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What is a railroad tramp?

railroad tramp (plural railroad tramps) (US) A transient, homeless person who rides from place to place on freight trains; a hobo.



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The era of the freight train-hopping, job-seeking hobo faded into obscurity in the years following the Second World War. Many hobos from this era have since “caught the westbound,” or died. A small number of so-called hobos still hop freight trains today.

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Most trains don't have sewage tanks so anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks.

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The most common form of penalty for train surfers is a fine, however, in some countries, such as the United States or Canada, train surfers can be not only fined, but imprisoned too. In the United Kingdom, train surfing is prohibited under railway byelaw No.

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An aeroplane toilet uses a vacuum system along with a blue chemical that cleans and removes odours every time you flush. The waste and blue cleaning fluid ends up in a storage tank under the floor, in the very back of the cargo hold of the aeroplane.

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#1 Sri Lanka Tsunami Train Wreck The train, dubbed the Queen of the Sea, was destroyed by the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004, in what is now considered the world's deadliest rail tragedy. It was a holiday weekend in Sri Lanka due to the full moon and the Christmas holiday weekend.

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The Maurienne Derailment – Between 800 & 1,000 Deaths According to official records, 982 soldiers were on 19 train cars as it left for the station in the Maurienne valley.

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