Am I the only one who's amazed by this stuff? I know it's wrong and defaceing but most of it is a really good job. I don't even know what it mean/says, I just think there's talent in the work.

I have always wondered were these trains park that someone would have time to do work that good and detailed. Seems like they would need a ladder and a lot of paint. some of it Just seems like a big task.

Brad

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I have always wondered were these trains park that someone would have time to do work that good and detailed.

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Union Pacific rail yards in Council Bluffs, Iowa. UP's headquarters is just across the river in Omaha, NE. Here are three locations to Google if you want:

41.276185°, -95.861233°
41.237138°, -95.841452°
41.246525°, -95.874621°

Some of those cars sit for a LONG time.

I agree with erida

I like lookin at it too.

ISU. That explains the " IOWA SEEDERS" car I saw haha.

I know it's a lot of gang related stuff but these kids do wonders with a spray can. I have trouble painting a table and here they are decorating trains!

I've always thought what a shame it is that their talents can't be redirected by someone.

I've often thought that a coffee table book about train car graffiti would be a good seller.

http://www.amazon.com/Yard-Job-NYC-Graffiti-freight/dp/1449933475/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b#_

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I've always thought what a shame it is that their talents can't be redirected by someone.

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Or that graffiti isn't appreciated here in the United States like it is in Europe.

I think graffiti would be "appreciated" a lot more if it were drawn on the artists personal property, not others' property.

I like looking at it also. That said, I'm not interested in driving around town with it on my car, or looking at it on the entrance sign to my subdivision.

I think most peoples' aversion to it is not the art itself, but the underlying thought that someone has invaded someone else's space without permission.

Maybe in Europe there are more folks who feel entitlement to other peoples' property isn't a bad thing.



[This message has been edited by AgDotCom (edited 3/21/2011 12:39p).]

I was talkin to the wife just the other day about this... I was thinking that there is probably a hidden "how to" page on Krylon.com