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Windy today. Decided to not go out in the desert and be pelted by dust all day. Drove out to the Santa Fe Depot again in San Bernardino. Ended being windblown all day, just no dust. First thing I see as I get to the depot is someone I kinda' know. PasadenaSub Colin. Kid who's running a nice YouTube channel filming freights, and Metrolink videos. You should check out his channel at: www.youtube.com/c/PasadenaSubColin Also check out my man JonanJello photographing and filming freight graffiti on THE daily! 352 videos and counting!! www.youtube.com/user/jonanjello
Shot today's photos on a few lenses I ended up switching lenses between two cameras. My normal lens for freights is the Fujifilm 23mm f/2, but being so close to the tracks at the depot I mostly used the 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8. It's hard to use anything else that close and capture the pieces straight on. Most of these shots I'm between 10-25 or so feet away from the train. Much closer than I normally shoot when I'm out on a hike. Still getting used to shooting this close. The cars roll by much faster when your this close!
Cameras: Fujifilm X-Pro3 & Fujifilm X-E3
Lenses: 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8, Fujifilm 16mm F/2.8 & Fujifilm 23mm F/2
For video slideshows...
Today started out early. I went out to a spot that's not too far away but takes some effort to get out to. This really is a great area, and one of my favorite places to be. For just hiking around, or for benching. It's an amazing place. It's almost surreal how big and crazy the rocks and landscape are here.
Arrived at 9 AM, and after a short hike out to the tracks, the trains started rolling by. One after another, it was a super busy day. I've never seen so many autoracks during a session. Autoracks, at least for me are like rare birds, but today, they just kept coming! Caught pieces I hadn't seen before from some of my favorite writers, and that always makes for a great day out. Weather was great, I'm guessing 80F, but the wind.... The wind kept things pretty cool out. Almost cold, but not quite. Just about
perfect.
I saw a deer!! I've never seen anything larger than a lizard when out here. While waiting for the next train I looked over and saw something kinda' hopping over a double set of tracks about 75 ft. from me. At first I thought it was either some kinda dog, or a coyote, but it was big. I looked over at my bag, in case it ran towards me and I needed to grab it and run, and looked back to see it hop over the tracks, down an embankment about 15 ft. high, onto the access road which is about 20 ft. wide and with two
hops it was gone into the bushes. Really cool !!
Ended up leaving at around 4:30 PM, so a little over 7 hours. With longer days, and the way the sun travels here, it's almost better to show up later. There's a time around noon where no matter which side of the tracks your on, the lighting on the trains sucks. But hey, I'm out, away from society, seeing nature, seeing trains, graff, getting exercise, fresh air, and just plain getting away from my regular life..
Some people do yoga, some people meditate, some go to therapy. This is how I wipe away my daily life a couple times a month for a few hours.
Just wanted to throw in, I know every piece I flick isn't a banger, but I'm documenting graff. Today's toy, may be tomorrows king. And I'll have proof that he or she also was once a toy! Solid Gold!! :-)
As ALWAYS, thanks to the writers!
Writers, fellow benchers, and railfans, stay safe out there!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Instagram: @soilentseven
As usual, I'll be back in a few days to start going through and tagging my flicks with the the writer's names that I can figure out.
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Oh, also as I'm finishing up editing photos from last weekend, heading into this weekend, I'm watching "Martha a picture story" Documentary about Martha Cooper, one of the OG's in documenting graff with high quality flicks years ago. One of the original authors of the Subway Art book. If you can swing renting it online to watch, or picking up a Blu Ray from Vinegar Syndrome, do so, it's a great film. vinegarsyndrome.com/products/martha-a-picture-story-utopia/
Rust-Oleum presented their kitchen cabinet and countertop transformation kits during a media event in New Orleans, LA.
www.charlesandhudson.com/archives/2011/02/rust-oleum_targ...
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
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To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Rust-Oleum presented their kitchen cabinet and countertop transformation kits during a media event in New Orleans, LA.
www.charlesandhudson.com/archives/2011/02/rust-oleum_targ...
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
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To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
The Rustoleum Wood and Fiberglass Marine primer amazed me. I NEVER thought a quart would cover the entire hull! It easily covered it with some left to spare!!!
