That’s the Sound of the Men Working on The Freight Train

The New York Times offers some good news for NYC based graffiti writers who love to paint freight trains, mainly: expect more of them:

New York's new governor, Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, favors expanding rail freight, as does United States Representative Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat whose district includes parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mr. Nadler, a longtime champion of building a rail freight tunnel under New York Harbor to reduce truck traffic, helped obtain $100 million in federal money in 2005 to study the tunnel project, and his power has increased now that the Democrats have a majority in Congress.

Sweet, even the politicians are helping get the city more potential roving canvasses. If you look at the numbers it actually makes a whole lot of sense, especially since NYC is behind the times when it comes to getting stuff shipped via trains:

The city gets roughly 2 percent of its goods by rail, compared with a 40 percent average figure nationally, experts say.

Although Complex doesn't get involved in politics too often, we have to admit to wholeheartedly supporting this decision. In the meantime check some of these freight train graffiti links here, here, here, and enjoy now what you can expect even more of real soon. Still need your fill? You can always buy this book.