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I was in the last coach on a Southeastern train not so long ago which, as it pulled away from the platform, had a couple of lads run alongside, and jump on to the back of the train (which is pretty smooth, and yellow). They jumped off when we arrived at the next station. This was in broad daylight, somewhere like Brixton or Herne Hill - I forget which.
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So apparently they were on top of a freight train.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/two-men-were-on-top-of-moving-train-before-they-died-police-say-a4098841.html
No doubt a horrible way to die, but what were they doing there in the first place? Is there still a craze for 'train surfing'? I remember reading about some kids dying while doing that in Germany, but that was at least twenty years ago.