I figured people wouldn't respond well. I agree though, the most severe penalty is death. A friend of mine said, "Just don't get caught!" I'm not worried about being caught by the cops, I'm worried about getting caught under the wheel! Some of the stories are horrific. As for the statistic...
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Re: Hopping a UP train from St. Paul to Des Moines
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:09 pm ¦ Forum: Midwestern Railfan ¦ Topic: Hopping a UP train from St. Paul to Des Moines ¦ Replies: 4 ¦ Views: 7082Re: Hopping a UP train from St. Paul to Des Moines
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:06 am ¦ Forum: Midwestern Railfan ¦ Topic: Hopping a UP train from St. Paul to Des Moines ¦ Replies: 4 ¦ Views: 7082Also if I got a radio scanner what should I listen for? The letter's "DM" in the train's ID? Will the engineers/workers just say something blatantly like, "She's headin' down to Des Moines in ten minutes"? An FRA report on train-caused deaths said that 22% are people walking (hal...
Hopping a UP train from St. Paul to Des Moines
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:02 am ¦ Forum: Midwestern Railfan ¦ Topic: Hopping a UP train from St. Paul to Des Moines ¦ Replies: 4 ¦ Views: 7082I don't have a radio scanner and I want to guarantee I'm headed to Des Moines instead of Chicago or Kansas City. How likely is it that a manifest (or other) will stay on UP's Spine Line all the was to Des Moines instead of heading W in Manly, IA or heading W or E in Nevada, IA? I know the dangers of...
Re: Railroads In The Movies, Part II
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:57 am ¦ Forum: Books, Magazines, Music, TV, and Movies, and other Media ¦ Topic: Railroads In The Movies, Part II ¦ Replies: 179 ¦ Views: 79751Which Way Home a documentary about unaccompanied, child immigrants from Central America taking Mexican freight trains to the border. At least half of the movie has shots of riding on top of freight trains :D There's also a great documentary called "Surfing Soweto" about South African trai...
Re: Spine Line KC to St Paul - What type of freight?
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:47 am ¦ Forum: Union Pacific ¦ Topic: Spine Line KC to St Paul - What type of freight? ¦ Replies: 3 ¦ Views: 5390Would the manifest that turns east to Chicago look any different from a manifest headed to St. Paul? Would the manifest that turns West to Boone be shorter, since it's a smaller distance than Chicago or the TC? If I were to be on a manifest train headed north out of Des Moines, what are the odds it ...
Re: Spine Line KC to St Paul - What type of freight?
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Mon Apr 21, 2014 1:12 pm ¦ Forum: Union Pacific ¦ Topic: Spine Line KC to St Paul - What type of freight? ¦ Replies: 3 ¦ Views: 5390Much appreciated! Thank you tons!
Re: Railroads In The Movies, Part II
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:31 pm ¦ Forum: Books, Magazines, Music, TV, and Movies, and other Media ¦ Topic: Railroads In The Movies, Part II ¦ Replies: 179 ¦ Views: 79751Which Way Home
a documentary about unaccompanied, child immigrants from Central America taking Mexican freight trains to the border. At least half of the movie has shots of riding on top of freight trains :D
Nevada, IA - Spine Line trains - where are they going?
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:51 pm ¦ Forum: Midwestern Railfan ¦ Topic: Nevada, IA - Spine Line trains - where are they going? ¦ Replies: 0 ¦ Views: 5735I'm from near Nevada, IA, and I was wondering... ...how can I tell if a train headed north from Des Moines is going to continue to St. Paul, or switch onto the West-East main line? It seems that most of the trains on the main line are either stacked intermodal or 100% tanks or 100% hoppers, while tr...
Spine Line KC to St Paul - What type of freight?
by NoahDaBoa ¦ Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:41 pm ¦ Forum: Union Pacific ¦ Topic: Spine Line KC to St Paul - What type of freight? ¦ Replies: 3 ¦ Views: 5390How can I tell if a northbound train from Des Moines is going to stay on the Spine Line and continue north to St. Paul, or if it is going to switch to the West-East main line? I live near Nevada, Iowa, near the juncture of UP's Spine Line (KC to St. Paul) and the main line (West-East) and I have alw...