Act of surreptitiously boarding and riding a railroad freight car
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Freight-hopping youth near Bakersfield, California (National Youth Administration, 1940)
Freighthopping or trainhopping is the act of surreptitiously boarding and riding a freightcar, which is usually illegal.
Freighthopping or trainhopping is the act of surreptitiously boarding and riding a freightcar, which is usually illegal. Illegally hopping a ride on a...
and migrant workers have often used boxcars in their journeys (see freighthopping), since they are enclosed and cannot be seen by railroad police, as...
car, intrigued by this, Brodie (then age 18) left home, eventually freighthopping across the US from 2004 to 2008. He photographed his experiences including...
resistant and thermally insulating flaps are desirable for long distance freighthopping rail travel and camping. Flaps may be stitched to clothing, or suspended...
or "railriders" (in reference to the common gutter punk practice of freighthopping); “punk à chiens” (in Francophone regions); “punkabbestia” (in Italy);...
her early twenties, she adopted a nomadic lifestyle, hitch-hiking, freighthopping, and living in her van, with the majority of her time spent busking...
airplane crashes. The Great Depression hits, and she soon takes to freighthopping. A few years later, she meets Big Bill Shelly, a union organizer, and...
from a railroad junction where Mueller was suspected to have fled by freighthopping (thus the book's title); the slaughter of entire families late at night...
dictionary. Hopping may refer to: Hopping, the act of jumping with one foot Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously riding on a railroad freight car Movie hopping...
the rails, freighthopping Standing in the front row at a music event. Riding the rods, and "riding a rod", former forms of freighthopping, by riding undercarriage...
outside campus. To pass the time, they often engaged in late night freighthopping, getting off at nearby towns or remote, wooded areas, and relying on...
known to have travelled by foot, by horse, by donkey and by train among freighthopping tramps and hobos, even having went so far as to extend his mission to...
Illegal emigration Marilyn Hartman Perce Blackborow Train surfing (Freighthopping) Air Canada masked stowaway case "What is a stowaway? | Sealand Support"...
run over by the train wheels after the brakeman throws Jeff off for freighthopping. Later that night, Dempsey and Jeff watch as another train hopper kills...
of rogue freight train riders originally formed by Vietnam veterans Freighthopping Gutter punk Hobo nickel, an art form associated with hoboes Hobo (typeface)...
person who travels from place to place looking for work, often by "freighthopping", illegally catching rides on freight trains Schnorrer, a Yiddish term...
officer when he and a friend refused to alight from a train they were freighthopping. 1899-06-28 Gerah, Hugh Oklahoma (Tecumseh) Gerah was shot and killed...
about the FTRA, as has William T. Vollmann, most notably in his book on freighthopping called Riding Toward Everywhere. Members of the FTRA appear in issue...
children were carried along by mail carriers, but were not put in boxes. Freighthopping Henry Box Brown, b. 1816. "Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown...
means of transport are available, including walking, hitchhiking and freighthopping. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine was developed by Dim Bulb Games and...
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