Thousands of pounds of damage has been caused to carriages at a private
railway in the Yorkshire Dales.

Vandals sprayed graffiti over the four former British Rail coaches at the
Wensleydale Railway's sidings at Leeming Bar on Sunday night. 

More on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4194642.stm
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This must of been the same tram that painted a NYMR coach 3 weeks ago


"Nick" <n_rw-7@no-go.ya_ho.o.aw_ay.con.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Thousands of pounds of damage has been caused to carriages at a private
> railway in the Yorkshire Dales.
>
> Vandals sprayed graffiti over the four former British Rail coaches at the
> Wensleydale Railway's sidings at Leeming Bar on Sunday night.
>
> More on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4194642.stm
> -- 
> Nick
>
> All my own comments !
>
> Worked on the Signalling in the North East since 1983 !
>
> http://www.whelan.me.uk
> nrw7 on Yahoo messenger & nickw7coc on MSN Messenger too ! 

>Vandals sprayed graffiti over the four former British Rail coaches at the
>Wensleydale Railway's sidings at Leeming Bar on Sunday night.



Talking of which, who owns/is responsible for the old pulman coach at
Finsbury Park, which has also been graffitied?

MIG wrote:


> >Vandals sprayed graffiti over the four former British Rail coaches at the
> >Wensleydale Railway's sidings at Leeming Bar on Sunday night.
>
>
> Talking of which, who owns/is responsible for the old pulman coach at
> Finsbury Park, which has also been graffitied?


It used to owned by a firm called CIL, that had premises adjacent to
the old Stoneyard siding (which is where the Pullman is parked). They
were in the shopfitting/design business, and the car (Doris) was used
as a meeting room.

On 29/8/05 10:02 pm, in article
1125349363.411785.163010@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, "MIG"

> Talking of which, who owns/is responsible for the old pulman coach at
> Finsbury Park, which has also been graffitied?
> 


CIL, a firm of shopfitters, on whose premises she stands.

Chippy wrote:

> It used to owned by a firm called CIL, that had premises adjacent to
> the old Stoneyard siding (which is where the Pullman is parked). They
> were in the shopfitting/design business, and the car (Doris) was used
> as a meeting room.


For a moment there I thought it said 'shoplifting'!

I believe that the pulman car was part of one of the Brighton Belle
sets, am I wrong?

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wrote in message
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> Chippy wrote:
> > It used to owned by a firm called CIL, that had premises adjacent to
> > the old Stoneyard siding (which is where the Pullman is parked). They
> > were in the shopfitting/design business, and the car (Doris) was used
> > as a meeting room.
>
> For a moment there I thought it said 'shoplifting'!
>
> I believe that the pulman car was part of one of the Brighton Belle
> sets, am I wrong?
>

It was indeed a Brighton Belle Kitchen Parlour First.

Peter

In article ,
    wrote:

> > It used to owned by a firm called CIL, that had premises adjacent to
> > the old Stoneyard siding (which is where the Pullman is parked). They
> > were in the shopfitting/design business, and the car (Doris) was used
> > as a meeting room.

> For a moment there I thought it said 'shoplifting'!

I, too, have often wondered why shoplifters should advertise themselves on
a van. :-))

-- 
David Wild using RISC OS on broadband

"Chippy"  wrote


> Would this have been reported in this way if road vehicles had been
> involved?  Or is this yet another example of disgraceful BBC reporting?


It's ironic but I don't ever recall seeing graffiti on *any* road vehicle, 
but that may be due to better storage of these when not in use.  Secure 
storage for railway vehicles is not always easy to provide.

John.

