floyd earlier this year.

  • @gerardmoran9560
    @gerardmoran9560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hopped trains as a teenager. Never got caught. Statute of limitations is over. Now it's a bedroom on Amtrak.

  • @cool2180
    @cool2180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the hobo probably is experienced at this and figured he was spotted and dipped

  • @elnabjelland-hughes8172
    @elnabjelland-hughes8172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I see nothing wrong with someone jumping on a train and taking a ride on it for free. As a teenager I used to jump on top of freight trains jump off a bridge onto the train and ride to the end of the line it was great fun. My cousin and I did this when ever we could and we got a lot of exercise walking back 😁

    • @thomaskauffman2108
      @thomaskauffman2108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was really safe!!

    • @elnabjelland-hughes8172
      @elnabjelland-hughes8172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thomaskauffman2108
      😂😂 No we were just lucky - you know how it is when you’re young you’re in fallible nothing can happen to you we were just lucky that nothing did 😊

    • @junowatt5802
      @junowatt5802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let the hobos ride I say, historically railroads caused a lot of death and suffering. Wealthy Rail barons slaughtered Indians and killed off the buffalo to near extinction. They took advantage of immigrants and used them for slave labor often working them to death.

    • @358trucking
      @358trucking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ALL kids should learn train hopping skills! This was popular in a bygone era! They should take their masks off and give it a try. Should get a credit from school for life skills training.

    • @brocki95xxx
      @brocki95xxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, here is the thing. Guess who gets sued if the moron falls off and injures himself? Not to mention if he is a minor.

  • @alabasterfigueroa4431
    @alabasterfigueroa4431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I should've tried train hopping when I was younger. I still could, physically, but I can't risk getting hurt since I have responsibilities and a family and whatnot

  • @JetSettingBotanist
    @JetSettingBotanist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why call the cops over a hobo? Let them be they know the risks. Seems silly to stop the train for so long and waste cops time with such an issue

  • @h.r.puffnstuff8705
    @h.r.puffnstuff8705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Back in the day the hobos waved to traffic as much as the crews did.
    I met a few of the old time hobos that camped under a rail bridge near the Katy RR yard when I was a kid. They learned me how they chalked cryptic messages on rail cars to tell each other where they were or had been. Most were real down to earth fellas when u gave Em a chance.

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Back in the day people died a lot more often around railroad tracks foe this reason. We are trying to keep that from happening. Its sad that youre encouraging it.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is a yard, here? I read it over and over again. But what IS it?

    • @firefalcon100
      @firefalcon100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@voornaam3191 a place where they store, load and switch train cars to create the longer trains for transport to other locations and customers. think of it as a big train car parking lot if you will, kinda like an airport of sorts

    • @themanformerlyknownascomme777
      @themanformerlyknownascomme777 ปีที่แล้ว

      thouse boys aren't the ones the railroad (more importantly the crews) are worried about, they are worried about crackheads and the like who will damage the train and try to kill the crew if given the chance.

  • @Renville80
    @Renville80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For those griping about the unwanted passenger on the train, I now understand why railroads are sensitive about people trespassing on their property, especially if it’s a heavily used line like here. I was reminded of someone I knew of who was late for work many years ago and tried to cross between a pair of stopped rail cars, only for the train to suddenly lurch into motion, causing her to lose her balance, and then her arm at the shoulder. She ended up going back to her hometown and living on disability with family members until she passed away of old age a few years ago.

    • @lyndonlucier791
      @lyndonlucier791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      so your friend is a dumb ass ....ok good to know

  • @theblackhawkbear
    @theblackhawkbear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    The foaming is strong. Long live Stobe the Hobo! KFC rides again!

    • @paullaurent9771
      @paullaurent9771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stobes is dead since november 2017

    • @Joe-sn6ir
      @Joe-sn6ir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Josh huh???? tf you on about?

    • @Xostrich12X
      @Xostrich12X 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Joe-sn6ir seethe

  • @HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks
    @HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Even for the day. That is the best NS video I have seen in along time. Nice Job.. It is clear. It is detailed well.

  • @colonelcactus2462
    @colonelcactus2462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The backs of those ACF centerflow hoppers are where most hobos preferring ride.

