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Freight Train Riders of America
The Freight Train Riders of America (FTRA) is an American gang of homeless people who move about in railroad cars, particularly in the northwestern United States and are linked to many violent crimes.
==History and background==
The origins of the FTRA can be traced to a group of ex-Vietnam veterans who founded the group in 1984 in Montana. Members of the FTRA claim to be a loosely knit club of homeless people organized for mutual support. In 1998, the SPLC stated that that there could be as many as 1,000 FTRA members, other experts state that their membership could range between 600 to 3,000. FTRA members are most frequently encountered along the BNSF Railway's Hi-Line,〔 which stretches from Chicago to Seattle, often sleeping in switching yards, bridge underpasses and boxcars along the route. While the "elite" of the FTRA ride the hi-line and are recognized by the color black worn in a bandanna usually with a conch for a slide, the mid-line wears a blue bandanna, and those who ride the Union Pacific "Sunset Route" from Southern California to El Paso wear either a red or desert camouflage-colored one.
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