I can't stop....it's at least 3-4 times a week now, what do I do! Should i seek help? It would seem that I like riding trains almost as much as I like drinking. Does this mean I am a train-alcoholik? help me! I'm starting to get other people into it to! will they become addicted as well? HELP...he, he he.

What kind of trains? Are you riding freights?

Yup, riding freights is quite thrilling for a while, then you just get used to it. That's what happened to me during my Grade 11 year, went across the city 100 times on trains.

get used it? never, been doing it for ....at least 9 years..always a thrill!

Posted by Thieving Magpie What kind of trains? Are you riding freights?

No...not me, HE HE. Hamilton eh?...they make a lot of rail cars there!

Yes, yes they do. They usually bring up the cars from National Steel Car, to the CPR yard closer into the city. Thats where I hitch my rides... its either east to Brantford I believe, or West through Niagara and farther into the US.

I don't think I'll ever "get used" to it. I'm definitely addicted, every time I see tracks, hear trains I want to run and catch out.

I've only been freighting for the last year, but I've covered several thousand Km. I've never hopped a train across a city, I can't quite see why a train would stop at 2 places in one city... but I have heard of people doing this. Calgary only has one significant yard, so it's in and out of the city for the most part.

I've ridden Calgary-Red Deer, Calgary-Edmonton, Red Deer-Edmonton and all combinations therein . I've ridden the CN line from Edmonton-Jasper, Jasper-Delta Port/Vancouver and have many more plans to ride the rest of this country and other countries.

I ship the wheels used to make the box cars down at National Steel Car

Well in vancouver they need to split up trains..., wait for clearances, switch to other lines.....wait for clearance again, lots of time to get on a local. I only get worried about derailments this time of year with the tracks flexing so much.

yep, a definalty nice clean high , ive travlled a bit on freights only a coupl miles across the city , nothing long-haul though, and yes the rush is intense, nothing like it , ALMOST beats sex , but that goes to show how much i like em!!!cheers to a good ride fellas BIG UP THE FRIEGHT HOPPERS AND JUNGLEISTS!

Always awesome to take a break and ride

Posted by Roygbiv What kind of trains?

What kind of drugs?

Deep subject here...

Posted by Roygbiv Yes, yes they do. They usually bring up the cars from National Steel Car, to the CPR yard closer into the city. Thats where I hitch my rides... its either east to Brantford I believe, or West through Niagara and farther into the US.

I'd like to talk to you about that...I wanted to go out west liek a friend did a while ago, but I have no idea how to start, apart from getting the code book for the trains to know where they going!

Nothing is ever clear cut and proper when you're riding freights. Hold ups can and do happen, and sometimes destinations get changed. It's likely you'll end up sitting in the yard in a different city than you anticipated for a bit, due to something mechanical or something.

I've thought about hopping a train to get into the US, but I'm also not really sure what they do to check trains before they enter. I do know that if I were caught, that's gonna be BIG time trouble.

Posted by gtbikes51 I ship the wheels used to make the box cars down at National Steel Car

An aside question -- has anyone been inside NSC? I'm just curious what it looks like inside.

My dad worked there... I should ask him about it.

Its really dangerous I know that. You have people speaking many different languages. Its safety record is by no means spotless, its had a few deaths over the years. You've got slabs of steel flying around that weight way over a thousand pounds. Now you've got a crane operator that doesn't speak English, I wouldn't trust it personally. They have lay offs like crazy as well. One day it'll be going full tilt production then the next month the orders will be up and you'll have a grave yard shift working. Also, the owner is a huge security nut, they are building a new front gate, and I've been to his house to work. He's really paranoid about security.

Posted by gtbikes51 Its really dangerous I know that. You have people speaking many different languages. Its safety record is by no means spotless, its had a few deaths over the years. You've got slabs of steel flying around that weight way over a thousand pounds. Now you've got a crane operator that doesn't speak English, I wouldn't trust it personally. They have lay offs like crazy as well. One day it'll be going full tilt production then the next month the orders will be up and you'll have a grave yard shift working. Also, the owner is a huge security nut, they are building a new front gate, and I've been to his house to work. He's really paranoid about security.

Great to hear that its unsafe. I guess hiring cheap immigrants and then dealing with lawsuits is better then doing the work properly.

Perhaps the owner should be paranoid about that, and not security since you cant steal a rail car easily, lol.

It pays good and thats what attracts people. I wouldn't say immigrants, but just different cultures. When we worked at his house in Orangeville I believe it was, he had on site security, we had to sign in and sign out when we came on and off the site. He hired masons from Germany to do the brick work, all the floors I believe were marble or some other expensive concrete. He had a horse stable that you had to drive into and was worth some huge amount of money. Now they are putting up a front gate at steel car and I've heard rumors its going to be like boarder type security. Rumors are just rumors though.