  • @jeffreymcfadden9403
    @jeffreymcfadden9403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    the guy was spooked. If the videographer saw him, then he saw the videographer. notice he RAN from the car? bo's do not run without a reason.
    this guy had a feeling something was up and did not want to spend a night in the local concrete motel.

    • @ALL-bj7mj
      @ALL-bj7mj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      concrete motel...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @fastcsx1412
      @fastcsx1412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol I love that, but yeah I’m sure he did something bad and doesn’t want to get caught. Or maybe he’s one of those twin hopper people and didn’t want to get caught.

    • @Joeybagofdonuts76
      @Joeybagofdonuts76 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always called it the greybar motel.

    • @Jleed989
      @Jleed989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doubt he was a true hobo. Not dressed for the part

    • @voxer99
      @voxer99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aren't most motels concrete motels?

  • @jonastoftdalkonarski7533
    @jonastoftdalkonarski7533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Roses are red
    Ketchup is too
    The moment you're here for
    Is at 1:32

    • @tommycarr1513
      @tommycarr1513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's barely any time to skip ahead for

    • @peterp1158
      @peterp1158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      2:23 you can see him hanging on to the ladder
      2:29 his legs as he jumps off

    • @lasagna19.6
      @lasagna19.6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanksss

    • @avisjohnson6185
      @avisjohnson6185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bless you brother !!!

    • @elang3366
      @elang3366 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At 233...you can see his boots/feet dangling down on the other side...then his feet hit the ground...and "he's off"... perfect timing! Best wishes to you sir. Newbies take note.

  • @viewfromthehillswift6979
    @viewfromthehillswift6979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to be a brakeman out in the Rockies. Hobos would gather in camps at the edge of the yards, and every now and then one or more would hop a boxcar (never an open car). We didn't care and neither did the railway bulls. We can't all fly first class, but we're all going to the grave.

  • @stephenyoung2742
    @stephenyoung2742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Grain cars on both ends have a hole between the V metal frame. That is where I rode sometimes

  • @richardorourke4571
    @richardorourke4571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good luck shoestring hope things work out for u. Enjoy your holiday.

  • @suzannewilde6733
    @suzannewilde6733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I worked at a convenience store next to the Reading Railroad/Conrail tracks in the late 1970's/early 1980's. Hobo's would hop off the cars when they came into the yard. Conrail police always on the lookout for them. This was in Reading,PA. This was an active yard, with the maintenance buildings still working.

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      70's and 80's.. ill take bullshit for 500, alex.

  • @JustCalMeBozeman
    @JustCalMeBozeman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    We're the only country that takes freight hopping so seriously, its ridiculous. Most places its a slap on the wrist, $50 fine, and a lecture. Here it can be jail time. I mean c'mon...

    • @Jleed989
      @Jleed989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Marston in the 1930s the rail road BULLS hit you over the head with a stick

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      First, its a private rail company. It would be like a guy bumming a ride on your car bumper and not offering a few bucks for gas. Second, its EXTREMELY dangerous. Men like this die every day from mishaps on private property such as rail lines.

    • @paxmule
      @paxmule 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@ES-nq8uu Wow dad, thanks.

    • @martyjones566
      @martyjones566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ES-nq8uu You ALWAYS in other folk business? I bet you are. I bet everyone hates you in your life.

    • @antonio1681
      @antonio1681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree with you

  • @suzannewilde6733
    @suzannewilde6733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    After 911, you couldn't be too careful about who was on the trains. Exeter police caught an Afghan man that ICE was looking for for 2 years after he overstayed his visa. He had all kinds of surveillance equipment and they suspected he might have been heading for the Limerick Nuclear Plant. He was living in West Reading.

    • @edsmith438
      @edsmith438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Until I was 12 years old I lived on the place next to the farm they demolished to put in that power plant. A place called Possum Hollow, they bought and demolished our house as well. An interesting and historical place nearby was the Hood mansion, which vandals have since pretty much destroyed. But it was fun to play in when I was a child.

    • @UkrainianBazooka
      @UkrainianBazooka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, what a fucking joke. Like that's even remotely common. Don't be a fucking pissy Paula or a whiny Wendy. You probably haven't ever experienced real adrenaline or real adventure.

