Graffiti

Probably right there in Barking SDGS... Major problem area for vandalism... Perpetrators just will not learn until they meet their maker.

July already? Sheesh, the month of June absolutely flew by! ;D

And a second senior moment - it was a C stock not a D! ;D ;D

That particular train had been there since.....well, possibly before the WW2 bomb chaos earlier in the week - one C stock on a saturday never leaves Barking sidings, and this was that train - when I saw it saturday evening, it was untouched. Passed it today (sunday) and the result was as you observed, 5 cars fully covered on one side.

Aside from the lessons that clearly haven't been learned since the double one under last year, just what the hell were the security guards doing saturday night? Given the amount of damage done, security must have been asleep - I'm no expert but it certainly looks to me like a good couple of hours worth of spraying

That would be Network Rail's responsibility wouldn't ? Rather than c2c's

A train in EACDT was also hit I noticed Sunday morning (19 road I think)

You may well be correct, tbh I hadn't thought about it. Upton Park disused platform wall is another example of their lax approach, the graffiti has been there for weeks giving the scroates free publicity which they crave.

If it was a C stock, I think it may have been one of the 2 that were stabled in Moorgate bay road on Saturday evening because of engineering work between Edgware Rd and Hammersmith.

As there was no access to Hammersmith Depot throughout Sunday the train was sent to Barking for a changeover.

It would also explain the amazement of ladders as the added use of a platform gives these 'artists' the extra height required.

Having checked, the train was indeed vandalised whilst outstabled at Moorgate, along with a second train. It was moved to Barking owing to the engineering suspension towards Hammersmith and because the cab glass at the West End was also affected.

It may have been better to have taken it through to Upminster, mind you !

Also raises questions as to how the vandals knew there were Moorgate outstablers that night ? !

Where there's a will there's a way!

You'd be amazed at how the vandals get around the system and - no - details will NOT be given here!!

It amazes me why people do it. The chances are, it will be cleaned off anyway, thus rendering the "work" a waste of time. Not to mention the risks run, and the potential punishment.

Each to their own and all that, but if people are daft enough to even attempt to break into railway areas, let alone hang around, committing criminal offences, then they have no-one to blame but themselves when the consequences hit home......

I rode on 4 C Stocks Thursday and all were damaged. Every other one I saw was also damaged. One had a unit which had been damaged but an attempt had been made to clean it. Unfortunately they scrubbed down to the bare aluminium. It's time to use transfers instead of paint! Anyone know why they haven't yet? Is it to do with the fire load?

has any attempt been made with a sacrificial (sp?) transparent transfer that can protect the paint below and also be changed easily (and hopefully cheaply)?

Sacrificial transparent film is used on the glass in D stock refurbs to prevent scratched graffiti.

Yes. No anti-graffiti measure is 100% effective, but you don't see carriages with every glass surface well and truly etched like you used to.

Criminals prefer to leave no trace at the scene of the crime, but graffiti bandits like to write their name in massive letters, which makes it more confusing!