Graffiti on Auto Rack Cars

[ChuckCobleigh]

These days, most cars are sealed in (usually) white plastic wrap until they get to the dealer. 

[n012944]

Most auto rack cars have spent the last couple of months in storage.  Ripe time to get tagged.

[Flintlock76]

The sides of the auto-rack cars are well designed, so as far as I know any paint sprayed on the sides, especially from a fairly low-pressure dispenser like a spray can, doesn't reach the automobiles inside.

Powerless to stop it, don't care, given up?  Probably a combination of all three.

Unfortunately the grafitti "artists" find those blank car sides an irresistable canvas, the Tropicana cars are in the same situation.  Considering how complex some of those grafitti designs are I'd have to assume they're applied in yards, no way could you do it on a moving train.

[JPS1]

As I watched a BNSF train of auto rack cars pass today, I noticed that 90 percent of them were covered with graffiti.  Frankly, some of it was very well done.

 

The graffiti covered the lower portion of the car.  Presumably the hoods that put the graffiti on the cars used spay paint.  Assuming this is correct, does the spray go through the holes in the side of the car and hit any vehicles in it?

 

Where do most of the hoods do their thing, i.e. large city yards, sidings, etc.?

 

Are the railroad police powerless to stop them or does management not care?  Or have they just given up trying to prevent it.