Vehicle Cars and Graffiti

I just stated in another posting on here, that I don't see any trains....then I take a different route on an errand

and am stopped at a crossing by a l-o-o-o-n-n-g, s-s-s-l-l-o-o-o-w train made up by many vehicle cars, also addressed in another recent posting. My question is: these vehicle cars have see-through screening on them, and you could see these were all loaded with vehicles. The outsides of many of the railcars had massive amounts of graffiti, spray-canned halfway up the sides. Now, what I want to know is do the vehicles in these cars arrive

at their destination with paint splatter from that spray? Made me wonder why they'd use screened sides?

11/26/134:46 PM

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Hot WaterOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:

Now, what I want to know is do the vehicles in these cars arrive

at their destination with paint splatter from that spray? Made me wonder why they'd use screened sides?

No, for a few reasons:

1) Most vehicles have a protective coating or wrap to protect that "new car finish" from road grime & brake shoe dust.

2) The vehicles are generally far enough back from the sides, that the spray doesn't reach that far in.

11/26/134:53 PM

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lamingOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Also, because the "taggers" are very respectful of the property of others and wouldn't dream of vandalizing such nice automotive examples.

11/26/137:56 PM

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Big_Boy_4005OGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Hot Water:

Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:

Now, what I want to know is do the vehicles in these cars arrive

at their destination with paint splatter from that spray? Made me wonder why they'd use screened sides?

No, for a few reasons:

1) Most vehicles have a protective coating or wrap to protect that "new car finish" from road grime & brake shoe dust.

2) The vehicles are generally far enough back from the sides, that the spray doesn't reach that far in.

3) They were painted when they were empty.

11/26/138:35 PM

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colorado hirailerOGR Forum Member

laming was very funny. I thought that some could be sprayed when empty, but as laming implies, taggers are not likely to care whether loaded or empty...

11/26/1311:55 PM

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Big_Boy_4005OGR Forum Member

If you stop and think about it, once an autorack is loaded, it moves fairly quickly to its destination. Loaded autoracks usually travel on priority trains. Empties could sit for weeks or months at a time.

Before the local Ford plant closed, lines of empty autoracks were parked in a small yard in the middle of a mainly residential neighborhood. The cars were easy pickings for taggers. Once they were moved into the plant, they were in a secured area.

11/27/132:12 AM

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dpgOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Big_Boy_4005:

Big Boy has it right.

Once a car is loaded it is moving quickly as time is money. Hard to Tag a moving car!

Dave

11/27/138:53 AM

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