Like that one.
A good patch job.
Care Bear Railroad Car, my buddy was switching this cut while i was in the yard getting an air test.
UPRR engineer wrote: A good patch job.
At least there is some creativity on the UP!!
I love it!
Phil
I was trying to show some stuff that wasnt just your everyday graffiti found on railroad cars there dude.
UPRR engineer wrote: I was trying to show some stuff that wasnt just your everyday graffiti found on railroad cars there dude.
I'm just curious about how the taggers were able to get their brushes up nearly to the top of the cars, even in the middle.
Security so lax at some places that the "artistes" can use ladders?
Who knows how they do it there bud.
The best car ever was a Ghost Buster hopper that use to come threw the yard, never did get a picture of it. It was just like the Care Bear, giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man with the city and Ghost Busters and i think there was even Slimer.
You didn't specify that there dude. Sorry to ruin your thread dude.
al-in-chgo wrote:I'm just curious about how the taggers were able to get their brushes up nearly to the top of the cars, even in the middle.
I saw an auto rack once that had the entire side painted. Even with a compressor and a professional spray gun, that would take some time, never mind a ladder or other elevating device. And it was definitely graffiti.
Much as we hate it and wish the taggers would find a better outlet for their sometimes remarkable talents, methinks graffiti is here to stay.
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Rail-Roadwarrior wrote: UPRR engineer wrote: I was trying to show some stuff that wasnt just your everyday graffiti found on railroad cars there dude. You didn't specify that there dude. Sorry to ruin your thread dude.
Thank You
Yes whole cars are somewhat hard to find. Pretty cool wen you do find em.
Check this link out
http://flickr.com/groups/wholecars/pool/
That first pic of the chalk skull was done by ICH. I like that ABOVE1 flik warrior.
Ah yeah Mr "ICH". we have seen his cars on csx.Matt calls them gobblin cars.I do wish though that the talent could be put to better use.
stay safe
joe
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While I deplore graffiti as much as the next person, I do appreciate UPRR engineer for showing us some work that is at least interesting. Has everyone forgotten "Herbie", the images written in chalk by a MoPac switchman that used to show up all over the system?
The images were ethnically insulting, (A supposed Mexican under a sombrero, sleeping under a palm tree,) but MoPac eventually decorated a boxcar with the image in paint and sent it all over the RR to promote safety. They even identified the switchman when he retired, and calculated he had drawn hundreds of Herbies.
Thanks for sharing, UPRR engineer.
Well, your first one (The skull with wings) is everywhere. I'm a Conductor on NS and there are some taggers out there that make the same drawing/tag on every car they do. Your skull with wings is one of them. Just like "Conrail Twitty", "The Solo Artist", "Whistle Blower", "Virginia Zeke", etc. Type any of those on google and I'm sure most of you here have seen them before. Your's is called "Bookman". Check out this site, has several pictures of all of them and more common tags that are one hundreds of cars in the US. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gentleman_rook/tags/tag/
EDIT: a few others responded above while I was typing this up.
Yeah that skull may not be Ich's. I had forgotten what his looked like but after seein it again i realize itch has a different style skull. Anyway...here's more of ICH. http://flickr.com/groups/ichabod/pool/
Any of you guys ever see this one? It obviously gets around alot:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1039454
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=222517
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=468500
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=579536
The [artwork] is really rough but you got to admit that it really attracts attention.
Ted M.
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MP57313 wrote:Who are the guys who do this? Are they the same people who work in car repair/collision damage repair shops, so they have access to all the expensive paint and gear?
The grease markers are railroaders, trainservice guys and carmen. The paint jobs are done by the public / gang bangers / taggers.
Not exactually. For the most part the murals and paint tags are done with regular ole spraypaint that can be bought most anywhere. Since these guys try to do their "pieces" as quickly as possible they avoid using equipment that requires air compressers. They also use spray nozzles from a variety of sources to get different spray patterns. Next time you're in a book store look in the art section of the magazine isles, there are mags dedicated to graffiti.
What I don't understand is why some people go ballistic when this type of graffiti is brought up. This is urban art folks.
It's only urban art until they paint your house - then it becomes vandalism.
Regardless of the original condition of the paint on the car - from a fan's point of view it's still a railroad car. Graffiti obscures our view of the otherwise pristine world of railroading - which is to say locomotives and cars doing the work they were designed for.
That said, I think most of us are amazed at the quality of some of the work. It's just a shame to see such artistic ability expended on railroad cars using (most likely) stolen materials. If these minds are that bright, imagine what they could do for the world if their creative skills were to be directed toward something that would benefit someone.
And not for nothin' here - The taggers have found that if they leave the reporting marks and other such data intact, their artwork lasts a lot longer...
In some respects, we're probably lamenting the state of society that places us in this position.
....Urban art....?? It probably depends somewhat of what era one has grown up in....I fully admit some of the "scenes" are very "artful"....but what a place to do it....
Where it is being done is simply breaking the law. So under those circumstances it's not art....
If people have talent that they wish to let the population see, find a productive and forth right way and place of doing it while earning a good living.
Quentin
Well, everyone has their own view on things. If the railroads can't be bothered to repaint a valuable asset such as a boxcar (or a bridge) then let the "taggers" do it for them. There are a lot of great "artists" out there, and I'm sure that they would rather make money than do this for free. Now, I don't know anything about whether the supplies they used are stolen as has been suggested, that is very presumptuous to say the least. Most of the graffiti is at least neat to look at.
By the way, the railroads won't wash most of the engines,unless it is for a photo-op, because the cost to reclaim the sludge in the wastewater. A real costly process from what I understand. And most railroads will not repaint their bridges because of the lead in the old paint that would have to be reclaimed when it is scraped off. Also very costly. So really who is the bad guy here. The taggers who make the railroad at least a little more colorful to look at, or the railroads who look at the bottom line as opposed to making their rolling public image something worth looking at.
UPRR engineer wrote:
Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.
Everyone has differing opinions on Graffiti. Personally, the creative ones look great, but the offensive ones such as one I saw on an FGLK boxcar "Jews Run America"(I myself am part Jewish), make me cringe.
Those pieces shared are very creative, and Ichabod amuses me.
Alex
....It's not necessarily important "how" I look at it....Bottom line: It's breaking the law.
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