| Posted by Cameron Applegath on July 24, 2012 | |
Uhh, right. Looks good, I suppose!
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| Posted by Allan Johnson on July 25, 2012 | |
Talent? Defacing private property and tresspassing is what it is.
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| Posted by Daniel Hopkins on July 25, 2012 | |
Its only defacing if the Railroad Company cares enough; most do not it seems as I have seen a lot of CSX, N&W, and other Private Companies with painted cars, engines, and property and they never seem to bother repainting them or from what I understand reporting the damage. Amtrak and N&S often do report to the police and repaint their property as soon as possible, sometimes some places (Canadian Rail has done it once I read) they HIRE graffiti artists to paint buildings, murals, and even rail cars for them.
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| Posted by TheSPModeler on July 25, 2012 | |
What time is it!? Adventure time!!!!
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| Posted by Spoony81 on July 25, 2012 | |
I guess Allan Johnson didn't bother to click on the link in the picture description
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| Posted by Kent & Lynn Schneider on July 25, 2012 | |
Very interesting. I'd like to see what both sides look like.
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| Posted by Jacques Leblond-Murphy on July 25, 2012 | |
The group has more pictures up at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10150758238704777&type=1
About 1/3 of the way down the page.
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| Posted by Cullen J. Reid on July 25, 2012 | |
Pure vandalism, not talent!
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| Posted by Cullen J. Reid on July 25, 2012 | |
Pure vandalism, not talent!
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| Posted by Erick Anderson on July 25, 2012 | |
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that "using talent" and posting lots of pictures (with painters' faces clearly visible) on a public forum means that they had the owner's permission to decorate this locomotive. Ergo, not vandalism at all.
It's certainly a unique look, though I can't quite say I like it.
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| Posted by louis capwell on July 25, 2012 | |
How completely cool! Definitely a proactive way to address vandalism. Got anymore shots of this?
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| Posted by Chris Wilson on July 25, 2012 | |
If you read the remarks which I guess quite a few don't, Mission Terminals asked to have this unit painted and turned to this group that does building murrals etc. The prior paint was one of the worst faded CP units on the system.
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| Posted by Wayne Weidner on July 25, 2012 | |
Painting aside, it's a great picture of Canada at work.
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| Posted by Cullen J. Reid on July 26, 2012 | |
I didn't realize this was done with permission. I take back my earlier comment.
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| Posted by John Jones on August 16, 2012 | |
This is good that it is done with permission, but I wouldn't promote spray painting on trains. Without permission it is vandalism and is against the law, like when someone tags their gang markings on a piece of rolling stock.
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