    • @jshepard152
      @jshepard152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That has nothing to do with anything. He could have traveled unmolested by any other means and in a car he would have been subject to must less suspicion.

  • @mr_man72
    @mr_man72 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The way you put the three dots at the end of 15T is coming makes it feel like that one scene in horror movies where people are searching for something then all the sudden they hear a monster coming for them😂🤣

  • @awizardalso
    @awizardalso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    From 1959 to 1965, I grew up in Brookpark, Ohio in a new housing area on the edge of civilization and spend most of my time out in the woods. In 1965, when I was 11, my parents moved into the west side of Cleveland, Ohio. For over a year I watched and studied yard crews getting on and off rail cars getting sorted at a yard east of the Cleveland airport. At 13, I took to hopping New York Central then Penn Central trains with a friend to escape the city as I hated Cleveland. Most of the time we didn't get caught and got off the train before it came into a yard, and caught another train leaving in the direction we came in from. A few times we did get caught and were not charged with anything. Just sent back home. At my age now, I wouldn't get the same treatment as we did as juveniles. I've also noticed that freight cars are no longer passenger friendly like they were in the late 60's.

    • @CaptainColdyron222
      @CaptainColdyron222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m the opposite. I grew up on the west side of Cleveland right near the railroad tracks. As an adult I moved to Brook Park.

    • @awizardalso
      @awizardalso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CaptainColdyron222 We lived at 6496 Claudia Dr. the last house at the dead end on the west side of the street. I spent most of my time in the woods by Abrams lake. When we moved to Cleveland, we were in a 4 unit apartment bldg, at 1451 W.112th in between Detroit Ave and Franklin Blvd (?). When I took to hopping freight trains and got caught, I was court ordered to see child psychologists. They would not accept I was running away from Cleveland as I hated being there. They kept insisting I had a problem with my parents but I didn't. They couldn't accept I hated the city. I currently live in Canton, Ohio and I'm stuck here. I'd still rather live in a rural area.

    • @louismiller7
      @louismiller7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Been there done that up in Indiana back in the mid 40s from Evansville to somewhere down in Kentucky and the back to Evansville 😂, I'm 86 now so it looks like I made it .

    • @awizardalso
      @awizardalso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@louismiller7 I rode trains to many places, Elkhart, Indiana, went through Horseshoe Curve in Pennsylvania at night. I think it was Horseshoe Curve as the wheels squealed for a long time. Got off in some small town and some hippies gave us a ride back to Cleveland. Made it to someplace close to Pittsburgh got off as we came into a freight yard, caught a train going back the way we came in but instead of heading back to Cleveland when we came through Alliance, Ohio the train headed west and we got of as it came into a freight yard east of Canton Ohio. Looking back, I have some regret to what I put my parents through. When I was gone they were afraid to answer the phone thinking they would get bad news. I never did anything I didn't have complete confidence in my ability.

  • @tomfire1972
    @tomfire1972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fist time i saw perfectly embedded commercial break in a youtube video. I hate it when a commercial disturbs the story line. One Like from me.

  • @atelectro1
    @atelectro1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Must have been a very slow day for the cops.

    • @lt1montess
      @lt1montess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      everyday is a slow day, meanwhile Crime is going up like a saturn V

  • @brodle
    @brodle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    everyone gangster till the hobo is riding the train

  • @danidiaz2377
    @danidiaz2377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    let the man ride if he wants to ride.

    • @billyreynolds4749
      @billyreynolds4749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Exactly!!!

    • @TNS17
      @TNS17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dani Diaz why it’s free u need to pay

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Dani Diaz Ok, but riding on top is pure jackassery. I see videos of guys doing this for thrills and TH-cam subs and it’s ruining it for everybody.

    • @thecheeseburglar8544
      @thecheeseburglar8544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah god damn oogles, idiots out here trying to look cool for social media ruining it for the rest of the hobos n tramps

    • @katzgar
      @katzgar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      nope, aint smart

  • @GeoffBlackmore
    @GeoffBlackmore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "hobo" probably has his own video of the ride on TH-cam. Let 'em ride I say.

  • @JawTooth
    @JawTooth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That was pretty cool! I always like videos that have a story

    • @doubleutubefan5
      @doubleutubefan5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey surprised to see you here !

