Rest well Hobo/Mark. Thank you for your videos and thank you for letting this old man live through you on your trips across the rails.

You and your adventures will be missed. Thanks for taking us along rest in peace

RIP Shoestring. You were the best hobo ever. 😢

I like how this video magically popped up right after watching Matt and his heartfelt video about his beautiful friend. I think Shoestring is alive in spirit because you can feel the love with all of the friendship videos popping up.

What a treat....a hobo shoestring video on Christmas day. Thank you....

Merry Christmas Hobo Shoestring! Thank you for all the adventures!

Thanks Matt, Thanks Ted for makin Hobo's day! Happy Holidays Mark! 🎄

Redt in piece old friend thank you for all the miles of rideing you have shed with us it still hard to believe

You be eating good shoestring... Merry Christmas to you, your loved ones and your viewers!

Great gifts! Nice of those folks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Shoestring!

Merry Christmas, Shoestring!!! Have a wonderful one

My favorite human! Merry Christmas, Mark!

Alright Hobo! Great review of your gifts! We wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year filled with good health and lots of fun travel my friend! ❤️

Merry Christmas with the Happiest and Healthiest of New Years, to you and yours, Master Shoestring!!! Godspeed, Shoe!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 😊

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

That loco painting is fantastic mark.have a great Christmas and new year from uk fan🎄🍺🤙🏻

Glad you had a great Christmas, Mark. Best wishes for your upcoming appointments. AND...The next time you are in Maine have some real lobster, fresh off the boat.. Try some Maine crabmeat as well.

I love your videos too keep them coming. I am a engineer for Union Pacific Railroad

LOVEthisGUY!

Merry Christmas, Mr. shoestring

Omaha is #1! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Shoestring

Thanks for sharing merry Christmas much love and respect 🙏

Tis' the season and people really respect you Shoestring. A man or women can't ask for anything more in Life than respect and dignity. Very cool and generous of Matt and Ted. God Bless everyone ✨

Have a very happy Christmas. Thank you for the fantastic videos throughout the year. We hope to see more of you in the new year. God bless you shoestring. 😊😊😊

Merry Christmas to all! Blessings to you Shoe

Merry Christmas, Mark!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years Shoestring!🎄🛤🚂

Thanks for sharing, merry Christmas

God Bless you Mark, Merry Christmas. Always nice to hear from you brother!

🌟🎄 Wishing you, Mark, & everyone glad tidings of great joy! Merry Christmas 🎁🎉 Shoestring, your channel is the gift that keeps on giving. Can't wait to open the next video & see what's inside! Thank you, Santa Shoestring!🚂🎉 Have a Happy New Year!! 🎇🎆 God bless you!❤❤

Merry Christmas Shoestring also wishing you a blessed new year!

You are blessed with some very loving and thoughtful KZfaq friends!! Merry Christmas my friend!!!

Happy Holidays old friend - and all the very best for 2024 that's just around the corner. Your adventures gave me great pleasure to watch and I (selfishly 😅) eagerly look forward to more in the new year!

Merry Christmas Shoestring!

Merry christmas shooestring! Omaha steaks--yum! And a new train. So glad to see you're having an awesome day. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. TY Matt and Ted for sending such awesome stuff.

Merry Christmas mark🎁⛄️🎄. You have good gifts. 🇨🇦

🤘🏻😎🤘🏻 Merry Christmas Safe travels dude

Merry Christmas, Mark!! God Bless and keep you in the new year!

thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

We love you, Mark. Rest in peace, brother.

Merry Christmas Shoestring! Praying you have a safe year full of many blessings and adventures!

Nice gifts! Good to know you'll be heading out again soon. I ride by your favorite let-out spot nearly every day to see if you're tooling around. (it's also a good railfanning spot, ha!)

Merry Christmas shoestring!! Excited for you to get out and ride again.

Merry Christmas Mark. Many blessings, much love.

Merry Christmas Mark!! Omaha Steaks sell excellent products! Sometimes I like ordering them just so I can play with the dry ice. LOL! God bless!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS Shoestring

Matt is a cool guy! Love his arcade he shows at times. I have one too!

Great to see. Stay safe.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hi Mark, wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and a very safe 2024!

Merry Christmas Shoestring, I just want to thank you for giving me something to do while waiting for a train. lol I keep watching for your tags on train cars. lol I've not seen one yet, but it gives me something to do. Cheers!

