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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
South of the Thomas Viaduct

I used a 1958 Leica M2 film camera to take this photograph. One hand held the camera while the other held onto the bar of an oil tanker. I think hopping a freight train is something only done in America. On the one hand you are hanging on for dear life, on the other you are part of the train itself.

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Date Taken: 05.2017
Date Uploaded: 06.2017
Photo Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Copyright: © Conrad Saya Reina