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I'm interested in psychogeography/urban exploration, and I also found this interesting website, about a guy freight-hopping. The way he describes it is like a magical act:
Wyatt and I were cruising through the night aboard our own personal freight cart. And the view was GREAT. Rushing alongside the River Hudson we could see all sorts. There were lights from towns over the river, lights reflecting on the water, boats docked in the bay, people waiting at level crossings and we'd pass through towns every now and then by the river. This was really weird. I remember flying over this real high bridge and looking down at the town around and below us. I could see people walking in the streets and I could even see through people's windows due to our height. I remember looking at this house and seeing someone sat in a room watching TV. I was sat there thinking how it was so bizarre that I could see into their room, I could see them and the TV yet I was in a totally different world, sat on board a massive steel machine in the darkness, gone in seconds.
Wyatt told me he classes America's railroads as a separate state. A state that passes through every other state but is still separated from them all. Once you're on a track you're somewhere else. And once you're on a train you really do feel like you're between worlds. The track was running alongside a main road for a while and there were cars going almost the same speed as us right next to us. Again, I could see the driver and passengers really clearly as they were only 20 meters away yet they were still in a different world from me. It's hard to explain, really but I'm sure anyone who has ridden a freight before understands.
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