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James William STOBIE
1984 - 2017
James William STOBIE
1984 - 2017
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1984
DIED
2017
James STOBIE Obituary
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Mark Kent
February 20, 2024
Every time I ride, when camp is pitched and stories are told around the fire, you always come up in the conversation Stobe! You will live on in legend, spoken over the flames of respite, on adventures most of the world will never understand. Thanks for being you.
December 4, 2023
Discovered your channel from a Gamer From Mars video. The content you made was an echo of what feels like a previous age of YouTube. Raw and authentic. I wish I had known about you earlier Stobie. Hope you’re doing well wherever we end up when we die.
Kenneth Roberts
October 23, 2023
I really intoned your vidoes and thank you for your service, keep the cold for we will drink a few. RIP
Tracy Scott
September 24, 2023
I discovered Strobie after his death. I get a lot of enjoyment watching his travels. He had. a unique way to tell a story. He was obviously very intelligent. God Speed..
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Gizmo Kid
February 25, 2023
RIP Stobe - loved your videos and perspective. Enjoy the westbound ride!
R D
January 17, 2023
Thank you for these amazing videos that we still are enjoying! RIP Stobe.
Kiel Mccaul
December 13, 2022
Thanks for everything, Stobe. The smallest things can change lives and your videos have certainly changed mine.
Sam Forbes
November 7, 2022
Thank you for your art work/videos. Watching your videos helped me through difficult times of depression after loosing a loved one. I still watch your videos today and miss you. God bless you and your family. Such a talent. Semper Paratus my Coast Guard brother.
Alex Galletly
June 15, 2022
I still watch your videos every single day. Never felt like I've known someone more personally than I have you Jim!
hayden Wright
May 2, 2022
still thinking of you rail king
Simon Doussept
January 24, 2022
You are never far from my thoughts Jim, rest easy brother
March Hare
December 13, 2021
Always with us through the darkest hours of the night.
Chad
October 26, 2021
Hope all the rides up north are smooth and peaceful.
Zaphod Beeblebrox
September 6, 2021
RIP brother. May the rails take you wherever you were going. Gone too soon.
Tom Nesheim
July 7, 2021
Thank you Jim for your great videos and piano playing. God Bless.
Matt Cusson
April 28, 2021
Rest Easy James.
Schuyler Sher
April 7, 2021
God bless you, Jim, and your lovely family.
Cody Bryan
March 17, 2021
You had a fantastic talent for music, Stobe! I’ll never forget how much I enjoyed hearing your lounge piano covers of the rock songs I love. You were a very caring and talented man and we miss you.
Jarrod wright
March 16, 2021
Lived the life that many of us dreamed of having the courage to live. Good luck out there sir, wherever you may roam.
Blake Reilly
February 20, 2021
May your laundry do itself, the craft beer be endless, and the railways be endless up there stobe!!! Your legend will live on the inter webs for ever
Tyler Compton
January 28, 2021
Think I already did one 2 years back but can't help but think about you once in a while. You'll be missed friend. Thank you for providing hours of entertaining content that no one else could. Rest In Peace I hope you have all the beer you could ever ask for...
John Ison
January 24, 2021
This is a very original man and I (like many) will miss his commentaries and travels. May the rails sing under your feet and the rain kept off your head. RIP Stobe - you have earned it.
Nick Rineberg
January 4, 2021
Just like many I discovered Stobe after his passing, but somehow it felt like I lost someone I knew and not a stranger. I love his videos and may his memory will live on forever. God be with him and may he rest in peace, amen.
Mark
December 21, 2020
RIP JAMES.....GHOST RIDER
Shaun Wedel
December 15, 2020
Ride on...
Robert Hardy
November 22, 2020
Never knew you but your vids were compelling to watch.
Keep on riding those rails up there
November 1, 2020
Rest in peace, Stobes.
train hopper
September 13, 2020
Stobe is at the beer store in heaven.
Chris Brackett
September 9, 2020
I'm still missing you pal. I think about you quite often. Peace brother!
Daniel Innis
August 8, 2020
Thank you. You went out there and lived the dream while I just kinda 'got old' in an office. For all of us trapped in boredom due the pandemic your videos kept us going.
Texas Billy
July 24, 2020
Thanks Jim, you are missed Rest Peacefully
Rich Zimmerman
June 30, 2020
Thank you , stobe the hobo, Rest In Peace
Eric Olson
May 27, 2020
I just watched your entire video collection chronologically on YouTube. Thanks Stobe, for being a modern day American original. Thanks for following your path. You lived and died by the Rail, and left your work for us to enjoy.
