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I don't know if this is railroad "art", but raiolroaders have been marking cars with chalk or grease sticks at least since ralilroads started interchanging cars. The sunset you're thinking of is "The Solo Artist". A lot of them have disappeared over the years. Ed, remember "Radio Joe"? That was done by a trainman concerning the local yardmaster's habit of broadcasting on the radio ALL FRIGGING DAY! It was tough to work with a radio with him around. "J.B. King, Esq." was marked on hundreds of tankcars by a brakeman who has been fired some years now. I still see an occasional, badly faded "Water Bed Lou". There was "Speedy", a railroad rat with hands [paws?] in his pockets. Probably the most famous was "Herby", who was supposed to be a trainman on the MOP, but I saw Herbys dated the day I was seeing them in the east. [in other words, there could have been more that one] You still see some switching instructions in chalk, but not as much as in the past. Let's see, there's "Pancho of the Frisco", "Flow" with the snout of an F unit, I know I'll think of more later. I had a car mark, too, back in my braking days. And no, it wasn't "Skeets". Yeah, duck49, you hit a "hot button" for me on that.
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