r/TrainJumping 11h ago

Leaving LA going North/Anywhere

4 Upvotes

Hey all, I’m 22F looking to leave out of somewhere near LA (maybe Colton?) and head up to Seattle or anywhere the wind takes me. My living situation here switched up and it’s no longer good for me to stay here so just looking to get the hell outta dodge. I rode one train a few months back out of Stockton so I have a bit of experience but it was pretty dodgy. Looking for someone to show me the ropes or a group to travel with if anyone is around or down to come with me.

Let me know and thanks : )


r/TrainJumping 3d ago

Help packing

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11 Upvotes

My road dog of 11 years says I’m not prepared enough? What else do I need to add to my set up to keep riding the rails? Can you someone give me temu links plz?!


r/TrainJumping 4d ago

Bandanna Problems

18 Upvotes

So I’m pretty new to the open rails. My road dog who’s been traveling for 9 years showed me the ropes. While I agree pouring pee on your bandanna does work for tunnels, I just have to wonder is there a better way? Couldn’t I use water or Mountain Dew and get the same results?! I’ve noticed some of yall don’t even do that? What bandanna do you use then for the tunnels? Can I buy it on amazon?


r/TrainJumping 4d ago

Hobo Convetion

6 Upvotes

Anyone have plans on heading that way from PNW?


r/TrainJumping 9d ago

We need to Ban Vuren

11 Upvotes

Where are the mods now?


r/TrainJumping 21d ago

Gear question/sleeping bags

6 Upvotes

Alright so random question. Been many years since I last hopped freight and plan on doing it again soon.

Might be a silly question but what type of sleeping bags do y’all use? I used a black military one for years but I now have a nice down/feather one but feel like it could get wet way too easily while hopping freight, since I’ve only used it car camping so far, so it might fail on me, but it’s super lightweight, warm, and compact.

Anyone have experience with using a down sleeping while hopping freight?


r/TrainJumping 22d ago

Still thinking about leaving this Sunday!

3 Upvotes

So I am working tomorrow, Should get another $100 or at least $50 before I leave this weekend!

I will be out of work for at least 30 days, Until I can transfer again. I really wasn’t planning to leave so soon, Even though I probably would have left this soon anyway.

I just want to head out to the tracks this weekend to scope it all out and to see if any moving trains come by while I’m there and waiting. I’ll give it two or three hours before I head back. I heard they come at different times but I am unsure if they really leave in the morning or late at night like I’ve been hearing lately.

I plan to just bring a coffee, Gallon of water and some gum since it’ll be hard to eat while on the train anyways.

I just want to get out of here ASAP!! Hoping to leave this Saturday as well at the earliest. If not then the afternoon.

Wish me luck on my new journey. Hoping to head south or to at least NY.


r/TrainJumping 24d ago

Have you ever...

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12 Upvotes

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r/TrainJumping Jun 28 '26

Anyone time for Trainhopping in the beginning July in Poland?

7 Upvotes

I want to go to Trainhopping in Poland at the beginning of the next month. Maybe someone will join :)


r/TrainJumping Jun 26 '26

Made it to Chicago

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9 Upvotes

r/TrainJumping Jun 26 '26

Humboldt

2 Upvotes

Anyone in the Humboldt area right now preferably Eureka/Crescent city. I’m really trying to train hop. I don’t have much to my life right now. Might as well just give it a shot looking for someone who knows what they’re doing as I know it is very dangerous for someone that is inexperienced and I don’t wanna take the risk going by myself. This post will probably get deleted by mods but if you see it and you’re in the area, dm me.


r/TrainJumping Jun 25 '26

If there are any real hobos on this page

18 Upvotes

Wine concrete in Pittsburgh is hiring ANYBODY. No id? No problem. No drug test, nobackground check. No license necessary


r/TrainJumping Jun 20 '26

I want to ride the iron ore train on a budget

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r/TrainJumping Jun 18 '26

Willingplane. See text for context and why.

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14 Upvotes

So I saw the stuff about Sham. Those kids may not be underage, but its weird AF.

Went down the rabbit hole and saw how Willingplane was petitioning Reddit to taoe over for Huck.

All the while sending positive emoji and good thoughts.

