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Train Hopping

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Have you ever wanted to go and hop a freight train? I know it's dangerous, but if you're safe and don't try to climb whatever car you're traveling on and you don't make a scene you can stay safe and hidden. If I didn't need to make money I would probably like to travel the world via freight train.
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It's really illegal in most areas to do it.

BUT...

It sounds exciting and a rush to actually attempt it LOL
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HikerShawn wrote: Wed Oct 08, 2025 6:17 pm It's really illegal in most areas to do it.

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It sounds exciting and a rush to actually attempt it LOL
Lol right?! Sometimes most people might just get a ticket or a warning, but I suppose if you got caught a couple of times you'd end up in jail lol. I watch a few Youtubers that are hobos, Yard Buzzards is the main channel I watch. I used to watch another one called Shoestring Hobo, but he sadly passed away last year. (It wasn't a train related accident, he drowned in a lake not far from his house.)
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Ravenfreak wrote: Wed Oct 08, 2025 10:57 pm
HikerShawn wrote: Wed Oct 08, 2025 6:17 pm It's really illegal in most areas to do it.

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It sounds exciting and a rush to actually attempt it LOL
Lol right?! Sometimes most people might just get a ticket or a warning, but I suppose if you got caught a couple of times you'd end up in jail lol. I watch a few Youtubers that are hobos, Yard Buzzards is the main channel I watch. I used to watch another one called Shoestring Hobo, but he sadly passed away last year. (It wasn't a train related accident, he drowned in a lake not far from his house.)
Sheiy is one I watch. He is a big train jumper. Pretty cool channel.

Over here, they have an entire private police force for each railway company. They'll take you to jail if they catch you hopping a train.
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