| Posted by on November 2, 2008 | |
Not too shabby - great catch.
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| Posted by Ryan R. / Jim R. on November 2, 2008 | |
Now I know some consideration went into the painter's mind when they hatched this idea. Everything that needed to be masked off looks like it was. Great catch!
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| Posted by Derek Buel on November 2, 2008 | |
Whoever painted it did an amazing piece of art.
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| Posted by Dan on November 2, 2008 | |
I'm not all for graffiti on railcars, but this is absolutly stunning.
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| Posted by Andrew Robb on November 2, 2008 | |
I don't mind that artistic graffiti, in fact it's more like a mural than anything
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| Posted by FortSteeleFireman on November 3, 2008 | |
Does this even count as graffiti? wonder how long it took to do.
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| Posted by Mitch Goldman on November 3, 2008 | |
Doesn't make it legal... I'd rather see a car with graffiti painted back to mineral red.
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| Posted by M.G. on November 3, 2008 | |
That is so cool.
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| Posted by Michael Burlaga on November 3, 2008 | |
Good catch Dave! I always miss the good stuff.
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| Posted by Joe Nugent on November 3, 2008 | |
No matter how "artistic" graffiti is, it is just that. However I can see a HUGE pr campaign out of this kind of work. Imagine a line of 100 hoppers, each assigned to a "artist" in competition for a prize, recognition, etc. That would be huge publicity, rolling billboards, and lots of community involvement! I work for a fire department that had a similar program with hydrants, Lexington has also used horse mannequins since they are "horse capital of the world" and so on. Hey BNSF, UP, CSX, NS, or private owners looking for pr use this kind of stuff to your advantage. Feel free to contact me on my profile if you want to know how our city programs worked.
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| Posted by Michael Link on November 3, 2008 | |
It might be illegal but, they left all the data and reflective markings unpainted. They respected the RR as much as possible and it is very beautiful artwork. Great Photo, Mike
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| Posted by Steven Allan on December 27, 2008 | |
QRNational here in Australia several years ago had several coal wagons that operate around Brisbane painted with murals on them - I think mainly of scenes from along the rail corridor. Didn't look too bad actually.
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