KaBar2 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 The railroad knows exactly where rail cars have been, where they stopped, how long they stayed there and so on. Union rules prevent train crews from running longer than twelve hours. When the twelves hours runs out, the crew must be replaced. Since it's a shitload easirer to replace a train crew at a crew change than at some remote location out in the middle of nowhere, they usually stop short of their twelve hour shift in some established crew change location and let the clock run out. The railroad knows their zillion dollars worth of new car cargo is sitting out at some lay-up. If the cars were okay before the stopover, and then when they get to the dealer they are fucked up with grafitti overspray, somebody's nice quiet spot is going to get some pissed off bull activity. Bulls like to sit around and collect a paycheck for doing nothing but watching trains drive by. So if they have to drive over to your spot and actually get out of their SUV, some motherfucker is going to JAIL. If they have to fill out reports and drive you all over Hell's Half Acre to the juvenile detention facility, they are going to request that the D.A. press charges. The easiest way to avoid all this is: Do no damage. Make no disturbance. Leave no trace. If you fuck up a bunch of new cars, you can expect railroad bulls all up on your ass. Do The Smart Thing. Avoid attracting the cops to your spot by making good decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint2metal Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Yeah Im ass out when I see cars in the autoracks. That shit gives me the jitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oushla Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 who cares, i do, wait, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxcarrapist Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 never had a problem painting loaded autoracks,got a auto yard near me so much goin on and so many cars id think id be rather hard to get caught up,unless you do it on a repeative basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milford Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Paint DOES NOT get on the cars. It's not enough overspray to actually settle on the cars themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 ...fucking morons! DO NOT paint em if they have cars inside!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r o n d a Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Paint DOES NOT get on the cars. It's not enough overspray to actually settle on the cars themselves. truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 ...the point at hand is not weather or not paint will get on the cars, if there are cars loaded in ahhhh never mind........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearthesear... Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 my city has no chill spots any more abecause well... TOYS KILL CHILL SPOTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranx0 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Yes, paint gets all over the cars, at least the side that was painted. I can barely squeeze in and out of the doors when we load and unload them. Very pretty variety of colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicenemyno.3 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 crazy ^^ ive done it drunk a couple of times without realizing it, but if i can help it i dont. thats a hell of a restitution bill to pay just for one autorack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Messican Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Why are there holes anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranx0 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I was waiting for an informed reply to the question. I'm guessing so wind can pass through them because these are very tall and narrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellomynameis? Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 As far as I know, when I worked at a dealership for a couple years all cars come in with overspray on them. About every new car that is, had to be clay barred to remove the overspray anyhow so dont think a little spray paint would really hurt things or make them harder to get ready to sell. Ive even removed road paint from cars exteriors, and that shit is much tougher than any spray paint... And for those pictures on the last page, Ive never in my years in the industry seen a car that was shipped with windows open so how the fuck did paint get on what looks to be leather? Personally wouldnt reccommend it...messin the container is one thing messing the contents is a whole other ballgame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollntattoos Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 paintm u have 2 remember that from one point to another that train stops numerous times autoracks travel cross country witch meens many stop theres no way of tracen them back to were they were painted so go nuts and enjoy and quit worrying about what your vandelizing cuz a train is worth way mor than that stupid little car your losing sleep over cuz yah got a little fuzz on it>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rslres Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 if you have every painted indoors you notice everything gets a film of paint on it which is a pain to get off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranx0 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 ... And for those pictures on the last page, Ive never in my years in the industry seen a car that was shipped with windows open so how the fuck did paint get on what looks to be leather? . . . . that's outside trim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivouno Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 DAMN! i would buy one of dem overspray whips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranx0 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Yeah, it's no big deal. Just creates employment for the body shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Messican Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 And for the city jail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlighttag Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 i only paint autoracks at mainline stop'an'gos with cargo or without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varivaldi Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Why are there holes anyways? I'm guessing that it makes the train car lighter which reduces fuel consumption and whatnot. Plus why would they need the extra material since you can't really steal a car from these like you can steal beer/ etc. from a box car. best guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_special Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 ...bottom line..it's not a good idea to paint loaded autoracks... ...what happens is this...yes overspray sticks to cars...when they are unloaded at dealership (or yard for transport), the dealer can reject the car and send it back...meaning that then the railroad is responsible for it, and it could be traced back to where you were painting it...this equals bad... ...some times, however, the dealer will simply buff off the overspray...new cars have a ton of clear coat on them...but they still report the damage to the carrier...which could trace back to your spot... ...again...don't paint 'em loaded...you're making your spot hot... actually, this is only partialy true, the only time a dealer would reject a vehicle is if there is damge requireing new parts be put on, i only know this because i do auto refinishing at a dealer ship and we get about 2 dozen cars at a time and out of those about 3 or 4 from each group will have something needing a slight touch up i have only seen 4 that have had overspray on them, and that over spray wiped pretty much off with wax and grease remover, but i have seen hundreds with large amounts of rail dust and bumper scratches from them bumping around in the racks....so no over spray is not an issue to anyone...the racks themselves do way more damge than paint spray and as i mentions it pretty much wipes off, that black shit all over everything associated with trains doesnt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_special Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 sorry i didnt realize till after i opened my mouth that someone already said almost the same things....sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_special Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 sorry i didnt realize till after i opened my mouth that someone already said almost the exact same thing already....sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody_special Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 and as for those pics, that isnt over spray from spray paint, the overspray from paint is very fine after about 4 inches out of the can, plus it would get broken up even finer after going throught the holes, as ive said i have seen this condition it like multi colored dust, and a clay bar isnt even needed if its only spray paint... those and spots that look like if you took a fat cap and pressed on it just enought to let the paint spittle out....intentionally or sumthin like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Orenthal Norton Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 if they have cars in them. dont use spraypaint. im not sure about rollers though. if you make sure you don't drip through the holes onto the other side. so dont over load the roller to the point its dripping. it should be fine that way if you know what your doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Veins Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Question about autoracks this thread is like 2 1/2 years old, everyone who replied answering the question, is retarded. Especially those of you who have never been around 3rd rails, or not since the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 tampooned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLdCaNs Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Sometimes there is an issue with "rail dust" on the new cars witch is actually metal flakes that can damage the paint of new cars. Usually only needs a buffing though. TRUE.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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