I remember walking along the track and being scared to even climb on a rail car much less empty a case of spray paint down the side.
Two terms of the graffiti culture need to be applied against them. “Slashing” and “buffing” is what the Class Ones need to do. Its the ultimate insult to these vandals.
Oh yea…bet all have only a mother in the household as well.
I remember riding the MBTA’s PCC cars when I was going to trade school in Boston in '71-'72 along the Riverside (D) Line they were nice cars, but they were old and I remember when the first LRV’s came to Boston and riding on them when they were new and rode well before they started having problems with them,and I also remember when some of the PCC Cars were Painted for the Bicentennial in 1976 and the Freedom Train coming to Boston also during that time and going to see it ,as I was in my 20’s back then.
I agree that the little thugs should caught and have the “Book thrown at them”,and they and/or their family’s made to pay for some of the cost of repairing the damage these hoodlums have caused and they themselves should be also made to clean up all the damage they have done.
The Class One Railroads should get their act together and start removing/repainting All of their Graffiti covered cars,it doesn’t help their image with Current and New customers when rail cars are covered in Graffiti like that and the railroad doesn’t due any thing about it and just leaves them like that,especially when they are cars with a Customers Logo on them and have it covered in this mess because these punks don’t care as long as they can get away with this Vandalism and have some brainless fool call it art as if to justify what the Graffiti Vandals have done .
The Railroads can certainly due removal of Graffiti and/or repainting of a freight car when the car(s) come in for routine service or repairs due to Bad Orders.
The more cars that are rescued from Graffiti Vandals the better for the railroad and for the country by not having these eyesores roaming the country as Billboards for Vandalism because that’s all Graffiti is Vandalism pure and simple,it’s not art at all!
All railroads Class 1 and Passenger,Commuter and Subway Lines alike need to step up their security and surveillance of their property and rolling stock to c
There are anti-graffiti measures available today, one is used on bridges and walls, it consists of a wax like material that is sprayed on the surface, and once “tagged” a crew comes in, steam cleans it off and reapplies the coating, and evevtually the punks give up.
Um, Mr. Guse, the MBTA has one of the best transit police forces in the country. They will do their best to catch them and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Being in a more compassionate state than, say, Texas (Massachusetts is a Commonwealth, look it up) has nothing to do with it. Please reserve your vitriol for an audience who cares about what you think, like the Heritage Foundation or whatever extremist group DeMint is in charge of. You all can sit in your cave and rub your hands together rueing how unfair it all really is living in this country.
Don’t ban spray paint? Here in California(I don’t know about other states.) , spray paint cans are kept under lock and key and, I believe, the sale of spray paint to minors are prohibited, just like cigarettes. Yes, that is reasonable. I’m sure the trolls in this forum will disagree with me and say: “That’s against free enterprise!”
As many know, NYC Transit had the same problem 20+ years ago. The problem was solved with overhauled cars back into service with graffitti-resistant paint and new cars with exterior stainless steel that can be wiped clean. Anti-vandalism laws and heavy-handed enforcement eliminated the problem.
A sad commentary about our youth that think this kind of vandalism gives them fame. Instead, it makes them the infamous scourge of society. Full-body tatoos are also graffitti to me and dislike them intensely.
All this are signs of a lack of education and civics about our youth. And they wonder why the police target them? If they’re asking those questions of why - they only need to look in the mirror into their own eyes to see what’s in their hearts and minds.
In situations such as this, I am increasingly of the belief that if the individuals that did the tagging can be caught and prosecuted, they should be sentenced in this way: each and all guilty parties should be forced to painstakingly remove every bit of the graffiti they applied and aid a second full restoration of their “victims” interiors and exteriors.
Only be this painstaking hard labor can they be made to understand that the casual carelessness of their criminal vandalism is grossly expensive damage and that graffiti tagging can be completely pointless.
When they catch the morons that did this, spray paint them, their cars, and their houses. Maybe then the idiots will get the message that what they’ve done isn’t cool.
Col Don Is that supposed to an abbrev. for Colonel?
Just wondering…
Impressed by the punishing: spraying the villain would do but, imagine that it started a fad among 'em.
Your garage, your F150, your gazebo, your front door, your sliding glass doors leading to your patio and deck, those graffitists…JUST…expressed themselves!
Not extracting revenge?..No…wouldn’t be possible…
Imagine, just wondering…
Tattoo the bodies of the garffitists with replications of what “art” they were not asked to create, but were convicted for apply[ng,…and did on frt cars, bridges, vacant factories…Tattoo from head to toe.
I think the people who do this ought to suffer civil penalties to pay for restoration. The penalties should be like student loans; neither time nor movement makes this debt go away. It should show up on their credit ratings. Essentialy, ruin their financial lives until they take care of this.
Thanks to Mr. Salters, I have the answer to where there was room for this exhibit. Between 1951 an 1953, and again between 1959 and 1962, I had the distinctive pleasure to ride the MTA (now MBTA) from Watertown MA into Boston on my way to classes at Northeastern University on Huntington Ave., thus riding the old type 5 streetcars, the first PCC cars, and the ones they use now. I can imagine that the graffiti-ers had no idea how we oldsters would feel about spoiling this display!
I said it before and I’ll say it again, when these ba----ds are caught, lets tie them up between two engines and have them go in opposite directions. Or, tie them up between two engines and let them get together! Yeah, I know that I could be in violation of the eighth ammendment, so who cares?
This will get worse before it gets better. As the Democrats seek to get more and more people dependent on Government, and more and more handouts are given for rewarding fatherless families, the people that do this kind of vandalism will increase. They do not care about society, our values, or punishment. They already got exactly what they wanted - press coverage and probable empathy for their awful childhood and need to express themselves.
What is this all about and the comments without knowing any facts!! I was through Boylston Street station twice yesterday and could not see any evidence of vandalism. As I rode the MTA/MBTA for over 53 years commuting to school or work I can tell you that the T does not act that quickly on anything, especially when it is not their equipment. The PCC is owned by the Carmen’s Union and the Type 5 (that I rode on the Aborway/Huntington Ave until replaced in 1959 by used ones from Dallas) is owned by the Seashore Museum.
And there was no news about this in any media here.
To the unhappy Derek Bernett, from Illinois: Your comments are sadder than the vandalizing of the streetcars. And a little desperate, too, as none of what you talk about has, or ever will, come to pass. Just narrow-guage thinking!
Graffiti on any rolling stock is bad enough, but it’s truly tragic when it happens to a preserved unit, especially when a lot of time and effort (and money!!) have gone into it. I suppose we should count ourselves lucky that it was only paint this time, and not broken windows, stolen horns, etc.