Many criss-crossed the country by hopping freight trains, although it was both dangerous and illegal. Riding the Rails presents the poignant and little-known story of teen hobos during the 1930s ...

At 10:20 am on Friday, the X8083 train, traveling from Chongqing to Duisburg, Germany, departed from the Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, becoming the 100,000th China-Europe freight train service.

At the height of the Great Depression, more than a quarter million teenagers were living on the road in America, many criss-crossing the country by illegally hopping freight trains. This film ...