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re: What’s the fascination with painting train cars?

Posted on 3/7/19 at 7:40 am to
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 3/7/19 at 7:40 am to
I saw a movie about this subject:

Posted by PipelineBaw
TX
Member since Jan 2019
1422 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 7:45 am to
See a lot of them but well done train art is very few and far between.
Here's one I saw in Deer Park TX just a couple weeks back
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Az via La
Member since Feb 2006
13360 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:13 am to
I was stopped by a train yesterday and was thinking the same thing
Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
10964 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:19 am to
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It’s called tagging

Cultha
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40901 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:23 am to
What if I told you people tag HO scale model trains to look like the real ones for complete layout authenticity.



Posted by Hook Em Horns
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Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:25 am to
Because some people are good at it and enjoy doing it. I work for the railroad and I have some awesome pictures of stuff that people have done. And to the guy who said spray paint is cheap. Um they don’t use just ol rattle cans. Some of that shite they use is super high.
Posted by whoisnickdoobs
Lafayette
Member since Apr 2012
9352 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:31 am to
If I'm stuck at a RR crossing for 15 minutes I'd rather have some art to look at rather than the same train car over and over again.
Posted by Eric Stratton
Faber College
Member since Mar 2015
2056 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:34 am to
Not going to lie, I think it's the only positive to being stuck in traffic at a railroad crossing.
Posted by p&g
Dixie
Member since Jun 2005
12995 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:35 am to
I was always wondered this too


Also who walks around with a spray paint can in their pocket ?
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
16593 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 8:37 am to
tbh I enjoy some of it.
besides it gives me something to look at while I'm waiting for the train to go by.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14894 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 10:59 am to
Wow, didn’t realize the Class I’s -especially UP who is obsessed with its branding and image - would allow motive power to stay tagged.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
31108 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:05 am to
Microscale and Blair Line both sell HO and N decals



Microtrains has done a good many graffiti cars which are all copies of actual cars



Posted by ruzil
WNC
Member since Feb 2012
18462 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:50 am to

I miss the simplicity of:



Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
31108 posts
Posted on 3/7/19 at 11:59 am to
quote:

Wow, didn’t realize the Class I’s -especially UP who is obsessed with its branding and image - would allow motive power to stay tagged.


It didn't take them long to primer over 2519 and was repainted in standard UP livery fairly soon after that.

In primer



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