There's A New Generation Of Young People Hopping America's Trains [PHOTOS] Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-freight-train-hoppers-2013-5?op=1#ixzz2SRDP61q7

Mike Brodie began train-hopping in 2002 at the age of 17 when he left his house unannounced with a few belongings. "Two weeks later I was gone — this was it, I was riding my very first freight train." From 2004 to 2009 Brodie rode more than 50,000 miles through 46 states, documenting who and what he encountered along the way with a Polaroid camera before switching to 35mm film in 2006. The Polaroid Kid showcased his pictures in the book "A Period of Juvenile Prosperity," depicting a gritty youth subculture of freight train hoppers and squatters.

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