Interesting rendition of our "Breakfast Buddy" Tony the Tiger.
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And the artist was kind enough to leave the its markings visible!
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Let's use appropriate terminology like "vandalism" and "criminal" before we continue to dignify this garbage with gentle words like "tagging" and "artist".
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Sorry to say, but that is not "art". It is nothing more than criminal vandalism, no matter how eye catching it may be.
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"G N S" = "Good-for-Nothing Scoundrel"?
And "Tony the terrorist" appears to have a grenade, doesn't he? (Amazing that the vandal artist appeared to paint around the identification lettering, unless such markings are formulated so that paint doesn't stick to them.)
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Painting around the reporting marks increases the length of time the "art" is likely to survive intact.
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| Posted by on January 10, 2013 | |
I don't understand some of you. Yes this is vandalism and yes the person who did this is a criminal, but it certainly doesn't harm the railroad or cause destruction, and it certainly looks better than just a white hopper. They even left the reporting marks uncovered.
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This is vandalism no doubt. And I seriously doubt that whoever it was painted around the markings. That's probably the hard work of an employee.
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What amazes me is how these taggers don't get caught. You know it took more than a few hours to get that type of detail. I'm surprised you don't see one of those 3/4 of the way done because the car ended up getting moved while they were still working on it.
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If only the railroads would sanction this kind of art work. . .or even use these vast flat expanses for revenue-generating advertising or public service announcements. In this age of "sell everything" and "anything for the bottom line", the ban on blatant advertising on freight car sides dating from the age of prohibition seems kinda quaint and silly.
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In an odd way I have to admire the dedication it takes to paint something this big using just aerosol cans.
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I'm American through-and-through, but Blair, I have to concur and say in at least one instance the Brazilians have us beat on "public service announcements". On this web site, there's a September 30 picture from last year taken at Pantojo, Brazil of a unit train that's regularly scheduled for VCP (HUGE corporate conglomerate in that nation) on the ALL railway system. Though you can only see the train in the distance, this unit train hauls lumber products. Each railcar tarpaulin on this train has a green heavy tarpaulin that has both the VCP and ALL logos, and beneath those a slogan running the length of the car. These trains are literally a chain of different public service announcements like "Conserve water", "Value your work", "Protect the environment", etc. I've even seen a striking message: "Denounce child sexual exploitation"! (Brazil is estimated to have a horrible problem of around 2 million children 18 or younger who have been prostituted.) I'm not going to tell a company what to do, but can you imagine an American railroad co-branding with a Fortune 50-type shipper with messages like THAT on their railcars? It would be wonderful to see.
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| Posted by on January 11, 2013 | |
That's a nice looking tag on an otherwise boring looking hopper.
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Where were the Railroad Policemen when you need them.
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This is pure vandalism. Please quit condoning these criminal acts by publishing them.
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How does publishing these promote it? First the kind of person who does this "art work" probably doesn't visit this site. Secondly, it is important because while some may disagree with it, it is part of the railroad scene and that's what this photos are about. I am also a modeler and I feel it's very useful to see these when looking for inspiration for projects of my own. I think it is interesting to see and I couldn't rattle can like that but I can't condone this one because he didn't mask off all the important information the weights (light and loaded) or the reflective strips. Just my 2 cents, all that aside. Nice shot Frank keep them coming. Mike
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