Train hoppers
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:43 pm
B1G - The Big Train
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That seems to be the preferred type of car to ride anymore. Plus, trains seem to get moving faster, keep moving, and don't take days to go between terminals. They usually try to find one loaded with a 40 or 45' container and that helps them hide better.AARR wrote:Surprised they were never seen considering they rode in a well car.
From what I've seen from the vast majority of them, they don't bathe. They'll drop off a train in the yard and go to the local Meijer or Wal-mart and fill up their water jugs between trains. You can usually smell them before you see them.J T wrote:When do they bathe, brush their teeth, go to the bathroom, etc? Are they carrying toilet paper with them?
That is so disgusting. I can see if you don't have a choice because you're homeless, but it's pretty evident these kids have a choice. Who would choose to be smelly and gross? And I bet that couple kiss.CSX_CO wrote: From what I've seen from the vast majority of them, they don't bathe. They'll drop off a train in the yard and go to the local Meijer or Wal-mart and fill up their water jugs between trains. You can usually smell them before you see them.
Eh, the sad thing is you'll run into the same kind of people and their choice of personal hygiene all over the place. Unfortunately a lot of non-bathers like driving contract cabs for the railroads...J T wrote:That is so disgusting. I can see if you don't have a choice because you're homeless, but it's pretty evident these kids have a choice. Who would choose to be smelly and gross? And I bet that couple kiss.CSX_CO wrote: From what I've seen from the vast majority of them, they don't bathe. They'll drop off a train in the yard and go to the local Meijer or Wal-mart and fill up their water jugs between trains. You can usually smell them before you see them.
Im sure they do more than kiss.....I think I can smell his fingers from my house right nowJ T wrote:That is so disgusting. I can see if you don't have a choice because you're homeless, but it's pretty evident these kids have a choice. Who would choose to be smelly and gross? And I bet that couple kiss.CSX_CO wrote: From what I've seen from the vast majority of them, they don't bathe. They'll drop off a train in the yard and go to the local Meijer or Wal-mart and fill up their water jugs between trains. You can usually smell them before you see them.
Proto48Patrick wrote: Im sure they do more than kiss.....I think I can smell his fingers from my house right now
We call them in when we see them hopping trains AARR. They're good at hiding when the train is moving. Your average fan with beer gut, camera sticking out just as far, RR Cap, and vest plastered with patches sticks out. They, the train hoppers, know how to blend in.AARR wrote:So railfans taking pictures of trains get reported and detained by police but rail hoppers get a free ride