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Title: Affection and New Noise [Parts 1-3]

URL: http://drunkenboat.org/tag/train-hopping/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: Three part blog series on train hopping and travel.

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Subject:   Railroad travel Railroad travel--United States Blogs Hitchhiking Poetry Tramps

Title: Following the Tracks

URL: http://followingthetracks.com/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: This site is a train hopping photo documentary annotated with the interviews and stories of the tramps that Dale Wickum met as he travelled across the United States over the course of several years beginning in the early 1970’s. The site includes a map of the freight routes he travelled and an index to the photos and annotations.

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Subject:   Railroad travel--United States--Pictorial works; Tramps--Pictorial Works

Title: Lists of Rail Yards By State

URL: http://hobolists.com/index.php/tag/freight-train-hopping/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: Listings of rail yards by state, city, and railroad company names.

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Subject:   Railroads--United States

Title: Not Your Typical Travelogue: A Photographer’s Train-Hopping Adventures

URL: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/28/not-your-typical-travelogue-a-photographers-train-hopping-adventures/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: An article drawn from the experiences of and photos taken by a freighthopping artist about his travels through the United states and Mexico.

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Subject:   Tramps; Railroad travel; Railroad travel -- United States; Blogs; Subculture

Title: Riding the Rails

URL: http://www.alexkershaw.com/riding-the-rails/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: Author, Alex Kershaw, recounts his experience of riding the rails in this blog entry. He tells of how riding the rails has evolved into a dangerous lifestyle filled with drugs, gangs, and murder. He provides accounts of various train riders who have murdered or been murdered along the way.

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Subject:   Railroad travel -- United States -- History; Tramps; Blogs; Subculture

Title: Don't Call Them Bums: The Unsung History of America's Hard-Working Hoboes

URL: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/dont-call-them-bums-the-unsung-history-of-americas-hard-working-hoboes/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: An in-depth article describing the rail-riding hobo culture and their employment union ca. 1900.

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Subject:   Tramps; Railroad travel; Railroad travel -- United States; Blogs; Subculture

Title: The Ridden Rail: Train Hoppers Today

URL: https://wandrlymagazine.com/article/trainhoppers/

Collection: Freighthopping in the United States

Description: An article describing the culture and language of modern-day freighthoppers

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Subject:   Tramps; Railroad travel; Railroad travel -- United States; Blogs; Subculture

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