For the time Stobe the Hobo was around, youtube was a great platform for his videos. I’ve looked for any official police or media reports but have found nothing? I basically binged watched them all as I couldn’t get over how he made them. Jim you will truly be missed. I don’t remember exactly when I got into train hopping videos but Jim’s were always so calming. 5 were here. tnx man, watching the LV to Laramie video rn. Yes, it is true. An escape to the side seems unlikely as its easier to run 10 feet forward than climb over iron partitions to make it to the side. The editing of his film footage was part of the magic of Hobo Stobe. Hot. Is Casey’s pizza a chemical? Well damn. 2nd try to post the comment again .. I think some of us he strikes such a loud chord in, the passion he had for being out there free, reflects as part of something many of us are missing. A post on the internet states that he fell from an overpass onto the tracks below: There are no more days in the life of Jim Stobie. I mean seriously, Live b4 U Die? His first full-length movie ‘Attack of the Stobe Hobo’ begins and ends with a death metal song by the band Dying Fetus. He would later attend Colorado State University and graduate with a bachelor degree in music. Questions being asked around that are: How a 10 plus year veteran train hopper could be surprised by a train on a 4 track section at night. The closest bridge over the tracks is 1,770 feet to the Southeast (Train Bridge) and 4,210 feet to the Northwest (Edison Hwy vehicle bridge). The beauty and boredom of Stobe the Hobo’s train-hopping videos. An old American hobo expression for someone who has departed from this life. Get that shit out of your brain and live. At first I thought he was a bit slow or just a simpleton but his cadence and film editing is like visual potato chips. The piano, his almost poetic description of life, and the way he lived it. I discovered Stobe about six months ago on accident after watching YouTube videos on impoverished McDowell County WV. All of Jims episodes you can hear a song that is purposely placed in that spot, such as “Crazy Train”, you start singing along, “I’m going off the rails on a crazy train”. Booze will get you one way or the other. Didn’t you read this site? Was my first thought. In 2010, Stobe joined the United States Coast Guard and was stationed out of Seattle, Wa. It contained 37 episodes, that are around 25 minutes each. My son and I accidentally came across Stobe’s videos about a year and a half ago. Thanks, You can email here. Rab Media represents Stobe's work on commercials and music videos in the US. Use the quick contact below. His cinematography and film editing, commentary and vocabulary, and his perspectives, were a true art form. I never met you but you are a legend. His knowledge of the rail system was vast and his ability to bring the viewer along for a thrilling train ride will be hard to match. Rest in Peace brother, you’ll live forever in my thoughts. Over the last few days I’ve watched all of Stobes videos. Stobe touched many lives with his YouTube videos of his train hopping experiences and will continue to touch lives as new people discover his videos. Rising. How did he pass? a very hard life,few thing truly sadden me.But when I learn of his death,I was It was during his junior year of College where he started hopping trains. I wonder what Wingman is up to these days, and if he’s still riding. Death Metal wasn’t the only music he liked, he was eclectic and liked all kinds. Ya gotta stay clean or it isn't much fun. That he was that close to home blew my mind Hobo Stobe was making plans to launch his Stobe Attack channel with daily content including, commentary, current events, music and jokes to create a show that he originally wanted to be a radio show and to fill the void between train adventures. Thats for sure. Jim was a talented musician. Don’t have a specific end point or God forbid a date, and just ride. Nothing seems to totally fit. Rip, What was he doing on that section of track. Stobe also created a patreon, where fans could give a little more and he offered bonus material back. Is that for real? Instead of politely offering a clarification they have to shame anyone that has the unfortunate experience of crossing your online path and dares to make a faux pas. I am amazed at the impact he had on me. He is full of rail knowledge and make it interesting. “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”. Stobie could have done just about anything and his fans would be right there with him. I will openly admit I was truly jealous and in awe of the man. He deemed himself unable to fit into society in one video. On how fukn dead the place was at 10 p.m. on a Saturday night. Guy was literally doing it for years. I was attracted to it all, and I watched hours more, I re-watched the ones I had already seen. James William Stobie gained considerable notoriety during