I had no drying problems at all, in fact the place I had started from was dry by the time I finished! Even though I used non-blushing epoxy, I scrubbed the hull with 33% ammonia & water with a ScotchBrite pad before sanding. It was simple and easy - Probably took 10 minutes. Worth it.
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
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To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Not every outing deserves a 6 paragraph write-up. Sometimes I just grab a camera and head out to my local tracks because I'm bored on a weekend.
Sometimes I stay for a few minutes. Just enough time to catch a train or two and sometimes I'll stay for hours. This time it was only a couple hours. Oh Well..
Side Note: April 22nd 2023. Sorry I haven't been uploading for the last few months. Life has been getting in the way. I have been benching quite a lot though and have thousands of flicks from the last 5 months that I just need to sit down go through them and edit them. (Straightening, etc.)
Headed out today at about 11AM. I could take the freeway to this spot, but it's a curvy scenic drive and most of the way there I can look over to my left and see the train tracks up against the side of the mountain, and sometimes cruise along with a train chugging up or down the mountain in my peripheral vision.
Arrived a little before 11:30AM. the sun was out and there was a little breeze. I want to say it was close to 70F. when I arrived, but it was probably cooler, and I didn't have a jacket and I regretted it later as the sun kept going behind the clouds and the breeze kept turning into "wind chill". Every time it got too cold for me to stay, the sun would come back out.
I seemed to be the only one up there on a rare, for me, Monday off. Some BNSF workers had trucks about a half mile down the road from me, and over the course of the day I ended up seeing them come and go a few times doing what they do to maintain the tracks.
Started off the day with one train I think and then I wanted to head over to the bridges to hide a copy of my book for someone to find. I wandered around under the bridges for 20 minutes or so, caught a few new pieces there, figured out a nice dry spot to leave a copy of the book and headed back up to the surface. Like a Morlock coming to the surface to snatch an Eloi.
This spot is pretty "railfan" friendly and I saw some people come and film trains, which seemed weird for a Monday, but.. I was out there.
Wandered down to the other end of this massive flat area next to the tracks and got some photos of the stacks of rails, ties, and other railroad related stuff that BNSF takes out of commission, and just seems to stack here out of the way.
Left at 5PM.
Got out of the house, caught some great pieces today and had some fun. Nothin' wrong with that!
Side Note: Sorry about the lack of freight uploads, work, life, and working on another book is keeping me busy.
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Long write-up for today's batch of awesomeness.
First off. This whole covid thing, the election, working from home, not being able to go out, not seeing friends/family, etc. Has me, and I'm sure everyone else frazzled. Having a project to work on, in my case hiking out and shooting photos of graffiti on trains has been the one thing that's keeping me sane at this point. Hoping to see some new pieces from writers that I respect is like opening a pack of baseball cards and finding your favorite players rookie card for me. Yeah, it sounds goofy, but I've been having fun, staying sane, and seeing and capturing some amazing pieces of rolling art.
So I had this weird Monday vacation day on 11-2-2020. I decided to drive out to one my my benching spots and hang out for the day.
The plan was to set up a time lapse camera, and then just hang out and bench freights for 5-6 hours. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and a slight breeze, 88F. high. No clouds makes for a very boring time lapse between trains coming by. I also only brought my little Small Rig clamp for the time lapse camera and couldn't decide where I wanted to clamp it. I should have just brought a tripod.
Out for a few hours before the BNSF guys in their truck rolled up, got out and started walking toward me. "Great!" I thought. They're going to try and chase me away. Nope, they walked over to one set of tracks, walked across the bridge inspecting the tracks, then under the bridge inspecting the bridge, got in their truck and left. I like that. I don't bother you. You don't bother me.
A while later I see tree guy coming back home. I don't know his name, but there's a guy who lives in/under a tree that's next to the trail I hike in on. Once he's in there you'd never know it. I've seen him, he's seen me, and we don't bother each other.
