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"Ride the rails" derived from "Ride the rods" referring to the brake rods under box cars of this ERA.
So during the great depression of the 1930s people lost their jobs.
Due to Government inaction the situation was so bad that many North Americans were starving and homeless.
To try and find work or even just food these people began traveling and the only available way to cover large distances at this time was rail. (if you had a little money or owned a car you could run these until they broke down)
So people would jump onto slow moving freights trains and ride underneath on the cars on the brake rods.
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