Graham Murray wrote:
" writes:

Well, I'd suggest that for the next year or so a lot more money will be
saved by the Police, railway companies etc. in not having the clear up
after these two every time they feel like airbrushing a train or two.

Why do they have to spend money clearing up after them? Does 'well
done' graffiti actually do much harm?

Of course it does. I don't want to travel on a train that looks as if
it's a piece of crap. Moreover, much of the vandalism that these two
were responsible for (according to the pictures I've seen) is over the
windows of carriages. I don't want to travel in a train whose windows
have been obscured by this filth.


Some of it can be very artistic
and can add to the character of an area, and as far as trains are
concerned might even be considered to be preferable to the garish
colour schemes used by some TOCs.

I agree with the comment about garish liveries, but tolerated vandalism
is hardly the solution.

More seriously, I have seen speed signs and junction markers on the
line between Clapham and Waterloo totally obscured by spray paint. That
can hardly add to the safety of railways.

Marc.