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HOPPING THE RAILSby Patricia L. Cook

Trains have fascinated people since they started rolling on the rails many years ago. One group of people in particular, hobos, made trains a big part of their lives, even though they weren’t authorized to do so!

• During the latter 19th century and early 20th century, many people could not fi nd work. The worst time was during the Great Depression years, from 1929 to 1940, when more than 2 million men and around 8,000 women became hobos. • The word “hobo” is generally meant for an itinerant (wandering) person that’s willing to work. Some say the word was derived from “hoe-boy,” which meant someone looking for farm work, hence willing to hoe cotton or other crops. Another possible origination was from the intersection of Houston and Bowery Streets in Manhattan, New York, where “hobos” were known to congregate. There are other theories about the word as well, but it was a word that came into use when trains provided a way to move about the country. • Hobos found that the easiest way to get to a different city or part of the country was to hitch a ride on a freight train. Even though this was illegal, railroads were kind to hobos and generally saw them as harmless people who just needed transportation.

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HOPPING THE RAILS (continued)• As time passed and more people, mostly men, tried to hop rides on freight trains, problems developed. Many hobos were dirty, some appeared to have mental health issues, and some just appeared to be lazy bums! Some hobos became radical and tried to characterize their way of life as a freedom that they deserved. Hence, railroads sought to stop the free rides. • Chicago was known as the hobo capital of the United States. Hobos gathered in groups for food and shelter. They developed a hobo code of ethics and even devised symbols as a way to spread information and warnings to their comrades. • The hobo life was not an easy life by any stretch of the imagination. When deciding to “hobo,” many would see it as an adventure, but the reality was that it was hard to find work. Money was hard to come by, which also meant food, clothing, hot baths and many other basic needs and wants were not met. Lastly, it was a dangerous way of life. • Reports from the Interstate Commerce Commission show that from 1929-1939, 24,647 trespassers were killed and 27,171 were injured on railroad property. • Hobos were what some call the “original migrant workers.” They would follow harvests in the American West. Hay, corn, wheat, hops, fruit, vegetables and cotton harvests were all potential jobs that hobos would seek. They traveled from Chicago and other Eastern cities to California, to the Rocky Mountains, to the Pacific Northwest, the South, the Southwest and back to Southern California seeking the crops and weather that would provide work.• One of the first acts signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in March 1933 created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). By July, 250,000 young men were put to work in forest and park camps. Many of these young men had been hobos, jumping on trains looking for work wherever they could find it. The CCC program helped to “encourage conservation of our natural resources and the salvage of our young men.”• Starting in 1925 “brushless shaving cream” from Burma-Shave was advertised on small red and white signs using wit and wisdom. Over 7,000 Burma-Shave signs dotted the roadsides across America at the height of their popularity. There would be several signs in succession, with the punch line on the last one. The last new signs

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were made in 1963 and have now disappeared from our roadways. A series of signs in 1951 read: “The hobo lets his whiskers sprout. It’s trains – not girls, that he takes out! Burma-Shave.” • Movies helped to romanticize railroads and hobos, and stories of hobos often made riding the rails look fun and easy to do. Operation Lifesaver is a program that started in Idaho with the Union Pacifi c Railroad in 1972. This program has more to do with the safety of highway traffi c at railroad crossings than it does hobos, however, a large function of the program is educating the public that railroads are private property. Education, Enforcement and Engineering, the three E’s, have been used to reduce fatalities on railroads in the last 30-plus years. The program is now used all over the United States and Canada. • The Original Hobo Nickel Society (OHNS) is a club for collectors and carvers of nickels. The hobby of carving nickels started years ago with hobos. Some of the oldest carved nickels are worth thousands of dollars today. • The Hobo Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire, is a popular tourist train that is great for kids and adults, whether hobos or not. They offer a Hobo Picnic Lunch, which, of course, comes with a souvenir bindle stick. • Hobo Jim is a singer/songwriter who is an Alaska legend. Not a real hobo, he spent many years as a commercial fi sherman, logger and cowboy before being named “Alaska’s state balladeer” in 1994 by the state legislature and governor. • The 5th annual Rail Fest will be held September 16-18, 2011, in North Platte, Nebraska. Why is North Platte important in railroad history? The main line through the town is the busiest freight corridor in the world. More than 150 trains and 10,000 rail cars are processed at Union Pacifi c’s

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pitcher to record a shutout when he blanked At-lanta in 2010. How old was he?3. Who is the all-time NFL leader in kickoff returns for touchdowns?4. What two teams in Division I men’s college bas-ketball combined for the most overtimes in one game?5. When was the last time before 2010 (Florida’s David Booth) that an NHL player took at least 14 shots in a game without scoring a goal?6. How many consecutive World Cup skiing over-all season titles had Lindsey Vonn won before her streak ended in 2011?7. Who was the last PGA player to win the final tournament of one season and the first tourna-ment of the next season?

