Impoverished youth travelling across America on freight trains

[Chacal]

The tracks of my years: Photographer captures a decade-long adventure spent travelling across America on freight trains

Self-taught photographer Mike Brodie, 27, rode with America's impoverished youth for thousands of miles
Beautiful images provide portrait of curious sub-culture which remains alive a century after it came to prominence


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rains.html

[arizonachris]

Wow, amazing article! Great pics! Imma have to get that book.

[1225fan5358]

*sigh... Canadians. Hate to see that kind of stuff. I know not all are Canadian, but the WORST I have seen is Canadian. just look up train hopping and you'll find him. he is just sad.

[FourEightFour]

Well at least the dude flippin' the bird has three points of contact

I too have had a desire to ride cross country on a freight. I would never act upon that desire because it is simply too dangerous for me, and I know how to get on and off a moving car, how to estimate speed of equipment, inspect a load to see if it's secured, ect...