I would like to know what the best graffiti you have seen on a rail car
While I agree with your statement, It still doesn’t make it right. The owners of the car are incurring an expense to repair the damage which is ultimately passed on to the shipper and in turn to the consumer purchasing the product being shipped.
The kind that isn’t there. gdc
I guess my dad and I are the only ones who like to see good graffiti on a train then
Are we to assume you would not care if it were on your automobile, your house, your business, etc. It’s defacing property, plain and simple, not to mention obliterating reporting and safety info.
gdc
of coarse I would care. But most of the graffiti I have seen does not cover the reporting marks.
You here a lot of truckers say look how nasty the RR’s are.
If you would not want graffiti on your personal property, what makes you think someone else wants it on theirs? It’s a no-brainer. Merry Christmas gdc
No Offence to anyone that doesn’t like graffiti, but I think that graffiti gives a car character
None. Its private property, so painting on it is illegal. That said, sometimes you see some graffiti that makes you wonder why someone hasnt grabbed that kid and put them in an art school. If it was on anything else but a railcar, I would call it great modern art. And the most amazing thing is theses kids do most of that work with just spray paint. Get them a good air brush and wow. But I would perfer that the railcars I work around stay in their “factory” colors.
Ed
Graffiti is as old as railroading.Yet as become more common place durning the 90s.It is ugly and down right awfull.
Railroaders myself included would chalk different drawings on cars,each drawing had a meaning.Who can forget "Bozo Texino? JB King,Chicago Billy,UP Frank ect? How about Vote NO! on the contract,UTU local 501,end of PRR cut,COL-3a,bad coupler A end,wash me! paint me! ect.
…Graffiti is nothing more than defacing someone elses property. What makes people think it’s something other than that. It’s making America more trashy.
QM
so what have i got from this post… the original post loves graffiti and it is fine as long as it is not on his property. but if i went to his house and did not paint over the address ( reporting marks) or if i went over to his car and did not cover the make and model ( reporting marks) then this is ok. this is his words. so maybe ed myself and a few others that haft to look at the trash on a regular basis should go do a little painting on this guys property. ON second thought maybe not it be lowering our selves to the low life that do this. but there is people that do this for free. just leave your vehicle at a rail yard ever the weekend and i am sure you will end up with the kind of painting you admire on box cars
I agree and I don’t believe we should be giving these destroyers of private property an outlet on these forum pages.
The problem with graffitti on railroad equipment begins with where railroad equipment ends up–not the best of neighborhoods if you will. The individuals who deface the rail cars don’t care about railroads or how their vandalism affects them–they are trying to extend their “turf”. While it’s not only gangs who deface rail cars, their “signature” will show up all over–hence the allure of railcars. It’s one thing to paint a building, but quite another to paint a rolling billboard. My thanks for this info goes out to a local gang task force.
I certainly didn’t mean to make any kind of excuse for what occurs–just some info for why so much equipment becomes defaced.
I understand.
This has created much more post space than the topic deserves. But since it has, have you learned anything? gdc
on a black car use a white background primer then the reds yellow whites will all stad out and look good together. and dont paint ge engines they have enough problem moving on there own they dont need the extra weight of the paint.
I know you guys are gonna think this is real rich, but there’s this guy out in bakersfield who covered a whole autorack with graffiti to propose to his girlfriend. I thought it was slightly sweeter than writing “I love you jean” on a highway overpass. Its also a good probability that you won’t believe me when I say that the freight train graffiti movement has and will spawn more rail fans/backers than we’ve seen in recent decades. the downside is obviously more graffiti writers are noticing that their “art” has a better chance of exposure/survival than on some wall in their town hence the recent explosion. to see what’s going on in their world check out 12ozprophet.com’s forum http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=26 labed metal slayers. if you need to steal some fotos of billboards and such there’s plenty on other threads. by the by has anyone ever noticed a well thought out mural where the vandal taped over the reporting marks before he started painting so as to not make the yard bum’s job harder?