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HOPPING THE RAILS (continued)Bailey Yard every 24 hours. Bailey Yard is about eight miles long (12.9 km) and up to three miles wide (4.8 km). The festival has free tours of the massive freight yard as well as real and model train exhibits, a carnival and other activities — including a Hobo Contest. • Another annual gathering of hobos that has been held for two decades is the Pullman Hobo Fest in the historic Pullman area of Chicago. This festival occurs on the factory grounds of the defunct Pullman Company, which manufactured passenger rail cars for 100 years. Free camping is allowed on the grounds, called the “hobo jungle,” which is what typical hobo grounds are called.• There are 10 to 12 weekend gatherings across the United States every year that welcome old and new hobos as well as those curious to see the way hobos lived. • This is the end of this little “bit” about hobos. Since hobos never say goodbye, we’ll just end as a hobo would: “Down the road!”

OVERCOMING THE ODDS:MEL TILLIS

Born on August 8, 1932, Lonnie Melvin Tillis, Mel, as he came to be known, suffered from malaria as a child. The disease left him with a chronic stuttering problem that he turned into a plus for his career as a singer, songwriter, actor and entertaining personality.

• Tillis’ stuttering problem was not always easy to deal with. As a child in the Great Depression, his family moved often looking for work. With each move he had to meet new classmates and teachers and go through the ordeal of them noticing his inability to speak a sentence without stuttering. • Tillis learned to play the drums and guitar and won a talent contest at age 16. Music continued to be a source of encouragement when he performed in a band while in the Air Force. After leaving the Air Force in 1955, he worked odd jobs until moving to Nashville in 1957 to pursue a music career.

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MEL TILLIS (continued)• Early in his career, Tillis was told by a man who had just refused him a job to overcome his stuttering by changing his outlook on life. He was told to repeat this prayer, a version of the “Serenity Prayer,” every night: “Oh Lord, Grant me the Courage to change the things I can change, the Serenity to accept those I cannot change, and the Wisdom to know the difference. And God, Grant me the Courage to not give up on what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.” Tillis obviously worked hard to overcome his stuttering problem and didn’t abandon his dreams. • Singer Webb Pierce had great success with songs written by Tillis in the 1950s and 60s. Pierce had a No. 3 hit with “I’m Tired,” and also recorded “Tupelo County Jail” and others. Brenda Lee, Waylon Jennings, and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition recorded hits in the 1960s that were from songwriter Tillis. You may recall this one: “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town.” • Tillis has written more than 1,000 songs with over 600 being recorded by major recording artists. He has recorded more than 60 albums himself, including 36 Top 10 singles, with nine of them achieving No. 1. Several of his well-known hits are “Coca Cola Cowboy,” Southern Rain” and “Good Woman Blues.” • Tillis has accomplished a lot with his recording talents, but he also capitalized on his humor and acting ability. Some of his better-known films were: “Every Which Way But Loose” with Clint Eastwood, “Cannonball Run I and II” and “Smokey and the Bandit II” with Burt Reynolds. He starred in several television movies as well: “Murder in Music City” and “A Country Christmas Carol.”• “Stutterin’ Boy: The Autobiography of Mel Tillis” was published in 1984 and tells of his struggles and successes. • He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters International Hall of Fame in 1976, the same year he was named the Country Music Association’s (CMA) Entertainer of the Year. Tillis also won Comedian of the Year for six years in a row in the 1970s.

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Toy trains have been around since the beginning of railroads. Some of the earliest were actually made to be used as promotional tools for early railroads and subsequently ended up as toys.

• During the Victorian era, the reign of Queen Victoria in England from 1837-1901, toy steam engines were very expensive and therefore, only for the wealthy. Other popular toys were pull-along trains in all shapes, materials and sizes and clockwork (wind-up) trains. • Most of the inexpensive toy trains were made in Germany, while Britain and France built the better class steam engines for the aristocracy. The U.S. industry was starting to use more cast iron for model trains. • None of the early toy trains were made as systems or sets with cars and tracks. When tinsmith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Marklin started making and promoting sets that could be started with one or two pieces and then expanded, the marketing of model trains sets was on its way. Marklin actually got his start making tinplate dollhouses in about 1860.• Marklin’s popularity grew as did another German company, Bing, the country’s largest toy manufacturer, that focused more on accessories to go along with the train sets.• The first model train sets were quite large, but HO train sets are the dominant size for model trains in all countries today, except Britain, where the slightly larger 00 size reigns in popularity. HO train sets are 1/87 the size of real trains.

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TOY TRAINS (continued)• Following World War I, most people of the world refused to buy German imports, including toy trains. During this time, other non-German toy makers started making their marks with consumers. • Lionel Trains in the United States, Hornby Trains in Britain and JEP in France were all toy train companies that came on the scene either before or shortly after World War I. They capitalized on the anti-German sentiment and came up with terrifi c products that developed large followings in the toy train market. The 1930s saw great improvements, and popularity grew for toy trains — but then World War II changed the world, including the world of toy trains. • Toy manufacturers in Europe were greatly affected by the war, but of course, the United States, across the ocean from the confl ict, did not suffer as much. Toy trains continued to make great gifts for kids and the adults (mostly men) who loved them. The trains, mainly Lionel-made, could be found in many homes, seen on tabletops and around Christmas trees. Even though popularity waned in the 1960s and 1970s, today many collectors are alive and well. Men have passed the love of trains on to their sons and grandsons.

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