  • @TheLouisamite
    @TheLouisamite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those are some very straight an level rails ,,the trains we have down south are shaking an rocking side to side ,you can really tell a differents

  • @BaltimoreAndOhioRR
    @BaltimoreAndOhioRR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    You were at the right spot! 👌

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks, sometimes it happens!

    • @cl7304
      @cl7304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gasp* omg Baltimore and Ohio RR I have so much from you!😃😀😀😃😀😃😃😃😃😃😀😃😃😀😀😃😃😀😀😀😃😀😃😀😀😀😀😃😀😃😀😀😃😀😃😀😃😀😃

    • @derekward3144
      @derekward3144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To call the cops

    • @Mrcharles.
      @Mrcharles. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I can only imagine what would happen if the hobo happened to be a minority particularly an African American. I really don’t wanna go into details but given the past incident with George Floyd, I could see this happening.

    • @trainfan-1012
      @trainfan-1012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol why do I see balatamore on every video

  • @EliChristman
    @EliChristman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a treat to be near such an active railway.

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not at all, I am surrounded by two of them and it sucks IMO both have very long trains all day with frequent stops on the track and the crossings I need to cross to get out of my part of town

    • @EliChristman
      @EliChristman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SkarKingg I think it's crazy they keep building them longer and longer. Even a small one-mile train blocks every single crossing downtown where I now live. Most of our trains are up to two miles long. (I just started on the railroad). That being said, I live on the side of town where tracks don't block the entire area.

    • @SkarKingg
      @SkarKingg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EliChristman dont get me wrong I understand the importance trains are for the economy, for the daily luxuries we take for granted and everything else. I also love trains but I didn't research my area with trains in mind and when I move I will because it sucks for convenience when surrounded by major transportation tracks and in all it wouldn't bother me hardly if they didn't stop on the major crossings because I have plenty of patience to wait 10 minutes but when they stop here it can be upwards of an 30-45 minutes for them to start moving again and it happens everyday

    • @EliChristman
      @EliChristman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SkarKingg even the people who run the trains don't like it. It's dangerous. More can go wrong. Especially with executives pushing one man crews. Can you imagine a three mile train blocking crossings... they would not have a conductor, so if anything happened away from the terminal, it could be an hour or more for help to arrive... only then you'd tack on the time to fix it.

  • @musicinspire1745
    @musicinspire1745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    People are responsible for their own actions. If he gets hurt, it's on him, not the railroad. However, this sue-happy culture of ours allows this kind of responsibility shifting to go on unchallenged in the halls of legislators.

    • @railroadmcdailroad1565
      @railroadmcdailroad1565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not in this case... this is clearly Norfolk Southern's fault. The man was walking along minding his own business when out of nowhere "POOF" a railroad and moving train came out of the ground beneath his feet.

    • @thirstfast1025
      @thirstfast1025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol glad you're not my lawyer.

    • @brandons2411
      @brandons2411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It SHOULD be their own responsibility but nope everyone else gets blamed in todays society

    • @TBoy205
      @TBoy205 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      MusicInspire That is not the only issue

    • @musicinspire1745
      @musicinspire1745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TBoy205 I know, I know. It's everyone elses fault for people being out of a job and home. Never mind that individuals make choices that have various affects upon personal success. Only when it goes wrong is it everyone elses fault.

  • @jessicaarverne1181
    @jessicaarverne1181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bailing out while the train is moving is extremely dangerous as because of your backpack your legs are drawn towards the wheels.
    The hobo was somewhat lucky.

    • @lt1montess
      @lt1montess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No they are not, I worked on the railroad for 4 years that is a myth.

  • @CharlesLangSamuel
    @CharlesLangSamuel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Glad he got away! Congrats to him. Another example of pointless harassment - a policy of hate - by the police.

    • @brocki95xxx
      @brocki95xxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That isn't pointless harassment. He wasn't a rail fan but a trespasser

    • @ddlk9913
      @ddlk9913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brocki95xxx I honestly never expected to see people that actually cared about hobos bumming rides on trains. For all the reasons to hate bums, this has to be at the very bottom of the list.

