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Thread #25963 Message #3112765
Posted By: GUEST,Mike Alti
12-Mar-11 - 11:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'Go ride the blind?'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Go ride the blind?'
Riding the blinds might mean keeping out of sight, so you don't get kicked off the property. Sometimes the only good place to ride are the platforms on the front or back of certain freight cars because all the boxcars are locked. You can hide there to keep out of sight because of the way they are made. But if the weather is cold you will suffer. Hanging on to a ladder is not keeping out of sight. And you can wind up stuck there for two hundred miles of pouring rain. Also, bums don't ride freight trains. They only hide in the weeds in freight yards. Tramps only hide in freight yards long enough to hop a freight train.