Who is Ichabod?

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cncproadwarrior

cncproadwarrior

North of the 49th
What is the story of Ichabod? I searched the net for a "biography" but didn't find anything. Is it one person? Several? Where does his "work" originate? One city? One state? Several?
 
Ichabod in the Bible

Before Saul became the first King of Israel, it was a true theocracy, and the ark of the covenant was God's resting place in the temple. In one of the battles with the Philistines (think Gaza strip in modern terms) the ark was captured due to carelessness. The name Ichabod came as a result of the Ark being lost to the Philistines. (it was later returned after causing them more trouble)

I Samuel 4: 19-22
19And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

22And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
 


As far as I know "Ichabod" is one person. ICH means "I" in german, and most of his graffiti is ICH. He is also known to have a skull with some/most of his work. This guy isn't as dumb as some of the other folks out there. He leaves reporting marks, lube plates, and other important info visible.

-Andrew
 
The original Ichabod has spawned many imitators but, as has been said, he's very careful to leave reporting marks and other important information visible. If you look at some of the photos, it even appears that he masked off lube plates and highlighted reporting marks if they were part of his tag. The fake Ichabods don't worry about such things. I'd like to see all taggers arrested but at least this guy seems to have some understanding of why the stuff on the side of cars is important to train crews.
 
Does anyone have any idea of what city or state he's in? I would imagine that some of this grafitti must take days to complete.
 
Bernie, I know he's from California somewhere since I first saw his tagging on some UP MOW cars in LA. He's been at it for at least 10 years. I have no idea how he does some his more elaborate work without getting caught since come of them look like they must have taken days.
 


Thanks Jim.

It looks like he would also need a ladder as some cars are completely covered from top to bottom. Not to mention the amount of paint he goes through!!!

I would not imagine that he could do this in a train yard. It must be where cars are stored for a length of time and isolated.
 
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