Prejee Thiru
May 19, 2020
You've had a profound affect on me through your videos. I remember watching for the first time about three years ago and feeling a sense of freedom within. All these days i wondered what had happened until I discovered this sad news today. I'm sure the trip continues some where, some world. Rest in peace Stobie!
Keith Kelley
May 6, 2020
I have recently discovered his videos. After watching several I was saddened to learn that he had passed away. He seemed like a person that I would have liked to have known. May he rest in peace.
Melanie M
May 2, 2020
My first train hop will be in your honor Stobe. Love to you
Eric Pelky
April 12, 2020
Thank you Jim Stobe for sharing a pice of your life with me.
Mazel Knowles
March 7, 2020
I watched one video and then I watched all - They were very interesting. I am so sorry to hear he had passed. I thought this was a very good documentary that he filmed on his travels. I saw the US in a different light. Did not know how beautiful the country sides were and how quiet some towns were. I had to research here to see if he had really died. My Condolences to the Family and friends. He have left a legacy of his travels so that people like me can learn and enjoy- Thanks A Million. May his soul rest in peace.
Rick Feeback
March 3, 2020
I miss you buddy!!! Rest in sweet peace!!!
Thomas King,
February 23, 2020
Would have liked to have met you BM3. Perhaps you will say hello when I pass over. Filmmaking, commentary and music was educational, relaxing and entertaining. BZ Jim. Fair winds and following seas. Out!
Brandon
February 20, 2020
Watching the videos that you posted on you tube brings a smile to my face wish I could've met you in person you truly would've been a good friend rest in peace comrade. Staff sergeant St.Claire...out
Don grow
February 7, 2020
Thanks and miss u
Daniel Vice
December 28, 2019
Not sure how your videos showed up in my suggestions but just watched several of them and was wondering why they were nothing since 2016 only to discover you had passed in 2017 RIP. You can tell you were always looking for something hope you found peace now. Will continue to watch. I lost my brother to train accident in 1992 he was only 24.
Denise Graven
December 25, 2019
Christmas Night, thinking of you and watchng your awesome videos. R.I.P Stobe, no one on this earth will ever be the Hobo that you were. Not just riding the rails, not just being free but showing the beautiful scenery and teaching us some geography and history accompanied by your awesome piano playing. God bless you and your family left behind. I know that 2 years later, the pain is still there and it will never stop, It will just be kept more under control. I know, I lost my son at age 33. Miss you Stobe and Merry Christmas in Heaven.
shaun
December 21, 2019
R.i.p . Thank you for showing us what its like. Aka john stone aka stobe the hobo
Jack
December 11, 2019
Rest in peace, Stobe. Just discovered your YouTube channel, which I'll be watching for long to come. My condolences to your family, and I only wish they could completely understand the impact you had, and will continue to have, all across the world. A true American original.
lando River
December 10, 2019
I really didnt know James but just watching his videos, Gave me a sense of what kind of guy he was.... A very Genuine guy, not wrapped up in the daily cares of life..... I just wish I would have met him in person... His videos are peephole to the way he lived his life, and a mighty good life it was... Rest Easy my friend!!! Have earned it
John Cummings
November 30, 2019
I have watched all Stobe's videos and enjoyed it all, the snappy sayings were the best and guaranteed to make you laugh, I wish the videos were still coming, RIP.
Rev.LeRoy Keeney
November 13, 2019
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Elaine East
October 30, 2019
Thank you for showing me places I otherwise Would not see. Unique, talented, and beloved
For his humor and talent in front of and behind the camera.
Look585
August 31, 2019
Really enjoyed those videos he had a way of getting his description across RIP Jim .
Keith Love
August 19, 2019
Ive been wide eyed to his videos for a few months now. The country side he saw, the beautiful places he found, all brought to him on two pieces of steel laid side by side. I admire his tradition...
Peter Blomstrom
July 24, 2019
Watched all his videos in a week and was riveted. Almost felt I got to know him in that short time. Can't believe he's gone! RIP
grant adams
July 7, 2019
enjoyed your videos RIP
Mitchell Valdez
June 16, 2019
Enjoying his videos and another wonderful soul gone and not meant for this world.
eagleeye nealy
May 21, 2019
I only knew James through his travels as a TV producer. Amazing scenery at times and he showed me how to enjoy the simple things in life. RIP Stobe the Hobo.