    • @hojo70
      @hojo70 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brocki95xxx You must have been born yesterday. People been hoppin trains since they were invented. Not a big deal, Karen

    • @brocki95xxx
      @brocki95xxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ddlk9913 Because these asshats are why photographers are always seen as suspicious when they are near crossings or anything and just want to capture a nice shot of a train. You used to be able to walk into a rail yard and just take shots of railroad equipment. Not anymore. Why? Because people kept suing the railroads because of their own stupidity and got away with it.

    • @brocki95xxx
      @brocki95xxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hojo70 People have been robbing banks since they were invented as well. Don't you think it is time that we enter a more civilized era and refrain from such jackass like behavior? Because in the end the railroad always gets sued and engineers start freaking out the moment they see you wander around a railroad crossing.

  • @joeygentry1400
    @joeygentry1400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The W&A sub where I live in NWGA is owned by the State of Georgia. I am a Georgia Taxpayer for 4 decades. I can't trespass on my own land.

  • @ryanwolf7174
    @ryanwolf7174 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Back in the 80s I got caught and the border patrol let me back on the train I was lucky and and was getting cold going up to the mountains and the engineer was pretty nice he stopped the train and that me ride in the cab

    • @markmark2080
      @markmark2080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bless those guys...

    • @mikejw58
      @mikejw58 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you a real live hobo?

    • @gabeslawncare9104
      @gabeslawncare9104 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      so you didn't go to jail what the hell

  • @Speciation
    @Speciation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is rumored that locomotives still patrol that area to this day for the monster...

  • @timothyandelmo541
    @timothyandelmo541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Why not jus mind ur own business... If he gets hurt then its on him.everyones a dam snitch nowadays...

    • @ES-nq8uu
      @ES-nq8uu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats not how it works. You can break into someones house, hurt yourself in the process, then sue AND WIN against the homeowner. Smart people dont take stupid chances.

    • @chrisv3863
      @chrisv3863 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mind your own business?? How about the freeriders stay off railcars carrying millions of dollars in business at any given time on a train...

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ES-nq8uu That's not how it works because people aren't as smart as you think.

  • @AcuraLvR82
    @AcuraLvR82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That dude was gone way before the cops even got there. I bet just slowing the train to a stop let him know something was up. Normally its forbidden in the hobo code-of-conduct to expose yourself like he did, but I think he was just looking to see if the bull was there and which side to get off.

  • @1BillT
    @1BillT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought I saw a pair of legs running near the beginning of the first segment when the train first started slowing.

    • @tomcatt998
      @tomcatt998 ปีที่แล้ว

      Optical illusion

  • @njh18
    @njh18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glad he got away!

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    *_"Someone"_* called the police. "Someone" surely being a railfanner. Nobody else pays close enough attention to notice someone chilling on a train, especially one typically trying to stay out of sight.
    Maybe the video should be titled, "Railfanners vs. Trainhoppers."

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Railroad police take notice. But they aren't everywhere.

    • @redbaron474
      @redbaron474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually, the rider was likely spotted because (like an idiot) he was riding on top in plain view

  • @oldgysgt
    @oldgysgt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't get it, when I was a kid Hobos were as thick on fright trains as fleas on a stray dog's back. Why stop an entire train to look for one bum?

  • @RishayanPorMexico
    @RishayanPorMexico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video makes me remember the time I was walking along a RR in central Mexico, and this train went by just covered with people on the roof and in the boxcars( more than likely central americans), and they all waved at me and encouraged me to jump on.....but no thanks, I was in no hurry to go were I was going....Most of those guys today are probably cutting y'alls grass.

    • @mksybr
      @mksybr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are you doing? Cutting grass in America sounds pretty chill

  • @Automcanic
    @Automcanic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Seems almost as if the light crew thought you were the hobo, once they passed you they resumed track speed.

  • @elnabjelland-hughes8172
    @elnabjelland-hughes8172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this video because I love trains and this was well-made 💕😁👍💕

  • @ferdievanderwalle7631
    @ferdievanderwalle7631 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's a fine mixed power there! Awesome shot, well done!

  • @andrewsmithphoto
    @andrewsmithphoto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How many people were brought here by Stobe the Hobo videos?

