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    Freighthopping or trainhopping is the act of surreptitiously boarding and riding a freightcar, which is usually illegal. Illegally hopping a ride on a...
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  • Walter Hill. It stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, a mysterious drifter freighthopping through Louisiana during the Great Depression, who proves indomitable...
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    Flexible carpooling – hitchhiking formalized via designated meeting points Freighthopping Hitchwiki Ridesharing company Slugging – hitchhiking motivated by high-occupancy...
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    Bloomsbury Group Crusties Dandy Diggers Folk culture Freetown Christiania Freighthopping Goth Grunge Gutter punk Hippie Hipster (1940s subculture) Hipster (contemporary...
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    and migrant workers have often used boxcars in their journeys (see freighthopping), since they are enclosed and cannot be seen by railroad police, as...
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  • 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...
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    or "railriders" (in reference to the common gutter punk practice of freighthopping); “punk à chiens” (in Francophone regions); “punkabbestia” (in Italy);...
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  • disappearance but has trouble finding people to help search for them. Freighthopping a train to Lactose Farms, Vic attempts to bond with Garfield, to no...
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    her early twenties, she adopted a nomadic lifestyle, hitch-hiking, freighthopping, and living in her van, with the majority of her time spent busking...
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    resistant and thermally insulating flaps are desirable for long distance freighthopping rail travel and camping. Flaps may be stitched to clothing, or suspended...
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    car, intrigued by this, Brodie (then age 18) left home, eventually freighthopping across the US from 2004 to 2008. He photographed his experiences including...
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    las Flores. The residents of Fortín de las Flores are considered by freighthopping Central American migrants to be some of the most generous in Mexico...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Illegal emigration Marilyn Hartman Perce Blackborow Train surfing (Freighthopping) Air Canada masked stowaway case "What is a stowaway? | Sealand Support"...
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  • an 11-year-old African American boy calling himself Woody Guthrie is freighthopping through the Midwestern United States. Carrying a guitar in a case bearing...
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    Bicycle touring Camping Cultural tourism Ecotourism Extreme tourism Freighthopping Glamping Hiking Hitchhiking Jungle tourism Kloofing Overlanding Picnic...
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    known to have travelled by foot, by horse, by donkey and by train among freighthopping tramps and hobos, even having gone so far as to extend his mission to...
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    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...
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    of rogue freight train riders originally formed by Vietnam veterans Freighthopping Gutter punk Hobo nickel, an art form associated with hoboes Hobo (typeface)...
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  • abandons the car, then catches a bus to Chicago. There, he learns about freighthopping. He catches a series of freight trains to Bellingham, Washington and...
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  • 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...
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  • briefly worked for his mother's employer, Scranton Lace Company, then freighthopped to Chicago without telling his parents. Rodham found work there selling...
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    began freighthopping as a means of transport as well as to spread his work beyond the Minneapolis area. His love of trains and freighthopping strongly...
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  • person who travels from place to place looking for work, often by "freighthopping", illegally catching rides on freight trains Schnorrer, a Yiddish term...
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  • 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...
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  • relationship. Among their activities include sneaking into a movie theater, freighthopping, riding amusement park roller coasters and evading police after being...
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    He recounts his challenges, fears, and successes as he learns the freighthopping strategies, survival techniques, and social etiquette of the railroad...
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