Western Railroad Discussion > An "Eerie" freight car

A friend noticed this colorful car and sent it to me. 

Photo by MDP at Pasco WA on 9-22-22

 

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I wonder what it's supposed to mean?
john

Eat a tide pod, and you will understand..... :-)

It means they have way to much time on their hands!
JB

wpdude Wrote:
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> Eat a tide pod, and you will understand..... :-)

Or the chicken you cooked in Nyquill...

Glad they were smart enough to keep the Reporting Marks clear.

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

JimBaker Wrote:
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> Glad they were smart enough to keep the Reporting
> Marks clear.

Were they?  Maybe someone put them back on after the "artists" painted them over.  Proves that you can't paint them high enough.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Many of us have been disgusted with the graffiti "artists" who ply their trade courtesy of the railroads.  However, in Cedar Rapids, IA  and elsewhere in the state, some very fine murals have been applied to downtown buildings and parkades showing real talent.  Don't know if there's any connection to the two, but vandalism and sheer beauty apparently have been married. 

ntharalson Wrote:
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> JimBaker Wrote:
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> > Glad they were smart enough to keep the
> Reporting
> > Marks clear.
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> Were they?  Maybe someone put them back on after
> the "artists" painted them over.  Proves that you
> can't paint them high enough.  
>
It has become pretty common among the tagger criminals to leave the reporting marks unmolested, because they've learned a car with visible reporting marks is much less likely to take a trip to its owner's paint shop.