It looks like some freight companies are finally getting on board with the idea of putting advertisements on their train cars:

• adfreak: Ads on freight cars: a train in vain?

Back in 2004, I mused about Train Cars and why they DIDN’T have advertising on them:

• Pick Me! » Train Cars

All the train cars were rusty and in desperate need of painting. The cars with graffiti actually looked better than the cars without. Why is Union Pacific allowing their train cars to fall into such a state of disrepair? How can it be that the graffiti is the prettiest thing on their cars? Sure, the cars are serviceable and function the way that they were intended, but if Union Pacific started selling advertising on the sides of their cars, the graffiti would disappear and they would get extra income. How can it be that they haven’t noticed this potential?

I’m still shocked that it has taken over three years for this idea to come to fruition and only in Florida right now. Come on people, there is a whole world of ideas out there! Take this one and run with it, Union Pacific! I’m sick of the rust and disrepair.