Today, the old man told us about how he and his girlfriend crisscrossed the US in the 1970s by hopping on freight trains.

I had no idea he'd done that, 😉.

The deepest impression of the stories?

The fact that so many railroad workers actively helped train hoppers. A brakeman who gave them water, others who told them which engine number to look for to get a train to their desired destination, and more.

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