WGBH5 天
It's dangerous, illegal and uncomfortable — but train hoppers ride the rails anyway
Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad ...
Boise State Public Radio6 天
Train hoppers ride the rails across America — and you can tag along
Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad ...
WSHU news6 天
Train hoppers ride the rails across America — and you can tag along
A moving train fills the frame of a shaky video. A ladder looms, and hands grip the rungs. A blur of movement, and you're inside an open train car piled with coal, trees whipping by on either side.
WGBH5 天
Train hoppers ride the rails across America — and you can tag along
People are fantasizing about the railroad.” The history of train hopping in the American imagination starts with hobos. Hobo culture was born out of economic necessity in post-Civil War America, says ...
WKU Public Radio6 天
It's dangerous, illegal and uncomfortable — but train hoppers ride the rails anyway
Hobos ride a freight car to Southern California in 1934. The history of train hopping in the American imagination starts with hobos. Hobo culture was born out of economic necessity in post-Civil War ...
WFAE6 天
It's dangerous, illegal and uncomfortable — but train hoppers ride the rails anyway
A moving train fills the frame of a shaky video. A ladder looms, and hands grip the rungs. A blur of movement, and you're inside an open train car piled with coal, trees whipping by on either side.