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Subject: Re: interesting news stories about freight train riders (long) Posted on: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:30:01 GMT

tariq.1.rahim@spamgourmet.com wrote:
> In years gone by, says Littlejohn, police would simply demand that
> hoppers leave railroad premises. "After 9/11, the terrorist issue
> means the level of security has been raised significantly, and this
> has raised the level of difficulty of the sport. Not all that long
> ago, railroad workers were kind of thrilled to see us; I"ve had some
> give me their lunch. In 1997, I was riding a 75-car coal train through
> Tennessee and the driver let me drive the train down an 11,000ft
> mountain pass " it was so intense, a hobo"s fantasy."


You suppose he meant the Tennessee Pass? The tallest mountain in the Stae of
Tennessee is only about 6,600ft.

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