The whole time I'm there I'm using my little Tascam recorder to record train audio every time one comes by so I have audio for the slideshow videos I've been uploading on YouTube. Well, this time I forgot it out there. Didn't dump my photos until Tuesday night and discovered it missing. Woke up early, drove out and it was still there. It recorded for almost 5 more hours before the batteries died. Glad to have it back, I thought tree guy might have found it.
I don't know if anyone ever reads my descriptions, but I write them anyway, so there!!
Was out today (August 20th 2021) on a forced vacation day, from 9:30AM til' almost 4PM. 80F today but it felt like 100F. This is a very active line and I probably flicked 20 freights today. 750+ flicks. By the time I get rid of a few duplicates, and bad ones, I'm guessing it'll be about 700 +/-. 700 to straighten, fix any color issues, upload, and also ID the writers. It's lots of time and as you can imagine, it's a lot of work, but so far it's been fun. I'm trying to not rush myself to post before I'm ready. I already have the flicks, and they're timeless. So getting them posted ASAP!!!!!! is not really my concern. Duh..
Had an interesting interaction with a guy while out there. Guy with backpack had walked back and forth across the tracks a few times. The lat time I saw him he was on the other side of a set, about 100 yards away. Next thing you know he's coming closer..... Closer..... And I'm like WTF? I'm way out here minding my own business. He walks within' like 10 ft. of me and I say "How ya' doin'?" he says something, and then says "Trains?" and I say "Yep." and he says "Oh.." and walks away. I think he was feelin' me out, as there's a small population of people who's homes are shall I say, mobile. I've talked to a few of them, and have never had a bad interaction, I just don't like people walkin' up on me when I'm trying to get away from the rest of the world out by the tracks. I go out there to get away from people, not to interact.
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I follow some other amazing photographers on flickr, but for this I will talk about the ones who flick the freights. There are a few that I really love. Some it's because of the great locations they shoot at, and others it's the amazing little details they manage to capture. For me (right now) I don't have the luxury of walking the lines and seeing pieces static. 99.999% of my flicks the freight is rolling by at 10-50 mph and sometimes I don't really even know what I have until I get home, dump the memory cards and go through the photos. Because of this, most of my flicks are just straight on shots and documenting what I saw and where. I saw this freight here, on this date, here's what was on it, and i captured it. Buffed or scraped next week, well I have it on "film" for future generations (sounds corny, I know). There are times when a freight will stop in-front of me, and I'll walk up and get some shots of monikers, but it's rare.
Obviously in any area there are sidings where freights park for extended periods, I know a few spots, but as I get older, and older, do I really want to leave my car parked on the side of the road and walk 2 miles to capture some little details I might normally miss? I'd love to, but it's just not practical for me at this time, any many other people do it better than I could. Retirement is getting closer every day, maybe then, when my weekdays are free. :-)
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During the Covid lockdown, I was working from home, and I was getting out benching like 2 & 3 times a month. Back at work, I'm lucky to have the energy to get out once a month. Every time I do manage to get out, I come home and my batteries feel re-charged. It's been so f-ing hot here in SoCal though, I can't wait for cooler weather and some clouds in the sky.
As always, thanks to the writers!
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Long write-up for today's batch of awesomeness.
First off. This whole covid thing, the election, working from home, not being able to go out, not seeing friends/family, etc. Has me, and I'm sure everyone else frazzled. Having a project to work on, in my case hiking out and shooting photos of graffiti on trains has been the one thing that's keeping me sane at this point. Hoping to see some new pieces from writers that I respect is like opening a pack of baseball cards and finding your favorite players rookie card for me. Yeah, it sounds goofy, but I've been having fun, staying sane, and seeing and capturing some amazing pieces of rolling art.
So I had this weird Monday vacation day on 11-2-2020. I decided to drive out to one my my benching spots and hang out for the day.
The plan was to set up a time lapse camera, and then just hang out and bench freights for 5-6 hours. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and a slight breeze, 88F. high. No clouds makes for a very boring time lapse between trains coming by. I also only brought my little Small Rig clamp for the time lapse camera and couldn't decide where I wanted to clamp it. I should have just brought a tripod.