Ian Rodgers
April 29, 2019
Caught a southbound outta Spokane And There He was Glorious We'll All Miss Ya
REST
J Kitto
April 29, 2019
I lived in Colorado for 15 years. I believe I bumped into him as paths do cross. RIP
Steve Potts
April 8, 2019
Stobe, I only discovered you a short time ago, but you have touched my heart and spirit in a way I have never felt in all my years. I truly believe you were put on this Earth to bring your adventures and inspirational insight to so many others who don't have the opportunity to find it for themselves.
John Quaggin
April 6, 2019
It is difficult to overstate the joy Jim's videos have brought me. His often melancholy interpretations of familiar melodies - rendered as emotional cues as to what he must have experienced on the rails - and the sensitive record he produced of the tiny towns and undiscovered scenery flitting by, and of his exasperation on those grim times when became marooned, will forever embody his humanity, wit, compassion and the generosity of his soul. Like so many others, I wish he was still here so that I could offer him a place to stay in the course of his travels; a place where the chicken is forever hot and the beer is always cold, all of which, I am certain, awaits him at the end of that last westbound ride. Thanks for being, Stobie Jim Kenobi. And you're out.
steve O
April 1, 2019
it's the darkest hour of the night, only started watching your videos a few weeks ago, but i'm hooked. Sad to find out you passed, but at least it was something you enjoyed doing - there's a cold one waiting in London U.K for you stobie wan kenobi.
Mike W
March 30, 2019
Fly high my friend
Chris Clune
March 30, 2019
I will always enjoy your work Stobie..rest in peace and thank you for being you.
Your Fan
March 26, 2019
Damn man I hate to hear the news. But RIP stobe. I have been watching your videos for awhile now and was shocked when I got to kolonels freight crew rides again. But I'll continue to share your content brother
Don Hilden
March 21, 2019
Stobie, only started watching your videos a few days ago and feel like Ive known you for years. I admired your free spirit dry wit and knowledge. I hope you are having a few beers and chicken in heaven. Rest peacefully. If there are freight trains in heaven Im sure your on one now.
Michael Hunt
March 8, 2019
James made the best hobo documentaries, he was a honest hobo with a passion for filming his adventures. I just discovered him this year and he had already passed. Beer and Chicken on me if we ever meet outside the Big Gates in the sky catching a trip on a Grainer with a porch
Andrew Austin
February 28, 2019
Each can reminds me of this man - RIP James
Everett Eby
January 28, 2019
Ill be working on a 30 rack tonight just for you brother.
Rolling Rails
January 5, 2019
Rest in peace, maybe catch some clouds :)
Jim G
December 26, 2018
I only knew you through your YouTube posts, but I admire how you lived your life on your own terms and didnt conform to a conventional way of life. You were a free spirit and I felt you were able to liberate us viewers from the daily grind of life through your interesting and entertaining videos. I would have loved to have donated to your cause and would have gladly put you up if you ever needed a place to stay, but I didnt discover you and your videos until after you were already gone. Rest In Peace.
Brandon Sanchez
December 14, 2018
A free and gentle soul. Loved watching him. I'm very sorry for familys loss. Brother in arms. God bless.
Romaine Heidecker
December 5, 2018
Just finished watching several videos from Stobe and was deeply saddened to read of his death. I was definitely enthralled by his stories and to be honest, the piano music was awesome. He will be missed. Thank you Stobe - you enlightened many of us who cant do what you did..
mike hoy
November 25, 2018
Having been to all three coast on the freights in my youth and over the years I pleasantly discovered his channel the summer of 18 and after really digging his video and personality I came across notice of him dying in accident out east. Shock and sad tears hit hard that night even though he had already passed on before I even saw any of his vids. I was imagining him hopping around the country happy and being supported by sponsors and monetizing YouTube, which I thought really cool. Then I found out. He was truly a friendly and likable genuine guy and I wished I could have met him. Part of his legacy is bringing awareness of the hobo/tramp lifestyle to a larger part of Americans. R.I.P. Stobe
November 19, 2018
RIP
No Name Carman
November 16, 2018
As a railroader I wish I would have met you during at least one of those vids you rolled through my yard.
Rest in peace Jim.
Michae3l Wise
November 13, 2018
Thank you Jim ! You have should us your amazing life as interesting as it was many would have never new how cool it would be to ride a freight train . Rest In Peace Stobe
November 3, 2018
RIP. So sorry for your families loss. Sending our love and positive vibes to his family and loved ones.
