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Railroad Semantics: Better Living Through Graffiti & Trainhopping

by Aaron Dactyl

Railroad culture across the western U.S.

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Railroad culture across the western U.S.

This collection brings together the first four books in Aaron Dactyl’s Railroad Semantics series, documenting travel by freight train across eight western states. Graffiti and rail lore share space with practical riding tips and encounters with railroad workers and fellow adventurers. The described journeys move through rail yards, train cars, small towns, and encampments, with a long list of cities from Sacramento and Arcata to Denver and Cheyenne. Together, the material offers a ground-level account of railroad culture that combines travel writing with attention to the art and knowledge associated with the rails.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People interested in freight-train travel and railroad culture
  • Readers curious about graffiti and rail lore
  • Those seeking accounts of travel through the western United States

Themes

Freight-train travelGraffiti and public artRailroad loreWestern U.S. journeysAdventure

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Book overview

Devoted to train-hopping, graffiti, and railroad culture, Aaron Dactyl's Railroad Semantics series describes the sights, sounds, successes, and defeats of exploring the western U.S. by freight train. The first four Railroad Semantics books are collected here for the first time. In their pages, you'll see epic, hidden works of art, read up on rail lore and riding tips, meet rail workers and fellow adventurers, and experience the perils and glories of life in rail yards, train cars, small towns, and encampments.

The adventures in these books take you through California, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oregon.

Cities visited:
Sacramento, California
Arcata, California
Redding, California
Ukiah, California
Willits, California
Dunsmuir, California
Roseville, California
Fort Bragg, California

Portland, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Bend, Oregon
La Grande, Oregon

Missoula, Montana
Laurel, Montana

Cheyenne, Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

Pocatello, Idaho
Nampa, Idaho

Salt Lake City, Utah
Elko, Nevada
Denver, Colorado
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