http://www.boston....treSxSM/story.html

I always wondered where that was. Now I know.

Seph Lawless was the one who found these first, right?

That's really beautiful. I hope they don't get tagged to shit now.

Posted by relik Seph Lawless was the one who found these first, right?

Wasn't he the first urban explorer ever?

Posted by IndoAnomaly Wasn't he the first urban explorer ever?

No, that was Kim Jong Il.

Posted by JennyUE That's really beautiful. I hope they don't get tagged to shit now.

Too late for that. I hear they've been keeping a better eye on them due to taggers.

Posted by relik Seph Lawless was the one who found these first, right?

Found them? Shit dawg, he brought everyone of em there, on his back, up hill both ways. In the snow. Pushed only by his love of UE and thousands of purchased Instagram followers. Found them? You dismiss such a God of men to have only found them? All things are possible through Seth.

Posted by jeepdave ... You dismiss such a God of men to have only found them? ...

I stumbled on the (private) Seth Lawless-bashing thread in Other, http://www.uer.ca/...=1&threadid=119727 . I thought about merging this thread and that one. But Lawless isn't the most interesting part of this news story; I was fascinated by the guy who actually collected the cars and his doomed dream of restoring them. Lawless does seem to have built undeserved credibility in the mainstream media.

Posted by Ganesha I was fascinated by the guy who actually collected the cars and his doomed dream of restoring them. Lawless does seem to have built undeserved credibility in the mainstream media.

100% agreed, I don't even know why he's considered important. Being an MBTA enthusiast (at least fascinated with the history side of it) I can understand and respect what he was trying to do, and part of me hopes at least part of his dream will still come true.

Posted by GaneshaLawless does seem to have built undeserved credibility in the mainstream media.

Oh god, you don't know how horrible it is to have people tell you you might be interested in seeing the works of this dude in the newspaper, and it turns out the be Lawless.

Matthew Christopher of "Abandoned America" is a photography teacher, presenting classes in abandoned sites that help fund preservation and restoration of the sites. I spoke to him briefly about attending one of his classes; he sounded like a serious guy and was strictly professional.

Regardless, Seth Lawless made him so angry that he wrote this very uncharacteristic blog entry http://www.abandon...at-trolley-tragedy (a link to which is in the private thread I mentioned). He presented a well-documented but nonetheless burning litany of fraud, plagiarism, lying and online bullying. He also said that Lawless' disclosure of the location of the trolley graveyard has led to vandalism.

I found the location on a "Railfan" forum with a quick Google search after I saw some photos on here and noticed a SEPTA car or two in the collection. I even found the owner's name and phone number. It's in the middle of fucking nowhere.

I can't stand Pablo Mauer or however the fuck you spell it cause he always name drops everything

Posted by JasonJacksonPhoto I can't stand Pablo Mauer or however the fuck you spell it cause he always name drops everything

yep

Posted by Ganesha Matthew Christopher of "Abandoned America" is a photography teacher, presenting classes in abandoned sites that help fund preservation and restoration of the sites. I spoke to him briefly about attending one of his classes; he sounded like a serious guy and was strictly professional. Regardless, Seth Lawless made him so angry that he wrote this very uncharacteristic blog entry http://www.abandon...at-trolley-tragedy (a link to which is in the private thread I mentioned). He presented a well-documented but nonetheless burning litany of fraud, plagiarism, lying and online bullying. He also said that Lawless' disclosure of the location of the trolley graveyard has led to vandalism.

by NO means am I defending Septh, but it was blowing up and getting vandalized before he "discovered" it. Of course, holding workshops there and disclosing the location doesn't help preserve it either