The "other type" of art around the place

biqua · Diamond Bollocks Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 517

Other than grafitti that is. I didn't really know which spot to put this in, so it's landed in general.

My hats off to the artist and Ashfield Council for this mural (from my phone):

What other rail related murals, monuments, and what have you, have people snapped?
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Argus Tuft · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 1259 Location: Jakarta

Cute.

I like the way they just painted over the window and the footpath. A Railbastard friendly mural. Have to consider Ashfield Council for honorary Railbastard membership. Perhaps if we selected an appropriate banner and framed it for the Mayor of Ashfield we might get a photo of TLD making the presentation. Razz

Sorry I don't have any beaut photos to add.
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Skraw · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

Nice steamer! Murals generally seem to last a while before the duckheads fk them up. There are the rainforest scenes near Burwood/Strathfield which are now disappearing under crap. They lasted a while. Hope this survives.

Here's one from Woy Woy I took in September 05. Not sure if it's still there.

A V and a T (shoulda bin a G by rights).

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Somebody · The Peanut Gallery Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 287

That one at Woy is still there, or at least it was when I last passed through in June.

Down in Mexico, there's a reasonable mural of a BL class in National Rail livery on the wall at Mentone. Pity that all of the BLs that normally work freights on that line are in Pacific National livery now Wink

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Loco3112 · Enlightener of Virgins Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 423

There's two in Kurri Kurri, I'll get photos soon. One is on the side if the Centrelink/Vinnies building - a ROD hauling a load away from Richmond Main (it's a bit more arty and less "The difference between a chopper Comeng and a normal Comeng is...

"The difference between a chopper Comeng and a normal Comeng is...

) and one on Weston Workers Club of a Kitson tank roaring under the Cessnock Rd bridge. Both fairly good.

409 · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject:

Bloody oath the 36 looks good! The only rail mural in SA that I can think of off the top of my head is at Noarlunga Centre which has orange Poxbox's and Jumbos as well as a Redhen set in the background. This is actually the second rail mural on the same spot at the interchange and there is a large photo of the previous one on display as well.
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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

I'd like to know who was behind the Roberts Rd/Centenary Drive bridge over the Hume at Chullora. Underside of the bridge painted in 3801 green with gold pinstripe, and a likeness of the front of a steam loco (out of scale and generic looking) coming out of one of the side walls.
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409 · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

Just remembered a couple of others we have in Adelaide at Salisbury. Under the Little Para Wirra River bridge, there is a series of murals on the bridge piles celebrating the 150th anniversary of the railway opening to Salisbury in 1856/1857. Most of these are however fairly generic although one does have "1856-2006" painted on.

The other one, also at Salisbury, is under the adjacent road bridge which features of all things a Flexity tram.
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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject:

There used to be (possibly still is) one in the Devonshire Street tunnel (non-Sydneysiders - this is a big, long, fuckoff pedestrian subway that goes right under Sydney Yard at the country end of Central). It had some delightfully out-of-context things, such as a diesel railmotor in the underground.
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ninthnotch · Site Admin Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 2178

Only one I can think of in Mexico is the one at Footscray Primary School with a beige / maroon streamlined 38 class at the up St. ALbans platform.
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Bwana · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:02 am Post subject:

Not at all rail-related but there's a whole heap of aboriginal art on the piers of the Highway bridge over the river in Cowra, and a Semi on the southern abutment.
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frozensquirrel · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject:

The big mural at Coles Alice springs was done in the 1981 and has the likeness of a NM class steamer on it, link shows part of the 80 metres long mural (pictures a bit small)

http://www.wilmap.com.au/atts/71.html

rumbleman · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject:

There are two murals of firty ate oh vun at both Katoomba and Springwood. Springwood one on the wall of the male dunnys and the one at Katoomba in the underground walkway section of the station.