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Railroaders' Nostalgia > GraFFiti FridayDate: 04/09/21 07:01 GraFFiti Friday Author: atsfer Date: 04/09/21 08:35 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: jatlmv I remember seeing "Conrail Twitty" tags for many years.
Date: 04/09/21 20:49 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: wa4umr I remember seeing some of that kind of stuff years ago. Most of it was pretty simple and after a few rains, it was gone, or at least faded out. So much of the stuff you see today is just trash. Bring back the chalk art.
John Date: 04/09/21 21:56 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: PHall Some of the "old" graffitti was done with paint pens because it would last for years.
Date: 04/10/21 02:58 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Notch7 I miss the busty long haired nude girl that said "hi".
Date: 04/10/21 05:46 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: atsfer That was "Gordy"
Date: 04/10/21 07:26 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Drknow Colossus of Roads put the “Grab iron Kid” on a hell of a lot of cars, a thinking mans switchman. Proviso “Z” Waterbed Lou,Coal Train, Rail Dog, The Railroad Artist....
Posted from iPhone Date: 04/10/21 14:34 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: kennbritt In the early 80's Herby didn't have the cactus. I never saw the embellishment until now. Classic chalk art.
Kennard Britton Bedford, TX Date: 04/12/21 11:55 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Bob3985 I rememebr Herby and Bozo Texino.
Bob Krieger Cheyenne, WY Date: 04/12/21 15:02 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: smf2mry Does anybody remember "Tex K.T." KT stood for "King of Tramps". I used to see this painted on underpasses, or carved into trackside structures. Some of the dates were from back in the 30's.
Date: 04/12/21 18:46 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Drknow Iowa Blackie. The poet himself.
Posted from iPhone Date: 04/13/21 06:37 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: santafe199 Back in 1977(?) I shot a very weathered “JBKingEsq” signature on a 50 ft boxcar rolling through Emporia. It was a very famous scrawl because it was reportedly done in a single cursive flourish, a one-stroke signature with the chalk never leaving the surface being scrawled upon. It was so unique many men everywhere tried to reproduce it. IIRC the marking pre-dated the Great Depression, so considering the relative age of the 50 footer I was pretty well convinced the one I shot was a replica...
Posted from iPhone Date: 04/13/21 09:01 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: engineerinvirginia santafe199 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Back in 1977(?) I shot a very weathered > “JBKingEsq” signature on a 50 ft boxcar > rolling through Emporia. It was a very famous > scrawl because it was reportedly done in a single > cursive flourish, a one-stroke signature with the > chalk never leaving the surface being scrawled > upon. It was so unique many men everywhere tried > to reproduce it. IIRC the marking pre-dated the > Great Depression, so considering the relative age > of the 50 footer I was pretty well convinced the > one I shot was a replica... > > Posted from iPhone In 24 years I have probably seen all that can be seen.....though haven't seen Herby or Bozo in quite a while.... Date: 04/13/21 21:14 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Drknow The original Bozo Texino was supposedly a guy from the 1930’s. Herbie retired in the 80’s and died around 2003ish AFAIK.
Posted from iPhone Date: 04/13/21 21:25 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: ironmtn I've mentioned a story about the guy who drew Herby in a previous post some months ago. Repeated here for ease of reference:
Date: 04/18/21 16:37 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: howeld Most common today I see in Ohio is a Bat. Usually has a date.
Date: 04/18/21 20:07 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Drknow howeld Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Most common today I see in Ohio is a Bat. Usually > has a date. Rail Gothic Posted from iPhone Date: 04/19/21 06:44 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: acl67-2 Once an extremely talented artist had drawn on half the side pf a 50" box, a
beautiful, well endowed woman on the back of a guy on all fours wearing a cowboy hat. Under the drawing was scrawled, " Plowing Texas style". Another, along the whole side of a 50" box, someone had written: "Beware of Greek proctologists" Mx Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/21 06:46 by acl67-2. Date: 06/07/21 12:56 Re: GraFFiti Friday Author: Plowhandle |