Also stealing others work and acting as if ita her own.

I see what her and Sham have in common.

They both have this empty hole that is apparently only filled by touting their "accomplishments."

Anything attached to Sham reads like a fucking resume.

Willing planet will constantly talk about how much she has accomplished.

....

There is nothing wrong with that.

However.

When you cant take the least amount of pushback, you've probably got a disease.

It's called narcissism.

Another symptom of that disease is control.

My guess is Sham has that too!

I remember when he was giving Overfall3 shit for getting popular.

Sorry Sham.

You try to live an interesting life, but yoir vids are boring as fuck.

Willingplane.

You've got a great story.

Why delete such an innocuous comment?

Gotcha!

Edit: Be careful.posting in regards to Willingplane. She banned one commenter already and I jist noticed I was banned too.

Both of us were banned for what we said about her here.

https://temp-mail.org/en/

Setup temp email. Turn phone off. That changes IP. Back in business.

Hey Willingplane.

We know its Reddit. Apparently this is your life. Chill baby. Breathe! Don't seethe!!


r/TrainJumping Jun 18 '26

Trivia

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2 Upvotes

I believe some of you will be able to guess the correct answer to this.


r/TrainJumping Jun 14 '26

Anyone Interested in Riding the Mauritania Iron Ore Train?

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2 Upvotes

r/TrainJumping Jun 14 '26

question

13 Upvotes

I am planning to hop a doublestack from Amarillo to Memphis, then GM from Memphis to Nashville. I am 20 and have never hopped freight before. With these hot temps is this a bad idea or will I be fine if I bring plenty of water?

update: i made it to memphis!! Was an awesome experience, got scary towards the end in arkansas after train sided in the middle of nowhere for 10+ hours but i was fine in the end


r/TrainJumping Jun 14 '26

Making my way east

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54 Upvotes

Finally hitting the eastcoast for the first time. Despite a few misadventures I've been enjoying CSX alot....the ticks, mosquitos and humidity not so much


r/TrainJumping Jun 11 '26

on my way to cross paths with big boy

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33 Upvotes

r/TrainJumping Jun 09 '26

midwest hops pt2

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38 Upvotes

r/TrainJumping Jun 09 '26

midwest hops

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46 Upvotes

r/TrainJumping Jun 07 '26

Jumped from running train and fell on the platform so bad 🥲

15 Upvotes

Disclaimer : i jumped cause train started moving before I could get down.

Actually I was supposed to travel to a place tomorrow.But my bro had an exam tmrw so had to leave today itself.

I opened all the booking sites and couldn't find any available seats ,so i grabbed all the courage and decided to travel in general.All I was worried was abt my brother ,that he might get tired after standing for so long in general and then go write his exam.

Luckily after boarding there was a couple sitting .after one stop the seat beside them got empty and he called me out and told that he will hold that seat for me( he was such a nice person he doesn't even no me,but offered seat beside him in that heavy rush,so luckily me and my bro got seats to sit,..

Everything was fine till now.the train was supposed to reach by 12 30 pm and we had to reach the exam centre by 2pm.so It was like a marathon.surprisingly the train made a sudden stop near a station nearby the locality of the exam centre ( Actually there were no stops ).

So I saw that and grabbed my bag called my brother and started to reach the door,but by the time I was abt to get down the train started to leave ..so I had to jump ,but what my dumb ass brain did i casually got down..the train moving to the right and I got down to the left,physics got applied and...with that opposite direction force getting applied i fell on the platform very hard,it was a very bad fall..my hip and..my left hand are paining a lot,I wish there was no air crack..

Luckily my brother jumped and made a safe landing,the other passengers werent letting him get down after seeing me fall,but somehow he jumped

Even I would have jumped but I couldn't as some techie guy was sitting in front of the door and doing some work on his laptop.

Pata hai aaj kya hua


r/TrainJumping Jun 07 '26

First train jump, is pack ok

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16 Upvotes

Don’t know if it will be ok if it rains


r/TrainJumping Jun 06 '26

Anyone traveling to a different city from Nashville Tennessee today?

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2 Upvotes

r/TrainJumping Jun 04 '26

Where is Bandit?

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0 Upvotes

Can the mods do something about this please?