Gutter Punks Freight Trains

Most importantly they ride freight trains.

Gutter punks freight trains.

The gutter punk movement re popularized this unusual mode of transportation. It s a lifestyle and a network created on the go with groups bunking up in new squats as they arrive in new towns. Victor said he first began traveling when he was 15. Many travel by alternative means of transportation such as illegally riding freight trains freighthopping or hitchhiking.

See more ideas about crust punk gutter punk punk rock. Cities is in the thousands and they often congregate in major u s. Jun 27 2014 explore marcos diaz s board freight train s on pinterest. 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.

Gutter punks are generally homeless and transient. Hopping freights became popular after the american civil war mostly among migrant workers who could not afford any other mode of transport. He says the gutter punk scene is usually where the newest runaways find their street family. He stays away from freight train hopping because he had a near death experience with train.

These are the gutter punks. 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. Milwaukee ave with three other freight train hitchhiking travelers devlyn an arizona native estimated that at peak season he ll be part of a. Sitting in front of francesca s forno 1576 n.

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. 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. As one might guess there are simpler ways to hop a freight train than the way a gutter punk does.