Reality or hype, fact or fantasy? It is often hard to tell where one ends and another begins.

A-No. 1 is the most famous railroad tramp in US legend. Immortalized on film by Lee Marvin in King of the North Pole, A-No. 1 rode the rails for over 30 years throughout all parts of the US.

This is one set of his stories (and the only one I have ever found.)

read this as a kid, great

Hope he wasn't "pirating" railway transport without paying for it!

:)