NoDakFreights Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Our last one was lost to the server crash, so I dug them out of the ol' Photobucket and let's do this again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wholeman Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 dude thanks for bringing this back. this has to be the best thread I've ever seen. great shit! keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jizzailbait Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 REALLY FUCKIN DOPE!! lovin that 90'2 style. really makes me miss it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boss Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 wow...nice post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentone Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 this is the best thread ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Yes lets get this thread back up and running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesecurd Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 this site's good for a couple http://www.geocities.com/soho/exhibit/4150/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Ski Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 dude thanks for bringing this back. this has to be the best thread I've ever seen. great shit! keep it up. indeed. this should be stuck right underneath the subway thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Ski Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 "When American freight train graffiti began to gain popularity in the early 1990s, the concept of watching trains in search of graffiti was again adopted by only a handful of writers throughout the country. Because the North American freight system is so vast, watching freight trains in the early 1990s was at best, bleak. Over the course of an hour, if one throw-up or tag was spotted it was a big deal. When North American writers began to paint more freight trains, naturally the volume of graffiti increased. Shortly thereafter, writers earmarked locations in their city to watch trains. In what can be classified only as homage, freight writers called these train watching locations “the bench”. Just like the glory days of New York City subway graffiti, the bench is where the folk heroes of the Writing culture were born. Graffiti on trains was again counted, critiqued and documented. Photographing freight train graffiti presented different challenges. Besides the challenge of most freight benches being on private railroad property where there is no convenient bench, freight trains don’t stop to pick up and discharge passengers, so there is no window of opportunity to set up the perfect photo. In many cases the photographer has to shoot a masterpiece traveling at speeds of up to 40mph." excerpt from the upcoming book Steel Wheels 1985 - 1997 Coming Spring 2010 hollar if you were out there benching and painting when there wasnt shit running!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zed_Ski Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 i caught this in Richmond VA on a road trip to NY in 1994. i saw this in NY on that same road trip. the following year i caught it in georgia..complete with FAT tag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Zed Ski said it right. I remember going to one spot back in 92 or 93. There would 25-100 cars there and if i walked out with 2-5 pictures it was a good day. Many a time i would walk out with no pictures.. Now if i go to that same spot there is something on 80 percent of the cars. Usually its not good though Props Zed Ski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Here is a small batch for all you kids out there. More mid and late 90's stuff enjoy i show some love.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 a few more i posted these in the MSK thread also.. ok no more until later sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8HOUND Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I KNOW I was there, miss them dayz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komik Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 the glory days,never forgotten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizack Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 thats graff for me..id love to see more amf ba stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigre del norte Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 let me break out my box of photos.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernnnnn Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 dont let me get near a scanner, i will hurt feelings with the classic westcoasty gvsr and flat sp lines..lololol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FR8HOUND Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 ahhhhhhhhhhhhh man, if only I had a scanner. I got 40+ photo albums, dating from the mid 80's and on, stuff the nwere generation never even saw, or writers people haven't even heard of. Those were the dayz for sure!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyle CMC Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 hollar if you were out there benching and painting when there wasnt shit running!!! Funny how I remember sitting on a pretty busy line, and just as you say would be lucky to even see tags on the cars passing, now almost 15 years later I work right next to the same line, and when they roll through you are lucky to see a clean car. Some of the smaller local yards would let me walk the outside lines, and I would just hope to catch shit. The CN's and CP's were my best luck at cathcing anything, along with a handful of local writers that were doing their thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepthebeard Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 ...sooo few views, cats be sleeping on this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 ill scan some more later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 nice Brewster here is a small batch from my collection..some pictures gotten through trades.. and last but not least one of Los Angeles greatest bombers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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