Freight-hopping risks from Klamath Falls to Oroville (1992)
Anybody know any hobbies that don’t include large industrial machinery? After 15 trains and 2,800 miles in two summers of
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Running from the bulls from Belen to Barstow (1996)
Barstow, Calif., midway between Vegas and L.A., is the hottest yard of the hottest Western railroad, the Santa Fe. I
Read moreRiding the Feather River Route (1991)
I completed a 12-hour, 354-mile run up the Feather River canyon in the Sierra Nevada and through the Black Rock
Read moreBusted again freight-hopping from Hagerstown to Roanoke
The Norfolk Southern includes the old Southern Railway and Norfolk & Western. The former N & W territory, alas, is
Read morePleasant Saturday freight ride from Hagerstown to Manassas
Having ridden CSX three times, I wanted to knock off its Eastern rival, the Norfolk Southern. It has a militaristic
Read moreBad luck freight-hopping from Hyattsville to Cumberland
At 3 p.m., I was watching a film at the National Gallery. By 5:20 p.m. I was riding a grain
Read moreDangerous train ride from Cumberland to Gaithersburg
Up in western Maryland, nestled in the Alleghenies, is the crew-change town of Cumberland. You can go west on CSX
Read moreRiding on the CSX Southbound through Washington DC
Some days you can’t put it off any longer. I had found a storage facility for my repeatedly vandalized car,
Read moreGoodbye to the West
On a Friday, I quit my job. The following Tuesday, I was in Weed, looking for a freight. Maybe I
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Train-hopping in Canada: ‘You’re under arrest for trespassing’
Browning once wrote: “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp / Or what’s a heaven for?” He understood,
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