Out for a few hours before the BNSF guys in their truck rolled up, got out and started walking toward me. "Great!" I thought. They're going to try and chase me away. Nope, they walked over to one set of tracks, walked across the bridge inspecting the tracks, then under the bridge inspecting the bridge, got in their truck and left. I like that. I don't bother you. You don't bother me.
A while later I see tree guy coming back home. I don't know his name, but there's a guy who lives in/under a tree that's next to the trail I hike in on. Once he's in there you'd never know it. I've seen him, he's seen me, and we don't bother each other.
The whole time I'm there I'm using my little Tascam recorder to record train audio every time one comes by so I have audio for the slideshow videos I've been uploading on YouTube. Well, this time I forgot it out there. Didn't dump my photos until Tuesday night and discovered it missing. Woke up early, drove out and it was still there. It recorded for almost 5 more hours before the batteries died. Glad to have it back, I thought tree guy might have found it.
Rust-Oleum presented their kitchen cabinet and countertop transformation kits during a media event in New Orleans, LA.
www.charlesandhudson.com/archives/2011/02/rust-oleum_targ...
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
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To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
From clips to spikes in 3ft.
Headed out today at about 11AM. I could take the freeway to this spot, but it's a curvy scenic drive and most of the way there I can look over to my left and see the train tracks up against the side of the mountain, and sometimes cruise along with a train chugging up or down the mountain in my peripheral vision.
Arrived a little before 11:30AM. the sun was out and there was a little breeze. I want to say it was close to 70F. when I arrived, but it was probably cooler, and I didn't have a jacket and I regretted it later as the sun kept going behind the clouds and the breeze kept turning into "wind chill". Every time it got too cold for me to stay, the sun would come back out.
I seemed to be the only one up there on a rare, for me, Monday off. Some BNSF workers had trucks about a half mile down the road from me, and over the course of the day I ended up seeing them come and go a few times doing what they do to maintain the tracks.
Started off the day with one train I think and then I wanted to head over to the bridges to hide a copy of my book for someone to find. I wandered around under the bridges for 20 minutes or so, caught a few new pieces there, figured out a nice dry spot to leave a copy of the book and headed back up to the surface. Like a Morlock coming to the surface to snatch an Eloi.
This spot is pretty "railfan" friendly and I saw some people come and film trains, which seemed weird for a Monday, but.. I was out there.
Wandered down to the other end of this massive flat area next to the tracks and got some photos of the stacks of rails, ties, and other railroad related stuff that BNSF takes out of commission, and just seems to stack here out of the way.
Left at 5PM.
Got out of the house, caught some great pieces today and had some fun. Nothin' wrong with that!
Side Note: Sorry about the lack of freight uploads, work, life, and working on another book is keeping me busy.
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
[Sorry I haven't posted in a while, spent a lot of time working on the book]
I had a weird, disappointing, and ultimately good time out trackside today.
Got to my spot about 10:00 AM or so, then 20 minutes or so to hike out to my spot. Immediately the freights started coming. One after the next for a little while.
After a few freights, I texted my friend @railfanscajonpass that I was out there. This is a friend who benches 5-6 days a week, so I figured he was probably out somewhere close. He was, he pulled up like 20 minutes later and we hung out for an hour or two, and then he was off to hit up another spot.
After a while it seemed like the freights slowed down and I had some time before the next one. I hiked over I would guess 1/4 mile to a bridge spot that always has new graff. That spot also has one throw up that I always shoot because everyone who comes through there signs it. White outline and the black fill has probably 100 smaller (in size) names written in the fill. Every time I come up here there's new names. I've been flicking this for a couple years now. This time however, someone buffed and went over the entire piece and a piece next to it. What the hell ?!
Look, I'm not even a writer, but damn. Even I know that this wasn't right...
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Later, I was at a different spot, and two dudes were acting super sketchy really close to where I was, which weirded me out enough that I hiked further down the tracks and this lead to something, I found another good view to catch the freights from. A little something different you might notice in today's photos. Turns out one guy was painting under the trestle, and the other guy kept coming up by me as a lookout. Whatever... I get out there to be away from people. So, I did. And found a new spot!
Caught a lot of great pieces today, got to hang out with my friend, and didn't get bit by any rattlesnakes! In the end, it was a good day.
