Freight Friday

It's Friday... many lay ups sit silent and cold even on hot nights.  You're either a writer thats all about freights or you don't get it and are about the bombing and piecing.  Whatever your drug of choice, stay safe this weekend!

Tuesdays Underground Lowdown

This isn't our typical review of a full production video.  However this is a video we came across and as far as benching videos go... this is alright!  We respect the fact that putting together ANY video takes a lot of time and effort.  At the same time, benching freights isnt as easy as setting up a camera and recording for a few hours.  Well, sometimes if youre lucky.  However, most benching videos is usually cherry picked to one's own liking of certain styles, etc.  This video seems to be a little unbiased and isn't shaky or bad angles.  Shot up in Canada, a lot of rolling stock with a decent soundtrack throughout!  Enjoy!

(8 out of 10)

Freight Friday

For this Freight Friday we have 3 heavy hitters who burned down this ran auto train.   Starting with SIZE21 then COUPER and last SONE.

Action TBT

These are a couple of old action shots we have sitting around.  They go back to around 2004-2006 and are apart of a small collection.  SOSA featured here to the right was selected as one of this weeks Feature Writer of the Day on our Facebook Page.

Action shots go waaaay back and can be seen in books like Subway Art.  Almost ALL graffiti writers have action shots of themselves or someone else.  They've become a staple in any dedicated graffiti writers illegal portfolio.

 

We do not condone any kind of graffiti vandalism on public or private property.  We have documented the graffiti art over many years for those who appreciate this type of art work and features work from around the world.  Our goal is to educate those who are also interested in learning about this underground subculture.  If you have any questions or have images you would like to share, please email us at sales@graffinctrades.com

Freight Fridays Feature Fix

 Todays Freight Fridays Feature Fix is brought to by the letters, U-P-F-E.  The letters stand for, Union Pacific Fruit Express which was a mechanical refrigerated boxcars (reefers) owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.  This car was equipped with a mechanical apparatus for furnishing protection against heat and/or cold. The apparatus was operated by diesel power rather than from the car axle.  The diesel fuel stain on the tank that hung below the car was a signature look for these cars.  These cars were either scrapped or painted and converted to what is now the Union Pacifics, ARMN's.

It was around 2005 that the Union Pacific company started to convert and scrap these style of reefers.  The purpose was to replace the mechanical apparatus to a more high-tech/fuel efficient, modern cooling equipment.  Reefers are hard sought out by graffiti writers and the UPFE's were loved but the fact the UP railroad company painted the converted cars to white makes them more desirable.  The ARMN identification letters come from the former American Refrigerator Transit Company that the UP took over in the 70's and is now a subsidiary of them.

The Freight Fridays Feature Fix tributes are pieces done by MECA and COLT45.  The MECA freight (above) was a cleanly done silver simple style piece dissed by an unknown assailant.  The COLT45 piece is pretty fresh but being it was inbetween the lines made the photo difficult to get but it's a perspective any freight graffiti writer understands.  The last image is a before and after of the UPFE's.  As dope as the white ARMN's are, there will always be a special place for the UPFE's.

Enjoy your Freight Fridays Feature Fix and stay safe!

Freight Fridays Feature Fix

There are writers who get up bombing their neighborhood and city.  There are also writers who like to stay legal and do big productions and sometimes get paid to do them.  There are those that like to do pieces on freight cars.

Crushing freight cars deserves its own individual level of respect because there's a lot of preparation that goes into a freight mission. Getting in and out unnoticed and without injury is an accomplishment in it's self.  To get your name up and have it seen throughout the country and later benched on the internet is rewarding.  A lot of curves, bumps, handles and painting on metal alone isn't easy.  To keep it clean while pitch dark, on metal and working around the elements that make up a train car is respectable and not as easy as non-train writers would think.  Many big names have came and gone through the years but many come back every now and then.  The writer that shares an equal love for rolling stock as they do for graffiti and are skilled enough will actually paint around all of the stenciling as well.

Todays pick is a cylinder hopper done by FOX.  Below we found a nice flat panel Canadian National clean car.  Enjoy your Freight Friday and stay safe!

#PANELPIECES

  GraffInc Trades proudly brings you, #PANELPIECES.  It's a photography/art exhibit by one of the founders of graffinc.com and the new company, graffinctrades.com.  Rolling Stock Gallery is the venue holding this event.  The gallery is located in Fort Lauderdale at 506 NW 1st Ave.  The event will take place on March 29th from 7-11p.  For more information, please visit our event page on facebook at the following link, #PANELPIECES.  You can also e-mail us for more information at sales@graffinctrades.com.

We sat down with Todd briefly and asked him why he wanted to do this.  He simply replied, "I've always wanted to do my own gallery event".  He continued to say, "I'm very grateful for Rolling Stock Gallery to allow me to hold this event".  He explains that all work will have something to do with trains and many will be of tight squared up shots on freight train cars.  We had to ask why freight train cars and he explained that freight trains hold so much art in and on itself and are so photogenic.  The photo below is a sample collage of what visitors can expect to see at the show.

The one catch is that this event is currently tentative.  Rolling Stock's lease is up this monday and may not renew.  Todd and GraffInc Trades is fully aware of this stipulation however are moving forward as if it's a guarantee.  In the unfortunate event that this event is to be cancelled, we will be sure to notify everyone promptly.

We hope to see you there and remember to post your visit with the hashtag, #PANELPIECES.