Abandoned Bemberg factory in Bluff City, Tennessee, and the Bristol, Virginia, railroad yard knowledge.
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@renegadebt13743 ай бұрын
Godspeed Mr. Nichols, We would like to Thank You for all you gave, and all you have given.. R.I.P. Shoestring, You will be greatly missed.. ✌
@transmaster2 жыл бұрын
North American Rayon Company opened in 1929, because it was partially German owned during WW2 it was under US Government control until 1949. It finally declared bankruptcy and closed in 1973. The buildings are supposed to be haunted.
@kens.37292 жыл бұрын
Loved the Song you Sang inside the Box Car. Nashville might be Looking for a New Country Star. ⭐️
@driveless6542 жыл бұрын
Brother Jukebox never sounded so good!
@Tyr1e2 жыл бұрын
Lol I'm in the comments looking for that song.
@kevinfan7264 ай бұрын
@@Tyr1e Mark Chestnutt. Brother Jukebox.
@crippledbeast_U-toob2 жыл бұрын
Shoestring Abandoned Explore, proves you can make videos about anything and they are good.
@gonagain2 жыл бұрын
Always nice when you take us exploring, Shoestring.
@TheHoboShoestring2 жыл бұрын
Thank yah
@edilton_ferreira2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoboShoestring olá meu amigo!me inscrevi no seu canal 👍🏻🇧🇷
@shred_zed12 жыл бұрын
That bridge brought me flash backs of where hobeStobe was when he passed RIP Stobe. Stay safe out there Shoestring!
@Hercules7182 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Me too.same as Stobe The Hobo was walking on. RIP is it legal to put coins on railroad tracks ?
@district2productions2 жыл бұрын
@@Hercules718 no that would be trespassing
@deepspire2 жыл бұрын
That was the Watauga Steam Plant, built in 1921 by the Tennessee Eastern Electric Company.
@DrTommyGouranga5762 жыл бұрын
The cold air coming from that hole would suggest its haunted???
@the_minimalistic_adventure2 жыл бұрын
I’m hoping to someday get to the point of completely free-spirit-ism like Shoe. I just wish I knew the guy personally because I just enjoy people like him who live by their own drum in life. There are not enough people out there like him now days.
@waynewayne17312 жыл бұрын
Amen to that, Minimalistic...., not nearly enough of the free spirits like Mr. Shoestring. Well said.
@SwiftKickIt6152 жыл бұрын
Shoestrings famous words “I forgot my paint pen!” Glad your feeling better buddy
@danbelzile42032 жыл бұрын
Hey shoestring good to see you out there, I hope u find a train soon. Keep up the good work.👍☕🍩🇨🇦
@marktaylor99752 жыл бұрын
Shoestring Patches! I want two. Count me in!
@kens.37292 жыл бұрын
Hello Mark! I sure Hope you had a Great Christmas Holiday. You Deserve the Best because you’re a Great guy. 👍
@philipcoston59932 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in Michigan my buddies and I used to catch an open box car on the Ann Arbor or NY Central and wind up in Detroit sometimes. Your movies are a comfort; keep singing. We could usually pay a few dollars and ride the coach home, or catch up a gondola. I eventually joined the AF and fought wars instead. Love your videos and pray your medical problems don't slow you down.
@Jumpingoffthecliff2 жыл бұрын
I like messing around abandoned industrial sites too. There's an old paper mill abandoned along the UP line south of Portland on the Willamette by Oregon City. It's calling my name, lol. Good luck Thursday.
@duanefrench51952 жыл бұрын
Hey shoestring it's good that your getting out and doing what you do best keep on hopping and filming and hope everything goes well on your doctor 's appt on Thursday so you can get back riding again will keep our prayers for you. Duane, Visalia,ca
@AJMcQuiston2 жыл бұрын
I hope all is well Shoestring Take care buddy,nice to see you out n about
@NRP19912 жыл бұрын
Gosh dang I love watching every single video !!!! Your personality and everything. Your knowledge of the rails.