  • @DonVideoGuy007
    @DonVideoGuy007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting to me that he disembarked from the ADM hopper; only to get onto the covered hopper behind it - the one that had 1; if not 2, wheelsets with badly flat-spotted wheels... LMAO

  • @xray606
    @xray606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What's amazing is that, YT will take down a video because some random guy in India claims he has a copyright on something. But entire channels exist to promote train hopping (breaking the law), and YT has zero problem with it.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly.

    • @gasmo503
      @gasmo503 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boohoo how dare they

    • @BoulderCreekSteve
      @BoulderCreekSteve 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      xray606 Aww, poor babies, somebody rode for free on “your” beloved train. Ever drive even one mile over the speed limit? You are a law breaker.

    • @xray606
      @xray606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BoulderCreekSteve Yeah, that's what people get upset about... People riding for free. Wow, what a fucking genius, you figured it out. For you I'll make an exception. By all means... Go out and jump on as much as you want. It's not like anyone has slipped under the wheel and been cut in half or anything. No, that's never happened. It's just all fun. Perfectly safe. I welcome you to do it as much as possible. That's fine. It will be one less peanut sized brain out there to fuck up the gene pool. You get to have fun, and we get to have one less stupid fucking twat in the world. It's a win win. Go for it dude.

    • @BoulderCreekSteve
      @BoulderCreekSteve 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      xray606 Quick , turn your light out, mom and dad are on their way! God bless the little foamer children . . .

  • @vectorm4
    @vectorm4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "When I first started hobo'in I took a freight train to be my friend." --JLH

  • @jagc1969
    @jagc1969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video ! Thanks for sharing. I thought that hobos were something from the past...

  • @anangelsstar
    @anangelsstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good Job hobo! keep it up and be safe brother

  • @hudsonhawk0016
    @hudsonhawk0016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Hobo? The 5072 high hood SD was the star of the video.

  • @stephaniestephers4586
    @stephaniestephers4586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you're going to go train riding, don't ride on top the train cars. Its very dangerous and is a good way to get caught. He probably wouldn't have been spotted in the first place if he stayed hidden. That last train would sure be a nice find for a hobo. I've never seen that many open boxcars on one train.

  • @stevenV57
    @stevenV57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Emperor of the North"

  • @jtbassgambler2594
    @jtbassgambler2594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He's lucky he didn't lose his foot did u noticed how his foot was almost caught in the wheel

  • @josephbalinski
    @josephbalinski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hobo = travels and works, Tramp = travels and does not work, Bum = neither travel or works

    • @KB4QAA
      @KB4QAA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hobo = rides trains. Tramp is on foot. Neither name has any bearing on their employment status.

    • @rkelsey3341
      @rkelsey3341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Hobo" was a contraction for someone who was "Homeward Bound" and often got there by riding the rails.

    • @Okahandjaman
      @Okahandjaman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of my names in my passport/official documents is 'Hobo'. I applied for it (back in 1988 in Sweden) for that exact reason! :)

    • @gregrowe1168
      @gregrowe1168 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      None of them work lol

    • @themanformerlyknownascomme777
      @themanformerlyknownascomme777 ปีที่แล้ว

      what's the term you guys use for the crazies?

  • @flaminglaughter
    @flaminglaughter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why didn’t they have the police ready at the next scheduled stop? Now the schedule is all screwed up and the Amtrak passenger train, which takes second priority behind commercial trains, is going to be late.

  • @NJtoAzMountainBiker
    @NJtoAzMountainBiker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Is it a hobo or one of theses guys making videos hopping trains?

    • @railroadvelocipedeproducti2020
      @railroadvelocipedeproducti2020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kevin Halucha as he film it getting off the train you can see its legs and it looked homeless which makes it look like a hobo so I’m pretty sure it is, like the hobo from the polar express

    • @jaredklock8754
      @jaredklock8754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Either way, it's stupid.

    • @CANControlGRAFFITI
      @CANControlGRAFFITI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are no hobos anymore

    • @brazillo19
      @brazillo19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jaredklock8754 Nah, it's quite fascinating -- you get a good view of the countryside, and views you only would see on train routes.

