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- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
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Laramie Yards: 1941
September 1941. "Freight trains in yards. Laramie, Wyoming." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
1949
Spray paint wasn't invented until 1949 which was probably very frustrating to the would-be graffiti artists of 1941. However, according to Wikipedia,
"The oldest known example of modern graffiti are the 'monikers' found on traincars created by hobos and railworkers since the late 1800s."
So I'm sure it started to appear not long afterward.
Made tracks
The rail yard is still there, but many of the tracks are gone:
And now, class --
we will investigate "perspective.''
Graffiti
I notice not one spot of graffiti on any of those freight cars.
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