What is a hobo on a train?
What is a hobo on a train? He was a hobo, part of an American tradition that emerged after the Civil War: transient laborers who rode the rails and found short-term work along the way.
Do trains still carry people?
Despite a decline in popularity, passenger trains still exist in the United States. Most of their riders are in New England, in what the train world calls the Northeast Corridor. Traveling by train from New York to Washington, DC, is much more comfortable than flying, so it's an easy choice for many commuters.
Do train hobos still exist?
For a variety of reasons the practice is less common in the 21st century, although a community of freight-train riders still exists. Typically, hoppers will go to a rail yard where trains stop to pick up and unload freight and switch out crew.