Love Jess & Rory
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Kolonel's Freight Crew
October 31, 2018
KFC will always be, Rest in Peace Brother, See you again when my time here expires.
October 11, 2018
God bless you, Stobe. Your videos serve as both an expression of freedom on the open road and a cruel reminder of what involves a life on the rails. May we both meet to guzzle cheap beer, chomp on prosciutto and cheese cracker sammiches as well as trade stories of our lives on Earth.
niall foody
October 6, 2018
thank you, Stobie, for getting me through the dark times, you truly did bring joy to my life and for that ill be forever gratful.
Chris Moore
October 1, 2018
Just started watching his videos today very sad what happened would of love to meet him rip
September 29, 2018
RIP my Friend! KFC forever'
Mike S
September 27, 2018
RIP Stobe. Loved your videos. So much beautiful scenery, all accompanied by your dry wit and clever observations. I was planning on offering you a place to crash overnight with food and cold beer if you ever passed through Chicago again. Unfortunately that wont happen now. You were taken too soon brother. Rest easy.
Mark Padovano
September 25, 2018
Stobe you will be missed. I know the journey you are on now is filled with free cold beer, hot pizza and easy riding. God Bless You STOBE!
September 19, 2018
u made cool vids bro
Paul S
September 16, 2018
I never met you Jim Stobie but I miss you with all of my heart.
I only recently discovered you while I was searching for current status on a little-used train line where I had ridden Amtrak with dear family as a kid - and now when visiting this sentimental region I only sometimes hear distant diesel horns in the darkest hours of the night - and while searching about this old train line, I kept seeing abundant online references to RIP Stobe.
I wish I had known of you in time to be a friend and welcoming waystation for you. Your artworks are a treasure. You made the best possible use of your eyes and ears and you let us all see and hear what you could. So very beautiful.
To Jims family, I have lost several loved ones over recent years. Jims music helps me cope with that and I wish to send you my warmest feelings of caring to help you cope with your loss of Jim. He created enchanting and ensorcelling beauty and his artwork will live on. My love to all who appreciate Jim Stobie.
Nick Wonderling
September 12, 2018
I wish I would have gotten the chance to interact with you during your life, but the record you left behind will always be a beacon of hope to me.
Thanks Stobe, ride those rails in the sky.
Tozo Bexino
September 12, 2018
Thank you, James, for showing us the unscripted side of America, the interesting side.
DjHexz
September 8, 2018
Rest in the railroad sky stove
Mason Stockunas
August 17, 2018
R.I.P Stobie.... Forever a legend.
Chris Crossin
August 9, 2018
Like others have said, I had recently discovered Jim's videos on You Tube and when time permitted I would "binge watch" several in a row but would also try to view some closer to my home base. As a railroad fan myself I thoroughly enjoyed the videos and also Jim's commentary (especially regarding the poor "service" of a certain rail carrier). Terribly sad to hear of his passing (just learned today 09 Aug 2018), when I stumbled upon an article online & later verified the story on other sites). Prayers go out to his family and his friends all across the country. I'll continue watching his videos and though I'll enjoy them, I'm certain I'll have to deal with the sadness of his passing each time I think about it. Thanks for all your hard work Jim--hope to see you on the other side. Your railroad friend between Mississippi & Florida.
Peter Wienke
July 21, 2018
Jim Stobie was a hobo riding the rails just as I am a hobo riding a Harley, going from place to place, seeing the sights, feeling the wind in your face, smelling life as it enters your nostrils. I am envious of his adventures, much greater than my own and am happy for the devotion and enthusiasm of his many followers. He has gained immortality and I will remember him with his videos and music. God love you forever brother!
Adam Welch
July 15, 2018
Im broken hearted that he is gone. I just started watching his videos.
Bob Cowan
July 10, 2018
I've only just discovered Stobe the Hobo literally 24 hours ago. I was up until 2:00 in the morning binge watching his amazing work on YouTube. I am terribly saddened to learn of his passing. Godspeed Stobe!
Z
July 4, 2018
Sorry to hear his passing.
Carole Streeting
June 19, 2018
What a man.what a guy.
J P
June 18, 2018
I hope I live half the life Stobe did. What a real and inspirational fella. Thank you Stobe
Ott Sonic
June 18, 2018
I'm grateful for having had the opportunity to watch you live your art. Your films affected me deeply and you leave a big gap behind you. Love to you, your family and friends.
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