>>302440We used to hop a train across town when we were little. It went through an industrial facility so you'd have to bail before getting through the gates and walk around, then hop another on the other side or the guys at the facility would catch you and you'd be fucked (place was fenced in etc etc)
Haven't ever done it otherwise. We'd always fuck with the trains, be it stacking shit on the tracks (went from pennies to quarters to bricks to stacks of bricks pretty quickly. Bad idea.....) had a train stop once and they engineer came to yell at us but we were long gone by the time he got the thing stopped.
My childhood nostalgia aside, It's fucking dangerous. You can do it, but you'll likely receive a genuine ass beating if you get caught. The rail yard guys are fucking mean and they don't do business like the local PD. Filing a complaint isn't in their vocabulary, first priority is to make sure you've learned better than to ride their trains again.
I've got a friend (girl actually) that has hitched around the country before on trains. Not sure about the specifics, shes gone for months at a time. Every now and again there'll be a post on FB saying something like "Stranded in (x city in the midwest/west) whose near me?"
Shes received several ass beatings as a result of being caught (2 or 3?) and almost always winds up stranded when it happens. One guy actually took her bag when they found her. But yeah, if you think you'll just play nice and receive sympathy from these guys....... you're hugely mistaken (if they'll whoop on a girl, think about what they'll do to you)
Oh yeah, and the people are fucking grunge machines. Think like dirty biker bar crowd with no motorcycles that literally sweat greese. Prepare to be dirty and scared constantly.
But shit its a cheap way across huge distances and a guaranteed good time. Sorry to focus so much on the bad aspects of it, I just don't like the idea of accidentally telling someone it's all gravy and then die.
