I find as years go by people don’t bid you good morning no where near as much as they used to. I travel lots of narrow woodland trails If I encounter people I always say hi , good morning, good evening , good afternoon. Depending on the time of day. To set that persons mind at rest, even salute if I don’t get an answer just incase I meet a foreign traveler. Lots of people don’t even acknowledge you, that’s down right ignorant. I find it hard to speak to people sometimes but when I try to set minds at ease I go out of my way. Keep up the great videos

I’m having a shoestring withdrawal so thought I’d go back & watch a video I’ve seen already! Thanks Shoestring!

Your knowledge about everything about the railroad system and explaining it in detail is very impressive to me. I grew up living next to the Maryland Midland railroad. As a kid I ran to the front door to watch the train go by. I'm 35 now and still enjoy the sight of a train going by. Now my daughter has come to enjoy them as much as I do. We still live close enough to hear the same train when it's at crossings.

Something very symbolic about Shoestring hanging his coat on a PRIVATE PROPERTY sign.

Always nice when you can work the word confluence into a conversation.

There’s something romantic about railroad tracks leading off into the distance.

Looks like it’s getting chilly. You be sure to stay warm & take care of yourself Shoestring

You Have Become A Bit Of A Hero To Some Kids Around The World. (Including Some Of Us Old Kids😁) Well Done Hobo You Make A Great Ambassador.

Ken looks like a nice young man. Picture quality is great

You are in my Prayers Rail King.

This guy is awesome.

Have a safe trip on the rails shoestring. Allways proud of you.👍🍩☕

Hobo Shoestring is my new addiction. Love every video and his narrating and storytelling is off the charts. Stay safe buddy and thank you for these videos.

You know you’ve arrived when random strangers want to use the public’s interest in you to try and drive traffic through their KZfaq channel. You’re a household word, Shoestring!

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

Dam shoestring the hd quality on this video is awesome!! Just watched the whole thing in 4k!

Mark, you’re a Fine Example of the Father Figure Ken needs in his Life. Carla has really Helped you.

God BLESS have safe journey shoestring 💟

Glad to see you are doing well. Have a safe ride!🤙

With all the knowledge you had, you would have been an excellent Hobo School school teacher. Thank you for your videos.

Enjoyed the commentary and tour Shoestring. Thank you mate.

Look at all those railroad ties! It's like they skip a space and put one down, skip a space and put one down. I was reading a history book, I think it was Birth of the Modern by Paul Johnson. He was saying it wasn't the homesteaders and pioneers clearing land that took out so much of the forest land. It was the railroads. They needed a lot of timber to lay all those railroad ties.

You are one of the reasons why I enjoy your Amazing Adventures shoestring there is not many people on the face of this Earth to get to do what you do you are an inspiration to a lot of people

Rail King, I know what it feels like to have your hair washed by a women like that. I also can relate with dealing with other homeless people. I keep to myself mostly while on the road. No such thing as fully trusting another. Learn from others, teach others if you can, but never fully trust. Rail King, You are wise to the streets. Not just the rails and trains, but you are wise to the streets, people of all class, small towns across the country, and infrastructure. You are patient. You have tolorence for others. You are observant. For me, once I got sober(5 years sober now), I became very observant, vigilant, but content. I found inner joy. I found hobbies. New hobbies and old ones. I got healthier. I relate to your life so much bro. I hope one day you and I can meet up. - Freddy Neely, FB Denver, Colorado. From Boone, NC.. take care.

Video quality looks great!!! Thanks for the video!!

My daughter (11) asked me if you were alright yesterday because you hadn’t posted a video in almost a week. I said, I’m sure he’s fine. So we were glad to see the video yesterday, and were pleasantly surprised by this one. Beautiful quality video and sound. Only problem is, now my daughter wants a cool phone like Ken’s 🤣 Stay safe and keep up the great work on KZfaq. Your videos always brighten my day.

The 4K is looking great.

Awesome. The more I watch, the wiser you are. I always believed that experience and knowledge combined equals wisdom. Wisdom can then be applied to future situations and this is what you do. You know the railroad tracks the same way truckers know the roads and you can track down a train with the same skill as an American Indian hunting bison. That part about leaving a little rock on the rail so you can determine which way the train was going is pure Sherlock Holmes. The piles of white stuff on the tracks proving a train sat there for a long time- now I know. Catching a train is more likely if you wait before the overhead signals because that's where a train is more likely to stop. And "there's nothing better than a woman washing your hair". I laughed out loud. If I could travel through time I'd go back to see Mark Twain on stage but for now, this is the closest I can get. What were some of the funniest and scariest adventures? Thank you and keep up the great work!