Xmas greetings from North Yorkshire UK! Good to see you on Christmas Day. Hope you have a great day and I look forward to seeing your next travels. Nice to see you looking so much better after all your health issues. Good luck and God bless you in 2024.

Wow that's awfully nice of your viewers to send you all of those nice gifts all that meat will be well it'll last you a long time. Hope your appointments go well and looking forward to you getting back out on the rails. Merry Christmas to a string and a happy New Year I'll see you on the rails.

Happy New Years Shoestring! I been watching you for a few years and I wish you luck on the rails 2024.

Merry Christmas Shoe, God's blessings on you thru this coming year ❤🎉

You've got the beard, maybe a Santa suit next year?

Merry Christmas, Mark!!!! Best wishes for a great new year, 2024!!!!

merry Christmas mr shoestring. looking forward to seeing you back out there on the rails. 😁

Merry Christmas SS!!

Merry Christmas

Wow he had a nice last Christmas at least! Lovely people thinking of him.

Merry Christmas Hobo. Safe journeys.

YES SIR I REMEMBER MY DAYS AT THE OLD SOUTHERN PACIFIC, THE YARDMASTER WOULD BUY SOME OF DEM MEATS FOR THE CREWS AND BBQ DURING THE HOLIDAYS , MAN THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Yay!!

Wow Omaha Steaks gift is fantastic! Thanks Hobo Shoestring for an amazing 2023 as we are now well into 2024 wishing you another great year traveling on the rails!

Merry Christmas Mark!

Cool train set. You scored great this Christmas

Merry Christmas, Mark, Have a very blessed day and New Year, also.

Ride safe in this coming New Year, Mark..best of luck to you

Hey, Shoestring! Good to see ya bud. Merry Christmas! 🎄

Merry Christmas Shoestring. Those are some nice gifts. Those small trains are at least 20 years old. I had some of them. I gave mine to my nephew.

For making all your fans happy God Reigns his Grace on you

Merry Christmas, Mark, and best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year!!

Merry Christmas 🎉and Happy New Year 🎉Shoestring and safe travels and happy rails from Linton Indiana!!!!

Best gift somebody like you can get. Food is a great gift!

Merry Christmas!! Mark, Have a good one!!

Thanks for the ride. I enjoyed. The information you handed out. On the railroad. Stay safe.

Merry Christmas Mark.. When you get back riding freight, safe Rides brother. ===Drifter===

Nice gifts from Matt and Ted 🙂 You've never had lobster before? Make up a nice garlic butter sauce to drizzle/spoon over it, in my opinion it gives lobster a really nice extra bit of flavour. Merry Christmas and happy new year Shoestring!

Those are awesome gifts. Merry Christmas 🎁 to you Shoestring

Merry Christmas ShoeString my ultimate favorite KZfaqr❤

I love watching your videos of Train hopping Shoestring People, as I also have a KZfaq Channel of Art with lots of mistakes as my channel is about 3 months, since I started. I am learning from you as well as other channels. Thanks for Your Help. Happy New Year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU! Keep bringing those wonderful videos when you can.

Happy new year Mark😊, great gifts from your buddies, don't eat it all at once or you'll never hop on your next ride,lol. Look after yourself, stay safe, best wishe's, Stuart Uk.

Whatcha doin Shoe , lookin out da winder waitin on spring

That’s nice. Great gift for a great man.

Was very nice of them sending thoughtful gifts are the best 🙂👍

Merry Christmas shoestring I pray that all goes well with your appointments 😊❤

Merry Christmas Shoestring. Lord bless you buddy

Good to hear from u again merry Christmas and happy new years

Merry Christmas buddy, hope your doing good , thanks BigAl California, praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏

Hey Shoestring.For your Christmas gift I’m going thru and making sure I hit the like button on your videos.Ive be following ya for about eight years now I guess.grew up in a bunkcar.peace bro

OMAHA STEAKS, MY FAVORITE surprise!! I know you'll enjoy all of that good stuff!!😋

Shoestring you're a great guy. Please be safe like I know you will. Happy Holiday.

You’ll be eating well this Christmas! Have a happy holiday🎄😃👍

merry Christmas to you, great to see you, made my day, hello from atoka tn on the cnrr main line

I’ve only just found you so I’m enjoying all the videos. Hang in there SS.

Very Nice and Generous Delicious Gifts from Omaha Steaks. 🥩 👍🙏

merry christmas shoestring and happy new year i look forward to see you riding again

Merry Christmas Shoestring! thanks for the videos! Happy New Year! Do you wear Ear Plugs on the loud ones?