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One last side of the road benching day before the rains. I'll most likely be stuck in the house for the next few days because of the virus, and because of the rain.
Waited about 20 minutes for these trains to stop sitting around and get moving. They'll sit 1/2 to 1/4 mile down the tracks with lights on, but stopped. Then the real BRIGHT lights come on and they move. Seems like forever when waiting, but getting good shots. Priceless!
I did manage to get out yesterday after my time working at home to grab some shots of a few great pieces, and a few not so great. But who the fuck am I to judge? People are out there getting up and I'm just documenting what I see. Stay safe out there friends/family.
I know other people post super close up shots of the pieces on the trains, but I feel like a little bit of context is necessary, just like in my 1:1 macro shots. I'm an old dog, and I can't learn new tricks. Sorry.
To see the rest of this album of freight graffiti go here: www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/albums/72157708879870433
There's something relaxing about sitting on the side of the road waiting for trains to roll through so you can spot some greatness.
Locked down now Monday - Friday working at home during the pandemic. Decided to take a drive on Saturday and clear my head a little. It wasn't cold, it wasn't hot, it was just about perfect. Spotted a few nice pieces.
I think I found a new place I want to hit up this weekend 4 tracks converge there. Should be a lot of traffic, and it's very much away from people. I think I'll bring a lunch and make a day of it. Weather permitting.
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
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To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
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To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
A quick clean up revealed typical trash found along the Bay's shore. Most common are the random bits of plastic, bottles, tennis balls, and spray cans all of which float nicely. Help keep the bay clean by dumping your trash into recycling containers.
One last side of the road benching day before the rains. I'll most likely be stuck in the house for the next few days because of the virus, and because of the rain.
Waited about 20 minutes for these trains to stop sitting around and get moving. They'll sit 1/2 to 1/4 mile down the tracks with lights on, but stopped. Then the real BRIGHT lights come on and they move. Seems like forever when waiting, but getting good shots. Priceless!
I did manage to get out yesterday after my time working at home to grab some shots of a few great pieces, and a few not so great. But who the fuck am I to judge? People are out there getting up and I'm just documenting what I see. Stay safe out there friends/family.
I know other people post super close up shots of the pieces on the trains, but I feel like a little bit of context is necessary, just like in my 1:1 macro shots. I'm an old dog, and I can't learn new tricks. Sorry.
To see the rest of this album of freight graffiti go here: www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/albums/72157708879870433
Got out of the house on Sunday. Got out, actually saw the sunshine, breathed soem actual fresh air, and loved every minute of it. Despite of what I would assume many people feel, I actually like going in to work. I don't want to work from home. I like to keep home and work as seperated as I can. But these are the times we live in, so I get out on the weekends.
Saw some amazing pieces today on both freights, and under/around the trestles. Was out for 4-5 hours, hiked around quite a bit, thought I was going to be hassled by the train police, but wasn't. Had a great time out there just waiting for the next train to come rolling through so I could see what I could see. 100X better than sitting at home, watching the news, and feeling like the world is falling down around me. Out there, the important thing to me is taking shots at amazing, and not so amazing graff pieces. Just documenting what I see, relaxing and watching the amazing world of graff roll by in front of me.
Good stuff.. Stay safe out there homies.
Check out the rest of my graffiti photos album! GO HERE!: www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/albums/72157708879870433
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It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Long session today (9:30AM - 5:30PM) at my least favorite spot to flick graffiti, but one of my favorite spots for the amount of traffic this spot gets. There's also a crossing here, so lots of horn action! The engineers also know "railfans" come out here so sometimes they get a little creative with the honking.
Grand total of flicks taken, 803, total being posted, 616.
Right out of the gate I fucked up big time. First train I saw go by as I arrived was an Amtrak. Got down to the spot and immediately I hear the horns coming from behind the hill. Get the camera out, lens cap off and 30 seconds later and what do I see, autoracks, and lots of them. Sweet! I get in position, and they're coming by quick. I'm just barely framing them up and snapping the flicks. Saw my first Ichabod E2E car, Green/Black. Woah dude!! Cool. (my inner SoCal surfer came out). and then it's gone.
