This is a very cool one. Big Bubba in 88, at the end of a grainer, probably frustrated that the train wasn't moving yet. There's no better time kill than writing your name on things.
L in 98.
Stoppin' for a rest in 2007.
The US Scout from the winter of 1988.
Roseville.
A different style Mr. Bass from 1987.
Hare from 1987. Peace man. Seen these popping up on a lot of the boxcars lately... well, not "popping up", but maybe I'm just paying better attention now. A lot of these are extremely faded.
Remnants from an era long gone. This served as the logo for the Rock Island railroad from 1852 to 1974. The Rock Island network ran all across the midwest and down south into Texas and other states. Rock Island love.
Well, catch ya around.
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ReplyDeleteI am thinking the "Peace" on is a hate, given the D.Hare underneath and the whiskers?
Thanks for your amazing blog. I've been photographing graffiti on cars for a few years now and never saw the monikers before. This week there are boxcars on a siding in Kemptville, Ontario where they've been tearing up tracks. All if a sudden, I am seeing the
Sorry, leaving comments using the iPhone is annoying. If you go back to fix something, you get bumped out and can't edit...
DeleteI never realized what I was looking at with the chalk (or is it paint pen?).
I have to go back and hope the cars are still there. CP Rail workers are on strike and have just been warned that they will be ordered back to work. I'll have to head down in the morning and hope they haven't moved the cars. I missed a couple of ones I think might be well known rides.