"John Turner" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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>
> "Chippy"  wrote
>
>> Would this have been reported in this way if road vehicles had been
>> involved?  Or is this yet another example of disgraceful BBC reporting?
>
> It's ironic but I don't ever recall seeing graffiti on *any* road vehicle, 
> but that may be due to better storage of these when not in use.  Secure 
> storage for railway vehicles is not always easy to provide.
>
> John.
>

Doesn't seem to happen much here, but virtually every 'white van' in Paris 
seems to get tagged. Problem in the UK would seem to be to get the paint to 
stick to the layer of grime on the outside....
Brian

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:21:44 +0100, "John Turner"
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:


>
>"Chippy"  wrote
>
>> Would this have been reported in this way if road vehicles had been
>> involved?  Or is this yet another example of disgraceful BBC reporting?
>
>It's ironic but I don't ever recall seeing graffiti on *any* road vehicle, 
>but that may be due to better storage of these when not in use.  Secure 
>storage for railway vehicles is not always easy to provide.
>

The far greater chance of receiving summary punishment (aka a right
good kicking) might be the main reason why graffiti on road vehicles
is almost non-existent.
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In message , David H Wild 
 writes

>> For a moment there I thought it said 'shoplifting'!
>I, too, have often wondered why shoplifters should advertise themselves on
>a van. :-))



Oh, the joys... Seems I'm not alone!!!
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Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as John Turner
<nospam@nospam.invalid> gently breathed:

>"Chippy"  wrote

>> Would this have been reported in this way if road vehicles had been
>> involved?  Or is this yet another example of disgraceful BBC reporting?

>It's ironic but I don't ever recall seeing graffiti on *any* road vehicle,
>but that may be due to better storage of these when not in use.  Secure
>storage for railway vehicles is not always easy to provide.


I saw some on a pair of new-looking vans for the first time a few weeks
ago - on the truly grim approaches to Paris via the RER Metro.

I've long thought that it's acts of desecration against public property,
or equipment / buildings / services providing a public service, which
really justify flogging the perpetrators.

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:21:44 +0100, "John Turner"
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:


>
>"Chippy"  wrote
>
>> Would this have been reported in this way if road vehicles had been
>> involved? 
>
>It's ironic but I don't ever recall seeing graffiti on *any* road vehicle, 
>but that may be due to better storage of these when not in use.  Secure 
>storage for railway vehicles is not always easy to provide.
>
>John. 
>

I have seen some on buses but more inside than out.
      Also the occasional Artic trailer which I suppose like rail
vehicles can be left unattended and unobserved for a while.
That is for painted graffitti. Many will have observed the sometimes
quite humourous writings scribed in dirt on vans etc.
usually done by a workmates.  "Also available in white"  " I wish my
missus was this dirty"  are a couple of common ones. 
" Don't like my driving, Dial 999 " was one I saw taking the mickey of
those safe driving notices on commercial vehicles.
G.Harman

In article , g.harman 
 writes


>That is for painted graffitti. Many will have observed the sometimes
>quite humourous writings scribed in dirt on vans etc.
>usually done by a workmates.  "Also available in white"  " I wish my
>missus was this dirty"  are a couple of common ones.


One I particularly enjoyed was 'Don't clean me - plant something'.

-- 
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http://www.sirnigelgresley.co.uk
Including - 00 gauge Hornby and Bachmann models for sale.

In article ,
   Sue McNaughton  wrote:

> >That is for painted graffitti. Many will have observed the sometimes
> >quite humourous writings scribed in dirt on vans etc.
> >usually done by a workmates.  "Also available in white"  " I wish my
> >missus was this dirty"  are a couple of common ones.

> One I particularly enjoyed was 'Don't clean me - plant something'.

At the time there was all the fuss with Yorkshire Water (remember the
director who didn't have a bath?) someone reported seeing an absolutely
filthy white transit van in London with the inscription "Washed in
Yorkshire water".

-- 
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The message 
from Sue McNaughton  contains these words:


> >That is for painted graffitti. Many will have observed the sometimes
> >quite humourous writings scribed in dirt on vans etc.
> >usually done by a workmates.  "Also available in white"  " I wish my
> >missus was this dirty"  are a couple of common ones.

> One I particularly enjoyed was 'Don't clean me - plant something'.


"White" Transit van parked near Spurn Lifeboat building: 
"No Hand Signals. Driver on Viagra"

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