    • @fredfrederickson
      @fredfrederickson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      brazillo19 so buy an Amtrak ticket

  • @CC-te5zf
    @CC-te5zf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good thing the cops are out somewhere tonight saving us all from some guy riding on a train. I think I'll unlock my doors tonight knowing how much safer we all are.

    • @AlaskaErik
      @AlaskaErik 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were just responding to their dispatcher. I'm guessing they didn't make much of an effort to find the guy, and I don't blame them. They have much more important things to do, like fight real crime.

  • @HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks
    @HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your video is so clear and so good. Light locos look so good.

  • @charlesshivoder2887
    @charlesshivoder2887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hi Neighbor. Greetings from Cornwall. Very nice video. Almost like some reality TV show. So nice to see NS action in my own neighborhood. I’m particularly fond of train spotting in the center of Richland where the westbounds emerge from that tree lined corridor, and by the old Reading Company station in Lebanon. Thank you for posting your always fine videos. CAS.

    • @vangazmicvoyage5077
      @vangazmicvoyage5077 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Richland! I spent the 2003 Labor Day weekend there camping at an old quarry used as a swimming hole, camping, and picnicking. I was learning to use antique hard hat diving equipment at a rally with the Historical Diving Society. Beautiful farm country there but the Amish had just fertilized a large field with manure and it stank something awful. But worst of all were all the freaking freight trains rumbling through and blowing their horns every half hour all night long. Couldn't sleep at all. I don't know how the residents can take it. Still it was an exciting weekend and I had some time to do some sight seeing. Beautiful countryside.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this in the UK? Cornwall is more British than anything like it. And the Lebanon? That is Palestine! Or some weed. How crazy have you all gone? Richland, yeah right.

  • @Tiffy552
    @Tiffy552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Sledgehammer to crack a walnut?

    • @rodgiacoleetch6193
      @rodgiacoleetch6193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Plan for the worst, hope for the best...no need being caught short. As Bugs Bunny once said, "one never knows, does one?"

  • @christopherdibble5872
    @christopherdibble5872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore,not like they did back in 1954.

  • @mattalbrecht7471
    @mattalbrecht7471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Makes me wonder who first saw him? Now if I were the hobo, you'd THINK when the train stops in an odd place, the jig is up and it is time to find an alternative mode if transportation... Hop off and hide at least!

    • @whoodiestyle
      @whoodiestyle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The trains stop all the time at junctions and siding for passing trains etc.

    • @robertadner2809
      @robertadner2809 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      When a train stops the slow rolls /stops again thats when u start to worry

    • @lifetimedreamvideos985
      @lifetimedreamvideos985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If he was smart, he had a radio and already knew the jig was up. That's probably why he bailed when it stopped.

  • @scotmhead
    @scotmhead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That hobo was long gone by the time the popo showed up. Maybe it was Shoestring?

  • @horny99845
    @horny99845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The problem is if this hobo fall under the wheels of the train injury or killed the crew and train are taken out of service the crew for a drug test and train have to be clean of human remains- that’s the problem FRA don’t play

    • @Jleed989
      @Jleed989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alberto Candelaria back in the 1930s it was a way of life

    • @foxtrot312
      @foxtrot312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the liability for the fatality

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Why test the crew for the hiobo's stupidity? Wouldn't it make more sense to test the hobo? Only in America...

    • @ronroebuck1656
      @ronroebuck1656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The train crew is not taken out of service and drug tested.

    • @LynnCDoyle-ek2oh
      @LynnCDoyle-ek2oh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I doubt the hobo is likely to get run over. This ain't his first rodeo and if people leave him alone he'll be fine.

  • @cicknobb5321
    @cicknobb5321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How did you know right where the hobo was?

  • @jackdough8164
    @jackdough8164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’d highly recommend train enthusiasts to watch stobe the hobo’s videos. They’re amazing

    • @casual9982
      @casual9982 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't he the one who got killed jumping trains?

    • @DanMeyer80
      @DanMeyer80 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also Hobo Shoestring, great story telling

    • @Chiraqproductions
      @Chiraqproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rather watch shoestring

  • @Firebrand55
    @Firebrand55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I were a lad in the Fifties, I used to chug from St. Ives to St. Erth buy steam, a distance of 5 miles...................things have changed!