Sat down and looked through photos on little 3 in. screen on back of camera, not good. I zoom in, but I can't tell if photos are sharp or not. Lighting seems ok, but can't tell if sharp. Go to take a quick snap of a little tag on a fence post and camera will not focus. WTH?? Camera was switched into manual focus mode from a project I was working on days previously. ARRRGH!! So out of like 30-40 autoracks, they're all blurry.
Still posting 3 of them, just to document, but I will call them out as bad photos. I was so pissed that I almost went back to the car. Glad I didn't. Throughout the day I caught some really nice pieces from some of my favorite writers. I didn't give up, and came home with gold, as you'll see going through this latest set.
FYI I managed to catch up with some of the day's last autoracks and got shots of them in way better light. So 8-10 pieces shot today have doubles that were shot in two different locations.
Also ended up meeting up with (YouTube) Railroad Fans of the Cajon Pass. He was just down the road from where I was and came down for a bit. He even brought that vicious dog "Buddy" with him. Glad I survived the encounter.
If you want to see some of these cars rolling, here's the videos he shot while I was there. If you look close or not so close in one vid, you might see me in action down the line. Anyway......
As always, thanks to the writers, fellow benchers, old, and new friends, Stay safe out there!!!
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
I had some time today to get out to the tracks for about 5-1/2 hours to one of my favorite spots. Weather was great and there was a lot of activity.
Spotted quite a few great pieces, and a few pieces from a couple of my favorite writers. Lots of autoracks today!! Most of all, had fun! And that's what it's all about. When it's not fun anymore, quit..
Will be back in a few days to ID the pieces I can. If you know a writer's ID that I haven't identified, comment below. I have a hard time with some of them. After 10k pieces it's a lot easier, but ya' know..
As always, thanks to the writers! Stay safe out there!!
To see my freight graffiti videos click here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOdGrtyTsyWVhLVHkwY0_-iu8P...
My bike. It rules.
Complete modifications include:
- Xtracycle painted with Rustoleum Farm Equipment John Deere Green
- Second handlebars painted to match
- Rims painted with Rustoleum Farm Equipment John Deere Yellow
- 1 single and 1 dual tube envy green Down Low Glow lights
- Planet Bike yellow fenders
- White wall beach cruiser tires
- John Deere license plate (gift from a gear-head)
One last side of the road benching day before the rains. I'll most likely be stuck in the house for the next few days because of the virus, and because of the rain.
Waited about 20 minutes for these trains to stop sitting around and get moving. They'll sit 1/2 to 1/4 mile down the tracks with lights on, but stopped. Then the real BRIGHT lights come on and they move. Seems like forever when waiting, but getting good shots. Priceless!
I did manage to get out yesterday after my time working at home to grab some shots of a few great pieces, and a few not so great. But who the fuck am I to judge? People are out there getting up and I'm just documenting what I see. Stay safe out there friends/family.
I know other people post super close up shots of the pieces on the trains, but I feel like a little bit of context is necessary, just like in my 1:1 macro shots. I'm an old dog, and I can't learn new tricks. Sorry.
To see the rest of this album of freight graffiti go here: www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/albums/72157708879870433
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
It's been over a month since I've been out benching. Damn, I've missed being out by the tracks. Went out to my local yard and benched for 5 hours. 20+ freights rolled through while I was there. Missed a few others
because they had one parked on a closer track for a couple hours. Born and raised in Southern California, but the heat kills me, I swear I shoulda' been raised in Colorado, or some other cooler state. Weather was OK. Hot (90+f), but there was a breeze. If it gets any hotter here, I'm going to be going out maybe once a month for the next few months.. Benching naked is frowned upon around here, and I don't want to get my
bits sun-burned.
Fujifilm X-E3 with 23mm F/2.0 lens & Fujifim X-Pro3 and 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Hope you guys/girls enjoy checking the flicks as much as I enjoyed being out there spotting them!! I saw a lot of great pieces, and a lot of not so great pieces, but I was happy to be out there.
As always, thanks to all the writers ! Stay safe out there !
=====================
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven