He spawned a rival of interest in America’s railroads & a flurry of Amtrak travel, foregoing airplanes, us included. Wouldn’t have had the courage without him. Ride on, Shoestring Mark, & God bless
I was just thinking of him as I just watched a video of George riding a boxcar. It was Shoestring's primordial ride and a true Hobo ride to be sure. Hope your summer is going well Matt. Cheers 😊
Ugh I’m sick over shoestring being gone. I never expected he would be gone at such a young age. Is there still an ongoing investigation into exactly what happened? Because there are a lot of subhuman trolls spreading rumors as if they are fact, but I haven’t come across any legit info as to what exactly led to this tragedy. The world really did get a little darker with his loss. He should be deemed the God of Hobos at the Hobo convention, or at the very least, posthumously crowned Hobo King
Thanks Matt for this video, so sorry to hear about Shoestring, “your dear friend.” I just recently wondered about his channel and went looking and saw no new posts in last 4 months and thought something must be up. And just today found out that in fact he did pass away. Stay strong my friend and rest in peace Shoestring ❤️🙏🏼
I’ve already told my preacher to put red twizzlers in my pocket before he covers me up. Got a friend I never met that I want to share one with. Thanks Matt God bless!❤️
What a great locomotive to take a selfie with. Man , I sure miss hobo and his videos! There’s still a void with him being gone . Thanks as always Matt for carrying on his legacy. You are the man ! Take care .
Just coming into Louisiana on I-10 west bound is a hole in the wall gas station. They have the best fried chicken in the universe. I messed up. Got a three piece dinner and headed back going after my gas up and the next interchange was 30 miles down the road..no turning back by then.. damn
Thank you for posting this Matt. He really enjoyed seeing W&E 253. Thank you for being such a wonderful and true friend to Shoestring. It always made my heart glad to see you both together enjoying such a strong friendship. As long as we all have our memories of Shoestring, he will live in our hearts forever.
He definitely loved you Loretta! He talked about you all the time to me. I probably know more about you than I should.lol...he was definitely sweet on you!
@@rpdobbler I loved him too Matt. He told me he really liked me when I met him when he was at the hospital in Medina. Later on he told me he loved me. He wanted me to come to TN and we planned on it when I retired in a few years.He wanted to take me out riding with him too. It's ok that you know a lot about me. He never would have told you all about me if he hadn't trusted you. I know my "secrets"are safe lol. Bless you always. You always have a friend in me.
thank you,Matt. It was a pleasure listening, and I feel the pain you feel. i'd look forward to that Matt I would love to see conversation between you and him. That would be something special. I think you would do it in a real classy way.
@FarmerSteveO he told me many times he was going to take you out for a day ride....lol... wish it could have happened...he like you a lot! & talked about you frequently
@@rpdobblerYes! We were trying to make it happen, then get him to come during our wheat harvest to ride on the combine. We just ran out of time…. please keep sharing your memories and videos of him!
I definitely am....I miss him so much, even when he would anoy me at times...lol... I need to tell those stories...he was awesome...& I feel TERRIBLE that he ever annoyed me...
Been offline with eye surgery. Just catching up on all your latest. Yes we had 90mph winds here last week. Take care Matt and thanks so much for your videos
@TCRailRoad No, Tuesdays event wasn't Hurricane Debbie related, just a nasty line of thunder storms that blew across Lake Erie! Saw on the news somewhere east of Cleveland recorded 86mph gusts! 100,000 people without power & lots of trees down everywhere.
I wondered if the storm would affect you Matt, affected Cleveland. Wild weather in the US this summer! Love the green & white stripe loco, i call it the spearmint train. Nice footage! Taie care. ❤😊👍
