515 Crew

I started a photo blog.
If you dig hobo monikers and boxcar art, check it out:

http://iaisboxcarart.blogspot.com/

I am not a professional photographer. I am not an amateur photographer. I am not a photographer at all. I just take the pictures to document shit.

-Joe.

This is fucking sweet. I have wanted to do this for awhile, I know awhile ago I showed you some graffiti that was over by the train yard near my house.

this is cool. it also reminds me, did i lend my copy of "who is bozo texino" to someone on here? captain caveman?

thats awesome joe. you should definately keep updating that as i would look at it regularly....some of those were super old, it just blows me away thinking of all the places those cars have been and all the people who have seen the paint they carry....i had been taking some pics at the IAIS junction thing under the mlk/fluer bridge....but come spring i plan on walkin the yards...i regret not taking pictures of some of art i've seen..........goood stuff!

i dig this


but who does joe most look like



OR

Probably more like a caveman than a whitebox.

Glad you guys dig this and thanks for the feedback. I'm going to keep on taking pictures, it's become a hobby now.

Tyler, I have an old photobucket with hundreds of pics of graff from around the 515. I haven't updated it in forever as I don't really have any interest in that kind of stuff much anymore, but if you wanna check it out I can give you the username and pass.

James, yeah, you should definitely consider walking the tracks in spring. Bring a cam though, and let me see what you're seeing. That yard down by the old Fallout Shelter is huge, so there's bound to be old and cool shit in there at all times.

Oh yeah, just updated.

-Joe.

James, weather is nice, you been hitting the tracks or what?

-Joe.

Vandalism. Cool. Way to fight the establishment.

Ehhh... different worlds, man. This is for names, doodles, monikers done by rail road workers and hobos that are in a sort of symbiotic relationship with the rail road system where mutual respect exists... nothing by white kids that are trying to be a part of some stupid NYC culture by spray painting wildstyle, million color pieces.

-Joe.

Joe wrote:James, weather is nice, you been hitting the tracks or what?

-Joe.

this was actually on my agenda for today, i was going to go yesterday, but had to fix part of our roof...if i can remember my camera, i will take some pictures, probably hit the hull ave. yard...maybe the shortline as well(off dean)
word.

Piss rags. Don't forget about the piss rags.

Pissrags?

To be a rail rider - you need to have all your bum friends piss on hankerchief that they wear around their necks to show your membership. True story.

No.
And don't call a hobo a bum.

-Joe.

Bums and hobos are 2 different things...I've rode plenty of trains and never did I piss on my rag...dumbest thing I've heard...I used it when riding dirty to keep dirt and shit outta my face...
Is riden a word? Keeps changin it to risen...perhaps there's 2 d's?

Hobos wear sad clown make up and have tattered unmbrellas,right?

Beaver wrote:Hobos wear sad clown make up and have tattered unmbrellas,right?

yes, just like bums.

Have any of you heard of/been to the hobo convention or hobo museum in Britt, IA? I have some friends who went to the convention a few years ago and said it was amazing. I was able to stop by the museum on the way back from clear lake once and it's definitely worth the stop if you are in the area. The convention is supposedly HUGE and they elect a hobo king and queen every year and have a giant pot of hobo stew. Sounds pretty sweet.

Also,this is a sweet blog idea dude.

I wonder what kind of Hobo Stew? I've heard of hobo dinners where you just put food in foil and throw it in the fire but hobo stew, I wonder?

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,hobo_stew,FF.html

hobo stew is just whatever you have as far as food, thrown into a pot...
didn't get to the yard today...was at the beach most the day, but no trains there..........................will try again today...after i get on the roof again...

My new photozine. 48 pages, full page black and white photos. My favorite pictures I've taken of some of my favorite monikers. Other rail shit thrown in as well as some guest artists. James, send me your addy and I'll send one your way. Anyone else, get in contact too. I don't know if PM works, so e-mail me - eatapes@gmail



-Joe.