Abdul Rahimov
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- Abdul Rahimov has a Ph.D. in Russian history from Stanford. He studied earlier at Harvard and grew up in Illinois in a railroad-dominated town.Rahimov prefers to use a pen name to avoid attracting unnecessary attention from railroads. He lives on the East Coast.
Posts by Abdul Rahimov:
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Groundhog Day in Nevada with road kill along the tracks
It had been nearly a year since my ecstatic daylight ride through the....
Exploring St. Louis’ sights not on the tourist map
St. Louis always has occupied a peculiar lacuna in my personal history. It was....
Chasing freights in Dick Cheney’s hometown
There are few experiences sadder than returning to a Western railroad yard 12....
Colorado outlaws and a bloody train ride from Fort Collins to Denver
After six years, I saw the Colorado outlaw known as TTK again in....
Riding in darkness with the stars from Hagerstown to Harrisburg
It was time for a training ride, nothing glamorous or long, but a....
Hoboing north from Roanoke to Hagerstown
The Norfolk Southern's Valley line runs up from Roanoke to Hagerstown, Md., through....
Hoboes are disappearing like dinosaurs from Manassas to Hagerstown
Bruce came by, with plans that lifted me out of my post-injury depression.....
Colorado River promises death to derailed hoboes
For three days in 2003 I had relentlessly pushed a rental car through....
So why do I jump trains?
Three years later, I flew back to far northern California to revisit the....
Teaching a friend to jump trains from Washington to Richmond
After many years of solo riding, I was bringing along someone else for....
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