@rdety2 жыл бұрын
Great Vid!..Looks like a dangerous place to be walking around!..Lots of hole to step in
@RC-ji2wn2 жыл бұрын
Mr String: If your looking for items that your audience will be interested in and readily want to purchase………and I’m serious, when you sang in the box car, it was GOOD. It sounds great and shows your cheerful adventurist personality and you have a good singing voice.
@PatriseHenkel2 жыл бұрын
youve got a pretty good voice, you know. Maybe record some whole songs? I bet you have some musician followers for encouragement, accompaniment. We need some contemporary hobo ballads! Love the echo inside the boxcar. Looking forward to merch! used to love smashing coins with my dad on steam excursions.
@SaberToothGary2 жыл бұрын
I'd be happy to strum along for ya, Shoe!
@adampierce31532 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan mr hobo and I love trains ever since I was little
@waynewayne17312 жыл бұрын
Thanks a million Mr. Shoestring. And, I hope you make a million on your site. Happy New Year.
@gregdowling66872 жыл бұрын
Hobo, I'm a train driver in Australia. You had me concerned, you need to be a little more careful, you weren't expecting that rake to move and not long before you were between the wagons looking at the coupling package. I know you've been doing this a long time, but wagons can be whispering death. Please be careful bud.
@TheHoboShoestring2 жыл бұрын
The brake piston was out so it's not going anywhere
@gregdowling66872 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoboShoestring I work for Watco in Australia, is a great US Company. 🙂
@ashevilletrainman69892 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoboShoestring that’s not true ! I was right next to a coal train once and all of the pistons were out and BOOM the train lurched forward ; then the pistons went down
@bingusbingus7762 жыл бұрын
Hope ya had a great Holiday Shoestring ❣ Nice to see you out and about. Wish ya all the good luck when you see the Dr.
@JawTooth2 жыл бұрын
Bristol is a really cool place. I have been wanting to film there at the train station at the state line for a long time
@TheAndy3312 жыл бұрын
Its always cool to see the trains guys supporting each other and commiting on there content.😎😎
@sgttombailes33802 жыл бұрын
Careful around those quarries! As my family leases granite land to the local rock quarry. These places have very DEEP water holes!! If you fall in, we won't get out ! The walls are too steep``! We keep fences up for a reason..
@albert14372 жыл бұрын
All. Well
@robertblake71452 жыл бұрын
You scared me to death walking across that trestle! Then you walked back again. Please be careful. Hope your health issues resolve soon. Best, bob
@jeremymurphy73202 жыл бұрын
My friends and I used to go to the old Army Navy Surplus Store in Sioux City, IA whenever we were in town, mostly just to see what new cool stuff the old guy had in there. There was one in Cedar Rapids when we moved here back on '09 but I think it's moved or maybe even closed down. My son liked to go in there and check out some of that old guy's cool stuff.
@trailblazer82762 жыл бұрын
Shoestring you can sing! Thank you for the mini concert! 🎶💞
@musclecarmitch9082 жыл бұрын
Very cool video Shoestring! I love these types of videos! Old abandoned places from the past and trestles and such are so interesting to me! Awesome place! Thanks for sharing it with us! I'll be glad when you get your surgery behind you and get back on the rails! Prayers for the best for you!
@wafflesnfalafel12 жыл бұрын
interesting about the noise the ground rail makes - never even thought about that
@pauloehmen16652 жыл бұрын
I used to work on a loram rail grinder and know the sound smooth as silk. It grinds out the dents and mushroomed rail
@TheShootinStar2 жыл бұрын
I've kayaked down that river many times, and took out at that parking lot you showed.
@JohnShinn19602 жыл бұрын
"Oh well thats the good thing about being blind" 😆 10:34 Thanks Hobo! 👍👍👍
@bobbaker82632 жыл бұрын
Take it easy for awhile. You got that upcoming appointment & I know all your fans want to see you back on the rails & giving us those great stories but health has be priority #1. Nice seeing you out though doing what you do best. Minnesota.
