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Train hopping blues: End of the Modoc Line

This has been a sad summer (2012) of watching the Union Pacific prepare to swallow up the Southern Pacific. Already

I’d been sitting beside the loading dock of some factory and geared upward to a sprint. Determined to catch out

I’ve been traveling in an unorthodox manner for 30 years. When vacation comes, I’m apt to jump a freight train