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Published: 2009-02-24 17:07:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 775; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 30
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Once, this must have been a busy place, one of the largest engine workshops in Germany, and a large site for track construction and shipping. Now, silence has set in, broken only by occasional vandals who seem to get off on smashing windows and sprayers who have to put their "art" on everything they can get to. And the occasional railfan who stalks the abandoned railyards, following the trail of Leverkusen's railroading history.I don't really know what the exact purpose of this shed was. There are some funnels and pipes for venting out diesel exhausts over the lefthand track, but other than that, this remaining building is a mystery to me. The two tracks are still connected to the mainline, if one would cut down that freaking rainforest out there and repair the rusting switch. But that won't happen of course...
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Its too quiet for my liking, 
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Yeah, it is actually, but this entire place might be torn down soon
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I like this one. It's different from your usual stuff. Have you heard of Broken Window Syndrome: [link]
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No, I haven't heard of it yet, but after reading it, I must admit that it makes sense. To be honest, I think exactly the same about graffiti. If something is tagged, and it's not removed, the object in question is apparently uncared for and not guarded in any way. Sadly, we don't live in a very "good" part of Germany. With all those large cities in one place, the trains and buildings get their fair share of unreadable, colourful scribble...
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Such abandoned places are alluring me ... I dunno why.
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They have a certain air about them, that's for sure
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Ever played 99 rooms? [link]
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Quite interesting, though also a bit scary
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Hey, nice work
This work has been featured here: [link]
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Hat was Unheimliches! Interessanter Bildaufbau.
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I'm probably wrong, but the building looks rather like a goods depot to me.
If it is part of a repair and maintenance depot, it could be where the incoming new parts were delivered.
Like you, I find almost all graffiti totally meaningless.
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Like I said, I don't really have a clue what it was. The platform on the right could have been used for unloading goods, but I don't really know what the other track might habe been there for with those funnels.
To me, graffiti is 99% vandalism. I have seen one or two pieces that looked like someone had actually put some thought into it, inside an abandoned industrial building, but most of the time, it's just illegible crap to me [link] [link]
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While I have seen some in abandoned buildings that were actually interesting and creative, most of it is just colourful gibberish to me, especially if it's smeared across a train, windows included
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