The new generation of hobos are still hopping freighters and riding the rails, but now they're using the Net to plan rides and trade notes about railyard bulls.
He enjoys partying in new towns and running into other train-hoppers and hobos. But most of all, Snyder enjoys the views. Of all the places he has seen, Oregon is the most scenic to travel by freight train, he says.
"Hobos call a boxcar a wide-screen TV," says Snyder, dressed in a dusty pair of black overalls and layers of sweatshirts and jackets. "I just like traveling. That's why I do it."
Snyder is a full-time train-hopper, but he knows of people who pay $200 to ride the rails with someone experienced and college students who train-hop on summer breaks.
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