Shroom says: Whenever I see a rail bridge I can't help but think of Hobo Stobe, RIP.

That capstone at foot of the bridge had a date of 1884. There must have been 100`s of riders tagging that stone. Lots of history on that bridge.

Hello from New England Shoestring ✌. Always look forward to your next video. I've had dreams my whole life of riding the rails. Be safe my friend.

This Hobo is a National Treasure

Always look forward to seeing that familiar friendly face pop up in my suggestions! I am in the UK and nice to see other parts of the world other than the touristy places! Thank you Mark!

Nice video. Good to see a familiar area in your videos, though they're all great. That area across the river by the tracks that had the super-duty fence used to be where a big homeless/home bum camp was. It was cleared out several years ago. It was literally on the point where the Colorado and Gunnison rivers meet. The rock formation you were looking at is most likely Mancos Shale, which I believe to be Cretaceous. Pretty much the whole valley floor is made of that. The bluffs towards the southwest are older. They're sandstone and Triassic and Jurassic. I will be a nice ride on your way out going through Ruby Canyon.

It makes me so sad when I see what as once a busy railroad either gone or just barely hanging on.

I found your video and stories very relaxing. Thank you Shoestring ! Bed Time for me now. Good luck with the traveling.

It’s snowing in the mountains of Oregon Washington Idaho I hope you’re safe and warm on your travels shoestring love all your beautiful videos ❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸

All the best Shoestring enjoy the ride and your time out there 🙂✌🏻👍🏻

Thanks for taking us along with you

Our Day just got Smokin Hot. Most Spectacular Countryside. We’re Lickin our Chops. Thx Mark!👍

Your content is one of the few reasons I even get on KZfaq. It's informative and relaxing. Your video quality is outstanding! I always look forward to your new videos.

Really really nice resolution! I'm watching this on my desktop and it's so clear. Grand Junction looks really nice and I'd really like to go check out that rock shop. Also I've never seen the speed for both freights and Amtrak the same so that was interesting.

When you said " unless you're there it don't matter " I almost fell out of my chair. I needed that and you're right.

I’ve hitch hiked from Grand Junction.....picked up in an 85 Ford Bronco.... 🙂👌🏻

Did a little digging: There is late Cretaceous rock in the Denver area, and rock into the early Paleocene. Not sure if the strata there would show the K-T boundary, but it would be cool to see if it does. The rest looks like a crazy mix of flood plain/lake bottom stuff like sand, gravel, shale, clay. I am assuming due to elevation and proximity to mountains that the area was influenced by glaciation. I keep an eye out for fossils where I live, particularly through railroad cuts. It's all glaciated here, so the field stones could be from the Canadian Shield far to the north east of me, Silurian rock scrapped off the escarpment to the north east, but more likely it's Devonian as that's the bedrock closest under foot. Though there's a lot of till on top of it. I've learned to look in sandy hillsides, as these were the deltas of streams that flowed on/through/under the glaciers. Not that I find fossils of scientific value, I just find them neat to look at.

Great video as always Shoestring! Don't worry about those people that think they know! Your 100k family knows the truth! You and Ken are the A team you got a buddy for life! So glad your their to spend time with him! He needs you as much as you need him! You both make a great team. As far as learning you taught me mostly everything about the railroad and it's a honor and privilege to b aboard! B Safe. Shoestring Nation #1.....

Hi! Thank you for showing us Grand Junction Mark. Love little Ken's new phone, he's really proud of it. 🙂

I like that little roly poly dog at the end.

There is a really cool stained glass window in that old train station. I got it on video. We stopped in Grand Junction to have work done on the RV and I had to wander in the yard;) I wasn't hopping trains, dang it!! Thanks for the video, safe travels.

Wonderful video once again Shoestring. The clarity v good. You are a fantastic narrator, the viewing interest never wanes . Safe travels

really enjoy watching your adventures Mr. Shoestring, John from Connecticut.

Love the view and stories of your old stomping grounds

This is really cool brother and thank you for sharing this video

The 4K looks great! I hope the dog found its way home.

I always enjoy the adventure shoe string. thanks! Someday I'd like to go on an adventure.

👉Good to see you out & about brother M !!

I'am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos

Super clear picture. Great scenery. Great info as always. Love seeing old tags.

I have seen the coal trains loading in Price Utah before Soldier Summitt. Be safe and becareful. GOD BLESS YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY

Another great video. Thanks

Hello from salt lake city. Enjoy your videos.

Thanks Shoestring, I am learning alot about Colorado and rail roads every video. Central California Watching

Hi shoestring. Always a pleasure watching your videos and listening to your stories 👍🏻😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great video.The clarity is perfect and the sound is crystal clear. I absolutely love where you hung your coat on the private property sign.The country side out there is gorgeous. Be safe out there and watch out for those home bums.

