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Hobos ride a freight car to Southern California in 1934. The history of train hopping in the American imagination starts with hobos.

The birth of the hobo Hobos ride a freight car to Southern California in 1934. Image: Bettmann/Getty Images The history of train hopping in the American imagination starts with hobos.

George Graham's been hopping trains for decades. Somewhere between old-school hobo and thrill-seeking youngster is longtime train hopper George Graham, 68, who posts videos of his rides on YouTube.

And it's dangerous. Train hoppers can and do get injured or even killed. A popular train-hopping YouTuber, James "Stobe the Hobo" Stobie, died in 2017 in an apparent rail accident.