| Posted by on November 2, 2008 | |
Not too shabby - great catch.
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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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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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I don't mind that artistic graffiti, in fact it's more like a mural than anything
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Does this even count as graffiti? wonder how long it took to do.
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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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Good catch Dave! I always miss the good stuff.
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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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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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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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