his all too short life of thirty-three years as a filmmaker who self-produced documentary styled videos portraying life as a rail riding traveler-- AKA 'Stobe the Hobo." To be honest, some of those were my personal favorite episodes. It moves thru that part of town really fast and hardly makes a sound. Rest in Peace my friend. Addeddate 2018-01-15 07:03:06 Color color Identifier STOBETHEHOBO Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3 Sound sound. His vids cured my depression. His arch nemesis “the bull” made for some tense moments in the show. In early November last year, an Amtrak train operator found a body on the tracks outside Baltimore who authorities later identified as YouTube star James “Stobe the Hobo” Stobie. As for Stobe, it was a life lived. I was sad. Stobe is to wander into the unknown. I was watching another hopping video and saw “RIP Stobe …” tagged on a hopper car. Stobe The Hobo r/StobeTheHobo. He feels like an old friend and lives on through his videos, always a click away. I’m freight train rider from 40 years ago, riding for almost 8 years off and on. His demise was inevitable. I find myself feeling a little off for mourning someone that I’d never met and had only known about for a a very short time, but it’s saddening none the less. I watched a few more videos over the next few days and decided to look him up on Instagram the following week because I’d noticed he hadn’t posted in over a year, that’s when I learned he had passed. Jim Stobie was an acomplished piano player. Would be great to see a list of quotes from Stobe like “Most important thing about this pack is how much beer it can hold” etc… I came across his videos today and was intrigued by them although I sensed a sort of flat aspect to his personality. You may be gone but your memory lives on. Fell asleep with youtube on autoplay last night and woke up to a STH vid. Another post states that it didn't interrupt train service. His adventures across the vast land, on a quest for beer and fried chicken took us through lonely pastures and rundown towns. Stobe was man full of live and energy. Exaterated By drinking in the yard , catching (nothing heard on Baltimore Fire Communications for that area), Stobe's Business card - (The back is blank). Hobo Stobe was making plans to launch his Stobe Attack channel with daily content including, commentary, current events, music and jokes to create a show that he originally wanted to be a radio show and to fill the void between train adventures. Stobe was an artist and played the piano for all his videos. Jim was a filmmaker and a good one he alway’s had a good eye for scenery and interesting topics which most people would have overlooked. As for falling from a bridge, there are no overhead bridges close enough to where he was found. it was his lifestyle lol, and it’s not as if you have better expertise on the subject than him. Classless, empty person looking for validation. At one point in high school, Jim started a Death Metal band with his good friend Will, they were called Cynicism. We binge watched them every night for a while. I hope this dude isn’t dead. Stobe the Hobo: Rest In Peace; Stobe the Hobo: Rest In Peace. It is absolutely beautiful and fitting. He was far from irresponsible though mainstream thinking says otherwise. Nice piano playing but tinged with sadness as well. Remembering Stobe the Hobo, Jim ( James) Stobie has 4,969 members. I wondered the same thing. I was deeply saddened and spent days down about it. Stops include Peru, IN and Toledo, OH. Jim’s intro to himself and the life of train hopping. This means that when the train rumbles by it can still shake his casket. I don't have any spray. Thank you Stobe for sharing your knowledge and your adventures. sad.He seemed like such a nice guy and smart & witty. Is it possible that a rule youtube has for using copyrighted music created this beautiful accident that would now have Stobe playing songs on his piano to be used in the videos? I can feel the freedom and energy of Stobe through those video and it gives me the strength to go on. I've got cold beer which ameliorates the situation. Of course that’s when I stumbled into the notices of his death 2 years ago. He just wanted to live and let live. RIP Hobo Stobe. Thanks Stobe! And thank you for sharing your journey with us. He was one example of 100 proof American free spirit—not an easy ideal to define let alone live. If beer and pizza is available close to a yard.. Baltimore Area Train Communications 8Nov2017 - 07:17AM to 07:47AM The N Kresson St overpass and the Pulaski Hwy overpass - Where he was found. Stobe is a state of mind . The tracks ran right by the campus, and that is where he found his passion for an unknown adventure. Maybe you should ask yourself, what would Stobe do? I told my GF about it and said I couldn’t ever re watch them. Death Metal wasn’t the only music he liked, he was eclectic and liked all kinds.