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riding the rails



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Looking at the current crop, Brookes grew up riding the rails at the indoor ski centre in Manchester, while Muir learned her craft in Aberdeen.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2026

But a serious challenge to the success of billions in investments is ensuring that customers feel they are safe riding the rails.

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 2024

Jim Tully was a “road kid,” riding the rails, and washed up in Hollywood, where he worked, in various capacities, for Chaplin, of whom he wrote a short unauthorized biography.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2023

In the worst years of the Great Depression, nearly a quarter of the country was unemployed, suicides skyrocketed, and people started hopping on freight trains — "riding the rails" — in search of work.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2021

There was some people that had been riding the rails for years.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson




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