Category Archives: Riding Freight Trains
The Polaroid Kidd- these photos melt my heart
Hello dear readers- sorry it’s been forever since I posted. I’ve been working a heck of alot, building a thick nest of dollars to insulate me from the rough world, lake swimming, making huevos rancheros on my new two-burner campstove, … Continue reading
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Here I go again
I’m leaving North Carolina tomorrow, TOMORROW, via hitch-hiking to Tennessee. Once I’m good and in Tennessee, there’s a freight train, apparently, that will take me all the way to LA. I just have to go to this train yard my … Continue reading
The well of adventure springs eternal!
In five short days I leave the North Carolina piedmont which has warmed me, fed me and cuddled with me these last three weeks, to begin the long journey back to the west coast, via my old friend Freight Train- … Continue reading
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What Sorts Of Things Do You Take On A Train Trip?
A good question, my friend. Not a question anyone really asks. Mostly, people ask annoying questions like- Won’t the railcop beat you up like in that movie Into The Wild? Answer- No. The railcop is bored to tears. And he … Continue reading
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Ohio
Sometimes you feel like your pants-cuffs are full of rocks. And then you check your pants-cuffs, and they are full of rocks. And you shake the rocks out, and then you feel better. And you spend a whole day and … Continue reading
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Sometimes Train Riding Isn’t Fun.
“Remember to be positive out there, that you’re out because you love it, and the bull will probably just tell you to go away. And friends, going away is what riding the rails is all about.” -Duffy Littlejohn, from the … Continue reading
Filed under Riding Freight Trains, Sometimes shit sucks, Travel
floating shacks and tiny apple pies
I waited two days in minneapolis. The first day it rained. It misted, it rained in fits, and then it rained solid, a solid sheet of rain that turned the sky black and sent torrents of water down the streets, … Continue reading
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