Gutter Punks Freight Trains

These are the gutter punks.

Gutter punks freight trains. Milwaukee ave with three other freight train hitchhiking travelers devlyn an arizona native estimated that at peak season he ll be part of a. As one might guess there are simpler ways to hop a freight train than the way a gutter punk does. This is usually because the greenest runaways are enraged with their life at home and the gutter punks have the most anti authority attitude on the street. Sitting in front of francesca s forno 1576 n.

It s a lifestyle and a network created on the go with groups bunking up in new squats as they arrive in new towns. The choice of crust punk often homeless by choice they tend to travel about the country hopping freight trains from city to city traveling south for the winter and northward for the summer. Jun 27 2014 explore marcos diaz s board freight train s on pinterest. The gutter punk movement re popularized this unusual mode of transportation.

Decades later the new generation of freight hoppers who self identify as dirty kids gutter punks tramps and new school riders also cited push factors driving them to hop trains. Hopping freights became popular after the american civil war mostly among migrant workers who could not afford any other mode of transport. Most importantly they ride freight trains. Gutter punks are generally homeless and transient.

The number of gutter punks who travel to various u s. Victor said he first began traveling when he was 15. For instance you could wait outside a rail yard for a train to stop find an open boxcar climb. Called gutter punks crusties travelers or rail riders they travel the country by hopping freight trains hitchhiking and taking buses often with musical instruments and dogs in tote.

See more ideas about crust punk gutter punk punk rock. He stays away from freight train hopping because he had a near death experience with train. Carrying on the diy punk culture of music art and fashion that first emerged in the 1970s contemporary gutter punks like zeke have also rekindled the train hopping tradition of north america.