this is something i have always thought was kinda cool , if not dangerous, uncomfortable, and foolish. did i mention dangerous?
maybe someday i'll have the guts , or lack of sense, to ride the rails, just me and my one eyed, three legged , tailless dog lucky. great post. posted by nola at 9:38 AM on May 2, 2006
Good timing on posting this. Just last night, I came across this tale of a guy who, in 1976, rode cross-country in freight cars. posted by Godbert at 10:23 AM on May 2, 2006
this is something i have always thought was kinda cool , if not dangerous, uncomfortable, and foolish. did i mention dangerous?
The danger is what makes it fun. posted by cmonkey at 10:29 AM on May 2, 2006
http://www.hobo.com/ posted by Postroad at 10:51 AM on May 2, 2006
My friend's got a great story about how he and a friend planned to hop a freight in Western Canada. There was a big build-up, they got organized and lay in wait for the train by night. When it finally came, it loomed up out of the plains and blew by them so huge and fast and loud that they chickened right out.
Of course, they would have done better trying to hop it at a yard, but didn't want to get caught by the bulls. Don'tcha know. posted by Miko at 10:53 AM on May 2, 2006
Back when I hitchiked a lot, I heard some scary stories about train hopping. There used to be a website (put up by railroad companies) with pictures of injuries and dead bodies and decapitations due to botched attempts. Scared me off. Romanticism aside, I say, hitchike if you want to travel for free. More freight moves by truck anyway, right? But if you do it, take a really good sleeping bag. I hear it's cold. posted by salvia at 12:00 PM on May 2, 2006
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maybe someday i'll have the guts , or lack of sense, to ride the rails, just me and my one eyed, three legged , tailless dog lucky. great post.
posted by nola at 9:38 AM on May 2, 2006