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Courage (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Hobo sort of implies a migrant worker. Tramp is someone that travels about, but isn't interested in working. Both used to be associated with freighthopping trains. Do people stowaway on trains anymore?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I have to assume some people still hop trains. At the very least some crust punk squatter types probably do

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    There's nowhere to go on a train tho. They're all tanks and shipping containers.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    I assume train hoppers have tricks to get inside boxcars. Also there are different types of cars besides tank cars and boxcars, like coil cars:

    And open-top hopper cars:

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    That's my point, I never see boxcars anywhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    When you say shipping containers, do you mean these guys?

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