Hermdog Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Post up your bench reports... anything special/unusual happen? Unique cars/lines of cars... any run-ins with authorities or workers? Has it been dry or packed? Seasonal lay-ups? My most recent bench was a nice lay-up. It consisted of about 25 boxcars without any junk in between. The line is typical because the cars tend to return, but many break the cycle and head nationwide. Anyway, I was able to bench one full side of the line. As I jump to the otherside and begin the final leg of the bench...I noticed a truck coming up behind me with his high-beams on. Doubt he saw me but he could have. So I act quick... as he began his inspection of the cars (heading my direction.) moving slowly; looking in between each car from his seat...I dipped through the woods. I cautiously start checking out the other sides of the line which I didn't get to flick...and I made my approach out watching for the worker truck along the way. Happy to escape but didn't get as many flicks as usual. Live to bench another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ident Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Last time I went benching, the only thing I saw was a HUGE crane rolling on the mainline. hehe Short story, once there was this small line getting ready to head out of the city and I came too late to bench it but could see some dope pieces about 5 cars ahead of me, I asked this worker if I could go take a picture, he said: "well yeah!". He made the train wait 30 seconds just for me:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracked Ass Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Good weekend...actually made a trip out to some real action. Cars to drool over, in a spot that is shady: black NW flat, red NW flat hicubes, red MWCX freshpaint flat, blue GT and CN flats for days, old logo MP box, BNSF icicle car, Chessie logo CSX flat, etc. Also got a knowledge check: a big old train was coming in from an unexpected direction, forcing me to look at maps and do more research on routes and spots I thought were either dead or limited to certain types of action. One of my hoppers, a week old, was on the line, which was clearly just returning from parts west - a fast turnaround time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 My weekend of benching consisted of a nice afternoon of unsually warm weather. I relaxed in my spot with a drink, some snacks and a book and waited for the action to come to me. Over the two hours I saw the usual high cube red CPs, a decent amount of Tbox's, some Cp flats and a large amount of wheaties and skulleton cars. The nicest one I saw was a BNSF flat and a boxcar stamped TR. Saw a number of nice pieces but noting out of the ordinary. When checking the spots I came across two nice GVSR flats and a CSX flat. I love seeing the old GVSR flats that are covered with tags and history. Also saw a nice WLO boxcar and the usual CN boxcars. Caught a line rolling in from the south, which was all autoracks rumbling along very fast. Then saw a line roll out southbound with a shit mix of tankers, Tbox's, CP's and hoppers. Till next weekend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON HEAD Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 ^^^ I love those TR boxcars... they are so big, i get them on da regular at one of my spots... did 2 e2e on them this past weekend... it was lovely... what area of the US u from Beast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Originally posted by IRON HEAD@Nov 16 2004, 07:56 AM ^^^ I love those TR boxcars... they are so big, i get them on da regular at one of my spots... did 2 e2e on them this past weekend... it was lovely... what area of the US u from Beast? Quoted post Actually I'm in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATEBREEDER Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Originally posted by IRON HEAD@Nov 16 2004, 07:56 AM ^^^ I love those TR boxcars... they are so big, i get them on da regular at one of my spots... did 2 e2e on them this past weekend... it was lovely... what area of the US u from Beast? Quoted post ALOT OF (ALL?) CP 217S ARE RESTAMPED TR IF ANYONE KNOWS IF ANY BIG OL' CP 217'S ARE STILL ROLLIN I WANNA KNOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 hit the bench last weekend.Ended up with 10 or so good pics from one spot (which was a let down).Proceed to roll to the yard that is right up the way.Due to there being alot of movement on the lines i could not walk through the yard.So i drove to the parking lot on the other side of the yard to see if i could catch anything.Needless to say there was nothing.But the story gets better as i was leaving a cop pulls in.He busted a bitch and followed me for a few blocks then decided to light me up.I get pulled over and asked 20 questions.All my answers basically saying i like to flick freights.Which was perfect since both my cameras happen to be in the passanger seat.Right before he leaves he ask if i have anything illegal in the car.Besides the can of buff paint,20 or so cans of paint,a few markers/streaks and tips i had nothing(all of which are legal if over 18.which i am)Even if i did i would never have told the piggy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest me IS cool Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 A couple years ago a friend and I went benching to this little spot that held only hoppers. We usually split up and take a line each so we can see who's on the other side. Anyways about halfway into the line I looked in between the line and saw a tramp sitting in the little patio area of the hopper. I said what up and he nodded back. When my friend go to that point I heard him say" Oh shit!" After we were done we walked through the same line and he was gone. On the way home my homie couldn't shut up about how the dude scared the shit out of him. :king: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWX1994 Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Originally posted by Cracked Ass@Nov 15 2004, 08:27 PM black NW flat, Quoted post :king: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostvandal Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Originally posted by me IS cool@Nov 16 2004, 10:32 PM A couple years ago a friend and I went benching to this little spot that held only hoppers. We usually split up and take a line each so we can see who's on the other side. Anyways about halfway into the line I looked in between the line and saw a tramp sitting in the little patio area of the hopper. I said what up and he nodded back. When my friend go to that point I heard him say" Oh shit!" After we were done we walked through the same line and he was gone. On the way home my homie couldn't shut up about how the dude scared the shit out of him. :king: Quoted post this got me laughing out loud in my accounting course hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afterten Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 one time I was on a bridge filming the engines power up underneath me, and this little kid who had to be about 5 years old came running up really excited. He was wearing a conductors hat and he was saying "freight train freight train!" I thought it was cute. kindergarten railfan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why write? Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 ^ hah nice little story....well one time i seen some army vehicles...maybe it was nothing special but i thought that it was cool...i even got a few pictures i need to go benching again but i want a new digital camera first...shit do i miss it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermdog Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 Went to one of my favorit spots...it was empty except for about 12 empty/full gondolas dedicated to rail ties. They're replacing ties, hopefully for future activity. I scoped the line for some graff. Nothing but about 7 worker streaks, all were "king of kings..he died for you." So I took same railfan flicks and that was it. It was still nice to get out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locofanclub Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Bruxelles Gare Du Noord,3pm-5pm,put your running shoes on,make sure your digi is up to scratch....last trip,2wks ago,20 panels,and i missed a good dozen more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracked Ass Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I was a ways from home the other day and stopped to check out this shady little yard in a depressed town. I see a BN flat I've seen 3 times (Chete/Twice, other side Grey/Aroe) which is rare for the east coast. Also a Golden West with Odd One on the side facing me, and I know I'm on the other side but I forget what I painted, so I walk in for a look. I've already seen the other side of the place and there's only one engine on duty, so they're not moving anything on my side right away. I climb over the outside line and stop: there's almost no room to stand between lines. I climb down anyway; I have to turn sideways to fit between the lines, a highly dangerous situation. I hope I'm right about only one engine on duty. I'm in between the Golden West and one of those irritating ridged grain hoppers where the vertical surface doesn't start until about neck height, so if it moves the sill will saw my head off. I can't believe they can move these trains without scraping them against each other, there is seriously only twelve inches of clearance in a couple spots. I see my piece from 3 years ago, remember it, and get the fuck out of there without even sketching any cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 i set foot in a layup/yard for the first time since July '03 a couple weeks ago, i had discovered the spot while walking around catching tags recently before. there were four or five lines of intermodals, some empty, i walked between lines looking for a car with some vertical surface area, i heard some spanish music coming from a radio in an area behind a buisness where some cars were parked next to the yard, i suspected a security guard or employee, kept an eye on the area the music was coming from, and tried not to make noise walking on the gravel, i didn't see anyone. i found a suitable car and did a piece, i had a little trouble with the fill, i couldn't see where i had already painted. i took flicks and left the way i came, and got a slushy at a 7-11 on the way home, nothing like a slushy at four in the morning.` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure heat Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 the other day, i was at a yard, just taking pictures. where we park is down this gravel path, and this is one of a thousand benching trips to this place. get out, train is coming and my camera isn't ready (elk sigh vizie hope4 all come by without pictures!), and so we go around taking pictures, and when we are heading back, some workers are outside (the business suit-type) and so we wait, but then i see a cop car pull up to my friends car, so we bolt, and dash across a construction site, wait an hour, go back, cop car is still in full effect, so i get my friend to pick us up, and so my benching partner goes back to his car cause he sees the tow truck. cops search and harass him, had already tore through his car, were holding a few meanstreaks (unused), telling him he did graffiti (which he doesn't), and they towed his car. bullshitttt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why write? Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 ^ holy shit, thats really fucked up...i hate cops, and i hate how they act and everything about them...SUE them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATEBREEDER Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Originally posted by why write?@Nov 24 2004, 04:01 AM ^ holy shit, thats really fucked up...i hate cops, and i hate how they act and everything about them...SUE them. Quoted post get realistic. what lawyer is going to help you sue a cop pro bono for something like that, no violence involved. lawyers cost alot of money. it wouldnt be fucking worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegirlecho Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 the other night bombing i saw some dude dressed up as a roman warrior.... that was kinda weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famous4failure Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 few weeks ago me and my boy went down to the yard to bench a few trains and paint at this chill daytime spot. On the way down to the yard, two little kids, couldnt have been more than seven started yellin at us "Y'all gon' spray paint them trains??", "Damn graffiti writers!" and the like. We just laughed about it and ignored em, but i looked back and the kid was right up next to our bikes (yea we pedaled to the yard) yelling about slashing our tires and fuckin up our bikes! Kid was even making stabbing motions with his hands toward the tires. so we walk back, and of course they hadnt done shit and they just scurried off, yelling back about calling the cops and telling their daddies. we just walked back down and went about our business, but we were laughing about that shit for about a week. :gaga: :gaga: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why write? Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Originally posted by HATEBREEDER+Nov 24 2004, 01:14 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HATEBREEDER - Nov 24 2004, 01:14 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-why write?@Nov 24 2004, 04:01 AM ^ holy shit, thats really fucked up...i hate cops, and i hate how they act and everything about them...SUE them. Quoted post get realistic. what lawyer is going to help you sue a cop pro bono for something like that, no violence involved. lawyers cost alot of money. it wouldnt be fucking worth it. Quoted post [/b] i know what you mean, it just gets me angry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillz Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 crack heads shooting up feet away from me while i was bymyself kinda weird, the regular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 going to one of the spots tomorrow.should be an empty yard.No painting though only streaking and taking pics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damn vandle Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 saw this like 2 weeks ago at my reefer spot .. I could see where they tried once to get it out but couldnt. came back a couple days later and it was gone... HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83. Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 one night me and some comrades walked up on a couple about to get busy parked on the tracks by a yard. which i thought was a pretty weird place for this since that line is usually busy. i ran away when i saw the car. hah..i thought it was someone hazardous to my freedom. they got outta there pretty quick when they saw us though. blah blah blah... i got caught between 2 moving trains with very little room to spare once. and it was beyond scary. i was just waiting for something to come by and take my head with it. yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylus1 Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Originally posted by 83@Nov 25 2004, 07:28 AM i got caught between 2 moving trains with very little room to spare once. Quoted post This is my worst nightmare, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 when that happens the best thing to do is get down on the ground right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Captain Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 those flix of that UPFE are dope as hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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