@BruceGordon9252 жыл бұрын
Had to laugh when you mentioned the Armey/Navy store in JCT. My wallet has my P-38 bought there, OMG over 20 years ago, Still have it.
@JageeAgain2 жыл бұрын
Shoestring. I love your interesting facts.
@sandienochs61322 жыл бұрын
Thank you for teleporting me back in time to my train hopping days. The 60s were the best of times, thanks again, Sterno Stan
@freddypflugbeil62 жыл бұрын
That was a special day for sure Crossing the trestle was exciting and fun and scary too Your okay Shuestrig
@jeffreynovak93792 жыл бұрын
Good luck with your Dr's appointment Brother. Iam 🙏 4U.
@nascar22972 жыл бұрын
The building with the smokestack is called the Watauga Steam Plant. It's an old power plant
@markissboi35832 жыл бұрын
Sell flat railroad coins & stamp hobo shoestring =$ i'd buy that for a dollar . Have a great new year Cheers
@user-yb9sr8pp9o4 ай бұрын
Yep .He Can Sing ! Petty good Too 4_17
@freefromit22 жыл бұрын
I've explored a lot of these places over my life, a lot of people do. its almost as if you can feel the ghosts of the workers from the past. the lockers, the chairs. they worked here and fed their families, came home to the wife and kids. and then one day it was all gone. some of those ghosts are angry still.
@davegoodridge83522 жыл бұрын
Shoestring Army!!! I like that
@mikeure15282 жыл бұрын
when i was a kid a messed around in abandon industrial areas. when i watch your video i keep thinking about how compelling the hobby is but i also wonder about all the poison ivy i ended up getting into, especially in winter when it was harder to spot.
@thefamilyhobo2 жыл бұрын
Love the personalized extra verse to the song!
@hermitbob73042 жыл бұрын
Shoestring - One of a kind! Part mountain goat, part Troubadour
@redrider44182 жыл бұрын
Shoestring your vidoes are the shit , I like watching you do all sorts of different things its always something new , its honestly an escape for me I cant explain it but i'm so at peace every time I watch your videos
@markstafford76612 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark!! Happy New Year from Ireland. Long time viewer, first time commenting!!! Thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery. There will be plenty of trainers and boxcars waiting for you when you are up and running. Your videos and the commentary you provide are simply unique entertainment and a wonderful account of your adventures. Keep well, stay safe and best of luck from Ireland!!!! M.S.
@PeteHarbeson2 жыл бұрын
Shoestring Army patch sounds great! Sign me up!
@SaberToothGary2 жыл бұрын
Shoestring Army patch would be fuggin great, man!!
@TheHoboShoestring2 жыл бұрын
Making some then
@Pablo-wg2qq2 жыл бұрын
Be well Shoestring, God bless you!
@bingusbingus7762 жыл бұрын
That box car at the end you showed with the pait job that was really cool.😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩
@davebartosh52 жыл бұрын
I found this bridge you crossed on Google Maps. That stack is actually a different one than the bigger plant in the drone video in Elizabethton. You're in Watuga, TN, nearby.
@IH8stpdppl2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another awesome video Shoestring, hope you're doing well!
@theodoredugranrut82012 жыл бұрын
Thanks Shoestring, good luck Thursday. Central California Watching
@swindonwhite84132 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another amazing video. I wish you and all your followers an amazing 2022. Can’t wait for the merch (hopefully you’ll ship to UK) Stay safe and keep up the amazing videos
@TheHoboShoestring2 жыл бұрын
I should be able to ship overseas
@swindonwhite84132 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoboShoestring that would be amazing. I’d definitely promote you this side of the pond. It’s annoying We don’t have the same opportunity to ride freight here.
