by Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian

 With the Union Pacific Rail Lines running near Uvalde and along Highway 90, there are numerous opportunities to see a variety of train tag art painted on boxcars. 

Oftentimes using heavily stylized fonts and letters that seem to spell some cryptic word, these examples of outlaw art are often seen especially when a train is stopped on a parallel set of tracks allowing for another train to pass. 

 This boxcar has the word, “FLOW” painted in 10,000 pt size (wild estimate). The saying, “Go with the flow” comes to mind or perhaps the artist was once a systems analyst spending years creating “flow charts”

before quitting.

 

 Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department responded to a dispatch request to assist US Border Patrol Monday Night Jan 2nd to help extricate an undocumented migrant stuck at the bottom of a trail car with a broken leg.

“This evening at 8:49 P.M., your UVFD was dispatched to the Knippa border patrol checkpoint for a UDA stuck in a train car with a broken leg. UVFD, along with Uvalde EMS and border patrol made a successful rescue and handed the patient off to Uvalde EMS,” UVFD Facebook Post said.