A few years back I was living out west in Arizona – more specifically in Chandler, a small suburb on the outskirts of Phoenix. Aside from tumbleweeds there’s nothing out there to see. It’s a rather desolate place. I used to bike around alot, most of the time heading out into the Desert in the evenings and weekends – mostly because I liked the absurdity of it. During one of these excursions I stumbled upon a Trainyard.  I’m quite a fan of Boxcar Art and Graffiti, and after reading a book about Train Hobos and Freight Train Riders (and some stuff by Bill Daniel who made an awesome documentary movie about his search for Bozo Texino). So every other weekend  I tramped  out to this Train yard in search of the markings of Bozo Texino and other Freight Train Riders.

So fast forward a few years, I found this film in one of my cameras which I hadn’t used in years and got it developed (I still have several rolls of film that I need to get developed from these outings.). The following pictures – which were in surprisingly good condition – are from one of those weekend outings when I was searching for Bozo Texino.

I never did find his mark in the end. 

Bozo Texino - Photo by Bill Daniels
Bozo Texino – Photo by Bill Daniels

Unused Railroad Tracks in the Train Depot
Unused Railroad Tracks in the Train Depot

Turkey Graffiti/Marking on a Freight Train

Turkey 9 Bed 00 Graffiti/Marking on a Freight Train

The Polaroid Kidd marking on a Freight Train in Chandler

Heres the Story behind the polaroid kidd

NITZ TAF (?) 2008 Marking spotted on a Freight Train

Doors Open... Train Hobo Marking

Poop graffiti on a Freight Train in Arizona

Stay Off! 06 - Hobo graffiti spotted on a Freight Train in Arizona

AWC Pikl Ree Aspkt Hugh Telow(?) Train Graffiti

Train Hobo Graffiti on an Arizina Freight Train

OCD! 08 Train Graffiti

Bend Over Ohe Train Hobo Graffiti

AWC Train Graffiti

Neate (?) Train Hobo Graffiti in Arizona

The Ribcage O.N.S Train Hobo Graffiti in Arizona

Stay Off! Train Hobo warning on a Freight Train

Savage - Freight Train Graffiti

DFT - Freight Train Graffiti in Arizona

Freight Train Cowboy - Arizona

End of the Freight Train

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