@swindonwhite84132 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoboShoestring A hoodie with you signature on the back would be amazing though , just a thought
@lorettashepherd.2 жыл бұрын
Great to see you out there Shoestring. Thank you for the video. Another good one. Happy New Year . Everything is going to be looking up for you in 2022. God bless you. Love and good wishes being sent. 🙂
@eatonbeaver60832 жыл бұрын
Shoestring my heart dropped when you were in between the two trains and I could hear the brakes releasing on one of them. I was yelling at the screen hurry up and get out of there! lol Glad it was the IM and not the GM. That wouldn't have been good to be between those cars climbing over the coupler and he starts pullin. Be careful out there
@neco41142 жыл бұрын
That's the old Bemberg Plant. Love exploring with you Shoestring. Thank you for taking us along.
@longwindingroad2 жыл бұрын
A small flat car and Southern Pacific. That's a rare site.
@ronmoore7872 жыл бұрын
Good luck to your operation I We'll be thinking about you you will come out strong So you can get the riding And a happy New Year This is Ron from Florida
@jesseahner84732 жыл бұрын
Have a happy and healthy new year hobo shoestring. Stay safe out there in your travels. Let the rails guide you home. 🛤
@beamerritt67572 жыл бұрын
Keeping your mind active! I will be praying for you, Shoestring on the day of your surgery! May it be successful and may you heal fast! God bless and keep on!! Loved the video!
@dfpytwa2 жыл бұрын
You have to be careful about trespassing in quarries. Federal offense if caught in most cases particularly active ones due to explosives either in use, stored onsite or the potential for lost items like blasting caps and det cord scraps. In my wayward nerdy youth I used to scour quarries around where I lived in Texas and and later in Indiana just for those items to play with. Me and some buddies found a half of a case of some old school dynamite the nitro clay kind that you can't get anymore. We were digging pea sized blobs of it out and taking turns hitting it with a sledgehammer for fun. Later I found an electric blasting cap and modified it for fuse with some crushed match heads and hobby store cannon fuse and used what was left of the dynamite to make my own crater with. Fun stuff. Yeah I'm surprised that I am still alive and pushing 60 now and no felonies on my record..
@pyroninja56772 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes the good ole days
@335m52 жыл бұрын
It’s not a federal offense to trespass at a quarry.
@whiskeycitydiggers2 жыл бұрын
@@BFTEgodswarrio5939 Can you show us any case where the feds busted a guy for talking in a KZfaq comment decades after the offense?
@dfpytwa2 жыл бұрын
@@BFTEgodswarrio5939 You could buy dynamite at the hardware store back then without any paperwork if you were an adult.
@4GSR2 жыл бұрын
@@dfpytwa I remember my grand dad kept a box of dynamite at the house back in the 1960's early 70's. He used to blast and part off oilwell casing on plug & abandonment jobs back then. OF course, we were threatened to an inch of our lives if we touched it, too!
@Lone_wolf27762 жыл бұрын
Shoestring!! Love your videos!
@paularose94072 жыл бұрын
The good thing about being blind HA HA HA is you don't see the No Trespassing signs. You're the greatest Shoestring ... made me giggle.
@DirectCurrent4u2 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch one of Your videos I learn something new about Trains! We wish You a very Blessed New Years. Keep up the great work!!!😎👍
@cheaplaughkennedy23182 жыл бұрын
Awesome episode Shoe . I got a bit of vertigo watching you walk that bridge though 😂. That plant was cool and the scenery is beautiful. Take care buddy and Happy New Year 👍👌🚂🛤
@michaelgarrity60902 жыл бұрын
I would have gotten vertigo walking on that bridge. I know it would kick in.
@cheaplaughkennedy23182 жыл бұрын
@@michaelgarrity6090 👍
@lindro1234 ай бұрын
we miss you Shoestring, had to hear your voice
@wrangler70jkujeep742 жыл бұрын
Coins great idea . How about autographed rail spikes with your pens signed by you . I seen in River old Southern trestle pier or part of old highway bridge . Be in my prayers this Friday for your surgery . Taking my dad to have his surgery 6:25 in morning .
@brianliming10092 жыл бұрын
You are a blessing to us all thank u.
@michaelgarrity60902 жыл бұрын
Too bad you could not get into the old textile mill. I don't think that was a house in there, just a storage building. If it was a dwelling, it was probably not occupied. I don't think there has been any active human activity other than dumping crap around that place in decades. I enjoyed your tour of the train cars. You are an encyclopedia of knowledge about everything to do with trains. I've learned a lot in watching your videos like this. Professor Shoestring, Doctor of Train Hopping.
@FloridaJack2 жыл бұрын
Good to see ya. Thanks, for the video.
@toddfraisure17472 жыл бұрын
Boxcar Shoewilly String!
@veralida72642 жыл бұрын
Shoestring, your videos make my day!! ❤
@clevermcgenericname8912 жыл бұрын
Great video
@jameschristiansson31372 жыл бұрын
"Get me a nice fat juicy boxcar". That's poetic.
@dmorgan282 жыл бұрын
We hope you had a real nice Christmas. You look like you’re doing better. You had us laughing so much in this video. All the songs you were making up and singing. Then the one you sang into that boxcar and it was echoing. Lol. Cool video. We really enjoyed it. Take care and have a good one. 👍👍👍❤️🙏
@michaeladams98072 жыл бұрын
Next video show how to set up a camp spot next to the tracks
@curiousgeorge59922 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned folks for other videos and stuff be sure and mention it in the drawdown of the description stuff so is that people can remember to click on and check out those other contributors you described thanks for your input oh, you're the blue-collar ish budget e-version of Rick Steves Europe keep up the great work
@lawrencejneuser88012 жыл бұрын
In the cold weather if you wet the coins and stick them to the track before the train runs over them they say they don't fly around I found that out sometimes you have to go looking for the coins.
@jaybird22992 жыл бұрын
Crossing the bridge reminds me of the Movie Stand by Me
@ryansnyder49972 жыл бұрын
Good to see you again brother
@blainewherley33722 жыл бұрын
I’m drawn to these videos. We played in the train yards as kids and hopped trains. Takes me back to my good ol’ days. Thank you for this.
@mdez12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting up a video Mark
@jessicabuckman9675 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Shoestrings videos, He's one awesome video maker!
@Horace_Dragon2 жыл бұрын
Good luck with the surgery Shoestring. Hope you're feeling better & back riding the rails soon. Happy New Year!
@billclements38792 жыл бұрын
Cool video brother, stay safe … loved your debut song in the box car…. Next stop….. Nashville ☺️
@carmel64712 жыл бұрын
Happy Holidays SS Blessings and good luck with your tests 🎉❤️
@andrelouis94222 жыл бұрын
Another great video!.
@tomsdotter32282 жыл бұрын
Cool shirt! Man, you made me nervous up on that trestle. Good to see you out. Great video!
@danbukstein68532 жыл бұрын
It's an FRA violation to run a plug door box with the door open as it makes the car a high/wide. They'll stop trains for that on any road if someone who cares or an FRA agent sees it. ✌️✌️
@Billy-f7g6 күн бұрын
That's also similar to where the fascination for pipes and culverts comes from.
@scottmaytham34292 жыл бұрын
Always good to see you with your tails above the rails,Happy Healthy New Year to Ya
@glen84492 жыл бұрын
Your like a college professor with train knowledge. At Princeton to. 👍
@cmeador23712 жыл бұрын
Great video!! That old factory is creepy for sure. Hope you can get out soon.
@garykolo86502 жыл бұрын
I'd rather have a 3" round Hobo Shoestring sticker.
@jcee22592 жыл бұрын
When I'm exploring my next underground abyss I'd be delighted to discover the Shoestring Tag down where warm sunshine is exchanged for a cold darkness.
@seaninpattison88882 жыл бұрын
Loved the little sing song as you walked across bridge; post factory explore! 😆🎶