Hey shoestring, I'm familiar with that area , Grand Junction , Olathe, Delta ,Gunnison. I was born and raised In Gunnison up towards Lake City . Our old place is under about 300 ft of water now but we used to have Denver Rio Grand narrow guage run through our place on the Gunnison River. I'm in Montana now. Enjoy that beautiful mt country, i really miss them mountains ! Catch On !

That is beautiful country

Nice video mate cheers from Australia 👍👏

You got the whole beard thing going for you 👍

Great to see you out in my backyard. I always wondered if you got out this way. Love the videos.....keep them coming.

Yeaaay #1 you guys stay healthy and safe the 4k quality is amazing lol love yall

You are a very interesting man. Thanks for the videos

Whoa. As soon as I started watching I saw the difference in video quality. It's great!

Its a beautiful rough country out there in the high plains. Love the tour of Grand Junction. Hopefully you can catch out soon. Interesting to hear your stories about places, the terrain, the weather and the way that hoboing used to be. It would seem to me that part of the "fun" of train riding was when there was a social scene out on the rails where even if you didn't ride with others, in between hops, you could meet in the jungles and camps with others have relative trust that they weren't gonna jack ya. It seems rather lonely and a bit too solitary these days. Definitely got to stay away from the damn tweekers.

I remember ending up in Grand Junction with a couple friends by mistake in the early 90's. We hopped out of SLC to continue a trip from the NY to California and soon realized we had the wrong track and were heading Southbound instead of Westbound. That car was the shakiest piggyback I had ever been on. I was so sore and beat up by the time I got to Grand Junction. Anyways, I remember meeting an older hobo as we were waiting to hop back to SLC that invited us to a big potluck dinner and fire on the island that night. He said something about the cops not messing with them because of the jurisdiction of the island in the river or something like that. We ended up just hopping back to SLC in a gondola instead, but it was a beautiful ride back. Haven't really thought about that in almost 30 years, so thanks for the reminder and thanks for the videos.

Excellent video quality! Thanks for the tour of Grand Junction, sure glad that little dog didn’t decide to make a snack outta your hand there in the end…you sure gave me a laugh when you mentioned that! May the wind be always at your back and the sun shine warm upon your face.

My mom used to date and almost married a conductor of Burlington Northern coal trains.He use to conduct out of Denver down to Pueblo back in the early 80's

Shoestring that was a really cool video. So glad you’re feeling good. Take care and have a good one. 👍👍👍❤️

Autobiography of a Super-Tramp !❣ 😆

Another great video Shoestring, all the best from Scotland 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That junkyard looked pretty cool! Walking around it would make a awesome video

I live on the Arkansas River.... Beautiful area.

HAppy Railing Shoestring!!!!

Cool tour of Grand Junction. The 4k video is looking really good! Stay on the brighterside 🤘

I enjoyed the video, and the quality looks really good. Thanks for sharing your journeys with us. It’s fun to tag along, even if only virtually.

I enjoyed this video, especially liked to see you and Ken at the end.

I love it when you show old stuff like this

Videos have been looking very good

Keep the awesome content coming H.B. Shoes! Thats what your name would be if you worked for the railroad. The bridge youre walking on will not take you to pueblo but will eventually come to a fork that takes you on the abandoned Ridgeway shortline or to Somerset Colorado. There will be a dead end a few miles east of there passed the coal mines. I think you are talking about Dotsero Colorado. There is a fork there that will take you to either pueblo or Denver. It would be amazing if you catch to dotsero and explore.

Enjoy ur videos..keep’em coming!

Beautiful country

Thank u shoestring for sharing the beautiful landscape in this video,and showing me so many places and traveling on all ur adventures!! I didn't see that video about u ,but I saw one equally as stupid discussing how much u make on u tube. Instead of minding their own business,they should watch one of ur videos,they might learn something!! Jealousy is behind those videos about u,just enjoy urself,keep warm,and follow those tracks wherever they lead u,as always godspeed shoestring!!

Cool bridge. AT LEAST THERE'S WATER IN THAT RIVER...HAVE FUN RIDEING THE RAILS.

Videos looking fantastic, Shoestring. Thanks!

You explain everything so to detail, i like yr vid

B safe Richmond VA love you 👍👍👀

Thanks for sharing!

November came out of nowhere this year, it still feels like July in my mind.

I hope that water in the river hurries up and gets here to Las Vegas because Lake Mead is drying up

Loved the video! Keep on and God bless!

I am so addicted to these videos.