May 18, 2025 · Discover the world of graffiti on trains, from freight legends like Jaber and Lady Pink to the historic hobo code etched on boxcars.

Nov 22, 2024 · From New York to Melbourne and everywhere in-between, find out how train graffiti began and why it’s so popular. On transit systems across the globe, graffiti artists engage in an …

Mar 13, 2025 · Train graffiti has become a global phenomenon, connecting artists and communities from New York to Berlin, São Paulo to Tokyo. Originating in the 1970s in the United States, the movement …

But how did graffiti become a staple of freight trains? In this video, I delve into the origins of graffiti and how it made its way to New York City, eventually leading into the where, when,...

Dec 10, 2024 · One train could be seen by a million people if it was on the right line. Closed out of public transit systems by increasing security measures, graffiti creators had to come up with alternatives.

Long before freight trains across the nation became covered in graffiti, inner cities from coast to coast lay covered in street art. As hip-hop music flooded the block in the early eighties, street art in New …

Train graffiti is a form of street art that involves spray-painting designs or messages on the sides of trains or other types of public transportation. It is a controversial and often illegal form of expression …

Feb 19, 2019 · Have you ever sat in traffic looking at a seemingly endless line of railcars passing, some with graffiti and some without, and wondered why the graffiti is there?

Jan 21, 2022 · With seven major U.S. railroads and over 500 regional and short lines, plus connections to the Canadian National Railway, recognition of the enormous potential audience sparked activity on …

Graffiti on freight trains has been called the heir to subway graffiti. When the life of the subways ended and the regularly scheduled trains were pulled from service the estate was passed on to the fresher, …