Not your usual scrawl: This example of rail car art attracted my attention Thursday, July 24, 2025.
On a bike ride past Albany Station, I looked across the platform to the rail yard beyond and saw something out of the ordinary. So I stopped, leaned the bike against a railing and cranked up the video function on my phone.
This was the result:
As I said before Amtrak Cascades Train 507 pulled in just before 8 p.m., this rendition of praying hands took talent, skill and patience to complete.
It’s remarkable that the artist had as much time as he — or she — did. It must have taken a good part of the night to get this right, plus enough light to work by.
Is there some kind of awards program for graffiti painters who are actually artists and not just vandals? If not, there ought to be.
Then people waiting in their cars at grade crossings all over America would see classier images on the box cars passing by. (hh)