Railroads used to have their own police and one screwed with them at your own peril.
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One of my earliest memories was going with my Dad to the "rail police" station to pick up my oldest brother. He and his friends, when they were in their early teens, would hop freight trains and "see where it would take them." They usually got off at wherever the train stopped next, but once they rode a train from near Philadelphia, all the way to Pittsburgh. I guess it was an express train....
Yes, that was many years ago. He eventually turned into a productive citizen....
It's not the railroad bulls, it's the local prosecutors, who would probably prosecute the cops if any harm should befall po' widdle D'Shawn in the course of an arrest.
Railroads used to have their own police and one screwed with them at your own peri
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I used to pay rail freight bills for a fertilizer company.
By paying the bill on time, we were able to save $60,000 a year!
I learned you don’t mess with the railroads. They expect service.
My father rode the rails around the West Coast for several years in the 1930's, following the harvest. He said that the railroad police were very helpful. They would tell people which trains to hop to go wherever, and direct them to rail cars to ride in. He said the only people he saw having problems with rail police were those causing problems or damaging railroad property.