I should have done it, in other words, the hobo way. For as long as there have been trains in America, there have been so-called hobos, transient people, jumping on to them to get around.

This film tells the story of ten of these teenage hobos — from the reasons they left home to what they experienced — all within the context of depression-era America.

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.